National News
Musa Cerantonio refuses to answer questions in Philippines
LINDSAY MURDOCH 12:24pm Wearing a white hooded robe and carrying a can of Coke, bearded Australian religious extremist Musa Cerantonio was ushered through crowded Manila airport after refusing to answer questions posed by Philippine police.
'Horror of war without its glory'
Drusilla Modjeska The voices of writers such as Vera Brittain still bring us closer to WWI's sobering legacy.
Back to basics
Jane Cadzow meets Kevin Donnelly, the conservative educator reviewing our school curriculum.
Dealing with age
Whether driven by idealism, necessity or greed, an increasing number of elderly Australians are supplementing their pensions with a spot of drug distribution. Mandy Sayer meets some of them.
Payments to asylum seekers raised to force them home
SARAH WHYTE The federal government has admitted it hiked the size of payments to asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru to remove any ''barrier'' for them to return home.
Scott Donaldson's bid to kayak the Tasman ends
Blanton Smith 9:31pm He battled the wind and rain, braved the cold and crashing waves but after 84 days at sea Scott Donaldson’s attempt to conquer the Tasman has ended.
Australian Islamic preacher Musa Cerantonio arrested in the Philippines
Lindsay Murdoch, Saffron Howden 9:06pm An influential Australian Islamic preacher who had claimed on social media to have successfully reached the Middle East has been arrested in the Philippines.
Questions and answers: full transcript
12:11am Responses from the Western Desert Lands Aboriginal Corporation.
New Zealand woman files sex assault complaint against Rolf Harris
Anna Pearson A Christchurch woman in the spotlight after speaking out about an alleged sexual assault by disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris says while the exposure has left her feeling ‘‘vulnerable’’, it will be worth it if others are inspired to come forward.
Mine deal allegations against Warren Mundine and Aboriginal corporation
Richard Baker and Nick McKenzie A company that was part-owned and directed by the federal government's chief indigenous adviser, Warren Mundine, helped broker a highly questionable deal that gave a mining company access to an Aboriginal sacred site in outback Western Australia.
Whistleblower blasts union's own corruption probe
Mathew Dunckley 10:25am A construction union whistleblower has blasted an ''independent'' investigation into the allegations of corruption he raised describing it as an outrageous whitewash.
Fireball over Sydney was a piece of space junk
ESTHER HAN 9:40pm Statistically, one person will be hit by a piece of space junk and killed in the next 50 years, scientists say. But there is no need to worry, because even that statistic is alarmist.
WA town in moove to beat cow costume world record
1:59pm A herd of onesie-wearing West Australians will be inspected on Saturday morning to ensure they meet correct cattle competition criteria.
Crown prosecutor accused of protecting mates with Volkers advice, commission hears
PAUL BIBBY The top Crown Prosecutor who advised against reopening the case against Australian swimming coach Scott Volkers was trying to protect those who previously abandoned the case, the lawyer for the coach’s alleged victims has suggested.
Dizzying schedule of a foreign minister in control
John Garnaut, Asia-Pacific Editor It was only after several circumnavigations of the globe, at some point between being publicly excoriated in China and secretly poring over maps of Syria with the King of Jordan, that the cables began reporting that Bishop was not only competent, but in control.
