| | | | WA Police have launched a major investigation into the suspected sexual abuse of at least five young children — most of who were aged under 10 years old at the time — during organised sex activities with groups of adults. | | | | Australian rugby sevens skipper James Stannard has been ruled out of playing at the Commonwealth Games after he suffered a fractured skull in an alleged one-punch attack in Sydney's eastern suburbs early this morning. | | | | American surveillance equipment near the Russian embassy in Washington has given "a lot of people … cancer caused by radiation", Moscow's ambassador to Australia says, but the US is not buying it, saying the nation "should not be acting like a victim". | | | | Authorities say ambulances were not called when a hot air balloon hit a tree and crashed in the Hunter Valley, with its occupants — some with suspected spinal injuries — instead taken to hospital in private transport. | | | | A Los Angeles judge rules that Starbucks Corporation and other coffee companies must put a cancer warning label on coffee products sold in California because of a chemical produced in the roasting process. | | | | RSPCA animal cruelty investigators say they have tracked down a man believed to be responsible for throwing a cat over a fence and into a wall, after a video of the act was widely shared on social media this week. | | | | An emotional Darren Lehmann announces he will step down as Australian cricket coach at the end of the fourth Test match against South Africa, saying his family has faced backlash over the ball-tampering scandal. | | | | A hot pie and a cold soft drink was all it took to dupe the bookies at Australia's richest foot race in 1988. | | | | Now that the month-long committal for Cardinal George Pell is over, we know more about the allegations against him, where they occurred and how the police probe was conducted. | | | | The Victorian Government's bill to restructure the state's fire services is voted down after a controversial move in Parliament by the Opposition. | | | | Heavy weather from ex-Tropical Cyclone Iris has prompted lifesavers to close beaches across southern Queensland on the first day of the Easter long weekend. | | | | South Australian pubs are open on Good Friday for the first time since World War I, with the new rules drawing mixed reactions from religious leaders and happy punters. | | | | North Melbourne Kangaroos and St Kilda face off at Docklands in the second year of the AFL's Good Friday fixture. Follow the action with our live ScoreCentre. | | | | South Sydney and Canterbury take part in their traditional Good Friday fixture at the Olympic stadium, before the action moves to the Shire where the Sharks play the Storm. Follow the scores, stats and commentary via our live ScoreCentre. | | | | US President Donald Trump takes another shot at Amazon, tweeting that the online retailer pays "little or no taxes" and that it takes advantage of the US postal system and puts small retailers out of business. | | | | Welcome to the future, the first Test of the 2019 Ashes series, where the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa still looms large and Australia faces a new reality, one in which they are shamed, scorned and silenced. | | | | It's amazing Tim Storer is in the Senate at all, and he's not likely to be there long — one can't see him re-elected next year. But until then, he has life-or-death sway over a key measure the Government took to the 2016 poll, writes Michelle Grattan. | | | | In the early 1500s, a fisherman found a statue of the Mother Mary on a beach in Indonesia. It became the stuff of legend, and these days thousands of pilgrims flock to the region every year for spectacular Easter rituals. | | | | South Melbourne firm Stanton Grant Legal is seized from its partners and placed in the hands of a manager chosen by the legal regulator after being raided by the Victoria Police anti-bikie taskforce. | | | | Religion might make you a nicer person and improve the lives of those around you, but faith in and of itself is not a good thing — and the Christian faith offers itself for scrutiny, especially over its historical claims, writes Dr Michael Jensen. | | | | The Anglican Diocese of Newcastle is using money raised from selling churches to compensate victims of child sexual abuse, but one coastal community is fighting back. | |  |
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