| | | | A US judge tells the retired army lieutenant general that his lying to FBI investigators was abhorrent, and delays sentencing to ensure Mr Flynn cooperates fully with an investigation into possible collusion between Donald Trump's election campaign and Russia. | | | | Penny Marshall, who starred in Laverne & Shirley before becoming one of the top-grossing female directors in Hollywood, dies at age 75. | | | | Sex scandals have bookended the National Party's year and unearthed deep-seated problems that threaten its future ahead of the next federal election. | | | | Ice Age sand dunes that survived rising sea levels by turning to stone have been found off the east coast of Australia. | | | | After bumping into a woman at a Chinese bookstore and falling in love with her at first sight, a man takes his mission to reconnect with the woman to an extreme level — suing her in order to try and track her down. | | | | It's difficult for the adult kids of world leaders to cut their own path. But for Israel President Benjamin Netanyahu, the antics of his son are becoming a problem that some pundits say could affect his re-election. | | | | Coalition backbencher Craig Kelly says that the low-lying Pacific island nation of Tuvalu is growing, rather than sinking. Fact Check finds that checks out. | | | | Christmas beetles have arrived so that must mean the festive season is underway — but these curious creatures have some traits you may not know about. | | | | New York's attorney-general wants Donald Trump and his eldest children barred from running other charities as a lawsuit accuses the Donald J Trump Foundation of operating like an extension of the US President's businesses and political campaign. | | | | The plans are the clearest indication yet of Japan's ambition to become a regional power as China's military build-up and a resurgent Russia put pressure on ally the United States. | | | | Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel resigns amid pressure on his Government after the biggest party in his coalition quit over his support for the UN global compact on migration. | | | | Queensland crocodile farmers can now apply for a licence to hunt and gather eggs in the wild to hatch for luxury goods, under changes quietly introduced by the State Government. | | | | Festival organisers struggle to deal with the tonnes of waste generated by fans, with single-use plastic one of the biggest issues. | | | | Hobart Airport is the gateway for more than half of Tasmania's visitors, and it's starting to feel the pinch. With tourism figures continuing to rise, the pressure is on to meet demand. | | | | NT Beverages, which received $10 million of taxpayers' money from an infrastructure fund that has since been abolished, was granted a water extraction licence just hours before entering into voluntary administration. | | | | In the age of Netflix, social media and video games, it can be hard to get teenagers to switch off the screen and pick up a book instead. Hard — but not impossible. | | | | The Federal Court hears Liberal Democrat senator David Leyonhjelm is finding it "difficult" to get supporting affidavits from parliamentary colleagues, as he defends defamation action brought by Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young | | | | Tasmanian students are being told to ignore their first ATAR statement, with an updated score sent to graduates in the late hours of Tuesday night. | | | | The Portuguese manager parts ways with United with the club having had its worst start to a league season in 28 years. | | | | The 28-year-old's alleged crimes involve four women between 2009 and 2017 in Sydney's west and the NSW central west. | | | | Paul Costa was about to go on a date when five teens carjacked him so they could use his car in a supermarket robbery. The youngest attacker — who stabbed the father of four in the neck — will spend at least 14 years behind bars. | | | | Alfonso Ribeiro is suing Fortnite creator Epic Games for using the dance he popularised through his character Carlton Banks on the 90s sitcom, without "compensating or asking for permission". | |  |
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By political editor Andrew Probyn | |  |
By Dean Bilton in Perth | |  |
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