| | | | In a series of tweets, Australian author Yassmin Abdel-Magied claims that she has been deported from the US after American officials took her phone and passport ahead of her appearance on April 18 at a New York festival. | | | | Wasn't Trump just talking up the possibility of a great relationship with Russia? For a President facing trouble at home, there's never been a better time to stand up to Russian aggression, writes Philip Williams. | | | | The widow of a Melbourne magistrate who took his own life last month believes a crippling caseload contributed to the death of her husband, who often heard up to 90 cases a day. | | | | Three Australian "cheats" were caught ahead of the Commonwealth Games, anti-doping authorities reveal, after drug testers conducted a huge operation to ensure the event was the cleanest ever. | | | | A man is found guilty of murdering an 11-month-old boy at Paynesville, with the court hearing the child's injuries were so significant he would have bled out in tens of seconds. | | | | The Prime Minister stands by Australia's anti-espionage laws while conceding they are provoking tensions with China, with Australian ministers absent from a major international conference which was addressed by Xi Jinping. | | | | Where property prices have been rising few people are behind on their mortgage repayments, but analysts warn some of those suburbs are set for pain as their real estate markets soften. | | | | Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg survived his Washington DC appearances and now US politicians are itching to do something. But what? | | | | Mark Zuckerberg tells US politicians he was among the 87 million Facebook users whose data was wrongly harvested from the website by a political consultancy firm, but rejects suggestions users do not have enough control over their data. | | | | A new "smart" speedbump technology that uses radars to track a car's speed and creates a dip in the road if it is travelling too fast is trialled for the first time in Australia. | | | | A man who spent more than 20 hours lost in crocodile-infested Cairns mangroves sought refuge in a tree overnight to avoid contact with any hungry reptiles. Thankfully for him the only thing biting were the sandflies. | | | | NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says offshore oil and gas exploration permits will no longer be issued by her Government as it seeks to reduce the country's net greenhouse emissions to zero by 2050. | | | | From indoctrination and control, to gurus and 'love bombing' — there's a powerful psychology behind why people join cults, and why they stay. Two former cult members speak out. | | | | The pilot 'clean energy' project uses brown coal to make hydrogen power and is expected to create 400 jobs — but concerns remain about carbon emissions. | | | | The Australian pop music sensation says she is sick of people asking about her age and says her latest album is in part a reflection of the #MeToo movement that has swept the entertainment industry. | | | | Gold medal winning javelin thrower Kathryn Mitchell's career could have been over after the London Olympics, were it not for the sport's all-time great thrower Uwe Hohn. | | | | Yulia Skripal confirms she had rejected an offer of assistance from Moscow and says she is not yet well enough to give a media interview, as she and her father Sergei recover from last month's attack. | | | | Timmah Ball has seen first-hand the anger and confusion directed towards Aboriginal people who have accumulated wealth or success. | | | | Witnesses said they saw flames coming the engine of an Algerian military transport plane which smashed into a field, killing all of the 257 people on board. | | | | Queensland surf clubs are starting to rethink dress codes that apply different standards to men and women, amid complaints from patrons and warnings such rules amount to discrimination. | | | | The pop star says she was diagnosed with the bipolar II form of the disorder after she suffered an emotional and physical breakdown around the time of her critically panned movie Glitter in 2001. | | | | A red-bellied black snake made for an unwanted addition to a little girl's stuffed animal collection after it wriggled its way into her toy box. Watch the moment it's discovered and pulled out by a snake catcher. | |  |
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