| | | | A Turkish court rejects Australia's request to extradite notorious Islamic State terrorist Neil Prakash in a shock ruling overnight that could see him released from jail unless Turkey decides to prosecute him. | | | | US President Donald Trump asks his national security adviser, John Bolton, to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to Washington later in the year, the White House says. | | | | Federal Labor backbencher Emma Husar says she is "horrified" to learn the New South Wales ALP is investigating allegations of bullying and misconduct levelled at her by former staff. | | | | A man whose wife was taken to hospital in an ambulance after suffering a leg fracture says a call from debt collectors was the first time he was told money was owing to Ambulance Victoria. | | | | Doctor Who's new lead, Jodie Whittaker, knows it's the small things that make a big difference — like little girls not having to play the sidekick, or cut their hair to dress as the Doctor. | | | | With a booming population putting a squeeze on Australia cities, many are building up to help provide for our housing needs, but experts fear we may not be designing our suburbs the right way. | | | | A New South Wales specialist says he believes a risky type of colon polyp that can lead to bowel cancer may be more common than previously thought and new assessment guidelines are needed. | | | | A long-running dispute over service fee hikes for Moreton Island property owners is resolved in a new deal, set to rein in annual fees and fix future increases. | | | | Australia's first pill testing trial, held at Canberra Groovin' The Moo this year, brought out critics who thought testing results in more drug taking and higher rates of drug-related harm, but this doesn't check out. | | | | Universities should train all frontline staff as first responders to sexual assault or abuse as part of measures to protect victims on campus, according to new national guidelines agreed to by the nation's major institutions. | | | | Like many survivors of institutional abuse Donald turned to crime as a young man, but now almost 25 years since he last served time in jail, his criminal record may prevent him receiving any compensation through the national redress scheme for "the greatest of personal violations". | | | | Carbon-dated dingo bones provide the oldest direct date for the predator's arrival in Australia so far — and could help explain the decline of the Tasmanian tiger and devil on the mainland. | | | | Industry super outperforms retail funds for another financial year, with no bank-run funds making the list of the 'top 10' best performers. | | | | Football loves a sugar hit and the tabloid frenzy created by images of Usain Bolt in a Mariners shirt had the capacity to give the entire A-League Type 2 diabetes. But the FFA was right not to fund his Central Coast trial, Richard Hinds writes. | | | | At the height of her good fortune, while the tip of a Chesterfield cigarette still burned brightly between her fingertips, Maryanne Van Arkadie had no inkling that one day life would be lived out of a suitcase. | | | | Researchers have discovered ladybirds drastically change their behaviour when they were subjected to AC/DC, and it is bad news for farmers and gardeners. | | | | Sister Patricia Fox has again been ordered to leave the Philippines after angering President Rodrigo Duterte through her alleged involvement in activism against the country's Government. | | | | A South Korean company claims to have found a sunken Russian warship which was carrying an enormous amount of gold when it sank 113 years ago but there's speculation about how much treasure is actually aboard the sunken vessel. | | | | The Tongan Government will soon begin making repayments on controversial Chinese loans that critics have said saddled the small Pacific nation with unsustainable debt. | | | | Israel passes a law to declare only Jews have the right of self-determination in the country, something members of the Arab minority say is racist and verging on apartheid. | | | | Tossing snags on the barbie is about to become a bit more problematic in Tasmania under new barbecue smoke rules — for some it's enough to blow the sauce off your sausage. | |  |
By Offsiders columnist Richard Hinds | |  |
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