| | | | The Bureau of Meteorology warns destructive tornado-strength winds are possible along the north Queensland coast as the monsoonal low causing Townsville's flood emergency brings more heavy rain, with the city already recording its highest ever weekly rainfall total. | | | | Police investigate the death of a one-year-old child who was found unconscious at a home in Sydney's west. | | | | Authorities issue four separate emergency alerts for fires in central Victoria, Gippsland and the state's far east, as hot and windy conditions challenge firefighters and almost 50 new blazes start within 24 hours. | | | | A NSW Police officer involved in a horror car crash in Lucas Heights where a car drifted to the wrong side of the road dies in hospital this morning. | | | | Usman Khawaja makes a confidence boosting century before Australia declares on 3-196, setting Sri Lanka 516 to win the second Test in Canberra. Follow all the day three action in our live blog. | | | | For the second-straight day at Manuka Oval, a Sri Lankan batsman had to leave the game when he copped a bouncer to the helmet, then Tim Paine stacked the leg side as the bouncers kept coming. | | | | A cameraman for the ABC's Insiders program is "awake and talking" after fainting during a live interview with Bill Shorten, with Aussie Diamonds coach Lisa Alexander on set to give first aid assistance. | | | | With winds building across the state and high temperatures continuing this afternoon, fire breakouts are threatening communities in the state's south. | | | | A month-old leopard cub is expected to make a full recovery after quick-thinking customs staff discovered it hidden in a passenger's bag on an international flight from Thailand to India. | | | | On a sweltering Adelaide morning, hundreds of Marilyn Monroe impersonators claim a new world record before going for a dip in the ocean to raise money for cancer research. | | | | Bill Shorten promises to introduce a suite of measures to "reward the brave Australians" who blow the whistle on crime and corruption, but Industrial Relations Minister Kelly O'Dwyer says the Government is altready doing enough. | | | | I am a former Murray-Darling Basin Authority executive who gave evidence at the royal commission, and my concerns were reflected accurately in its sensational report. Australians deserve transparent and legal management of this water resource, funded and owned by all of us, writes Jason Alexandra. | | | | Kinglake's Bald Spur Road is the kind of place where kids wander on the dirt road in their pyjamas. Where an errant kangaroo might bound across the road at midday. Even after the worst fires in Australian history, its appeal endures. | | | | The defection of General Francisco Yanez came as tens of thousands of opposition supporters turned out at rallies nationwide to protest against President Nicolas Maduro. | | | | Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the last four children in detention in Nauru have been approved to head to the US with their families. | | | | A Gold Coast man is facing bomb hoax and assault charges over an alleged domestic violence incident that forced authorities to shut down Brisbane's international airport, where eyewitnesses reported seeing a man with a knife. | | | | Ralph Northam is resisting mounting calls to resign, backflipping on an earlier admission that he featured in an old yearbook photo featuring a man wearing a Ku Klux Klan outfit. | | | | Rumours of feuds in the Royal family are the bread and butter of the tabloid press. The coverage of Meghan and Kate is following the same script as the last generation of high-profile sisters-in-law. | | | | A peaceful paradise known for its iconic pine trees and spectacular coastline, Norfolk Island is riddled with political tension and simmering social unrest. | | | | Canberra has the lowest number of doctors in the country, and some locals have avoided making an appointment because of cost. But there are a few solutions to the problem. | | | | Archaeologists say the chambers where the mummies were found belonged to a middle-class family who probably lived during the Ptolemaic era. | | | | In a tiny Japanese ski resort, a flame-bearing mob battles the town's men to burn down a wooden shrine. It sounds terrifying. But it's a ritual to protect them. | |  |
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