| | | | Opening the ALP national conference in Adelaide, Mr Shorten will seek to counter the Coalition's attacks on his negative gearing policy, declaring Labor "the party of home ownership" and "the party of affordable housing". | | | | Bundaberg-born forensics specialist Angela Williamson was part of the team that noticed a disturbing pattern among a few unsolved killings — but she had no idea the killer she found would start confessing to more than 90 murders. | | | | Championed by mining companies and denounced by environmental groups, Mr Zinke marks the latest high-profile departure from US President Donald Trump's administration. | | | | For the first time, police release pictures showing the physical evidence that helped stoke fear within the force, and among other residents in the tiny town of Larrimah, that Paddy Moriarty is dead and may be the victim of a homicide. | | | | Resurrection biology is getting a considerable boost from new technologies. But would the woolly mammoth and Tasmanian tiger be happy living in the 21st century? | | | | As batsmen from both sides floundered on a tricky pitch against red-hot bowlers, Virat Kohli emerged as a sense of calm on day two, and times looked like he was a class above this spirited Test match. | | | | The world's longest sea-crossing bridge in China is hailed as a feat of human ingenuity, but some worry it may bring more than just tourists. | | | | It's the Christmas song that radio stations don't know whether to play, censor or ban but as Gary Nunn writes, using the 'f' word is all about context and if we get upset about frivolous use in a festive song, no one will hear us when it matters. | | | | A handful of sound designers are already composing what electric cars will sound like — for drivers and for pedestrians who might not hear them coming. | | | | French police fire tear gas across Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris and protesters scuffle with police outside the city's opera house in the fifth-straight weekend of protests by the "yellow vests" movement in France and Belgium. | | | | The tomb is decorated with well-preserved hieroglyphs and statues, and archaeologists hope to uncover more discoveries in the coming months. | | | | A wild cluster of thunderstorms whips the state's east coast, with Sydney's Hills District pelted with large hailstones and destructive winds that had flow-on effects for the city's rail network. | | | | Disney is having a major cultural moment, driven by shrewd deal-making, clever marketing and our thirst for spin-offs and nostalgia. | | | | Lullabies have been around for thousands of years, but what does science say about the connection between music and sleep? | | | | A closed Facebook group dedicated to jokes and memes about Asian stereotypes and young migrant experiences has gained almost a million followers around the world since its creation in September. | | | | Is political theatre dying a slow death in comfortable societies like Australia? These experts think so — but say it still has the potential to be a powerful form of dissent, if we let it. | | | | Sea World Marine Park on the Gold Coast is forced to stop live performances of seal and dolphin shows after coordinated disruptions from animal rights protesters. | | | | Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces the decision to recognise West Jerusalem as Israel's capital, but will not immediately move the embassy from Tel Aviv. | | | | Johnson & Johnson's shares go into a tailspin as the company forcefully denies a media report that it knew for decades about the existence of trace amounts of asbestos in its baby powder. | | | | WA's coastline is a treasure trove of shipwrecks, but encroaching development on remote beaches is threatening some of its most spectacular maritime heritage. | |  |
By Dean Bilton in Perth | |  |
By Gary Nunn | |  |
By life-long Canberran Clare Sibthorpe | |  |
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