| | | | Mining firm Adani has unwittingly provided "persuasive" evidence for a Queensland Government investigation into allegedly illegal dewatering bores on its Carmichael mine site, environmental lawyers say. | | | | This year saw Meghan Markle officially join the Royal family. But despite the "happily ever after" line peddled by fairytales, things have been far from smooth behind the scenes. What is next for the Duchess of Sussex? | | | | When an itchy lump on Jacinta Mazzarella's ankle developed into a large, painful ulcer, she feared she would lose a leg. Scientists are now racing to work out why hundreds of Victorians are falling victim to the flesh-eating disease, usually found in tropical areas. | | | | As Australia slips towards a crushing MCG defeat to India, and with a number of selection headaches ahead, let's take the time to focus on the one big positive — how bloody good is Pat Cummins? | | | | A Melbourne pig farmer was enticed out of military retirement to help crew the R101 from London in 1930. With private cabins, promenade decks and smoking and dining rooms, it was to be the start of a luxury airship service to Australia. It ended in a tragedy worse than the Hindenburg disaster. | | | | Television allows us to briefly drop into a more exciting universe, but living in those on-screen worlds would be a different story. Here is a sober assessment of the liveability of Netflix's worlds. | | | | Around 415 refugees from Manus Island and Nauru are living in the United States under a deal struck between Malcolm Turnbull and Barack Obama, but their support is drying up. | | | | A far-right activist convicted of inciting serious contempt against Muslims films a group of men playing soccer at the beach and refuses to stop when asked, sparking a dispute which results in a 25-year-old man allegedly assaulting police. | | | | A 34-year-old woman cannot be revived when she is pulled from Lake Victoria, meaning seven people have drowned in Victoria in December. | | | | Kalumburu lies at the northern tip of WA and locals are taking advantage of this remoteness to block the arrival of methamphetamine in a community that knows too well the effects of drug abuse. | | | | The ancient Japanese artform of kintsugi, translated as "golden joinery", is helping people come to terms with everything from divorce to cancer and the challenges of being a single parent. | | | | The former prime minister says his 10th straight appearance at Queensland's Woodford Folk Festival will likely be his last, before sharing his confidence in Labor's ability to win next year's federal election. | | | | The crack in Sydney's Opal Tower — and subsequent evacuation — has sparked calls for an independent inquiry into the approval process across the NSW industry | | | | Wild Oats XI has retained its Sydney to Hobart line honours standing after a post-race protest against it was deemed invalid. | | | | A day after the fatal bus bombing near Giza's world-famous pyramids, Egypt's military says raids on the hideouts of suspected terrorists have left 40 'militants' dead. | | | | A teacher is fired from his job at an Adelaide private school for suggesting to a student that he could be her "sugar daddy" and that they could drink wine together. | | | | Sidney Torres IV is a property developer and reality television star who, unlike a similar figure in the White House, isn't elected to public office. But that hasn't stopped him tackling law and order in New Orleans. | | | | The Australian Open's new extreme heat policy allows 10-minute breaks in men's singles matches — for the first time in grand slam tennis — if temperatures reach four on a new five-step heat stress scale. | | | | The campaigner on refugees, sexual violence and conservation says she can "take a lot on the chin" and that she will do whatever "can really make change". | | | | It was a major conversation starter around summer barbeques in 2017, but the mainstream hype around cryptocurrencies has died down alongside prices in 2018. | |  |
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