| | | | An Al Jazeera investigation created a fake gun lobby group in Australia which covertly recorded meetings between One Nation and powerful players in the US gun lobby, in which the political party sought funding to change Australia's gun laws. | | | | The teenager known as Egg Boy says his infamous attack on Senator Fraser Anning united the community in the wake of the Christchurch shootings, but concedes it wasn't the right thing to do. | | | | Twelve-year-old Connor Creagh was standing by the roots of a tree after it was knocked down in a severe storm in the South Burnett last year, when all of a sudden it sprang back upright and crushed him, leaving him with life-threatening injuries including a squashed heart. | | | | Solar panels have been installed on the rooftops of two million Australian households — but why are so many people left helpless when they run into a problem? | | | | A week after signalling the dramatic reversal of more than half a century of American foreign policy, the United States President recognises the Golan Heights as Israeli territory. | | | | Brunei is moving to increase punishment of LGBT people with brutal measures postponed in 2014 following a global outcry, becoming the first Asian country to introduce the death penalty for homosexuality. | | | | A quarter of the 5,000 people employed in Collie are estimated to work in the coal industry — but with some predictions the sector could be exiting Western Australia by 2025, and the future of the community in the balance, residents want the Government to act. | | | | It's one of our most significant words, but we're still working out where "bogan" came from. New evidence shows one of its first uses may have been at a Melbourne private school, writes Bruce Moore. | | | | It's been almost two years since the end of Game of Thrones season seven. The ABC's Westerosi correspondents Pete and Dan have rewatched it so you don't have to. | | | | Prominent Liberal Party supporter Tony Shepherd urges the Federal Government to focus on spending that will help productivity in the economy, saying he is nervous about relying on tax cuts in the federal budget. | | | | New laws making it illegal for social media companies to leave videos filmed by terrorists on their sites are being drafted by the Federal Government, prompted by the Christchurch shootings. | | | | The exotic citrus fruit that looks like intertwined fingers gains popularity among chefs for its fragrant characteristics. | | | | Researchers use sensors and machine learning algorithms to predict where drivers can find the perfect car park. | | | | ABC election analyst Antony Green calls the seat of Dubbo for the National Party, delivering the Berejiklian Government a 47th seat and a majority in the NSW Lower House. | | | | It appears special counsel Robert Mueller has left a twist in the tail of his report that will prevent this sorry saga from being finally put to rest, writes Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel. | | | | Giving Snowtown "bodies-in-the-barrels" serial killer Robert Joe Wagner a non-parole period would be "symbolic" of his right to freedom and it should be rejected, a court hears. | | | | A form of cancer treatment Lauren Krelsham credits with giving her another chance to live will be made more widely available, with the Federal Government announcing $80 million towards a facility in Melbourne. | | | | New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says a royal commission into the Christchurch shootings will focus on the events leading up to the attack, not the police response to it. | | | | A former top bureaucrat who lied to secure her lucrative SA Government position had claimed that a weight loss drug could have contributed to her fraudulent job application, but her lawyer tells a court "Blind Freddie" could have figured out his client's deception. | | | | The Federal Agriculture Minister has joined cattle industry leaders in calling for tougher penalties to target animal rights activists trespassing on farms, after more than 100 people entered a property over the weekend. | | | | Cattle stations in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland receive significant rain — thanks to not one but two cyclones. | | | | Stillbirth affects some six Australian families every day. Now two couples open up about their heartbreak as a new campaign is launched to raise awareness and help parents through the loss that will never go away. | | | | Plot holes and audience confusion abound after a heavily censored version of Bohemian Rhapsody is released in China, with all references to Freddie Mercury's sexuality edited out of the film. | | | | Concerns of electoral irregularities and allegations of cheating grow as a petition to impeach Thailand's Election Commission gains more than half a million signatures. | | | | Just days on from the Tayla Harris sexist abuse furore, racist trolls target West Coast's Liam Ryan on Instagram after the start of the AFL season, with the Eagles saying the social media behaviour "must stop". | |  |
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