| | | | Specialist police arrest a man after Brisbane's international airport is evacuated and trains are stopped in response to eyewitnesses reporting a man with a knife. | | | | Authorities are warning up to 20,000 homes could be flooded in the coming days if rain continues to fall in north Queensland as heavily as it has been. | | | | Paramedics treat passengers for shock after a woman in her late 30s dies after collapsing in the toilet of a party boat during a cruise of Sydney Harbour. | | | | Regional Australians are feeling 'pill shamed' and are avoiding treatment due to the stigma around mental health medication and a lack of confidentiality in small-town pharmacies. | | | | The white lemuroid possum of Far North Queensland's tropical mountains doesn't sweat because it's never needed to cool its body before. Now harsher heatwaves are forcing it to higher elevations and it is at risk of becoming Australia's first animal to become extinct due to man-made climate change. | | | | The Tasmania Fire Service says hot north-westerly winds with peak gusts of up 70 kilometres an hour are likely to test fire containment lines that were secured yesterday, endangering communities. | | | | Russia has suspended a Cold War-era nuclear weapons treaty after the United States said it would withdraw from the arms control pact over alleged violations by Moscow. | | | | Kurtis Patterson seemed to have a stadium full of friends and family as he moved casually to a maiden Test century, setting the scene for Australia's late evening onslaught on day two. | | | | In a tiny Japanese ski resort, a flame-bearing mob battle the town's men to burn down a wooden shrine. It sounds terrifying. But it's a ritual to protect them. | | | | Locals fear Lithgow could turn into a ghost town if the Wallerawang Power Station — which has sat idle since it closed in 2014 — is not redeveloped soon. But questions are being raised about who will be left with the bill do demolish the site. | | | | 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. | | | | 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. | | | | A peaceful paradise known for its iconic pine trees and spectacular coastline, Norfolk Island is riddled with political tension and simmering social unrest. | | | | Donkey hide gel is the new rhino horn and bear bile, critics say, and now the industry wants Australia's feral donkeys. But in the search for new friends it's entangled one of Australia's oldest sporting organisations in a fight over animal cruelty. | | | | Australians have been ripped off to the tune of billions of dollars, and many lives have been ruined, by a sector focussed on itself and not its customers, writes Andrew Robertson. | | | | 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. | | | | 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. | | | | Dimuth Karunaratne collapsed to the Manuka Oval turf in scenes that have taken on a new meaning since the death of Phillip Hughes in 2014, but Sri Lanka's coach says his player is doing OK in hospital. | | | | Ralph Northam apologises for appearing in a photo of a man in a Ku Klux Klan costume next to a man in blackface more than 30 years ago, but says he will not heed calls from both sides of US politics to resign over the controversy. | | | | 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. | | | | Bernard Tomic is savaged by Tennis Australia, with the chief executive accusing him of trying to sabotage the sport while declaring he will not be considered for Davis Cup selection. | | | | 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. | |  |
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