| | | | Eryn Norvill tells a court she felt "belittled, embarrassed and shamed" when her co-star Geoffrey Rush allegedly made sexual gestures towards her during rehearsals for a theatre production. | | | | Investment bank Morgan Stanley rates Australia as having the riskiest levels of household debt in the world and winding it back could result in a $700 billion hit to the nation's wealth. | | | | The earthquake hit near New Plymouth and was felt as far away as the South Island, with New Zealand's Parliament in Wellington briefly suspending proceedings after the tremor struck. | | | | An Indonesian man who was supposed to board the ill-fated Lion Air plane that plunged into the sea with 189 people on board only missed his flight because he was stuck in Jakarta's notorious traffic. | | | | Emergency workers recover human remains from the spot 15 kilometres off the Indonesian coast where a Lion Air plane crashed carrying almost 200 people. | | | | It took several doctors nearly two weeks to work out that a tick that burrowed into Sunshine Coast woman Olivia Pozzan's ear canal was causing her face paralysis, vomiting and vertigo. She named the tick Steve. | | | | Gavin McInnes will be the latest in a string of provocative, right-wing speakers to visit Australia. Each tour pushes the public debate further to the right, with more scope for conflict, writes Kaz Ross. | | | | Founded by a former typewriter salesman and his brother, Lion Air is now one of the fastest-growing and most controversial airlines in Asia. | | | | An exceptionally high tide floods Venice, putting three-quarters of the famous Italian city under water as large swathes of the country experience flooding and heavy winds. | | | | A 65-year-old man pleads guilty to shooting a man dead, raping two women and falsely imprisoning another in three separate attacks in a Melbourne park frequented by couples. | | | | For a certain kind of language critic, highlighting errors of punctuation is a sport unto itself. But signs outside cafes and expert grammarians agree: we'd probably be better off without the apostrophe. | | | | The social media company has come under the spotlight after it was revealed the man charged with the murder of 11 people in Pittsburgh used the platform to repeatedly share racist comments and memes. | | | | The executive of the Australian Cricketers' Association says Cricket Australia has a "moral obligation" to lift the bans of Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft over the ball-tampering affair. | | | | Labor lures neurosurgeon and former AMA president Brian Owler as a heavyweight candidate for the Sydney seat of Bennelong at the next Federal election. The Liberals hold it on a margin of less than 5 per cent. | | | | A judge rejects WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's request to loosen new living requirements, including paying for his internet and cleaning up after his cat, that he says are meant to push him into leaving the Ecuadorian embassy in London. | | | | A new application says the late pop star has been using purple as part of his identity since 1984, the year Purple Rain was released. But can you actually lay claim to a colour? | | | | The British billionaire who rescued the Whyalla steelworks from administration calls on the Australian Government to do more to make it easier for big companies to access finance to make grand investments in renewable energy. | | | | China unveils rules that will allow the use of rhino horn and tiger parts for some medical and cultural purposes, watering down a decades-old ban in a move conservation group WWF said could have "devastating consequences". | | | | Australia's Michael Dickson earns himself a new nickname from his Seattle Seahawks teammates after a gutsy running play against Detroit that broke the mould of what's expected of punters. | | | | The average Australian doesn't eat enough from any of the five major food groups. So what are we eating? Take a guess. | | | | Lyneth Mann-Lewis says she was overcome with emotion at being reunited with her now 33-year-old son, Jermaine Mann. His father is accused of abducting the then-toddler during a court-ordered visit in Canada in 1987. | | | | Knickers the steer is really big — so big he has been saved from the slaughterhouse thanks to his size, as he couldn't fit into the export plant's chain. | | | | The world's wildlife continues to decline, according to the World Wildlife Fund's latest Living Planet Report, which shows we've lost nearly 60 per cent of vertebrate animal populations since 1970. | |  |
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