| | | | At least 100 cars are caught in fast-rising floodwaters on the Hume Freeway north of Wangaratta, as heavy rain and storms drench the state in up to a month's worth of rainfall in one day. | | | | A Sydney judge scolds the barrister for two men running a religious guild on illegally cleared land, saying their "time has absolutely run out" after they failed to adhere to a Land and Environment Court ruling. | | | | About one third of large companies have failed to pay tax even when they made a gross profit, but the Tax Office says most have good reasons, according to the latest tax transparency report released today. | | | | Some Liberal MPS fear taking a proposal for a religious discrimination act to an election is a risky move by the Prime Minister, but by framing the issue around multiculturalism he is presenting a challenge to Labor, writes Patricia Karvelas. | | | | The Australian Government approves the export of dozens of shipments of military items to Middle Eastern countries embroiled in the bloody Yemen war, a conflict dogged by accusations of war crimes and indiscriminate civilian killings. | | | | George Pell is one of three "more elderly cardinals" who have been removed by Pope Francis from his advisory body following a Vatican meeting this week. | | | | Canadian man Michael Spavor is reportedly being held in China on suspicion of harming China's national security, in what appears to be retaliation for Canada's arrest of a top executive of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei. | | | | The Sydney man who livestreamed himself allegedly assaulting his wife while playing Fortnite already has "a number of convictions" for violence, court documents reveal. | | | | A judge says he believes a bus driver should be jailed for failing to pay enough attention to the road before crashing into a notorious Melbourne bridge, injuring six passengers. | | | | The Prime Minister says it is crucial the public has confidence in Commonwealth employees and agencies, as he buckles to pressure from crossbench MPs to establish a federal integrity commission. | | | | A Melbourne University study finds an outbreak of a debilitating illness in dogs across Australia can be linked to Advance Dermocare pet food, but researchers say more tests are needed. | | | | Journalist Gillian Brockell writes an open letter to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram after the companies were smart enough to give her pregnancy ads in the months leading up to the birth of her son, but supposedly blind to the tragic outcome. | | | | What's different about your life, compared to someone who was your age in the 1980s? | | | | Forum organisers used Boris to enliven the event, having him dance to a pop song, but a crew for Russian state television apparently thought Boris was real, and used footage of him dancing and speaking as an example of Russian technological prowess. | | | | A man abused by a paedophile teacher who worked at multiple schools in NSW has savaged the Catholic Church for telling him his abuser was dead when he complained about the "atrocities" committed against him. | | | | The tropical cyclone is currently on the north-east Northern Territory coast between Port Roper and Port McArthur, just west of Bing Bong, and may reach category four intensity before crossing the Queensland coast tomorrow. | | | | A man pulled from the grease-covered exhaust vent of an abandoned Chinese restaurant would not have survived a third day stuck in there, police say. | | | | India's hopes of going 2-0 up in the series against Australia take a blow, with Ravi Ashwin and Rohit Sharma ruled out of the second Test in Perth with injury. | | | | A Queensland woman who was torn away from her mother at birth under the forced adoption laws of the 1960s now spends the holidays with both her families. | | | | From a comic book flick to gangster biopic and a loveable childhood bear, these were the films that delighted and horrified us in a year dominated by franchises, according to film critic Zak Hepburn. | |  |
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