| | | | Saudi teenager Rahaf Alqunun's first reaction to the news Australia might resettle her was disbelief, then emojis. | | | | BOM's annual climate statement has just been released and no surprises, it was the third-hottest year on record. | | | | Like a year seven student writing his first persuasive piece for English class, Donald Trump threw out "facts" and "statistics" yesterday to add authority to his case. As usual, he sent the fact-checkers into overdrive, writes Emma Shortis. | | | | The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) says it warned all diplomatic missions in Australia to be on the lookout for suspicious packages prior to yesterday's events in Melbourne, in which a number of consulates received envelopes which appeared to contain asbestos. | | | | The NSW Water Minister's failure to front protesters on the banks of the Darling River over Menindee's mass fish deaths this week sparks outrage, but exactly why his media event was moved depends on who you talk to. | | | | In the summer of 1886, the Sydney Cricket Ground hosted a match so unusual it quickly earned outrage, with spectators describing it as "horrible" and "positively dangerous". | | | | ACT police are concerned for the health of vulnerable sex workers trafficked from South-East Asia to work illegally in Canberra, noting a rise in arrests and raids linked to the underground businesses. | | | | Fatbergs might be causing problems in the United Kingdom, but they're also an issue for water management authorities in Australia as well. This is what can be done about them. | | | | A 14-year-old girl who says she and her friends were assaulted and robbed at a Gold Coast train station claims they were ignored by fellow passengers when they asked for help. | | | | A convicted sex offender who allegedly evaded capture for six weeks is arrested at a remote spot in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains, after a public tip-off to police. | | | | Tourism is booming in Tasmania, and with tree changes all the rage, it's no surprise visitors to Australia's island state are pondering a move to the Apple Isle. Sure enough, Curious Hobart has been asked to investigate how our wages stack up against those on the mainland. | | | | They say the Oscars are all politics. So here's how two Aussie mates are garnering votes among Hollywood's elite to ensure their film about a crochet fox and dinosaur wins an Oscar. | | | | In Australian picture books, family representation has been overwhelmingly traditional; not just "intact", but specifically white, middle class, with a mum, dad, and a (frequently blonde) male child protagonist. These books are the antidote, writes Sarah Mokrzycki. | | | | A helicopter pilot pulls off a precision landing to rescue an injured skier on the French Alps, with video showing the aircraft's rotor blades spinning close to the mountainside at altitude above 2,000 metres. | | | | 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. | | | | Police say wind was not a factor when a large sign fell and crushed a car driving along the Tullamarine Freeway, causing neck and hand injuries to the driver. | | | | A growing number of people are embracing alternative and adventurous foods after trying it for the first time during their travels, and as public awareness of animal welfare and sustainability concerns grow. | | | | Two balaclava-clad men pour petrol over a two-year-old boy and threaten set him alight in front of his young mother during a home invasion in Tasmania's north, police say. | | | | A South Australian supermarket appears to have done the unthinkable — banning free handouts of the iconic smiley fritz to children because it is a "slipping hazard". | | | | A murmuration of thousands of green budgies is spotted flying en masse over grazing land in north-west Queensland, fascinating local residents as they are seen pulsing across the landscape and following grain trucks. | |  |
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