| | | | Indonesia's resort islands of Bali and Lombok are rocked by a magnitude-6.9 earthquake, killing dozens and prompting a tsunami warning and panic among holidaymakers and residents. | | | | As thousands of tourists try to get off Indonesia's Gili Islands, a British trader says pool water overflowed into his bedroom and he was told to "run to the hills as fast as possible". | | | | West Coast Eagles chief executive Trevor Nisbett apologises for an on-field incident in which midfielder Andrew Gaff struck rookie Andrew Brayshaw off the ball, saying they were playing golf together just days before the incident. | | | | It doesn't take any prior knowledge to be appalled by the sight of Andrew Gaff punching Andrew Brayshaw, but the history of the players involved adds even more layers of shock, anger and heartache, writes Dean Bilton. | | | | The celebrity chef lost his wife and three daughters in a Boxing Day house fire which left him horrifically burnt. Now, nearly seven years on, he has rebuilt his life — and this is how he did it. | | | | After Helen Sweetnam's pacemaker set off an alarm as she passed through security at Melbourne Airport, a thief took her handbag from the conveyor belt. | | | | Anthony Griffin is sensationally sacked as Penrith coach just four weeks out from the NRL finals, with the Panthers fifth on the ladder and considered a premiership contender. | | | | Giving standing desks to 20 per cent of office workers would save $84 million in healthcare costs by preventing obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, according to the first evaluation in Australia. | | | | Donald Trump's Twitter post is his most direct statement on the purpose of the meeting, though his son and others have said it was to gather damaging information on the Democratic candidate. | | | | A mission to save a young boy's life, which has only just been uncovered, has re-written the history of penicillin and antibiotic use in Australia. | | | | In a world where we're told to find our soulmate, people can feel a lot of pressure around expectations for relationships. Ladies, We Need To Talk looks at what if you settled for just OK? | | | | The banking royal commission has heard there is a gaping hole in industry oversight and customers can do little more than "peer dimly through the darkness" at the super sector. | | | | Growing up, Sarahjane Bradford was told she was better off dead. In our video series, Thanks, the domestic violence survivor gives a surprise thank you to the people who helped her find her worth. | | | | A man who killed the mother of his unborn child with an axe on the Gold Coast is sentenced to life in prison, after pleading guilty to her murder just days before he was scheduled to stand trial. | | | | Australia just had its driest autumn since the beginning of last century. But how does this drought compare to others? | | | | Bangladeshi police fire tear gas to disperse tens of thousands of students protesting for an eighth day to demand safer roads. | | | | Staff at poker machine venues owned by supermarket giant Woolworths spied on punters and offered extra free drinks to "high-value" customers in a bid to boost profits, contrary to the company's commitment to responsible gambling, an inquiry finds. | | | | After airing an interview segment with far-right nationalist Blair Cottrell, that was also shared on social media and broadcast in airline lounges around the country, Sky News Australia says "his views do not reflect ours". | | | | A 28-year-old woman wearing a full-face veil becomes the first person in Denmark fined for violating a new law banning all face coverings in public spaces — but it only happened because she was involved in a scuffle with another woman. | | | | Campaigners for an increase to Newstart payments say an extra $75 per week for South Australian jobseekers would equal the annual cost of one of the nation's new submarines. | | | | In an era of bigger is better, Joshua Smith is sculpting hyper-realistic buildings small enough to convince you otherwise. | |  |
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