| | | | Matt Palazzolo is being remembered as an "amazing man" who was "very special and humble", and for his work as an actor and gay rights activist in California. | | | | The White House has not denied that the President made the outburst during a discussion about immigration from Haiti, El Salvador and some African countries. | | | | The 29-year-old actress, who was injured in a Boxing Day crash that killed her family, remains in a critical condition with her life support switched off, a hospital spokesperson confirms. | | | | A teenage girl who took her own life after alleged bullying is remembered by her family as a "kind, gentle and loving" person at a memorial service in the Northern Territory town of Katherine. | | | | Upcoming innovations suggest that 2018 might be the year when the promise of augmented reality begins to be realised, writes Matt Adcock. | | | | Teenagers are turning away from alcohol and other substances so much so that researchers studying the change in attitude have labelled this the "sober generation". | | | | Despite receiving anti-venom, a 24-year-old dies in a Tamworth hospital shortly after being bitten on the finger by a small snake his dog picked up in its mouth. | | | | Australians love cooking with gas, but what if you could make your own supply, using leftover food waste? It may be time for more households to embrace home biogas — and stop paying gas bills. | | | | After nearly four years of searching, studies of MH370 debris and ocean drift patterns have aviation experts hopeful the mystery about where the Malaysia Airlines plane crashed could soon be solved. | | | | Samoa's Prime Minister says Cabinet minister Concetta Fierravanti-Wells' criticism of China's aid program is "insulting" to Pacific leaders, and has the capacity to "destroy" Australia's relationship with the region. | | | | The funeral director at the centre of a coffin-swapping controversy says a Central Queensland grandmother's body was temporarily placed in a cheaper casket because of a delay in her cremation. | | | | Elephants are a special sight for most people in the Indian capital, but for a few, they're a source of income. Now wildlife advocates argue the city is too polluted and congested for the animals to live happily and healthily, and want them gone. | | | | At the Golden Globes, James Franco sat in the audience with a Time's Up pin on his lapel and laughed along with the rest of Hollywood as Seth Meyers made jokes about Harvey Weinstein. Hours later, he was facing his own allegations of sexual misconduct. | | | | US-based processor Kraft Heinz defends its Golden Circle brand after its cannery was blamed for hundreds of tonnes of fresh pineapples going to waste in north Queensland. | | | | Australian Open organisers and Channel Seven cop international condemnation for choosing Maria Sharapova to conduct the women's draw for the 2018 tournament. | | | | The Home Affairs Minister's criticism of Victoria's judges and magistrates is "unfair and unwarranted" and the judiciary should not be allowed to become collateral damage in a political fight, a peak legal group says. | | | | After months of intrigue and debate, an American writer reveals herself as the creator of a Google spreadsheet collecting accusations of sexual misconduct by men in the media industry. | | | | Posts from friends and family will feature more on Facebook News Feed as Mark Zuckerberg flags changes he says are designed to make the social media platform more "meaningful". | | | | Fruit growers have noticed a significant drop-off in the numbers of people seeking casual work as pickers, with many worried that they won't be able to harvest all their crops. | | | | Some Australian parents are paying 1,000 per cent more out of their own pockets to have a baby than they did 25 years ago, a new report says, with experts predicting the high cost will push people away from private treatment and put more pressure on the public system. | | | | The company which supplied lingerie to Queen Elizabeth II loses its contract with Buckingham Palace, after its former owner publishes a book including details about private meetings with members of the Royal family. | | | | Government documents provide a glimpse into prison life, from what's on the menu to fights, and cans of alcohol being flung over the fence. | |  |
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