| | | | The British Prime Minister suffers a second crushing defeat of her maligned Brexit withdrawal deal, plunging the United Kingdom into further uncertainty over how it will leave the European Union. | | | | British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit agreement with the EU looks to be dead after MPs vote it down for a second time, leaving the door open for a no-deal exit or an extension of the negotiation period. Follow live. | | | | Cardinal George Pell will this morning be sentenced for sexually abusing two choirboys when he was archbishop of Melbourne in the 1990s. His defence barrister has already conceded a jail term is inevitable. | | | | Extreme weather in some of the country's worst-affected regions is now twice as common as usual. Explore the data to see the risk to your area. | | | | Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority says it is suspending operations of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane in Australia after a deadly crash killed 157 people in Ethiopia at the weekend. | | | | The President tweets about the glory days before it took "scientists from MIT" to fly a plane, as a growing list of nations boycott the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft. | | | | The responses we are seeing from people who simply cannot believe the possibility of criminal behaviour from well-known people is actually extremely common, writes Rachael Sharman. | | | | In what is believed a world-first case, a London-based support group is helping a group of women try to gain compensation from infamous terrorist Khaled Sharrouf's frozen assets. | | | | Just one week out from jet-setting off on the trip of a lifetime, with what she thought was a valid passport, Melanie Vujkovic discovers she needs at least six months validity to travel — cue panic. | | | | A new service can take you back to the early days of the internet in Australia — just don't expect to be wowed by the design choices. | | | | The world-renowned thinker's long-time carer was accused of financial misconduct, dishonesty, failing to provide appropriate care and not having the correct qualifications. | | | | A royal commission into the mistreatment of disabled Australians is one step closer, with the Federal Government unveiling a draft terms of reference today. But who will pay for it? | | | | Hal Blaine, who laid down one of music's most memorable opening riffs on the Ronettes' Be My Baby and played on the songs of Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley and The Beach Boys, dies of natural causes at the age of 90. | | | | Two Melbourne hikers who got lost on Victoria's Mount Buffalo say they finally decided to try and walk out after spending four nights in the bush, as emergency services put their survival down to their experience. | | | | Rape victims seeking tests that could help put their attackers behind bars are being turned away from a NSW hospital and made to travel an hour, sometimes by taxi, to be examined. | | | | Senator Sarah Hanson-Young's sexual history could be questioned during a defamation trial against former senator David Leyonhjelm, a pre-trial hearing is told. | | | | After being knocked overboard off New Zealand, rough waves separated a German yachtsman from the life jacket thrown to save him — but he knew how to make another one. | | | | Workers from Chemist Warehouse's distribution centres go on indefinite strike over what they claim is a widespread culture of sexual harassment and labour exploitation at the company's distribution warehouses in Melbourne and Brisbane. | | | | An Adelaide couple experiences overnight Instagram fame after their adorable alpaca Alfie goes viral online, with a video of the fluffy pet viewed more than 15 million times. | | | | The Matildas reveal their new World Cup kit, and the vibrant, 90s-inspired design ticks all the boxes, according to one fashion expert. | | | | The global economy is more indebted than it was before the global financial crisis, making a credit crunch increasingly likely — but ratings agency S&P does not think the world is in for a rerun of 2008. | | | | Far North Queensland man Daniel Lewis Matthew Rooney stalked a woman, abducted and punched her and held her against her will for 16 hours. He's been jailed for 12 years, but his victim says she's scared of the day he'll be let out. | | | | An unprotected database in China with the personal information of more than 1.8 million women — including their phone numbers, addresses and even a "BreedReady" status — is uncovered by a Dutch cyber expert. | |  |
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