| | | | Bill Shorten hails a "Super Saturday night" for the ALP, as by-election wins in Braddon, Longman, Perth and Fremantle ease the pressure on his leadership and create doubts about the Coalition's chances of winning the next federal election. | | | | By holding on to Longman and Braddon, Labor puts an end to the pressure on Bill Shorten's leadership and leaves big questions for the LNP and the Turnbull Government, writes Laura Tingle. | | | | Liberal candidate Georgina Downer concedes defeat in the seat of Mayo, following Antony Green's prediction that Centre Alliance's Rebekha Sharkie would win the hotly-contested seat. | | | | In Myanmar, the more conflict there is, the more drug production you'll find. Now, some of the same soldiers who drove Rohingya from their homes are trafficking drugs with them across the border. | | | | They're not solving cryptic crosswords or doing Sudoku just yet. But mice with human brain cells — that are smarter than their "pure" mouse counterparts — are on a challenging frontline of both stem cell medicine and research ethics. | | | | Pope Francis accepts the resignation as cardinal of Theodore McCarrick following allegations of sexual abuse, including one involving an 11-year-old boy — a scandal that has stunned the American Church as he was a respected leader and a confidant of popes and presidents. | | | | Richmond's Jack Higgins produces a contender for goal of the year against Collingwood, but should it have been allowed? | | | | Long before cultural diversity gifted Sydney its vibrant and accessible foodscape, colonial settlers were reliant on stews, native spinach and even imported ice to keep their meals exciting. | | | | Borderline personality disorder can be a debilitating mental illness, but thanks to a new collaborative approach to treatment, is accessible to patients and families, and changing their lives. | | | | Jack Shepherd had been drinking excessively when he "brazenly offered over the controls of his defective" speedboat to his date who had no previous experience with boats, before it capsized in London's River Thames, killing her. | | | | A Cairns teenager makes the cut to dance in the world's most famous cabaret, one of a handful of dancers selected from across the world. Now, she is loving life in Paris. | | | | A government-owned company is experimenting with how it logs and burns the habitat of a threatened glider to see how the native animal survives as part of a research project that's been compared to Japan's "scientific whaling". | | | | The Taliban held its first direct contact with a US official in a preliminary discussion about future peace talks on Afghanistan, according to a senior official with the insurgent group. US officials neither confirmed nor denied a meeting took place. | | | | Drought has ravaged large swathes of Queensland and New South Wales for years, but about half the farmers eligible for an assistance payment have not applied for it, with many citing bureaucratic red tape. | | | | Family and fellow athletes pay tribute to snowboarder Ellie Soutter, who claimed Great Britain's only medal at last year's European Youth Olympic Winter Festival. | | | | It's only natural to want to keep a loved one alive for as long as possible. But some intensive care specialists say sometimes, it's better to let go. | | | | Australia produces millions of tonnes of construction and demolition waste each year and much of it now creates an environmentally friendly material to build roads, despite some early hurdles. | | | | Four young painters across the nation have won the Young Archies prize for five to 18-year-olds, entering portraits of someone special to them. | |  |
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