Images of a Turkish policeman carrying a drowned toddler on a beach spark horror in Europe as the continent grapples with the biggest humanitarian crisis since the end of World War II. Warning: This story contains graphic images that some readers may find distressing.
One of Richard John Crowe's victims, threatened with a knife and dragged into a bush, says the jailing of the man who raped her 24 years ago has given her "a sense of stability again".
Australian cricket great Shane Warne pens an open letter to Nick Kyrgios, telling the controversial tennis star to "step up" and warns: "You're testing our patience mate."
The wool shorn off an overgrown sheep, dubbed Chris, found near Canberra yesterday has set an "unofficial" world record for the heaviest fleece removed in one sitting, the RSPCA says.
Exclusive Victorian school Geelong Grammar expelled a student after he reported an assault by a staff member, the child sexual abuse royal commission hears.
China's president Xi Jinping says he will cut troop levels by 300,000, as the country holds its biggest display of military might in a parade commemorating victory over Japan in World War II.
A WA organic farmer whose crop was contaminated with genetically modified (GM) canola from a neighbouring farm loses his court appeal for compensation.
Australia Post chief executive Ahmed Fahour will be called to appear before a Senate inquiry into working visas to examine claims some delivery contractors are underpaying workers and illegally using foreign student labour.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop declares Australia's relationship with Indonesia is "in good shape" and highlights her regular text message contact with Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi.
The Northern Territory's open speed zones are set to be extended in the wake of a review of trial areas, with the Government saying drivers had acted responsibly.
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Good morning. In an ABC exclusive, United Petroleum servo franchisees say some staff have been paid as little as $10 an hour - and management knew. The company denies the claim. It's estimated 2000 people are now protesting outside Budapest's international train station as Italy, Germany and France call for an EU-wide asylum overhaul. And one of the men who overpowered an attacker on a French train last month will appear on Dancing With The Stars in the US. He'll be joined by Bindi Irwin.
Coming up today: from 8.00am AEST, Julie Bishop speaks to AM (listen live or later via the ABC radio app for iOS or Android). At 11.30am AEST, the ABS releases retail trade figires for July. Also at 11.30am AEST, Tony Abbott is due to launch an apprenticeships network. At 12.00pm AEST, China begins its Victory Day military parade in the heart of Beijing. At 5.30pm AEST, accused Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda is due to address his war crimes trial in The Hague. And at 7.55pm AEST, Defence Force chief Mark Biskin gives a speech on regional security.
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People who have attempted suicide describe the treatment they received from medical staff as "negative, angry and irritated", according to a new report, raising concerns some patients are not getting proper care.
Defence personnel and surviving families demand changes to the military compensation scheme in response to growing evidence of the links between fuel exposure and blood cancers.
Tensions in Hungary between asylum seekers and police remain tense for the second day as hundreds of mainly young men face off against police blocking their path into Budapest's main international train station.
Rebekah Brooks, the Rupert Murdoch employee cleared last year of overseeing widespread phone-hacking by her reporters for tabloid scoops, returns to her old job running News Corp's British newspaper arm next week.
Congolese warlord Bosco Ntaganda gave "orders to attack and kill" hundreds of victims in a campaign of terror but he denies all 18 charges against him.
For the second time this year, a young woman is rushed to hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest at The Cosmetic Institute, one of Australia's most popular cosmetic surgery clinics.
The fingerprints of a foreign man arrested over last month's deadly Bangkok blast match those found on bomb-making equipment discovered at a flat over the weekend, Thai police say.
The former boyfriend of Tasmanian woman Lucille Butterworth dug with his bare hands at a riverside site after receiving a hoax letter telling him where her body was buried, a coronial inquest hears.
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