| | | | A 20-year-old man dies following a suspected drug overdose at the Beyond The Valley festival at Lardner, east of Melbourne. | | | | As thousands of previously classified cabinet papers are released, former prime minister John Howard admits the first two years of his government were tough. | | | | The new year means cheaper electricity prices, no more tampon tax and some higher transport costs. This is what else you can expect to see in 2019. | | | | A 48-year-old man is accused of high-range drink driving with three children in his car, after police stopped him on Sydney's northern beaches in the early hours of New Year's Day. | | | | New Year's is meant to be a happy time of year but for some, the celebrations never really live up to the hype. The ABC Messenger audience shares some tips on what you can do instead. | | | | The Philippines President tells a crowd of 3,000 the assault of the woman was a true story he had confessed to a priest but his offices calls it an anecdote he made up. | | | | Officials are shutting some campgrounds and facilities but with large numbers of visitors arriving at parks across the country, locals are pitching in to clean toilets and empty bins. | | | | An estimated 1 million revellers who rang in the new year around Sydney's famous harbour could have been forgiven for winding their clocks back, after a giant projection told them it was still 2018. | | | | A popular Christmas gift is pulled from sale by Kmart over concerns some components can overheat, melt, or even catch fire — but a recall has not been issued. | | | | School shooting survivors and parents of victims admonish comedian Louis CK after audio emerges of him apparently mocking the students-turned-activists from the Parkland, Florida, massacre. | | | | Declassified documents reveal the Howard government considered new climate change policies and launched a media campaign to boost its reputation amid global dissatisfaction with Australia's commitments. | | | | As World War II crept closer, Australian cities built bunkers to shelter from possible attacks. Now, there's a battle to keep those that remain safe from decaying into obscurity. | | | | Floyd Mayweather had a very lucrative end to 2018, coming out of retirement for a one-sided boxing exhibition bout — that lasted just 140 seconds — against a Japanese kickboxer. | | | | Thirty years ago, Francis Fukuyama declared we were seeing the end of history. But 2019 promises the bloody return of history, just on a different continent, writes Stan Grant. | | | | Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren, a liberal firebrand who has taken on Wall Street and has been mockingly called 'Pocahontas' by Donald Trump, announces she is seeking to challenge the Republican President in 2020. | | | | The rate of road deaths in the Northern Territory has eclipsed every other part of Australia for more than 30 years. And it showed no sign of slowing in 2018. | | | | The work details of 30,000 Victorian public servants are stolen in a data breach, after part of the Victorian Government directory is downloaded by an unknown party. | | | | Tourists will be charged to access Venice's historic city centre as a way to help curtail the considerable costs of maintaining the popular tourist destination built on water. | | | | The new year party soured quickly for revellers in Sydney who faced long queues getting home after lightning strikes scored direct hits on signal boxes, sparking delays which continued into the morning. | | | | Dry soil in central west NSW is whipped into a dust storm, which sweeps through properties in the drought-stricken regional centre of Dubbo to end 2018 on a note that is equal parts sombre and spectacular. | | | | The centre of Tropical Cyclone Penny is making landfall on the Queensland coast between Weipa and Thud Point on the Cape York Peninsula as a category one system. | | | | A Turkish pro-government television channel broadcasts video showing men carrying suitcases purportedly containing the remains of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi into the residence of his country's consul-general in Istanbul. | | | | Revellers around the globe bid farewell to an unsettling year filled with challenges to many of the world's most basic institutions, including politics, trade, alliances and religion. | |  |
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