| | | | Adelaide hits a sweltering 46.6 degrees Celsius, surpassing the previous record set in Melbourne a decade ago to officially become the hottest capital in the country. | | | | US President Donald Trump says he will wait until the federal shutdown has ended to deliver his State of the Union address, as the deadlock enters its 33rd day. | | | | Flights are grounded at Geraldton Airport in WA's Mid West after two planes land on unset tarmac laid overnight, causing the wheels of the aircraft to be compromised by pieces of bitumen. | | | | Petra Kvitova thought she may never play tennis again after being stabbed in a vicious home invasion, but she now finds herself in the Australian Open final. | | | | Debutant Jhye Richardson is firing at the Gabba, grabbing three scalps as Australia cuts through the Sri Lankan top order on day one of the day/night Test. Follow all the day one action in our live blog. | | | | Pill-taking women have what seems like a "period" every month, but this "period" is far from necessary. It's a leftover from failed attempts to persuade the Vatican to accept the pill, writes Susan Walker. | | | | A serial predator, who attacked three women, is sent to prison for 10 years for multiple "despicable" violent rapes, assault and fraud offences. | | | | A power blackout leaves two towns in central Victoria without air-conditioning, refrigeration or even a public swimming pool. | | | | Ken Griffin, the US chief executive and founder of Citadel, is expected to pay millions more to design, build and furnish the home, which will be delivered as a white box. | | | | Former boxer Milos Radovic will have to spend at least seven years behind bars before he is eligible for parole after attempting to murder a WA Police officer with a samurai sword in Rockingham. | | | | Some homeowners will be hit with higher mortgage costs from the end of this month, as the National Australia Bank raises its interest rates for both owner-occupiers and investors with variable home loans. | | | | The Australian dollar will fall to its lowest level since the global financial crisis, but this time it won't bounce back, warns an economic research house. | | | | Donald Trump has recognised Venezuela's Opposition Leader, Juan Guaido, as the country's interim president. So who is Juan Guaido, why does Mr Trump believe he's the legitimate leader, and does anyone else agree with him? | | | | The latest tool to be piloted as part of China's Social Credit System pinpoints on the map those deemed "untrustworthy" and blacklisted, all from the palm of their hand. | | | | Australians expect house prices to fall a further 2.1 per cent nationally over the year, and few people are inclined to sell or buy in the downturn. | | | | In 1995, Mark and Cathy left their comfortable Brisbane home and moved to a tiny room in a Delhi slum. They've never looked back. | | | | A Chinese-Australian writer who went missing after arriving at Guangzhou airport last week has been detained by Chinese authorities, according to the Australian Embassy in Beijing. | | | | 2018 was a record year for real estate sales in Tasmania but industry players say urgent changes to planning rules are needed or activity will slow right down due to a lack of things to sell. | | | | Novak Djokovic is a hero to many but the world number one himself looks up to wheelchair tennis players such as Australia's Dylan Alcott. | |  |
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