| | | | The Shape Of Water was the surprise winner, but Frances McDormand provided the highlight of the Oscars by honouring her fellow female nominees. | | | | Shades of red, white and champagne dominated the Oscars red carpet, until Nicole Kidman's bold blue brought the red carpet to a standstill. | | | | Food delivery company Aussie Farmers Direct goes into voluntary administration, turning away truckloads of fresh produce this morning. | | | | The family of a little girl left in a coma after receiving an electric shock from a garden tap say they fear she has been permanently injured as she lies on a cooling pad in hospital to try to limit the damage. | | | | A female barbershop owner defends her right to refuse service to women after fielding a discrimination complaint from a woman who was told the business only cut men's hair. | | | | The company which owns Gloria Jean's, Donut King and other high-profile brands has taken a beating on the stock market after it announced the closure of up to 200 stores, and an $88 million net loss. | | | | Jimmy Kimmel gets the 90th Academy Awards underway with an opening monologue that refers to the Oscar statue and his lack of penis as the most "respected man in Hollywood", and mixes Harvey Weinstein punchlines with earnest comments about reforming gender equality in Hollywood. | | | | Cricket Australia investigates an incident involving David Warner after video footage emerges of the Australia vice-captain having a heated exchange with Quinton de Kock during the first Test in Durban. | | | | A man who tortured his stepdaughter using bed slats, belts and electrical cords is sentenced to 37 years in jail for her murder, after she died from a "consistent pattern of cruel and barbaric abuse of a helpless child". | | | | A South African boerboel dog weighing 76 kilograms is put down after a savage attack on a 10-year-old girl in Melbourne's outer suburbs, which left her with puncture wounds all over her body | | | | A cheque made out by Chinese mining magnate Sally Zou for a potential $1.2 million donation to the SA Liberals appears to contain a deliberate numerical reference to leader Steven Marshall's most recent birthday. | | | | Federal Government officials are increasingly pessimistic about Australia's chances of dodging the US steel and aluminium tariffs unveiled by Donald Trump. | | | | Less than 36 hours after Barnaby Joyce told a journalist the paternity of his partner's unborn child was not clear, he is declaring the issue "nobody else's business". | | | | Crown Casino faces possible disciplinary action — including a suspension of its licence — from Victoria's gambling regulator for removing gambling options for punters on a handful of its poker machines. | | | | Father-of-six Ian Fackender was suffering from schizophrenia when he was shot and killed by police. NSW officers shot dead 35 people in the past 20 years, and new data shows more than half of them had a mental illness. | | | | The NRL does not thrive on scandal, it survives despite it — so the league's decision to allow the controversial return of Matthew Lodge will not be of benefit to the game, writes Richard Hinds. | | | | Italian voters deliver a hung parliament, flocking to anti-establishment and far-right parties in record numbers and casting the euro zone's third-largest economy into a political gridlock that could take months to clear. | | | | The alarming circumstances surrounding Gayle Woodford's death raise the question: Are we doing enough to keep our remote area nurses safe? Australian Story investigates. | | | | An affair is generally a sign things aren't right with someone's relationship. It occurs when one person sees an alternative relationship as a better way to meet their needs than their existing one, writes Gery Karantzas. | | | | Cardinal George Pell's lawyers accuse Victoria Police of failing to follow procedure in investigating Australia's most senior Catholic cleric, and of working under the presumption he was guilty. | | | | The Fair Work Ombudsman releases a report revealing widespread breaches of workplace laws by Caltex franchisees. | | | | The internet has revolutionised communication, but voice calls are declining in some demographics, and that means we may be losing out on a powerful part of what connects us to each other, writes Barbara Keys. | | | | A magnitude-6 aftershock hit the Highlands region at 6:00am, one week after a magnitude-7.5 quake destroyed buildings and roads and dammed rivers. | |  |
By Offsiders columnist Richard Hinds | |  |
By Gery Karantzas | |  |
By Barbara Keys | |  |
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