| | | | Light planes, helicopters and even jet skis are being used to push cattle to higher ground as floodwater, which came from the same weather system that killed as many as 500,000 animals in Queensland's north and central-west, moves south, and graziers are welcoming it with open arms. | | | | Suffering from a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, Troy Thornton wanted to die at home but was forced to travel overseas because he could not get two doctors to certify that he would definitely die within 12 months. | | | | After being found lying in the driveway of her Arundel home with injuries that have confounded police, Lisa Davey is on life support in the same intensive care unit where she worked. | | | | China is using AI and other surveillance tools to impose its "Orwellian" social credit system, and now it has been revealed that a poor social credit score can stop you from travelling by plane or train. | | | | Maheshwori was excited to start her new life in India, chaperoned by an old family friend. But at the border, she learnt this man wasn't who he seemed. | | | | Tropical Cyclone Oma has weakened to a sub-tropical low but is still whipping up damaging winds and dangerous surf, the Bureau of Meteorology says. | | | | A group of good Samaritans rescue a helpless pooch trapped in the icy waters of Estonia's Parnu river — only to discover the dog is actually a wolf. | | | | The abuse came to light when one of the captives, an emaciated 17-year-old girl, escaped through the window of her parents' house and called authorities. | | | | Police recover the body of 29-year-old expectant father Bradley Keeley from bushland close to where his car was found broken-down and abandoned a day earlier. | | | | The National Photographic Portrait Prize is awarded to Melbourne photographer Alana Holmberg for a portrait of her pregnant sister taken in a break during a planned shoot. | | | | Prosecutors in Chicago charge Grammy-winning singer R Kelly with 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse following allegations aired in a television documentary. | | | | Animal activist group PETA faces a backlash over tweets accusing Google of dangerously "fawning" over the late conservationist Steve Irwin, with the organisation accused of "dragging a beloved dead man's name through the mud" for publicity. | | | | A court finds the Sydney company failed to properly inspect a skyscraper's window-cleaning platform that plummeted 12 storeys to the ground after crucial bolts sheared. | | | | It's the larger-than-life tale of one of Australia's greatest crime capers: a bomb is planted onboard a Qantas flight from Sydney to Hong Kong — and if it travels below 20,000 feet, it will explode. | | | | Scouring desolate country for the world's most venomous snake, two ecologists had all but given up their search until they saw something on the side of the road. | | | | Hundreds of bags of dog food are delivered to the outback community of Ali Curung to feed starving animals left behind after a violent riot prompted many people to flee the area. | | | | From Dolly Parton to the dorky third cousin who friended you on Facebook, it would seem every man and his dog knows the "distracted boyfriend" meme. But was it inspired by a 1950s US marines magazine? | | | | Scratch the surface of the history of swimming and you might find more than you bargained for — like why your local pool is shaped like a rectangle (hint: it's linked to Napoleon). | | | | For all the blood and guts hurled in Parliament this week, the question of how much real change has occurred in our treatment of asylum seekers is very murky, writes Laura Tingle. | | | | Florida Police say the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots is among hundreds of people caught up in a sting aimed at curbing sex trafficking in the state's massage parlours. | | | | Canberra's chaplain community slams what it says is the "ludicrous" decision to ban all chaplains from ACT public schools, which goes even further than federal policy to allow a choice of religious or secular workers. | | | | Have you ever seen the Great Australian Bight from the air? A truck driver with a passion for drone photography showcases some of Australia's most remote landscapes as he makes his weekly Nullarbor crossing. | |  |
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