| | | | It may not have ended the drought that has crippled much of the nation, but some of our farmers felt something they haven't touched for a long time — rain. | | | | Almost a month after the Indonesian Island of Lombok was rocked by the first in a devastating series of earthquakes, the tourist haven remains a scene of destruction on a grand scale, with almost 1,000 aftershocks hampering the clean-up. | | | | Australia's 30th Prime Minister Scott Morrison begins his first day in the job discussing possible ministerial appointments with his colleagues, as Liberals jostle for positions on the new-look frontbench. | | | | Anxiety, the most common mental health condition in Australia, can be a crippling disorder. But some people manage to harness the anxiety that threatens to upend them, and use its power productively. | | | | For a few days Australians seriously reckoned with the idea of Peter Dutton as prime minister. Opinion polls show he may not be popular with the public, but that does not mean the issues he champions are not resonating, writes Stan Grant. | | | | They were very anti-authority, very punk and didn't take any nonsense from the humans. Now it's even more necessary to make that sort of children's television, says the show's puppeteer Tina Matthews. | | | | In the first papal visit to Ireland in 39 years, Pope Francis says the Catholic Church's failure to adequately address the clerical child abuse crimes there "remains a source of pain and shame for the Catholic community". | | | | The union between a struggling football club and one of the world's greatest Olympic athletes comes from way outside the box, but each party brings to the table what the other desperately desires, writes Tracey Holmes. | | | | Peter Falconio, Azaria Chamberlain, Nemarluk. Police trackers were involved with some of the Northern Territory's most infamous cases — but who were they? | | | | In 1862, a gang of bushrangers pulled off an audacious robbery. They escaped with a "staggering amount" of gold and cash — but not before a gunfight that saw one officer shot in the testicles. | | | | US President Donald Trump and Australia's new Prime Minister hold their first phone call, less than a day after Scott Morrison took over the top job. | | | | The 66-year-old Australian actor is accused of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman at a house in Randwick, in Sydney's eastern suburbs, more than 40 years ago. | | | | The exodus of migrants from Venezuela is building toward a "crisis moment" comparable to events involving refugees in the Mediterranean, according to the United Nations migration agency. | | | | The Wallabies hold their own in the first half-hour against New Zealand — but four tries and 30 total points to superstar Beauden Barrett give the All Blacks the win and the Bledisloe Cup at Eden Park. | | | | A ban on Chinese tourists to the tiny Pacific nation of Palau is leaving hotels empty, an airline in limbo and shown the power China has over its vacationing middle class. | | | | The Hawks win the latest thriller over the Swans to wrap up a top-four spot, the Crows thrash the Blues, the Cats hammer the Suns, the Tigers edge the Bulldogs and the Magpies finish over the top of Freo. | | | | The Roosters waste a chance to keep the pressure on the Storm with a loss to Brisbane, after the Raiders produce a big comeback win in the capital and Melbourne gets the points over Gold Coast. | | | | Roia Atmar was no stranger to violence when her husband set her on fire while she was holding her baby daughter, but she believes things could have been very different if the medical professionals she saw during pregnancy were trained to detect signs of abuse. | | | | Zimbabwe's economy is in a parlous state after nearly 40 years of rule by Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party. The country has no currency of its own, and 90 per cent of people work in unofficial jobs, but still, the same party is ruling the country. | |  |
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