| | | | Several large corporate collapses in the building industry are causing a world of pain for smaller contractors further down the chain. Now, with the property market busting in Sydney and Melbourne, things are about to get worse. | | | | In a busy world, I found Mass therapeutic — a time without technology to quiet my mind. But if the Church wants Gen Y and even Gen Z, it'll have to change these six things first, writes Mikki Cusack. | | | | Beijing's crackdown on its ethnic Muslim-minority Uyghurs has been met with international condemnation, however some very significant voices have remained silent — those of Muslim nations. | | | | ABC's book experts round up their favourites from 2018 — from Pulitzer and Booker winners to lesser known literary gems. | | | | Slaughtered wolves are being strung up by their teeth and hung from road signs as farmers in Italy's north wage a war against the protected animals. | | | | Fungi have saved millions of lives, given us wine and cheese, and could hold the key to plastic recycling. They're also more closely related to animals than they are to plants. | | | | A lot has changed at Wye River since fire ripped through it and neighbouring town Separation Creek on Christmas Day three years ago. The fresh, salty air remains but the feeling is a little different. | | | | Imagine living in the wilderness aboard your own floating art studio, waking up to blissful, uninterrupted views from every window. | | | | 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. | | | | 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. | | | | Amid the US Government's partial shutdown and a slew of other distracting storylines, Australians and the rest of the international community should remain focused on James Mattis's departure, writes James Glenday. | | | | As the US Congress fails to meet President Trump's demands for $7.1 billion for his border wall, a string of federal agencies will run at a diminished capacity as funds run out for the year. | | | | Embattled Victorian Liberal Party figure Paul Mitchell resigns his posts following the furore over text messages in which he allegedly described Indians as "curries". | | | | 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. | | | | 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. | | | | Malaysia's Finance Minister says the country is chasing the US banking giant for billions over its dealings with the scandal-linked state fund 1MDB. | | | | 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. | | | | Not only was there lightning, rain and catastrophically expensive hail, the storms that hit Sydney on Thursday also brought a mysterious green glow. | |  |
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