| | | | Scott Morrison confirms an Australian was among the attackers who massacred worshippers at two Christchurch mosques in an act of "extremist right-wing terrorism". A "significant" number of people have been killed. Follow live. | | | | An Australian is among four who have been arrested after multiple people were killed in mass shootings in two Christchurch mosques, on what Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has labelled "one of New Zealand's darkest days". | | | | Multiple people have been killed in shootings at two separate mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch. Here's what we know about how they unfolded. | | | | Witnesses say the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch was so quiet "you could hear a pin drop" during Friday prayers — but then the silence was shattered by automatic gunfire as a man burst in and started murdering worshippers. | | | | New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has described the targeted attacks on two Christchurch mosques as an "extraordinary and unprecedented act of violence". Read her full statement. | | | | Tens of thousands of young Australians walk out of their classrooms to stage protests in capital cities demanding the Government take action to reduce carbon emissions. | | | | Former minister Craig Laundy becomes the latest Coalition MP to quit politics ahead of the election, months after voicing his disgust at the internal brawling in the Liberals. | | | | Police are working to confirm whether human remains found near Port Lincoln, in regional South Australia, belong to a man who went missing 20 years ago. | | | | SA senator Sarah Hanson-Young says a crude Facebook post shared by a business owned by the Ceduna Mayor is "degrading" to women, but he says his Facebook account was hacked. | | | | The rifts at the Government's highest levels are being exposed. In these desperate days, it is every minister, every government backbencher, and each part, or sub-part, of the Coalition for themselves, writes Michelle Grattan. | | | | Thousands of dead fish wash up dead at Lake Meringo, near Moruya, on the New South Wales Far South Coast this week. | | | | Marvel Studio's Avengers: Endgame released their highly anticipated trailer today along with the movies poster — but something, or rather someone, was missing. Actress Danai Gurira's name was left off the top of the poster. | | | | A Canberra man appears to be "at peace" with molesting his nieces decades ago, because he wrote them a letter telling them he had been forgiven by God, a court is told. | | | | A network of popular Facebook pages that have built large audiences catering to Australians agitated over hot button issues is under the control of trolls and scammers from the Balkans, an ABC investigation reveals. | | | | As 'big box' stores get bigger, sales growth is slipping below increases in rent and wages. It could be the beginning of the end as online sales and smaller stores cannibalise the suburban shopping giants. | | | | Information technology students are being scooped up by desperate employers — some before they have even finished their courses — as the IT industry experiences a boom. | | | | Jacinda Ardern says New Zealanders should not "take for granted" that their elected leaders are accessible and mix freely with members of the public, after Climate Change Minister James Shaw is punched in the face while walking to work. | | | | Some (former) allies of President Donald Trump have a bad roll of the dice this week, with prison sentences, revelations about pardons and mountains of evidence that are turning heads in Washington, writes Zoe Daniel. | | | | A good mentor can change everything. Just ask Maria, who switched careers from beauty to construction. But how do you find a good one? | | | | You'd better double-check your passport — we're taking you on a trip down memory lane. Let's see how much you can remember from a week of tricky travel and politics. | |  |
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