| | | | The Australian Taxation Office is facing calls for curbs on the "draconian" powers it has been accused of using to target small businesses. | | | | Malcolm Turnbull would never, ever have entertained matching Tony Abbott's sorry record of 30 consecutive negative Newspolls. But he has, so what happens next? | | | | Seven people who have eaten frozen pomegranate purchased at Coles have been diagnosed with a unique strain of hepatitis A, prompting a recall of what the company behind the product describes as "a relatively small batch". | | | | Following the death of her 17-year-old cousin in a car accident last week, weightlifter Tia-Clair Toomey was battling more than her opponents as she won Commonwealth Games gold. | | | | Ever sent a message and then wished you could take it back? According to Facebook you might soon be able to do just that with the platform promising to make the feature available to all users. | | | | Businesses fed up with constant property damage employ sonic security to protect their shopfronts in Cairns, and while it is legal, some are questioning whether it is ethical. | | | | Maureen Roberts will never forget the terrifying moment her pilot became her patient mid-flight. Now, after almost 40 years, Australia's longest serving flight nurse is finally disembarking. | | | | Six members of the 'Colt' family are formally refused bail following their extradition to New South Wales over charges of incest and child sex abuse. | | | | A powerful 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea, the European earthquake monitoring service reports. | | | | Arizona and Texas announce they will send 400 National Guard members to the US-Mexico border by next week in response to US President Donald Trump's call for troops to fight drug trafficking and illegal immigration. | | | | Brazil's former president, dubbed "the most popular politician on Earth", remains holed up inside a steelworkers union surrounded by hundreds of fervent supporters, after defying a judge's order to turn himself in to police over corruption charges. | | | | Asian investors were seduced by the glitz and glamour of a flashy property developer to invest millions in developments in Western Australia's Pilbara. Now they can only watch on as liquidators try to piece together where the money went. | | | | Two years after Li Long died of cancer, his mother finally found him a terminally ill bride for a "ghost marriage" — a marriage for two deceased people to live in the netherworld together. | | | | Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor is freed by a New York judge on $US50,000 bail after being charged with assault for his part in a melee at a media event to publicise a series of UFC fights at a Brooklyn arena. | | | | It's been a wild few years since Facebook went offline. We have faced a few problems, to which we have had to find increasingly creative solutions, writes Ben Pobjie. | | | | Francois Etoundi was sent home in shame for a fight during Glasgow 2014, but the backflipping Australian overcame a shoulder injury to win bronze at the Gold Coast as he looks to bury the hatchet for his past indiscretion. | | | | A Commonwealth Games official from Mauritius who has been charged with assaulting a female athlete has left Australia, police confirm. | | | | A 39-year-old mother accused of drugging and sexually abusing her eight-year-old daughter at so-called "swinging" group sex parties in Perth appears in court charged with more than 90 offences. | | | | Filmmaker and adventurer Pete Wyllie talked five of his friends into taking on and documenting a climb, and then a jump, from Frenchmans Cap. | | | | The United States imposes major sanctions against 24 Russians, striking at allies of President Vladimir Putin in one of Washington's most aggressive moves to punish Moscow for its alleged meddling in the 2016 election and other "malign activity". | | | | Israeli troops shoot dead 10 Palestinian protesters, including one journalist, and wound at least 200 along the Israel-Gaza border, Palestinian medical officials say, raising the death toll to 32 in the week-long disturbances. | | | | Prince Philip may hold a string of grand titles and honours including the Duke of Edinburgh and Lord High Admiral of the Royal Navy, but for one small community a in Vanuatu, he is regarded in a far more spiritual way. | |  |
By Luke Pentony at the Gold Coast | |  |
SATIRE by Ben Pobjie | |  |
By political editor Andrew Probyn | |  |
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