| | Whether it's defence, trade, cyber or regional security, China will be at the centre of Malcolm Turnbull's discussions in Washington, writes political editor Andrew Probyn. | | | The magnetic, movie-star-handsome preacher, who became a singular force in postwar American religious life and was a confidant of presidents, dies at his home in North Carolina. | | | Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and his pregnant former media adviser Vikki Campion give their first media interview as the Nationals leader discusses attacks on their relationship, concerns for his new son and moving out of their rent-free apartment. | | | Survivors of the Florida school shooting that left 17 dead descend on the state's Capitol to send a message to politicians: It's time for action. | | | 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. | | | 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. | | | Scott Papparlardo has a tattoo of the US Second Amendment, but that didn't stop the long-time gun owner from sawing his rifle into pieces in the wake of the deadly Florida school shooting. | | | Mobile phones are seized and crime scenes established as detectives investigate whether school students who suffered suspected drug overdoses on the Gold Coast bought the drugs online. | | | The 58-year-old German businessman — who earns nearly $40,000 a month — was fined for trying to pass off 47 euros worth of veal liver as fruit. | | | Wesfarmers has given itself until June to decide the fate of its UK expansion. But falling sales and sagging morale may already have sealed its fate, writes Stephen Letts. | | | 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. | | | Australia climbs to the top of the Twenty20 international rankings after beating New Zealand in a rain-hit tri-series final, but another Chris Lynn injury sours the win. | | | War monitors say 38 more people have been killed in relentless bombing of rebel-held Eastern Ghouta, bringing the total to more than 310 people killed in the district since Sunday night. | | | With its a wafer-thin margin of 1 per cent, Labor will concentrate on its traditional strengths of jobs, education and health, to hold on to the Melbourne seat of Batman, while the Greens are honing their message on affordable housing. | | | A 19-year-old who sexually assaulted his current girlfriend during a fight walks away with a good-behaviour order, while she cops a suspended prison sentence over the same incident. | | | Chinese authorities urge witnesses to call a special hotline to report people hiring strippers as funeral entertainment, a ploy some rural families use to increase the turnout at a loved one's final farewell. | | | Police believe they have made a breakthrough in locating the family of missing Irish-born man Paddy Moriarty, as locals raise concerns his house is being damaged by scavengers. | | | Cape Town's 'Day Zero' has been pushed to July, but with a crippling drought continuing, there remains a very real threat the South African hub will become the first modern city to run dry. | | | By ACT court reporter Elizabeth Byrne | | | By business reporter Stephen Letts | | | By political editor Andrew Probyn | | | By Adam Bulley and Thomas Suddendorf, University of Queensland | | | | | The ABC sent this message to starnewsposting@gmail.com these details are included to help provide assurance that this is a genuine email from ABC.
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