| | | | The family of a young girl who was seriously injured by an electric shock at a public housing property is offered an act of grace payment of $1 million, which will be deducted from any eventual damages they receive. | | | | The Home Affairs Minister says a government board was satisfied Islamic State extremist Neil Prakash held dual citizenship when it cleared the way for him to be stripped of his Australian passport. But that assessment has been questioned by Fijian officials. | | | | Housing prices have experienced their steepest drop since the global financial crisis and are on track for a longer and steeper downturn, according to property analysts CoreLogic. | | | | The Bureau of Meteorology warns severe thunderstorms may still hit Sydney and several regional centres this afternoon, with the possibility of flash flooding, damaging winds and giant hailstones. | | | | Devastated Bestjet customers vent online, saying they are owed thousands of dollars amid the flight booking portal's chaotic collapse, which has included claims of "unauthorised" emails being sent from company addresses. | | | | A fire in Tasmania's south-west wilderness burns through more than 2,500 hectares, forcing the evacuation of bushwalkers in the area and sending a smoky haze to areas of greater Hobart, with the state warned to brace for a scorcher on Friday. | | | | A century after women were allowed to practise law in NSW a western Sydney firm is breaking ground with their female-dominated staff — however, a trailblazing judge says there is still more work for gender equality in the profession. | | | | A photographer in the United States has a lucky escape when a Longhorn bull charges on the sidelines. | | | | Police say six of the 194 drug-related arrests at the annual Sydney dance music festival were on supply charges, with 155 cases involving sniffer dogs. | | | | During a court hearing, Richard Pithouse told the woman's lawyer that she had "put herself in that position", which a spokesman for the Attorney-General says is "not in line with community expectations". | | | | Golf has often been criticised for being a bit behind the times and a sport obsessed with semantics, but a slew of rule changes for 2019 include a number of measures to keep the game moving. | | | | On-field banter between Australia captain Tim Paine and opposing Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant makes its way to Kirribilli House. | | | | US band Portugal. The Man says a Christian Democrat's use of Feel It Still violated copyright and the politician's position on LGBTQ and women's health rights were "offensive". | | | | Over the course of three decades, Russia's billionaire oligarchs built lavish lifestyles — which they're now working on keeping. | | | | A 54-year-old man is dead after falling into the surf at South Stradbroke Island near the Gold Coast. It is believed several people witnessed the accident. | | | | With two tennis legends facing each other on court for the first time, Roger Federer and his playing partner Belinda Bencic overcome Serena Williams and Frances Tiafoe at the Hopman Cup in Perth. | | | | A proposal to forge a new Australian state is dismissed by both NT and SA governments — but it has at least one high-profile supporter. | | | | Doctors feared a Canberra woman who had suffered a stroke would never wake from her coma, but when she did, her husband was reminded of the young woman he fell in love with. | | | | A child dies after being struck by a tractor trailer this morning at a property near Warrnambool in Victoria's south-west. | | | | Alcoholics and Narcotics Anonymous have long been the stereotype of kicking an addiction. But a new wave of sobriety start-ups owe more to "lifestyle designers" than a higher power. | | | | A bonfire competition in The Hague gets out of control, with fire tornados racing across a beach and revellers being showered with embers that singed people's clothing and hair and ignited multiple smaller fires. | |  |
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