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Oscar Pistorius: 'no evidence of abuse or abnormal aggression' live trial coverage
Israeli and Palestinian tensions mount after 'revenge' killing - live updates
Sydney woman caught with joint in Bali jailed for 10 months
Tony Abbott meets Ricky Muir on Senate kindy outing to Canberra
Nicolas Sarkozy under official investigation after questioning
Hong Kong pro-democracy march - timelapse video
Mayor under fire for bogans jibe: 'I was talking about the whole of Tasmania'
Afghan candidate Abdullah claims 2m votes cast in poll were fraudulent
Hong Kong police detain hundreds after mass protests
Taxi drivers to be tested on their knowledge of Melbourne streets
Sydney surfer dies after hitting head
Palestinian teenager found dead in suspected revenge attack
'I cry all night': the child asylum seekers stranded in Indonesia
ACCC takes cleaning company to court over allegations it faked online reviews
Disability discrimination commissioner condemns 'lifters, not leaners' slogan
Kabul suicide bomb kills eight
Union charged super fund $93,000 for a few days work, inquiry told
Some NSA data collection is 'legal and effective', says independent board
Locusts may choose where to invade based on temperature, researchers find
George Brandis vow to detain alleged jihadists from Iraq and Syria nonsense
Homeless man in court over rape and murder of Melbourne woman
YMCA apologises for failing to protect children from sexual abuse
PNG prime minister to co-operate after court rejects stay of arrest warrant
Tony Abbott urged to reveal fate of asylum seeker boats
Gerard Baden-Clay denies smothering his wife as she fought for her life

Oscar Pistorius: 'no evidence of abuse or abnormal aggression' live trial coverage

Posted: 02 Jul 2014 01:26 AM PDT

Rolling coverage as the defence calls its final witness in the trial of Oscar Pistorius for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp

Israeli and Palestinian tensions mount after 'revenge' killing - live updates

Posted: 02 Jul 2014 01:24 AM PDT

Palestinian teenager found dead in east Jerusalem
Police clash with Palestinians after 'revenge' killing
Gilad Shaar made recorded police call before being murdered
Israel arrests hundreds of suspects over teen abductions

Sydney woman caught with joint in Bali jailed for 10 months

Posted: 02 Jul 2014 01:20 AM PDT

Prosecutors recommended Leeza Tracey Ormsby, 37, be given a short sentence, giving her credit for admitting guilt

Tony Abbott meets Ricky Muir on Senate kindy outing to Canberra

Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:53 AM PDT

Prime minister explains importance of budget as new crossbench senators arrive for instruction in voting and procedures

Nicolas Sarkozy under official investigation after questioning

Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:41 AM PDT

Former French president to be investigated for 'influence peddling' in a major setback to hopes of return to office in 2017

Hong Kong pro-democracy march - timelapse video

Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:38 AM PDT

Timelapse video shows hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong residents as they stage a massive pro-democracy march on Tuesday - one of the territory's biggest protests. Demonstrators are voicing a variety of grievances, from rising inequality and the Chinese government's refusal to grant Hong Kong a more democratic voting process by 2017, to a controversial urban development in the region's north-eastern New Territories area Continue reading...

Mayor under fire for bogans jibe: 'I was talking about the whole of Tasmania'

Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:15 AM PDT

Bertrand Cardart denies 'most bogan of bogans' comment was aimed at Triabunna constituents amid row over tourism complex

Afghan candidate Abdullah claims 2m votes cast in poll were fraudulent

Posted: 02 Jul 2014 12:13 AM PDT

Presidential hopeful calls for delay to inauguration as plans to release preliminary election results look likely to be postponed Continue reading...

Hong Kong police detain hundreds after mass protests

Posted: 01 Jul 2014 11:58 PM PDT

More than 500 demonstrators arrested for illegally 'occupying' street in Central business district during pro-democracy protest Continue reading...

Taxi drivers to be tested on their knowledge of Melbourne streets

Posted: 01 Jul 2014 11:38 PM PDT

Victorian government addresses customer complaints that the citys cabbies dont know where they are going

Sydney surfer dies after hitting head

Posted: 01 Jul 2014 11:13 PM PDT

Paramedics performed CPR on the man, who was washed onto the rocks at Tamarama beach

Palestinian teenager found dead in suspected revenge attack

Posted: 01 Jul 2014 10:38 PM PDT

Youth seen being bundled into car in east Jerusalem was found dead hours later, Israeli army radio says

'I cry all night': the child asylum seekers stranded in Indonesia

Posted: 01 Jul 2014 10:35 PM PDT

With his father taken by the Taliban and his mother missing, 10-year-old Hadayad flew to Jakarta alone. He is one of hundreds of unaccompanied minors now in the country

ACCC takes cleaning company to court over allegations it faked online reviews

Posted: 01 Jul 2014 10:25 PM PDT

Carpet cleaning franchise allegedly induced contractors to post bogus testimonials on sites including Google and True Local

Disability discrimination commissioner condemns 'lifters, not leaners' slogan

Posted: 01 Jul 2014 10:22 PM PDT

Graeme Innes uses farewell speech to explain challenges people with disabilities face seeking to become 'lifters'

Kabul suicide bomb kills eight

Posted: 01 Jul 2014 10:10 PM PDT

Another 14 are wounded after militants target bus carrying air force personnel in the Afghan capital

Union charged super fund $93,000 for a few days work, inquiry told

Posted: 01 Jul 2014 10:06 PM PDT

TWU officials business trip to Tasmania the focus of questioning at royal commission hearing

Some NSA data collection is 'legal and effective', says independent board

Posted: 01 Jul 2014 09:46 PM PDT

Operations under the so-called '702 program' played a 'key role in disrupting terror plots', according to draft report

Locusts may choose where to invade based on temperature, researchers find

Posted: 01 Jul 2014 09:39 PM PDT

Discovery could help Australian scientists to develop ways to prevent locust plagues and has implications for climate change research

George Brandis vow to detain alleged jihadists from Iraq and Syria nonsense

Posted: 01 Jul 2014 09:35 PM PDT

Criminal barrister says Australian citizens cannot be detained arbitrarily at the border without charge

Homeless man in court over rape and murder of Melbourne woman

Posted: 01 Jul 2014 09:24 PM PDT

Solicitor says Scott Allen Miller had suffered a drug-induced psychosis and needed a prison health assessment

YMCA apologises for failing to protect children from sexual abuse

Posted: 01 Jul 2014 08:35 PM PDT

NSW branch issues statement after interim report of royal commission published findings into case of Jonathan Lord

PNG prime minister to co-operate after court rejects stay of arrest warrant

Posted: 01 Jul 2014 08:07 PM PDT

Peter O'Neill's newly appointed police commissioner has indicated he is reconsidering the corruption case against him

Tony Abbott urged to reveal fate of asylum seeker boats

Posted: 01 Jul 2014 08:05 PM PDT

Greens leader says reports that the Sri Lankan navy has been engaged to turn back asylum seekers would be like 'sending the persecuted back to the persecutors'