| | | | He's been described by colleagues as a loner, a genius, authentic, and a narcissist. Here's the story of how the former Nationals leader ended up on the backbench. | | | | The boss of a company that supplied encrypted phones suspected of being used to plan at least two murders in Australia is arrested in California, after a joint operation between law enforcement agencies in the US, Australia and other countries. | | | | A former union official accused of racking up $440,000 in personal expenses on his corporate credit card used it to pay for cars, household items and accommodation, a court has been told. | | | | In 1997 it was estimated Australia would reach a population of 25 million by the middle of this century. We are already there and our cities, schools and roads are not prepared for it. | | | | At least two people are killed after a helicopter crashes in New York City's East River, while the conditions of four others is unknown, authorities say. | | | | Mina Basaran's Dubai hen's party weekend, documented in a series of images on Instagram, ends in tragedy when her father's private plane crashes into mountains in Iran, killing all 11 aboard. | | | | An accused murderer "flipped out" and attacked a 16-year-old with a kitchen knife, causing him to bleed to death in minutes after a drug deal gone wrong, prosecutors tell a Brisbane court. | | | | The US President tells a crowd in Pennsylvania he cannot use "Make America Great Again" for his re-election campaign "because I already did that". | | | | Two lots of human remains unearthed within six months on a construction site in the northern WA town of Port Hedland are identified as a man known as the "Black Cat", and police believe the victim may have met with foul play. | | | | An asylum seeker couple and their two Australian-born children were removed from their central Queensland home and flown to a detention centre in Melbourne, the Tamil Refugee Council says. | | | | There are reports of break-ins and an assault in flood-ravaged Ingham in north Queensland, as at least a third of the state's local government areas are impacted by floods, with the damage bill to reach "in the millions". | | | | Some of the Irish tourists accused of defrauding residents and stealing from businesses and elderly residents across south-east Queensland have fled the country, days after their photos were released, police say. | | | | Veteran unemployment is at 30.2 per cent, more than five times the national average. So why is it so hard for those leaving the Defence Force to get a job? | | | | Queensland researchers develop a "highly accurate" online skin cancer test that in just 90 seconds will predict your risk of developing melanoma over the next three-and-a-half years. | | | | A father breaks down while giving evidence about the death of his newborn daughter at Fairfield hospital in November 2014. | | | | Was it actually staged? Was he wearing pants? Korea expert Robert E Kelly puts the record straight, 12 months after the "family blooper" that pushed his wife and two kids into the spotlight. | | | | It's not just customers who win from "pay what you want" pricing schemes — research shows businesses can profit too, writes Adrian Camilleri. | | | | Ahead of Sydney's 21st Biennale, world most famous artist and Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei has a message for Australia when it comes to the treatment of asylum seekers. | | | | On a stretch of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady River, 26 dolphins and fishermen from six villages have formed a unique bond — they fish together. | | | | Brushing your teeth twice a day is important, but when exactly should that happen? | | | | More than four months after its owner died in hospital after being stabbed in a park, a dog still refuses to leave the entry of the building in Sao Paulo, Brazil. | | | | Crime writer and Miles Franklin award winner Peter Temple is praised as an "extraordinary" talent with a "distinctive narrative voice" after his death in Ballarat. | | | | It is unclear if Cricket Australia has drawn a line in the sand but it is encouraging to see it acknowledge some of the behaviour of its Test team is unacceptable. | | | | For years the cards seemed stacked against Australian women footballers. Men stopped them from playing, insults were hurled as they trained and they couldn't afford gear that fit. Now the Matildas are the darlings of Australian sport, 40 years in the making. | |  |
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By Robert E. Kelly | |  |
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