| | | | After four days of monsoonal rain, north Queensland residents are warned the worst may be yet to come, with further water releases expected from Townsville's Ross River Dam and heavy rain forecast for several more days. | | | | A sinkhole appears overnight at a shopping centre car park in the southern Perth suburb of Baldivis, prompting authorities to cordon off the area and assess the damage. | | | | Sri Lanka loses two quick wickets and Dimuth Karunaratne retired hurt in reply to Australia's huge first innings score in the second Test in Canberra. Follow all the day two action in our live blog. | | | | The footage shows the entire hillside below the dam collapsing, sending an enormous torrent of red-brown waste hurtling down the valley and into the mine site. | | | | Victorian fire authorities are bracing for hot and windy weather on Sunday as they continue to fight fires, including a blaze on the Bass Coast which is threatening lives and properties. | | | | Hooded in a balaclava and dressed in dark clothing, Jeremy Cooper, 23, attacked his two young, random victims who were "harmlessly enjoying the evening" on Darwin CBD's scenic Esplanade, the court hears. | | | | A man travelling overnight on the Spirit of Tasmania with his dog is left heartbroken over the death of his "best mate" and pet, saying conditions need to change for animal welfare during the 12-hour crossing. | | | | Ireland's impact on Australian rules football has been profound, and the AFLW may see another star emerge from the Emerald Isle in the shape of the GWS Giants' Yvonne Bonner. | | | | New research finds owners who entered the housing market 10-15 years ago are less likely to be in housing stress compared with renters or prospective home buyers, writes Mustapha Bangura and Chyi Lin Lee. | | | | Dozens of Canberra taxi drivers saw buying taxi plates as a safe and sensible investment, but 24 years later, some drivers are facing financial turmoil. | | | | Todd Greenberg says Ben Barba won't have a way back into the sport if he is found to have assaulted his partner, saying "we won't tolerate misbehaviour and the sanctions will be extremely strong". | | | | I'd been interviewing trolls for three years before I started writing my book. I thought I knew what I was walking into, but I had no idea, writes Ginger Gorman. | | | | There are warnings China's massive investment in artificial intelligence is for the primary purpose of tightening control of its population, and the worry is other countries may be taking note. | | | | A Canberra public servant who claimed he could not have abused a girl with disabilities because she was "not even pretty" is jailed for at least five years for sex offences against two children. | | | | Many fathers underestimate the power they have in determining their daughter's romantic happiness, writes Madonna King. But how do dads become a person their child can talk to about this aspect of growing up? | | | | Tasmania is in the grip of a fire crisis which has displaced hundreds and caused massive smoke pollution. Images from space reveal just how much of the landscape has been scarred. | | | | The Victorian batsman returns to Melbourne to "continue managing his wellbeing" after reporting "some challenges" in recent days. | | | | For 12 months Queensland woman Elli Webb set out to reuse and recycle her household waste, and with some ingenious ideas, she achieved her goal — reducing her waste to the contents of a single glass jar. | | | | As the Murray-Darling Basin dries up or sees mass fish kills, a royal commission finds the Murray-Darling Basin Authority committed gross maladministration but social media is placing the blame on cotton irrigators. | | | | Built by master instrument makers in Milan in the 1750s, the historic Adelaide violin changes hands every three years and its latest custodian cannot wait to unleash its sound. | | | | The only survivor of an airstrike in Iraq involving Australian planes says Coalition forces targeted the wrong building, resulting in the death of 34 members of her family, including 11 children. | | | | At 58, Sandra radiates competence. Perhaps it comes from surviving the un-survivable. When fire came to Bald Spur Road on Black Saturday, hers was the only house left standing. A decade later, she's one of just a few original residents who remain. | |  |
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