| | | | A Brisbane father diagnosed with a terminal neurological disease fears he will "wake up dead one day with no assistance", after being rejected for Commonwealth financial help. | | | | A 73-year-old woman was trying to park her car at a netball complex in Sydney's south when it crashed into two spectators, leaving one of them critically injured, authorities say. | | | | Daniel Ricciardo's move to Renault has surprised plenty in the Formula One paddock, with some describing it as "bold", whilst a former driver with the team described it as a "backwards move". | | | | When Zita Stark moved to Australia in 2012, she didn't settle in a major city — but she found the life that she'd hoped for. | | | | 2GB radio shock jock Ray Hadley says his police officer son Daniel is "not in control of his mental health", after revelations the 28-year-old was allegedly caught with $200 worth of cocaine. | | | | Cape York leader Noel Pearson says Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's rejection of the request to create a permanent Indigenous advisory body has "destroyed" people. | | | | An open window has seemingly saved a man who was inside a car that plunged into the crater of an extinct South Australian volcano, with police saying he was thrown through the opening to safety. | | | | An accountant for US President Donald Trump's one-time campaign chairman Paul Manafort admits, in trial testimony, that she helped falsify financial records at Mr Manafort's request to reduce his tax burden and help him qualify for loans. | | | | Fancy a cut-price case of the Barossa Valley's famous "Benfords" wine? China's third-largest online shopping platform Pinduoduo might have just the right deal for you. | | | | Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison says the GST on tampons is an "anomaly" and a source of frustration for women, adding that the "states have decided to hold onto the money instead of getting rid" of the tax. | | | | As Julian Assange's six-year stay in the Ecuadorian embassy in London is drawing to a close, the ABC's daily news podcast The Signal has been investigating what will happen when his time in the embassy runs out. | | | | The Carteret Islands were the first place in the world to require population relocations due to climate change, with predictions they would be submerged by 2015. Photographer Darren James visited the string of coral atolls and discovered how they have coped with these challenges. | | | | The Showdown is on at Adelaide Oval and later St Kilda plays the Western Bulldogs and the Swans take on Collingwood. Already on Saturday AFL, Hawthorn squeaked past Essendon and the Lions fell short against North. Follow all the live scores, stats and commentary. | | | | The Eels host the Titans and later the Cowboys travel to the Roosters after the Warriors grab the points away to the Dragons. Follow all the live scores, stats and commentary. | | | | More than 100 goats burst into a neighbourhood in Idaho's capital city of Boise, startling residents and captivating spectators on social media as they feasted on lawns, flower bushes and tree leaves. | | | | It's been 36 years since the first Gay 'Olympics', where Australian Peter Todd won gold — and lost his job because of it. Back then the games were a protest, but now they're about visibility, inclusion and having a go. | | | | A north Queensland community struggling with drought and unemployment receives a boost from an Australian-first project, but needs more permanent solutions. | | | | Osama bin Laden's mother speaks publicly about her son for the first time, saying he was a "very good child" whom she warned to stay away from religious radicals and that he never admitted to her what he was doing. | | | | Holding police to account is the aim of workshops inspired by an anti-racist activist movement teaching people how to safely and legally record their interactions with officers using their mobile phones | | | | Eight places in Portugal break local temperature records as a wave of heat from North Africa sweeps across the Iberian peninsula, with officials predicting the scorching weather could get even worse over the weekend. | | | | A bizarre situation has long perplexed steak lovers in the self-proclaimed "beef capital of Australia". Now central Queensland graziers are trying to bring back local beef. | | | | China announces retaliatory tariffs on $US60 billion worth of American goods, ranging from liquefied natural gas to some aircraft, and warns of further measures. | | | | An isolated roadhouse almost three hours drive from the nearest town is home to a fire twirler, a fire breather and a ukulele player as they work to fund their travels. | |  |
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