| | | | The world-renowned scientist, dubbed one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Albert Einstein, dies peacefully in his sleep at the age of 76. | | | | It is unusual that Australia's Foreign Minister took a call about the departure of a senior figure in the Trump administration before the man himself, but it is also evidence that Australia can still count on connections in high places in Washington DC, writes Greg Jennett. | | | | A National Australia Bank executive admits the bank breached responsible lending laws through its Introducer Program, which saw people including a gym owner and a tailor refer customers to the bank for loans in return for commissions. | | | | Labor's plan to abolish cash refunds for some shareholders reopens the debate about how much government support retirees deserve. | | | | The owner of a wildlife hospital has been fined $4,500 dollars for keeping wildlife without a permit after removing a snake from a neighbour's yard. | | | | A retirement home in Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs is evacuated after the building catches fire, with all residents evacuated safely. | | | | The family of a man murdered in a secluded hamlet south of Hobart say they don't understand why people who set fire to the body and sat around it singing have not been charged. | | | | For the past 10 days, a security guard has stood outside a room at the Melbourne Magistrates' Court while Cardinal George Pell's complainants gave evidence. Today, the court has reopened to the public. | | | | Russia issues a thinly veiled warning after Britain gives it a deadline to answer accusations of involvement in the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal, but US and EU allies express support for Britain's condemnation of the attack. | | | | Mark Veneris had a "terrible" driving record but was still allowed behind the wheel. On Christmas Day, he was allegedly under the influence of drugs and alcohol when he was involved in a crash that claimed the lives of Makayla Tritton and her mother Karin. | | | | Passengers on the United Airlines plane from Houston to New York heard the 10-month-old French bulldog barking from the locker during the flight. | | | | They're an Aussie barbecue favourite, but public health experts are now warning our love affair with sausages could be leading us to an early grave. | | | | Since being crowned Australia's most unaffordable city to live in, rumour has it that everyone living in Sydney has an escape plan. So we asked our ABC audience if they're going to stick it out or leave the city behind. | | | | The town of Jabiru at the heart of world-famous Kakadu National Park is fast approaching a crossroads that will either see it revived to a "tourism destination in its own right" or demolished completely. | | | | Eight days after the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal on British soil, a Russian businessman who was associated with a prominent critic of the Kremlin is found dead in his London home. | | | | Gina Haspel oversaw the running of a secret prison in Thailand where terrorist suspects were waterboarded, and she later carried out an order to destroy videotape evidence of the torture. | | | | They may be best known for climbing trees and munching on eucalyptus leaves, but this koala stunned onlookers by taking to the water and paddling across Kangaroo Island's Harriet River. | | | | Her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II won her a Golden Globe and two Screen Actors Guild awards, but Claire Foy was still paid less than her male co-star, who was not similarly honoured. | | | | Hospital security guards are refusing to don their Akubra and RM Williams after the Sydney Local Health District introduced new uniforms that include a wool-blend suit with clip-on ties. | | | | A journalist's response to a foreign reporter's soft question at China's annual "Two Sessions" political meeting highlights the sometimes farcical environment reporters covering the event have to work under. | |  |
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