| | | | During his defamation trial, the broadcaster maintains his belief that the Wagner quarry was responsible for the deaths of 12 people in the Grantham floods, but says he had no hydrological evidence to support his claims. | | | | About 250 people who came to Australia for the Commonwealth Games are still in the country, even though their visas have expired, and almost 200 have already applied for protection visas. | | | | Telstra says its mobile voice and data services have "returned to normal levels" after another outage crippled its 3G and 4G mobile phone networks across Australia this morning, impacting some EFTPOS facilities and roadside assistance services. | | | | Transport Minister Rita Saffioti remains confident the Perth Airport tunnel link will be complete on schedule, following the latest breakthrough in the $1.86 billion project. | | | | A publicly heralded military operation against terrorism in the Philippines is now shrouded in unusual secrecy, writes national affairs correspondent Greg Jennett. | | | | Four Queensland mayors and one councillor are immediately suspended following the passing of reforms to local government legislation. | | | | The Kilauea volcano that is oozing, spewing and exploding on Hawaii's Big Island becomes more hazardous, with rivers of molten rock flowing into the ocean, and a man's leg injured by lava splatter. | | | | Westpac fought and won a case with the Financial Ombudsman Service that enabled it to evict an elderly pensioner with multiple serious medical conditions, with only a last minute deal preventing that outcome. | | | | Denishar Woods, an 11-year-old Perth girl, suffered massive brain injuries and lost her sight after an electric shock at her public housing property. Her family is now set to sue the WA Government for breaching its duty of care. | | | | If you're a female carpenter in Australia, you could be forgiven for thinking you're the only one. Here's why. | | | | Join astronomer Fred Watson for a spectacular tour of 15 things you shouldn't miss in our May night sky. | | | | Actor and cancer campaigner Samuel Johnson takes aim at charity muggers — known as "chuggers" — who ask for donations on the street, calling them "snakes" and "dogs". | | | | As the community in Santa Fe, Texas, continues to mourn the loss of 10 people killed during the country's latest mass shooting, one of the survivors says the issue has nothing to do with gun laws, and a conservative lieutenant governor suggests fewer doors would solve the problem. | | | | Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are delaying their honeymoon and jumping straight into their royal duties. First up, they've got a garden party at Buckingham Palace. Then a trip to Australia is on the cards. | | | | One of WA's worst sex offenders, Patrick Alfred Merritt — formerly known as Patrick Alfred Comeagain — pleads guilty at the 11th hour to repeatedly sexually assaulting a teenage girl in bushland in the Mid West city of Geraldton 25 years ago. | | | | A spike is sexual assaults on the Gold Coast — half of them in so-called Safe Night Precincts — raises alarm bells, with one senior policeman saying women heading out at night should avoid being alone. | | | | Czech Moto3 rider Jakub Kornfeil escapes crashing into the bike of one of his rivals with a "crazy" jump at the French Grand Prix at Le Mans. | | | | An Australian police officer who died during a rafting trip in New Zealand's South Island is identified as 31-year-old Joshua Paroci of New South Wales. | | | | Her story is both shaking up what it means to be authentic on social media and giving an insight into where branding and marketing might be headed. | | | | The business media has long fawned over the wealthy so it is not surprising the moral crusaders came out to decry the ABC's treatment of controversial former AMP boss Catherine Brenner, writes Ian Verrender. | | | | Conspiracy theories surrounding Adolf Hitler's death may have been put to rest, with French scientists saying they have conclusively proved he died in 1945. | | | | The designer of Meghan Markle's deceptively simple wedding gown and elaborate veil says she received the special commission in early January and managed to keep it secret not only from the inquisitive British press, but from her family. | | | | When doctors couldn't explain why Sally and Stephen Damiani's son was quickly deteriorating, the couple took it upon themselves to crack their boy's genetic code and diagnose his disease. Now their remarkable discovery is helping people around the world. | |  |
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