| | | | Australia will spend $7 billion on six unmanned spy planes that can stay in the air for more than a day and will be used to hunt enemy submarines and carry out surveillance flights. | | | | A man did nothing despite a desperate plea for help as two people were locked inside a metal toolbox that was later found submerged in a Queensland dam with their bodies inside, a court hears. | | | | Lucy Zelic fights back tears on air as she and co-host Craig Foster address social media abuse over her pronunciation of players' names during the broadcaster's coverage. | | | | The Department of Transport is investigating a Perth taxi driver after he refused to accept a fare last month from co-chair of Reconciliation WA, Carol Innes, forcing her into a different car. | | | | A Russian billionaire who dreams of one day living in space holds a lavish ceremony at a castle in Austria to declare himself the leader of a new, independent space nation called Asgardia. | | | | Drug smugglers drew a crude map of Australia on the back of a hotel check-out slip and used a banknote torn in half to prove their identities during a mid-ocean transfer of $1 billion worth of methamphetamine, WA's Supreme Court hears. | | | | By the late '90s, Wollongong was a cesspool of corruption and abuse, its streets awash with heroin. But the gruesome slaying of one of the town's most powerful figures marked the start of the road to redemption. | | | | Piecing together months' worth of satellite imagery, we tracked flood waters for hundreds of kilometres on its remarkable journey from the top end to the lowest natural point of Australia: Lake Eyre. | | | | Former Northern Territory police commissioner John McRoberts kept his sexual relationship with Operation Subutai's priority target a "secret" and deflected the fraud probe. | | | | The Chinese telco giant is revealed as the biggest corporate sponsor of international travel for Australia's federal politicians, as an important decision about the nation's 5G future edges closer. | | | | As New South Wales Police continue their search for evidence in the disappearance of William Tyrrell, the local community where the boy went missing rallies to restore the town's reputation. | | | | In two separate matches, in two stadiums nearly 2,000kms apart but at precisely the same time, complete World Cup madness unfolded as VAR starred in Portugal's 1-1 with Iran and Spain's 2-2 against Morocco. | | | | Unprecedented demand for ambulances left victims of Melbourne's thunderstorm asthma event waiting for ambulances — but they weren't actually on the way, a coroner hears. | | | | A teenage boy escapes from the fiery wreckage of a small plane after it crashed in Detroit, Michigan, killing two others. | | | | Australia may get a visit from Donald Trump before it gets a new US ambassador. It could be seen as a snub, but the Government is just a little nervous about who would be the Trump administration's second choice for ambassador to Australia, writes Geoff Kitney. | | | | Trying to build a child's self-esteem by constantly praising them seems smart, but it can create an adult who struggles to accept mistakes and adapt to change. That can have a ripple effect: including at work. | | | | Bill Shorten's decision to repeal company tax cuts for medium-sized businesses did not go to shadow cabinet, the ABC is told, amid suggestions from the Coalition that the Labor leader made a "captain's call". | | | | Department of Human Services figures show parents now owe $1.59 billion in unpaid child support. Just a small fraction of that is recovered each year using departure prevention orders, which prevent parents who owe a debt from travelling overseas. | | | | Up to a third of financial planners are tipped to quit the industry in response to attempts to boost educational standards. | | | | Animal rights activists are hoping the ruling Communist Party will revive a draft animal cruelty law from 2009, which will outlaw the slaughter of dogs for meat consumption. | |  |
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