| | | The Best Stories are Yours We want to know what the ABC means to you, your family, your community. Share your memory of the ABC with us. You can upload it to social media using the #ABCyours hashtag. See how other Australians are sharing their stories here. | | | The Home Affairs Minister overruled advice from a senior Australian Border Force official when he allowed a French au pair to escape deportation after being lobbied by AFL boss Gillon McLachlan, emails reveal. | | | | After the driest start to the year in New South Wales since 1965, what will a dry spring mean for water storages already in trouble? | | | | A massive warehouse fire in the Melbourne suburb of West Footscray sends toxic smoke into neighbourhoods, prompting health warnings. | | | | The Australian Government is well within its rights to question whether someone convicted of espionage and dishonourably discharged from the US military should enter the country, let alone be paid for her appearance, writes Rodger Shanahan. | | | | Barnaby Joyce and Tony Abbott have been asked to serve as special envoys under Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Here's what that means and why they've been given the job. | | | | The ACCC will consider TPG's past "aggressive" behaviour in deciding whether to allow its $15 billion merger with Vodafone to proceed. | | | | Adelaide Crows' star midfielder Rory Sloane and his wife Belinda announce the loss of their first child, after he was stillborn last week. | | | | By the time researchers realised Florida's wildlife was disappearing it was too late. Could Australia suffer the same fate? | | | | Christine Lyons and her cousin-in-law, Ronald Lyons, are jailed over the murder of Samantha Kelly, who was beaten to death with a hammer in a crime described by the sentencing judge as "heartless and thoroughly evil". | | | | All eyes are on the relationship Scott Morrison will form with Joko Widodo as the new PM symbolically chooses Indonesia for his first outing on the world stage. | | | | A global miner hoping to revive the Kimberley diamond industry believes it may have discovered Australia's next big diamond field. | | | | Father Rod Bower is famous for the thought-provoking signs outside his church. They are often a reaction to the day's news, and recently he has had trouble keeping up with the political upheaval in Canberra. | | | | Alize Cornet's warning from a chair umpire after adjusting her shirt during the second round of the US Open divides tournament organisers and the women's tennis governing body. | | | | The Coalition has taken a battering in the polls since ousting Malcolm Turnbull as prime minister, and it's not just their popularity that's suffered. | | | | A car accident and acquired brain injury temporarily robbed Luke Stevens of his ability to walk and talk. But because all motorists now pay $100 a year, he can access a level of care that two years ago would have been denied to him. | | | | Mr Trump's comments come a day after Defence Secretary Jim Mattis hinted that the military drills, which North Korea denounces as rehearsals for invasion, could resume. | | | | A fireball in the sky over WA has scientists searching the countryside for alien rocks, sparking memories of the search for the Mundrabilla meteorite — the biggest ever to land in Australia. | | | | Some women within the Liberal Party dismiss suggestions the party has a culture of bullying and intimidation, after MP Julia Banks announces she will quit politics because of the behaviour demonstrated by her colleagues. | | | | As the AFL's chief executive Gillon McLachlan is always going be a target for every football grievance — petty or profound. But this week he's been sucked into an affair that touches on trust in institutions other than the AFL, Mary Gearin writes. | | | | Ian Kay's farm was seized by Robert Mugabe's men after a series of violent attacks. He has vowed never to return, but other white farmers say it's time to start heading home. | | | | Thousands of Adelaide homes and businesses are still without power after severe winds cause blackouts, just hours after the city had its warmest August night on record. | | | | Cricket Australia sacked Angela Williamson after Premier Will Hodgman and Health Minister Michael Ferguson both conveyed their disappointment in her, court documents allege. | | | | Two whale tongues wash up on the shores of Darwin, leaving researchers questioning whether an orca, shark or crocodile is responsible. | |  |
By political reporter Jane Norman and Indonesia correspondent David Lipson | |  |
By Rodger Shanahan | |  |
By national sport correspondent Mary Gearin | |  |
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