| | | | Expert divers rescue four boys from a flooded cave in Thailand where they were trapped with their soccer coach for more than two weeks, and prepare to continue the dangerous and complicated operation to free the others amid the threat of rising water underground. | | | | Nineteen Australians are involved in the rescue operation at the Tham Luang cave complex, including a doctor who has played an essential part in assessing which boys can leave and in what order. Follow for live updates. | | | | Evie Amati allegedly told a friend she was "going to kill a lot of people" shortly before walking into a Sydney convenience store and attacking three customers with an axe, a court hears. | | | | It's no surprise the plight of the soccer team has received global media attention. But it does raise some interesting questions about how we extend empathy and concern to people we don't know, writes Dan Crimston. | | | | Everything you need to know to understand Australia's private health insurance system, personalised for you. | | | | The managers of Sydney's tallest building defend their tightened safety measures after a second death at the tourist attraction in less than six months. | | | | There are fears more than 600 Australian-bred greyhounds could end up at illegal tracks in mainland China or be killed for dog meat after the imminent closure of Macau's famous Canidrome racetrack. | | | | A former One Nation adviser allegedly pushed a woman down stairs, raped her and called her a "filthy dog" and "drama queen", a court hears on day one of his trial in Brisbane. | | | | As we wait for rescue operations to resume in Thailand, we've learned some details about how experts got four boys out of the cave. | | | | Hundreds of people shed their clothes on a chilly Melbourne morning and drape themselves in sheer red fabric to be part of the latest photo shoot by internationally renowned photographer Spencer Tunick. | | | | Former Labor leader Mark Latham joins Pauline Hanson's campaign in the Longman by-election, recording a robocall urging voters to retaliate against his former party. | | | | While they like to think you need a thick skin in politics, our representatives are notoriously quick to reach for the lawyers when they don't like what they read or hear, writes Michael Bradley. | | | | Richard "Harry" Harris, the anaesthetist and cave-diver from South Australia who has joined the mission to rescue a soccer team and their coach from a flooded cave in Thailand, is a meticulous doctor with a unique combination of skills that make him perfect for the job, a former colleague says. | | | | Billionaire businessman James Packer resigns from the board of his own family company, Consolidated Press Holdings (CPH), as he continues a recovery from mental health issues. | | | | Iranian women are posting videos of themselves dancing to protest the arrest of a teenager who filmed herself busting out to Justin Bieber in her bedroom. | | | | Melbourne Airport is set for a major overhaul, including a new domestic terminal and a major refit of international facilities, as it prepares for the number of annual passengers to reach 68 million within the next two decades. | | | | We've ranked the top 50 Wimbledon players over the last 50 years. It might surprise you who's on top, and who isn't. | | | | A court in Myanmar charges two jailed Reuters journalists with obtaining secret state documents, moving a landmark press freedom case into its trial stage after six months of preliminary hearings. | | | | A Victorian woman is charged with dangerous driving causing death and using a mobile phone while driving over the death of professional cyclist Jason Lowndes. | | | | Some 54,000 rescuers from the military, police and fire departments are dispatched across the south-west of Japan amid fears the death toll will continue to climb, with more than 50 people still missing. | | | | A not-for-profit grocery store opens in Melbourne stocked with donated produce that is given away rather than being thrown away. Customers can fill up their bags and leave a donation on the way out if they're able. | | | | Employment recruiters say "scary" and misunderstood reports of automation killing off jobs are contributing to a new skills shortage in Western Australia as apprentices stay away. | |  |
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