| | | | Julie Bishop and Mitch Fifield have been forced to pour cold water on motions passed at the Liberal Party's federal council, which insiders claim signify the "ascendancy of the conservatives" in the party. | | | | Catholic priests say they are not willing to break the seal of confession to report child sex abuse, and would rather go to jail than abide by the law. | | | | He plays like someone from another era, another country. But Tom Rogic is the here and the now as the Socceroos shoot for a World Cup longshot. | | | | To understand the deep institutional anxiety about Huawei among Australia's closest security partners, you have to understand the British experience with the Chinese telecommunications giant, writes Andrew Probyn. | | | | Having resigned last year over her dual Canadian-Australian citizenship issues, former Queensland Greens senator Larissa Waters is set to return to Federal Parliament when Andrew Bartlett steps aside in August. | | | | Cristiano Ronaldo may be a polarising figure, but there is little doubt in his ability to change a game. | | | | Stinky sausages made of cane toad flesh have been scattered from helicopters in a wide-scale trial to help native animals survive the toxic pests. | | | | Footballers playing at the oval a short walk away from where Eurydice Dixon was found dead on Wednesday hold a moment of silence in her honour, calling for an end to violence against women. | | | | It's crunch time for the Suns and Saints at Carrara and later Adelaide will have a tough test against the Hawks at the MCG, after Fremantle's thrashing of Carlton. Follow all the live scores, stats and commentary. | | | | The Dragons face Manly and the Sharks clash with the Broncos after the Titans' strong win over the Bulldogs. Follow all the live scores, stats and commentary. | | | | A federal judge sends Paul Manafort to jail pending trial after he was charged with witness tampering in the latest episode in a slow fall from grace for a man who was President Donald Trump's campaign chairman in 2016. | | | | Analysts say the uncertainty following news of United States-China tariffs could cause issues for miners in Australia's biggest export state by stalling decisions on future big projects. | | | | A decision by a major supermarket to sell mince made from plants in the red meat aisle of the supermarket has farmers and a Nationals senator seeing red. | | | | One of Australia's biggest producers of kombucha is calling for greater market regulation because some beverages are being sold with wildly inconsistent alcohol levels while others make misleading health claims. | | | | Jacinda Ardern is about to become the second world leader in history to give birth while in office, and while Kiwis have been caught up in "Jacindamania", the nation has a long history of supporting equality in politics and most people expect business as usual to return before too long. | | | | Vision of an orangutan fleeing from an excavator has thrown the issue of palm oil back into the spotlight. It comes as a new study casts doubt on whether 'sustainable' palm oil is really less destructive than the alternative. | | | | A water planning whistleblower warns the Murray-Darling Basin Plan is heavily influenced by vested interests and flawed science, with the plan to shrink the Menindee Lakes "nothing short of environmental vandalism". | | | | Pauline Hedges is seen as a hero in the outback town of Pentland, so why is she cleaning public toilets on a lonely stretch of highway? | | | | The New York-based artist, famous for his photos of throngs of naked people in public places, will create the human installation in the carpark of a Melbourne Woolworths after the supermarket giant reversed its opposition to the project. | | | | My patient is talking about raising his voice at home. He's angry, ashamed but not alone: one in 10 dads will suffer from perinatal depression and anger is a common symptom, writes Matthew Roberts. | | | | A British army sergeant who sabotaged his wife's parachute, causing her to plunge more than 1,200 metres to the ground after jumping from a plane, is jailed for life for trying to murder her. | | | | Tourists are lured from across the country to Portland with the promise of catching bluefin tuna, but many hold fears that a cut to quotas could result in a major hit to the town. | |  |
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