| | | | Telstra says there are still intermittent interruptions to triple-0 calls in New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia after a cable was cut in NSW earlier today. | | | | The US President abruptly changes his story on what he knew about a pre-election hush money payment to the American porn star who claims to have had an affair with him. | | | | The ABC has uncovered 1,372 vehicle infringements accrued by Australia's politicians — but how many are for serious traffic offences? | | | | The TV star and Oscar-winning director are the first known members expelled for violating a code of conduct that the Academy adopted in December following accusations of sexual harassment within the entertainment industry. | | | | Experts confirm two shipwrecks discovered by accident during the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 likely fell victim to maritime explosions with major loss of life. | | | | If you were a Commonwealth Bank customer from 2000 to 2016, there's a good chance you're affected by a data breach two years ago that the CBA decided to keep secret. | | | | As Queensland Local Government Minister Stirling Hinchliffe hardens his resolve to dump Ipswich City Council, how soon will it happen and who'll take care of the recycling? | | | | French President Emmanuel Macron's next stop on his Pacific sojourn is the French territory of New Caledonia, where the countdown to a vote on independence is fast approaching. | | | | Twitter says it has no reason to believe the exposed passwords ever left the company's internal system or were misused by anyone. | | | | Expectations grow that North Korea will soon release three Americans held as prisoners, as a gesture of goodwill ahead of an unprecedented US-North Korea summit due to take place in coming weeks. | | | | The AFL is reportedly in crisis. Yet seemingly regardless of how the game is played or administered, the grandstands remain packed. Blind faith? Or is proof things aren't as bad as the headlines would have you believe, writes Richard Hinds. | | | | A third of the people responsible for monitoring Australia's threatened species will lose their jobs in funding cuts to the federal Department of Environment, meaning some animals could become extinct without anyone noticing. | | | | China's "Helmsman" President Xi Jinping wants the 1.4 billion people he leads to enthusiastically embrace the teachings of German philosopher Karl Marx, as part of a broader revival of the Communist Party. | | | | Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is being openly defied by the Victorian Liberals to quickly settle on candidates for the next election — a delay which some put down to a power struggle between the religious right and more moderate members. | | | | Perhaps some books aren't meant to be adapted for the screen, writes Jason Di Rosso. | | | | The head packer at the Art Gallery of NSW says Sydney painter Jamie Preisz's portrait of Jimmy Barnes was pretty much "the only contender" among this year's entries to the Archibald Prize. | | | | A Sydney police officer who secretly filmed a colleague while they were having sex and shared the video with his friends is likely to avoid jail time. | | | | The character of Novocastrians has long been reflected in its football teams. On Saturday the town will come together for "the biggest sporting event in its history". | | | | Sydney Pead was looking to start her career in journalism when she applied for an unpaid internship at a Sydney-based newspaper, but the excitement soon wore off. | | | | Mobile and landline telephone numbers are being hijacked by phone scammers, and it is taking a toll particularly on some victims in regional and rural Australia. | | | | Dust and rain storms leave at least 91 dead and more than 160 injured in India, knocking down power poles and houses and uprooted trees, government officials say. | |  |
By North America correspondent Conor Duffy | |  |
By China correspondent Bill Birtles | |  |
by Offsiders columnist Richard Hinds | |  |
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