| | | | The former gangland lawyer at the centre of one of the biggest legal scandals in history can now be revealed as Nicola Gobbo, who lived a double life as a barrister for notorious criminals and a secret police informer. | | | | The Defence Minister is expected to announce he will not contest his South Australian seat at the next election, joining a string of high-profile Liberal MPs to quit politics. | | | | Described as a trailblazer of Australian journalism, five-time Walkley-award winner Mike Willesee became a household name after fronting the ABC's Four Corners program and Channel 9's A Current Affair. | | | | Mike Willesee was a giant of current affairs journalism. A bad interview with him could alter the course of a federal election campaign, and that's exactly what happened in 1993. | | | | Australia's internet safety watchdog warns parents to limit their child's exposure to "harmful" online content amid a rash of viral scare stories about the internet phenomena Momo, but the veracity of the story is up for debate. | | | | The US President keeps absolving brutal foreign leaders for harming America. Even his political allies are asking: why? | | | | It has been a long time in politics since Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won a general election riding a wave of optimism. And now months out from re-election, one scandal won't go away. | | | | A Brisbane man who said he was the victim of a long-running online romance scam is found not guilty of importing three kilograms of cocaine. | | | | Researchers captured a first-of-its-kind observation of a tarantula eating a opossum in the Amazon rainforest. | | | | Mermaids make a splash in their bid to wear tails at their local pool — taking the battle to the WA Parliament. | | | | The verdict of a man found guilty of rape for inserting a beer bottle into the vagina of a performer at a buck's party sex show could set a new legal precedent. | | | | Kim Prunster argued he was in a dissociative state when he set upon his former partner Amanda Gibbons, stabbing her up to 15 times with a kitchen knife at their home in WA's Mid West. | | | | Donald Trump's summit in Vietnam ended abruptly and without a deal. The ABC's Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel writes that it won't be enough to distract from the president's problems at home. | | | | New research shows Warringah voters are considering change but alternative candidates are yet to win their hearts and minds, writes Michelle Grattan | | | | A man who set fire to a bank in suburban Melbourne — sending 39 people fleeing for their lives and seriously injuring four — is sentenced to 11 years' jail, as a judge describes the crime as "callous and bizarre". | | | | Vets and carers in the Whitsundays are baffled and concerned by a condition that has suddenly left dozens of rainbow lorikeets unable to use their wings. | | | | Australian home prices fell a further 0.7 per cent last month and are now down nearly 7 per cent from their peak, as the downturn extends beyond Sydney and Melbourne. | | | | Boris the dog cost its owners $13,000 in vet bills when it ate a kebab skewer that became lodged in its heart, but it's not uncommon for people to shell out thousands for their pets. Why are vet bills so high? | | | | There's a clear warning we should be alert, if not alarmed, about the state of the economy and the risk that many jobs could be lost in coming months. | | | | With Airbus announcing the end of the world's largest jetliner by 2021, what's next for aviation technology in a world where big birds seem to be reaching twilight? | |  |
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Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel and Emily Olson | |  |
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