| | | | UK police say they have made two arrests in connection with criminal drone activity at Gatwick Airport, which prompted a number of crippling delays and flight cancellations in a Christmas nightmare for travellers. | | | | Queensland federal MP George Christensen identifies himself as the politician at the centre of allegations about travel to South-East Asia, dismissing them as part of a vile hate campaign. | | | | The ranks of the homeless are increasingly bolstered by people like 45-year-old Kristina — older women, working women, and women who've become trapped in a cycle of desperation and penury. | | | | The House and the Senate adjourns without a deal on spending, guaranteeing a partial shutdown of the US Government over President Donald Trump's demand for billions of dollars for his long-promised Mexican border wall. | | | | Embattled Victorian Liberal Party figure Paul Mitchell resigns his posts following the furore over text messages in which he allegedly described Indians as "curries". | | | | A 97-year-old military veteran and Rat of Tobruk has received an outpouring of generosity from the Alice Springs community, after his home's lighting display was vandalised only a week before Christmas. | | | | Slovakian police release video of a spectacular car crash which shows a BMW being launched into the air off a concrete barrier and hitting the top of a tunnel. | | | | It is Christmas message no-one wants to hear. But authorities are warning families to open the fridge and have a look, with Vic's Meat 4.5kg hams being recalled for a possible listeria contamination. | | | | Some parents have to almost live in the hospital if there are complications after their children are born, but that could be changing with a new CSIRO trial in Townsville. | | | | The real danger of Trump's presidency is the undermining of Government itself. But Australia is not immune — Scott Morrison's captain's call on the Israel embassy is just the beginning, writes Laura Tingle. | | | | Botanist David Jinks is happy that the iconic Wollemi Pine discovery overshadowed his fossil tree find. | | | | As the state's south mops up after wild weather that brought down trees, tore tiles off roofs and left thousands without power, the Bureau of Meteorology warns damaging winds and large hail stones could be on the way. | | | | The seizure of $750,000 worth of ice — weighing one kilogram — from the spare wheel of a car travelling on an ACT highway will have a "significant impact" on the illegal drug trade, police say. | | | | Is there a better batter in Australian cricket right now than Ellyse Perry? The Sydney Sixers star has another another WBBL ton to her name, and is currently averaging 209 in the competition. | | | | Researchers say a massive crash is to blame for the icy planet being unique in the solar system, tilted 90 degrees on its side along with its five moons. | | | | Backyard pools are a great way to keep cool, but some people believe you can save time and money by ditching the chlorine and pool cleaner to go natural. | | | | We asked four young Australians whether pill testing should be allowed at music festivals — and the results were surprising. | | | | Take a trip down memory lane, back to a time when one woman and decided to take her 55 cats on a road trip from Sydney to Adelaide — and back. | | | | A man walking home from a night out with friends is hit by a car and left to die in the early hours of the morning, in what police describe as a gutless and despicable act. | | | | In a letter to his younger self published in The West Australian, banned cricketer Cameron Bancroft reveals what went through his mind that afternoon in Cape Town and how yoga got him back on track. | | | | Stowaways on an Italian cargo ship have been detained after threatening crew members as the vessel sailed close to the coast of southeast England. | | | | Not only was there lightning, rain and catastrophically expensive hail, the storms that hit Sydney on Thursday also brought a mysterious green glow. | |  |
By state political reporter Ellen Coulter | |  |
By Laura Tingle | |  |
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