| | | | The millionaire paying Barnaby Joyce's rent runs a business that is benefiting financially from one of the Deputy Prime Minister's most contentious projects, the relocation of the Australian Pests and Veterinary Medicines Authority. | | | | The Federal Bureau of Investigation admits it mishandled a January tip that the 19-year-old accused of killing 17 people in Florida had guns and the potential to carry out a school shooting. | | | | Police spend the night examining a damaged van and speaking to its driver, after the vehicle struck two senior officers at a random breath test site in Sydney's south-west. | | | | The suitability of Auckland's Eden Park as an international cricket venue is questioned, as Australia manages a world record run chase in Twenty20 internationals via a five-wicket win over New Zealand. | | | | An entire family group removed from a cruise ship after a scuffle overnight were involved in other incidents during a 10-day South Pacific tour, Carnival Australia says. | | | | Her six-month-old baby was looking up at her; she looking at eBay on her phone. That was the moment Catherine Price realised she had an unhealthy relationship with her smartphone. Now the author is helping others think critically about how they use theirs. | | | | The former Australian of the Year says she needs time to take care of herself, and mourn her son Luke, who was killed by his father in 2014. | | | | Minerals processing specialists Gekko Systems are turning manure into a precious resource. | | | | Diamond Heart, a pop ballad released this week by Thai PM Prayuth Chan-ocha has been a flop on Youtube with 38,000 dislikes so far. | | | | "I'm in a position where I can help people," says Peter Watson, who is part of an emerging class of landlords with a social conscience, offering their properties for lower rent to tenants who just need a hand. | | | | New signs banning drones flying over an iconic waterfall are erected after its Kuranda Scenic Railway station was frequently used as a launchpad. | | | | Can't commit to that perfect partner? A team of university researchers is finding out why. | | | | Country pubs are becoming more than local drinking holes as they adapt to a changing alcohol culture. | | | | Asylum seekers on Manus Island are told to stay in their accommodation after three men are allegedly attacked and injured by soldiers from the Papua New Guinea Defence Force. | | | | The United States and Turkey pull back from the brink of a potentially disastrous crisis, agreeing to normalise badly strained relations over Syria. | | | | The first time I ate dog meat I had the same reaction many Australians would — I cried — but it is important to understand Chinese culture and history when questioning why potential pets are on the menu. | | | | Malcolm Turnbull misjudged Barnaby Joyce's stubbornness — instead of quietly taking leave, the former bouncer who once lost his front teeth in an Armidale pub, simply shoved back, Andrew Probyn writes. | | | | Police and the second wife only found out the "husband" was a woman after the arrest. | | | | A transgender female sex worker is sentenced to six years in jail in what will likely be a male prison for infecting a client with HIV, with a judge saying she had shown a "complete disregard" for his safety and welfare. | | | | Laura Peel comes close to claiming Australia's fourth medal of the Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang before finishing in fifth place in the women's aerials final. | |  |
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