| | | | The British Prime Minister's move to abruptly postpone a parliamentary vote opens up an array of possible outcomes, ranging from a disorderly Brexit with no deal to another referendum on EU membership. | | | | Top House Democrats say impeachment or prison time are real possibilities for the US President if it is proved he directed illegal hush money payments to women, adding to the legal pressure on him over the Russia investigation and other scandals. | | | | Buyers of off-the-plan apartments have been caught in a double whammy of stricter borrowing rules and falling property prices. | | | | Supermarkets are being called on to protect workers, as an ABC investigation uncovers a network of Chinese personal shoppers in Adelaide, flouting limits on baby formula purchases to sell overseas. | | | | French President Emmanuel Macron makes a primetime address to the nation, announcing wage rises for the poorest workers and tax cuts for pensioners after weeks of often violent protests that have challenged his authority. | | | | The skipper acknowledges Mitchell Starc's occasional waywardness but stands firm in backing the paceman in the aftermath of the first Test loss to India. | | | | In China, a tiny new addition to your family is just a few clicks away — but there's no guarantee they will survive the postal system, or last much longer after you open the box. | | | | Shadow assistant treasurer Andrew Leigh says that the Coalition has doubled net debt since it came to office. Fact Check finds that to be correct, but with some important caveats. | | | | Researchers have found that the Great Barrier Reef suffered less bleaching in 2017 than 2016, despite 2017 having worse conditions for bleaching. | | | | A 25-year-old man, allegedly caught driving with more than seven times the legal blood alcohol limit, could face jail as police crack down on dangerous driving before Christmas. | | | | Between buying a plastic tree imported from China or ripping out a living tree from the ground, it is hard to figure out how to have the greenest Christmas so here's what you need to know, writes James Norman. | | | | With nothing to pump from the local weir, the residents of Walgett are being forced to go underground for water. | | | | Volunteers and their pet dogs are searching Victorian forests for any sign of the vulnerable greater glider which hasn't been spotted in the region for years. | | | | Ad executive and Labor strategist Dee Madigan is deemed in contempt of Queensland Parliament for using parliamentary video in a tweet that ridiculed LNP MP Jarrod Bleijie, but says she's still not deleting the tweet. | | | | Despite facing Christmas in hospital after being mauled by a reef shark off the Arnhem Land coast, 17-year-old spearfisher Sean Whitcombe says he won't be put off getting back in the water. | | | | They were a knockabout bunch: railway workers, musicians, a coffin-maker. One rowed with shrapnel in his back. And 94 years ago, the unlikely Aussie rowers made it all the way to the Paris Olympics. | | | | An inquest is launched into the death of a South African woman who died when she fell down a Cape Town cliff while reportedly jumping to pose for a photo. | | | | Melbourne's Parliament Station has the longest escalator south of the equator, but it's causing some concern for Metro Trains which has initiated a campaign to warn people of safety risks. | | | | A NSW man playing the video game Fortnite is charged with assaulting his partner after the incident was watched by other gamers during a livestream. | | | | After years spent tightening the migration program, the Government is now encouraging semi-skilled migrants to move to Australia's regions. | | | | On this day, 52 years ago, a tragic helicopter crash at Circular Quay in Sydney's CBD killed three people. The accident was witnessed by many and widely reported, creating intense pressure for something to be done to improve safety in the skies. | | | | Niue takes one of Sweden's biggest internet organisations to court, claiming millions of dollars' worth of revenue was lost because its internet domain name was taken over without consent. | |  |
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