| | | | Police evacuate residents from several suburbs in Townsville as floodwaters rise and landslips threaten homes following days of torrential rain which is forecast to continue into the weekend. | | | | The latest donations made to federal political parties have been revealed, and a little-known professor is Australia's new biggest donor. | | | | Adrian Moore, a former nominee for police officer of the year, is jailed for using the police database to determine the "suitability" of women he was considering contacting on dating websites. | | | | Senior Constable Sean Daniel Murphy is slapped with a two-year good behaviour bond and a $5,500 fine for making an offensive phone call to Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young's office, leaving a staff member "shocked, shaken and upset". | | | | Joe Burns goes past 150 after Travis Head is dismissed for an enormous score as Australia piles on the pain in the first innings against Sri Lanka at Manuka Oval. Follow all the day one action in our live blog. | | | | The polar vortex is bringing out strange weather phenomena in the US, where residents are hearing the earth explode, spotting three suns in the sky and having their hair freezing solid. | | | | Facing seemingly insurmountable odds and powerful vested interests, a whistleblower, a senator and a journalist formed an alliance that ultimately forced the Government into calling the banking royal commission. | | | | Robert Mueller says his evidence file on Roger Stone spans "several hard drives", and the ABC's Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel writes that his indictment is more important than it might seem. | | | | The Finance Minister abandons her fight against the order compelling her to appear before the Federal Court, after her office alerted the media about a federal police raid on the Australian Workers' Union offices in 2017. | | | | Racing Victoria stewards issue charges against Darren Weir and two other members of his training team, two days after police raids on his stables near Ballarat and Warrnambool. | | | | A faraway star and Saturn's huge moon Titan are about to line up perfectly in space. If a modified 747 with a telescope on board can get into a precise point above the Pacific Ocean at the exact time, scientists can catch a shadow that will help us better understand the universe. | | | | The world's most powerful intelligence officials deliver a stark warning on China to the US Congress. As America confronts Beijing head on, here's how Australia could respond. | | | | Australia's property downturn has continued into the new year, with national home prices, on average, dropping 1 per cent in January and 5.6 per cent over the past year. | | | | The FBI is called in to investigate what a concerned resident suspects is a pothole on a suburban road but turns out to be a tunnel stretching from nearby woods to a bank. | | | | The family of a seven-year-old boy with autism who was lost in bushland overnight in Tasmania's north-east thanks the volunteers who found him after spotting some clothing and a shoe from a helicopter. | | | | The health benefit of breakfast has now been debunked by a review of research into the impact of skipping a morning meal on weight and metabolic rate, write Tim Spector and Jeff Leach. | | | | Crucial steps must be implemented in the wake of the damning Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission report for the system to recover. | | | | Paul Burgess, who was accused of being a member of an outlaw motorcycle gang, loses his third bid to keep his visa and stay in Australia. | | | | Even if it's "not the most sensible place to live", the top of a spur in a national park was a joyous and free place to grow up. Three siblings make peace with the bush that claimed their parents' lives on Black Saturday. | |  |
By business reporter Stephen Letts | |  |
By North America correspondent James Glenday | |  |
By Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel, with Emily Olson | |  |
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