| | | | In an admission of the size and scope of the current drought crisis gripping parts of the nation, the Federal Government will today announce a significant increase in the funding available for struggling communities. | | | | Senior military figures describe the "most serious incident of its kind for the Australian Air Force in more than 25 years", praising two pilots for their expert response to a dramatic engine malfunction that saw their advanced warplane skid across a US runway before catching fire. | | | | Kofi Annan, one of the world's most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become its first black African secretary-general, has died. | | | | Firefighters in Sweden and California are dealing with record bushfires on the back of a sweltering northern summer, with foreign reinforcements being brought in to assist overwhelmed local authorities. Those on the ground say changes need to be made to adapt to the new reality. | | | | Russian President Vladimir Putin danced arm-in-arm with Austria's Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl at her wedding before heading to Berlin for talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. | | | | Residents warned to seek shelter ahead of an approaching fire front breathe a sigh of relief as the blaze is downgraded thanks to easing weather conditions. | | | | Do you ever feel dizzy when you think of the incomprehensible scale of space? Let's see if our quiz gives you cosmic vertigo. | | | | The All Blacks show their class yet again with a convincing 38-13 victory over the Wallabies in the opening Bledisloe Cup Test at Sydney's Olympic stadium. | | | | Italy mourns the victims of the collapse of a motorway bridge in the northern city of Genoa with a state funeral as reports emerge that rescue workers have found four more bodies in the rubble. | | | | The Thunder, the world's most notorious poaching ship, raked in millions in illegal profits. Its round-the-world bid to evade capture made history — and exposed a murky web of crime and corruption on land. | | | | A renewable energy boom is reinvigorating the Darling Downs local economy but although some landholders are eager to be involved, not all residents are pleased about the new developments. | | | | When a Margaret River winemaker began distilling white wine into a brandy-like liquor, he didn't realise it would be the start of a legal battle with Peru over the use of the name Pisco. | | | | Malcolm Turnbull's decision to dump a plan to legislate Paris emissions targets fails to placate some rebels in the Coalition party room who are concerned the target could be ramped up "with a stroke of a pen" in a change of government. | | | | Shares in the electric car maker tumble as Tesla's CEO admits job stress has been getting the best of him, acknowledging he has been working up to 120 hours a week and sometimes takes sleeping pill Ambien to get to sleep. | | | | Chris Waller admits he is running out of words to describe the phenomenon that is Winx, but the trainer found a couple of new ones after the mare dominated the first running of the Group One Winx Stakes at Randwick in front of thousands of adoring fans. | | | | A religious leader accused of illegal land clearing on a rural property used for religious prayer claims a western Sydney council is infringing on his group's religious freedoms by pursuing him over the allegations. | | | | If this fortnight has exposed anything, it's that we take superannuation for granted. But taking an hour to examine your fees and returns will likely earn you more than you would get from putting in a day at work, writes Daniel Ziffer. | | | | Two officers are injured when their police car is rammed multiple times north of Brisbane, hours after a motorcycle patrolman filmed a man trying to drive him off the road to evade arrest near Toowoomba. | | | | The Swans secure an AFL final berth with a win against the Giants and the Hawks scrape home against the Saints, as the Magpies, Cats and Lions also post victories. | | | | The Sharks defeat the Cowboys to spoil Johnathan Thurston's Sydney farewell appearance, while the Dragons get the points against the Tigers and the Knights hurt the Panthers' NRL top four hopes with an upset victory. | | | | Australia's national ballet company heads 130 kilometres west of Alice Springs to the Aboriginal township of Ntaria to inspire children and a pop-up mini performance of Coppelia. | |  |
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