| | | | US President Donald Trump has gone from denying knowledge of payments made to influence the 2016 election to saying they would have been private transactions that were not illegal, now saying he "never directed" his longtime lawyer to break the law. | | | | Australian defence force veterans are earning tens of thousands of US dollars a month in the United Arab Emirates advising troops fighting in a bloody Middle East conflict dogged by allegations of war crimes and indiscriminate civilian casualties. | | | | The Liberal Party has a goal for women to make up half of the party room by 2025, but so far has endorsed just 15 female candidates in winnable Lower House seats for the 2019 poll. | | | | Ashlee Carey never thought she would fall prey to a scam, until she was contacted by tricksters claiming to be from the ATO who told her she would go to jail if she did not pay them $5,000. Lucky for her, a cashier stepped in. | | | | It's as easy as posting a couple of pictures of dogs, sunsets and breakfast plates, right? Wrong. Being an influencer is hard work — and boring, writes Stephanie Coombes. | | | | Young men in the northern Hobart suburb of Bridgewater have been urged by police to "find another way to settle their differences without recourse to firearms", after a drive-by shooting on a suburban street. | | | | Emergency services carry out four flood rescues after drivers became trapped by flash flooding caused by severe thunderstorms lashing the east coast of New South Wales. | | | | Australia's biggest electricity retailers have come up with a plan to introduce something called a reference bill. It's like unit pricing on food and would make it a whole lot easier for consumers to compare deals or know if they're getting a good one. Here's how it works. | | | | Mining firm Adani is urging the Federal Court to throw out a legal challenge to its Queensland coal mine by five traditional owners, telling the court they have no money to pay costs if the court decision goes against them. | | | | 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. | | | | Rapid decompression by being wrenched up from the deep on a fishing hook or being tossed out into the shallow side of a river dam, can cause harm and even kill fish — including species that are under threat. So, what can we do about it? | | | | Domestic violence-related charges — including stalking and intimidation, choking and sexual assault — have been laid against 17 NSW police officers since February last year, but in some cases, victims are reluctant to turn to the force for help. | | | | London-based cybersecurity group Certfa finds data showing Iran-linked hackers tried to break into private emails of nuclear scientists and US sanctions officials. It is unclear how many accounts they successfully accessed. | | | | Water ministers are on the cusp of a "momentous" decision on the Murray Darling Basin Plan that could see the controversial rescue plan delivered in full. | | | | Binna Burra, one of Australia's first nature-based resorts, attracts around 250,000 guests from across the globe annually and this year is turning 85. | | | | 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. | | | | 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 Chinese Government confirms it has detained two Canadians over suspicion of "endangering national security", in what appears to be retaliation for Canada's arrest of a top executive of telecommunications giant Huawei. | | | | Kurt Fearnley picks up another gong as his marathon gold-medal-winning effort is voted Best Sporting Moment of the Year, with Craig Lowndes voted as ABC Sports Personality of the Year. | | | | Indonesian police say some of the five foreigners who have been arrested for alleged drug smuggling on the tourist island of Bali since the end of November will face the death penalty if convicted. | | | | Malala Yousafzai was shot in the face by the Taliban six years ago in an attempt to silence her activism for girls' education. Since then, she has gone on to help girls all around the world. | | | | The Electoral Commission of South Australia apologises after a council candidate in Adelaide wrongly receives 700 extra votes during a council election, thanks to human error. | | | | A Supreme Court jury finds a man guilty of the fatal stabbing of his neighbour in 2017 amid a lengthy property dispute in Adelaide's foothills. | | | | 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. | | | | Despite the first-Test loss against India, Australia captain Tim Paine names an unchanged side for the second game in Perth, where the tourists will be without two of their stars. | |  |
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