| | | | The UN refugee agency refers the case of a Saudi woman claiming asylum to Australia for consideration. | | | | The Australian Federal Police respond to diplomatic missions in Canberra and Melbourne as officials from the New Zealand and Pakistan consulates say the packages contained a substance resembling asbestos. | | | | US President Donald Trump uses a nationally televised address to once again pitch his concept of a border wall between the United States and Mexico, without taking the extreme step of declaring a national emergency. | | | | The Oval Office is a backdrop that projects power, invoking memories of Richard Nixon's resignation or George W. Bush's response to the September 11 attacks. But Donald Trump's nine-minute address is unlikely to be remembered in quite the same way. | | | | A bizarre trick serve between the legs on match point sealed Bernard Tomic's win over Nick Kyrgios in their maiden encounter at the Kooyong Classic. | | | | Will Pucovski, just 20, has made one hell of a name for himself in a very short space of time — scoring a Shield double ton and battling mental health issues — and now finds himself named in the Test squad to face Sri Lanka. | | | | A NSW Government Minister receives online threats as the fallout over a mass fish death in the Darling River intensifies and two emotional farmers become the face of the ecological disaster in a viral video. | | | | Bank of Queensland mortgage customers face an interest rate rise this week, but many analysts warn it won't be long before other borrowers face the same fate. | | | | The revelation that a US woman in a vegetative state recently gave birth prompts the CEO of a private healthcare facility to resign, as police issue a search warrant for the DNA of every male employee at the long-term care facility. | | | | Sydney's Lady Robinson beach is closed after a shark slipped into a netted area where families were swimming, with the local council admitting divers have since discovered a hole in the barrier. | | | | An aerial search is underway for a German tourist in Central Australia, who was last seen on New Year's Day, and had been interested in hiking the remote trails that have proved hazardous to other travellers during the summer heat. | | | | A Melbourne commuter gets a sharp surprise after sitting on "around 20" sewing needles embedded in a train seat, prompting police to scour CCTV footage to find out how they got there. | | | | A town in western NSW in the grip of drought is issuing reminders rather than parking fines in a bid to reduce financial stress on locals. | | | | The Prime Minister says he would have preferred his lack of hair to be Photoshopped out of an official picture rather than his battered tennis shoes, after Twitter users pick up on the clearly doctored image of him wearing a left shoe on his right foot. | | | | Australian construction trends are looking bleak as the number of building approvals fall by almost a third since last year — with the number of new apartment development plans halving. | | | | Residents are raising concerns as Huawei 4G small cell boxes are installed in suburban Sydney. But if you're worried about phone and wireless radiation, scientists have a message for you, writes Adam Verrender. | | | | The NASA space probe TESS discovers a new exoplanet located just 53 light-years from our solar system. | | | | Australian actor Margot Robbie says she wants to have a "tremendously positive impact on children" by starring in and co-producing the movie about the iconic doll. | |  |
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