| | | | Is it really worth losing the farm over US President Donald Trump's border wall between the US and Mexico? For these onion growers in southern Texas, the answer is yes. | | | | Tayyip Erdogan calls on New Zealand to restore the death penalty for the gunman who killed 50 Muslims in Christchurch while using the attack footage to chase votes in local elections. | | | | New Zealand's spy master admits state agencies were slow to devise a plan to tackle far-right extremism as Muslims say nationalistic abuse is widespread, public and unchecked. | | | | Families of the Christchurch shooting victims are frustrated with the time it is taking to identify and release the bodies, but police say they do not want to rush a complex process. | | | | A muscle-flaunting Melburnian who boasts about his sports car collection and playing poker with underworld figure Mick Gatto is at the centre of a company holding millions of dollars in clients' money that can't be accessed. | | | | The Australian Taxation Office will undertake 4,500 audits of taxpayers it considers are "high risk" because they overclaim or don't declare income relating to rental properties. | | | | The start of the year is an expensive time for most parents. But when term begins, public school parents have another expensive shock waiting for them: term fees, writes Saman Shad. | | | | NSW uses a different system of voting to the rest of the country — here the ABC's Antony Green explains how it works, and whether it will affect the result of this Saturday's state election. | | | | The Far North Queensland communities of Aurukun and Weipa are next in the firing line as Tropical Cyclone Trevor continues to track towards the Gulf of Carpentaria after bringing down trees with its 133kph winds yesterday. | | | | Critics fear that without careful consideration, the ambitious digital project — which the government calls a "game changer" — could have serious privacy implications. | | | | The World Surf League has endorsed Soli Bailey's request to wear both the Aboriginal and Australian flags on his jersey while competing on the prestigious Championship Tour in 2019. | | | | Sydney and Melbourne are recording one of their fastest property price slumps on record, with official figures showing the downturn is spreading to other cities around the nation. | | | | They may look similar, but each of these asteroids has qualities and quirks that set it apart from the other — and some of these differences have planetary scientists scratching their heads. | | | | The waiting is nearly over and the wraps are about to come off AFL season 2019 — let's have a look at what's up for grabs, and the questions we'll find answers to. | | | | Former Queensland Supreme Court judge Roslyn Atkinson calls for reform to a century-old legal loophole that allows accused rapists to use the "mistake of fact" defence to walk free, saying it is a "hangover" from outdated attitudes to women. | | | | European carp is known as the "rabbit of the river" due to its prolific breeding habits, but the 25-year battle to eradicate it from Tasmanian lakes is nearing an end. | | | | Australian Indigenous artists say a "fake" piece of Aboriginal art featured in Ricky Gervais's new Netflix series amounts to the "stealing" of their culture. | | | | A government department's silence over requests to surrender information relating to the deaths of 16 polo ponies has drawn the ire of the Tasmanian Ombudsman, who warned it to comply or risk referral to the Director of Public Prosecutions. | | | | A Canberra politician is criticised for invoking the Christchurch shootings to argue against a bill that would compel priests to break the confessional seal to report child abuse. | | | | A South Australian winemaker is surprised to find a stray marsupial, which climbed into his unoccupied car, making itself at home on the leather seating. And it took a "fair bit of convincing" to get the "little fella" out. | |  |
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