| | | | More than 500 firefighters have worked desperately through the night to stop an out-of-control blaze tearing through residential neighbourhoods in Sydney's south-west. | | | | The moment a passenger train drives through Sydney's bushfire is caught on camera, as more than 1,000 hectares in the city's south-west goes up in smoke. | | | | While Mr Trump is vowing to act should chemical attacks in Syria continue, he has made clear he does not want to deepen US involvement in the area. | | | | A Russian bid for the United Nations Security Council to condemn US, British and French air strikes on Syria over a suspected chemical weapons attack fails after only China and Bolivia join Russia to vote in favour of a draft resolution. | | | | One in five Australian children has gone hungry in the past 12 months, with some going the whole day without eating, and others even resorting to chewing on paper to feel full, a report finds. | | | | Nicolson defeats Northern Ireland's Michaela Walsh by split decision to complete one of Australia's fairy tale stories at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, following in the footsteps of her late brother Jamie. | | | | The Opals cruise to victory over England in women's basketball despite the ejection of Liz Cambage — and Mark Knowles and the Kookaburras add another gold, beating New Zealand. | | | | A cruise ship arrives back in Brisbane after a 47-year-old woman fell overboard last week. | | | | Is environmentalism a luxury of the latte-sipping rich? Are working-class people unconcerned with 'big issues' like climate change and sustainable energy? We asked people on both sides of the debate to weigh in. | | | | A new fish canning facility in Western Australia hopes to provide markets for the struggling Australian salmon industry. | | | | Myanmar garment workers who have been groped at work, attacked on their way home and subject to routine pregnancy tests, hope a new workshop will help change unsafe conditions. | | | | An inspiring young schoolgirl becomes a published author by providing a rare insight into the rich birdlife of her Arnhem Land hometown. | | | | NASA is set to launch a new planet-hunting telescope that promises to send the number of alien planets we know through the roof — and make it easier to search for hints of life. | | | | Czech filmmaker Milos Forman, whose American movies One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus won a deluge of Academy Awards, including best director Oscars, has died. | | | | Champion racehorse Winx wins her 25th race in a row, beating Gailo Chop in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick, and equalling Black Caviar's streak. | | | | A letter from the UK's national security adviser alleges Russia was spying on the former double agent for at least five years before attempting to poison him with a military-grade nerve agent. | | | | The Federal Agriculture Department suspends shipments of Australian sheep to an abattoir in Qatar over new allegations of animal welfare violations and breaches of supply chain rules. | | | | Vandals set fire to the surfboard-shaped clock at South Bank in Brisbane overnight, claiming their actions are in retaliation for Commonwealth Games protesters being arrested on the Gold Coast. | | | | Complaints to the broadcaster worry we've forgotten how to pronounce our country's name. The truth is, we've never been all that crash hot on it. | | | | When weird things started happening to Robert McKee no-one knew what was wrong, but a chance encounter sent his doctors on a global hunt for the answer. | | | | US President Donald Trump attacks former FBI director James Comey, calling him a "weak and untruthful slime ball" over news accounts Mr Comey's upcoming memoir is hugely critical of the President. | | | | Ian "Kanga" Cairns reflects on helping to transform surfing from a "pastime for bludgers" to a multi-million dollar international sport. | |  |
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