| | | | New laws will be unveiled today aimed at helping the nation's spy agencies and police monitor and prevent criminal activity through phones and the internet. | | | | A woman is charged with murder and a man is under police guard in hospital in relation to the death of Sydney rapper Scepaz, whose body was found on a street in the inner-city suburb of Forest Lodge. | | | | Donald Trump says chief of staff John Kelly told him Omarosa Manigault Newman was a "loser & nothing but problems", as the former White House adviser releases another recording. | | | | A Queensland mother who claimed she was a domestic violence victim took her children into hiding, avoiding police for three years. For the first time she tells the story of how she did it, and how she was caught. | | | | Fans and friends of Aretha Franklin, including Mariah Carey and Missy Elliott, offer prayers and well wishes for the Queen of Soul after a person close to the star says she is unwell. | | | | When Ibrahim Diallo arrived to work one day and his login didn't work, no-one knew why. It turned out he'd been sacked by an automated system, and there was nothing his bosses could do about it. | | | | The way we board planes — rear rows first — is mathematically almost the worst method. Here are a few ways we could get off the tarmac and into the air quicker. | | | | Australian alpine areas have enjoyed bumper snowfalls this week, but many of us are unaware of the unrelenting work happening out of sight to keep our ski resorts in good shape throughout the snow season. | | | | Warren Denning blazed a trail for the ABC when he established its Canberra parliamentary bureau in 1939, but he wasn't popular with newspaper proprietors, writes Laurie Oakes. | | | | If the thought of calling out troops on our streets to quell disturbances is inconceivable, why does Peter Dutton need the power to do so? Michael Bradley writes that there's precedents, and they're not pretty. | | | | Australians who want fast fibre-to-the-premises broadband are encouraged to team up with neighbours and share costs — but one of the few people to do so says NBN Co made the process far more difficult than it should have been. | | | | For decades, Territory Rig has been the accepted dress code for Northern Territory functions, both high-end and low. But how do you actually dress formally in the sticky heat and what does that even look like? | | | | Family violence groups say alcohol is too often being blamed for domestic abuse after former AFL star Shannon Grant's excessive drinking was pointed to as the underlying cause of violence against his partner. | | | | As a murder trial begins over a mother's body found dumped in a suitcase in the Swan River with 25 head injuries, WA's Supreme Court hears both her daughter and her ex-husband blame each other for the crime. | | | | Fossil fossicking is proving an economic blessing for drought-affected outback towns such as Richmond in north-west Queensland, as tourists join digs for prehistoric fossils. | | | | Tucked between the Tweed River and a busy shopping centre and industrial area, a golf course has proved a happy hunting ground for a group of foxes. | | | | When Kim Garbutt's estranged husband, Craig, died in 2008, his family expected to receive more than $208,000 in death benefits associated with his super fund. Thirteen days later Ms Garbutt received a cheque from AMP for $25.09. | | | | Campaigners against a type of smoke alarm which has been blamed for tens of thousands of deaths worldwide are disappointed their bid for CSIRO test data has been rejected. | | | | Christian philosopher Cornel West hits out at Donald Trump in a Q&A panel that focuses on freedom of speech and the "right to offend", labelling the US President a "gangster". | | | | For the past 14 months, AFL Victoria has been testing different equipment and rules to create a Victorian blind football league. | |  |
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