| | | | Australian accountant Bryan Cook created a company that became a global pyramid scheme and arranged for some of Europe's major football clubs to promote it. Investors claim they've lost more than $1 billion in scams he created. | | | | England captain Joe Root is leading the English fight on a rain-affected first day in the final Test of the Ashes series. Follow the day one action with our live blog. | | | | Online outrage over two anglers' killing of a massive blue marlin seems excessive when you consider the benefits this single fish will provide to a remote WA town's economy. | | | | From accusations of treason to descriptions of Donald Trump's infamous hair and claims about his relationship with Rupert Murdoch, we've got the best bits from the book that's sparked a public feud between the US President and his former chief strategist. | | | | Two men were detained by Indonesian police after climbing the active Mt Agung volcano, which has been erupting since November. | | | | The seaplane that crashed in the Hawkesbury River on New Year's Eve, killing six people, is recovered by police divers, as transport bureau documents reveal it was "destroyed" in another crash two decades ago. | | | | David Tong, a child prodigy who became a concert pianist before turning his back on music to become a commercial pilot, has died after his plane crashed into a remote mountainside. | | | | Chemical testing reveals the common travel sickness drug hyoscine is the only substance that can be identified in a chemical cocktail that resulted in a mass overdose among a group of backpackers in Perth. | | | | A white man interrupts a 65-year-old Ethiopian Australian mid-interview, saying "lock 'em all up", highlighting the tenor of the law and order debate in Victoria this week, writes Guy Stayner. | | | | Australia's defence forces could be grounded within weeks due to a desperate lack of fuel reserves, former military commander and incoming senator Jim Molan says. | | | | A term used by Steve Bannon to describe Russian lawyers in an excerpt from a new book has confused everyone. Here's what we could find out about the word "jumo". | | | | There are calls for the contribution of the legendary Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels, Papua New Guineans who came to the aid of Australians in the Kokoda campaign, to be properly recognised. | | | | Simple survival skills may have helped a man lost in Victoria's Grampians for five days to find help sooner, a bushcraft expert says. | | | | The small business ombudsman is taking on Australia's largest banks for their alleged "financial discrimination" against businesses in the sex industry. | | | | Australians are paying 44 per cent more than they did a decade ago to air-condition their homes, and keep their food refrigerated. So why do electricity prices keep going up and is anyone doing anything about it? | | | | Experts say many new builds aren't equipped to properly deal with heat in the summer months, and reveal some of the hidden sources of unwanted warmth in homes. | | | | An extreme weather event, described as a polar vortex, will bring near-hurricane-force winds, coastal flooding and heavy snowfall to the US, which has already been hit with dangerously cold temperatures. | | | | Wrestler Harumafuji was angry the younger man — who was left with a fractured skull — was checking his phone while they were out drinking at a restaurant-bar, a report says. | | | | That Intel processor that makes your computer or mobile phone work could be vulnerable to two exploits — dubbed Meltdown and Spectre — allowing hackers to steal data. | | | | A fed-up passenger on a Ryanair flight is arrested at a Spanish airport after leaving his plane via the emergency exit while it was delayed on the tarmac. | | | | Tennis Australia decides not to award Bernard Tomic a wildcard into the Australian Open, leaving the fallen star at a career crossroads. | | | | The huge blaze at Murray Bridge, south-east of Adelaide, was sparked by a maintenance worker who was welding a bin, fire authorities reveal. | |  |
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