| | | | Multi-millionaire businessman Richard Cousins and his family are described as "kind", "generous" and "popular" by family, friends and colleagues following their deaths north of Sydney on New Year's Eve. | | | | International tourists could have to prove their driving skills before being able to hire a car, under a plan being pushed by Liberal backbencher Sarah Henderson. | | | | While you might think hunting is a macho, male-dominated hobby, there has been a surge in interest from female hunters in the Northern Territory. | | | | Michael Klinger's knock of 83 for the unbeaten Perth Scorchers is all the more remarkable given recent developments on the home front for the BBL's all-time top scorer. | | | | Israel charges a 16-year-old Palestinian girl with assault for punching an Israeli soldier in the face two weeks ago, in an incident which made her a hero for Palestinians and was seen as humiliating by right-wing Israelis. | | | | A million Indians are starting to look for work each month, but as automation eats into factory jobs, the government is facing a vast surplus of unskilled workers. | | | | Ten more people have been killed in Iran amid anti-government protests that broke out on Thursday and drew in tens of thousands of demonstrators, according to Iranian State television. | | | | The North Korean leader uses a New Year's address to say all of the US is within range of his nuclear missiles— but says he will only press the launch button if "our security is threatened". | | | | Federal Minister Greg Hunt says tougher sentencing laws are needed to deal with out-of-control "African gang crime" in parts of Melbourne, but Victoria Police insists it is "well and truly on top of" the city's youth crime problems. | | | | After a pretty ordinary first nine months, the ASX enjoyed a mini-rally to finish 2017, but can the momentum be sustained in the face of a very patchy economy? | | | | Malcolm Turnbull says reports Alexander Downer passed on intelligence which ended up sparking the FBI's investigation into Russian election meddling will not damage Australia's relationship with US President Donald Trump. | | | | Thousands of people march through the streets of Hong Kong on New Year's Day to warn China not to meddle further in the city's affairs and undermine its autonomy. | | | | Jordan's royal palace threatens legal action against anyone spreading "lies" about the ruling family, just days after King Abdullah relieved his brothers from top army posts in a major shakeup. | | | | A pro-Israel organisation uses a full-page ad in the Washington Post to call singer-songwriter Lorde a "bigot" and accuse New Zealand of "growing prejudice" against the Jewish people. | | | | A man is charged over a sexual assault at the Falls Music Festival in Tasmania after being apprehended in a citizen's arrest by the alleged victim and her friend. | | | | Respected sports broadcaster Gerard Whateley announces he is leaving ABC Grandstand to take up a role at Melbourne-based radio station SEN. | | | | Inmates at Melbourne's Port Phillip Prison are questioned after a 23-year-old man is fatally stabbed at the jail. | | | | Official documents relating to the brutal 1942 murder of Melbourne pensioner Catherine "Wild Rose" Whitley are made public for the first time. | |  |
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