| | | | Indigenous All Stars captain Cody Walker and rugby league Immortal Mal Meninga call for the national anthem to be changed, with Walker saying Advance Australia Fair does not represent him or his family. | | | | Question Time was unusually extended to over two hours on Thursday, in what the Opposition described as a tactic by the Coalition to escape the second vote on the floor of the House of Representatives in a week. | | | | Saying there's "an invasion of drugs, invasion of gangs, invasion of people" at the southern border, US President Donald Trump makes official his declaration of a national emergency to secure funding for his border wall. | | | | Five people are killed and several others injured when an employee of a Chicago manufacturing company opens fire at a warehouse in Aurora before being fatally shot. | | | | As the Morrison Government attempted to turn defeat in the Parliament into a political victory this week, two major developments in the policy and politics of border protection were largely overlooked, writes Laura Tingle. | | | | When she infamously cut off her husband's penis nearly 26 years ago, Lorena Bobbitt became an endless source of jokes for late-night TV hosts and shock jocks. But in the age of #MeToo, women like Lorena and Monica Lewinsky are reclaiming their stories. | | | | After a protracted struggle to bag a massive 40-kilogram python, a Far North Queensland snake catcher says she has become the victim of online abuse for her trouble. | | | | Renewables advocates say Shell's takeover of home battery maker Sonnen, an emerging player in Australia's energy market, is a significant step for the sector, as oil and gas giants increasingly look to expand beyond fossil fuels. | | | | The compensation fund for victims of 9/11 is running out of money and will cut future payments by 50 to 70 per cent, US officials say. | | | | He's starred in countless memes and viral videos, but this week the Canadian Prime Minister found himself cast in a less comfortable role: the subject of a scandal that could damage his Government during an election year, writes Alex McClintock. | | | | As China's economy slows, labour workers — increasingly under threat of unemployment and unpaid wages — mobilise with protests and worker strikes increasing across China. | | | | When a bald eagle was unable to fly away from a frozen lake in Michigan, bird watchers knew something was weighing the bird down, discovering a large ball of ice stuck to its rear end. | | | | In Australia, reports suggest the number of Catholic women abused by priests vastly outnumber the survivors of child sexual abuse. As these women find their voice, the leadership of the church will face another crisis of legitimacy and round of public inquiries, writes Kathleen McPhillips. | | | | A copy of the original Super Mario Bros from 1985 sells for a blistering $140,000 in the United States — a record price for a video game — with a small sticker on it revealing the rarity of this find. | | | | A large fire in the national park forces the closure of the world-renowned tourism destination Kata-Tjuta, which includes a number of walking trails. | | | | Traditionally, wedding dresses are treasured items but more couples are choosing to trash them for a unique photo. | | | | Brisbane detectives want to speak to this cyclist seen outside Woodridge railway station shortly after Megan Kirley was shot dead in the nearby Brisbane suburb of Karawatha. | | | | Federal Greens candidate Tim Hollo knew his ancestors had a long journey to reach Australia, but he never expected it would lead to seven potential citizenships. | | | | Take to the skies and explore some of Western Australia's most interesting road designs, including those nicknamed "spaghetti junction" and "the tennis ball". | | | | The designers behind a pair of ethically sourced jeans worn by the Duchess of Sussex during her Australian visit last year double their staff to meet global demand. | |  |
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