| | | | Andrew Broad says Barnaby Joyce should resign as Deputy Prime Minister to "spend some time on the backbench", making him the first federal Nationals MP to publicly air an opinion the party leader should step down. | | | | One thing from President Trump's meeting with shootings survivors was abundantly clear — even with the best will in the world, ordinary Americans respectfully but fundamentally disagree on how to respond to mass shootings. | | | | US President Donald Trump hosts a "listening session" with students and parents at the White House where he suggests arming teachers could help prevent massacres such as last week's shooting at a Florida high school. | | | | When homicide detectives turned up to Stephen Armitage's door, he wasn't fazed. But eventually his cover-up would be exposed, and the truth would come out about a horrific murder he carried out with his son and another man. | | | | When Malcolm Turnbull and the who's who of Australian business meet with Donald Trump this week, corporate tax will be high on the agenda. But it shouldn't be the only talking point, writes Emma Alberici. | | | | A deadly tiger snake has caused disruption in central Melbourne, forcing police to block off part of a busy city street until it could be bagged by a reptile catcher. | | | | A central Queensland community is angered at Anglo American's slow response to fix a key road closed by a mining explosion. | | | | Victoria Police's anti-gang squad searches for a gunman after what police believe was a targeted shooting at a tattoo parlour east of Melbourne, which left a man fighting for his life. | | | | Thousands of agents working for the Chinese state have integrated themselves into Australian public life — from spheres of politics, academia and business all the way down to suburban churches and writers' groups — according to a book by Australian academic Clive Hamilton. | | | | Police investigating a mass overdose at a Gold Coast private school say a Russian anti-anxiety drug is on their radar and warn that those involved will likely face criminal charges. | | | | The Perth Supreme Court hears graphic details about the circumstances leading up to the alleged murder of Charles John McCarthy during a fishing argument in East Fremantle late last year. | | | | The Israeli Defence Force provided crucial intelligence that uncovered an alleged plot to bring down a passenger plane flying from Sydney, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says | | | | Rachael and Jonny Casella lost their daughter Mackenzie to a genetic condition they had no idea existed. Now they're fighting for every Australian couple to have access to free screening before they start a family. | | | | China might have launched a crackdown on the bizarre practice of hiring strippers to attract mourners to funerals, but one researcher say it's "part of institutionalised religious practice" in Taiwan. | | | | The sisters and mother of Marcus Rappel, who murdered his ex-girlfriend Tara Costigan with an axe three years ago, say they are still trying to make sense of how the boy and man they knew could commit such a horrible crime. | | | | The Oscar winner takes aim at controversy over a photo of her wearing a plunging black dress outside on a cold London day as "sexist", "ridiculous" and "not feminism". | | | | Students in NSW will no longer be required to meet minimum literacy and numeracy standards in Year 9 in order to obtain their HSC, after a State Government backflip following backlash from parents and teachers. | | | | A Northern Territory pie shop owner says police seized a hacksaw and two hammers from her property, but maintains she had nothing to do with the disappearance of missing stockman Paddy Moriarty. | | | | Harvey Weinstein says the possible class-action case against him should be rejected because the alleged sexual assaults took place too long ago. | | | | The days of home tractor repair are coming to an end with complex machinery software and tightening intellectual property restrictions forcing farmers to pay big bucks for fixes. | | | | As the region cleans up after Cyclone Gita, New Zealand's Climate Minister says scientists may need to create a sixth category for cyclones as climate change creates more extreme weather events. | |  |
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