| | | | When did Australian cricket adopt a win-at-all-costs culture? After Don Bradman said playing cricket is a moral lesson, and Allan Border demanded toughness but also integrity, when did things turn toxic? | | | | From not being able to use the toilet in his office, to grazed knuckles and chipped doors, accessibility issues plague Greens senator Jordon Steele-John's participation in the Parliament. | | | | US President Donald Trump declares "NO MORE" to a deal to help "Dreamer" immigrants and threatens to pull out of a free trade agreement with Mexico unless it does more to stop people from crossing into the US. | | | | The PM is about to announce who will take over as Chief of Defence Force, in one of the world's most highly paid military roles. There are a few names on the shortlist. | | | | After a top-order collapse, wicket-keeper Tim Paine and fast bowler Pat Cummins dig in for a stubborn 99-run stand in Johannesburg. | | | | Australia's natural oils are offering an increasing range of benefits to international markets, proving the demand is "here to stay". | | | | Nauru's justice system is without any court of appeal, after the Nauruan Government severed ties with the Australian judicial system. | | | | Perhaps the NRL should have cleaned house long ago but had they done so there would have been a similar sense of outrage from those now condemning the authorities for simply making players conform to basic rules, writes Richard Hinds. | | | | As voices around the world condemn Israel following shooting deaths of 15 protesters, it is standing firm, with the country's Defence Minister rejecting demands for an inquiry into the actions of its security forces. | | | | The victims of a devastating earthquake in the Papua New Guinea highlands say the disaster has compounded the impacts of deadly tribal fighting that had already displaced thousands of people. | | | | They were Australia's original special forces — the brave men who reckoned with crocodile-infested waters, Japanese forces and unreliable information. | | | | All children have the right to a safe, happy and emotionally supported childhood where they are nurtured and loved, but recent arguments about the removal of Indigenous children from their families fail to appreciate the complexity of the issue, write Christine Craik and Linda Ford. | | | | As the cheating scandal moves into a second week, pressure is building on the governing body for allowing the culture of the Australian cricket team to reach the point it has. | | | | Florida police post footage on social media of a trapper removing a 3.35 metre alligator from a family pool in the town of Nokomis on Florida's Gulf Coast. | | | | Pope Francis leads Easter mass under tight security in front of tens of thousands of faithful pilgrims in Vatican City, while Jerusalem's Old City becomes a focal point. | | | | A woman gives birth in a Perth jail cell — alone and crying out in pain — after staff have problems unlocking the prison cell door. | | | | Australian families will be slugged with yet another hit to their budget as private health insurance premium increases come into effect today. | | | | A three-year-old boy who went missing last night from a central western New South Wales campsite is found safe five kilometres away on a four-wheel drive track, with his father saying it is an "Easter miracle". | | | | Darwin's tight-knit Bangladeshi community is devastated after three friends were killed in a horrific car crash at Kakadu, only months after others died in a crash at Litchfield National Park. | | | | Pro-euthanasia, but against legal representation for same-sex couples; an advocate for women's issues, but adamant females should not be in frontline combat roles — Jocelyn Newman, a senator and Howard government minister, dies after a long struggle with Alzheimer's. | | | | Navigating the internet on April Fool's Day is a nightmare. We'll make it a little easier with a list of some of the biggest joke headlines floating around this year. | |  |
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