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World
Belgium confronts alarming danger: vulnerability of its nuclear plants
ALISSA RUBIN AND MILAN SCHREUER 2:35pm Belgian authorities fear that Islamic State militants may try to attack, infiltrate or sabotage nuclear plants or obtain nuclear or radioactive material.).
Political News
Federal MP Sharman Stone to retire at next election
2:09pm Veteran Victorian MP Dr Sharman Stone has announced her retirement from federal parliament.
Clique
Sydney's largest Easter Egg Hunt
1:53pm Sydney's largest family Easter Egg Hunt took place today in Centennial Park on March 26, 2016 in Sydney, Australia. Photos: Katherine Griffiths
Queensland
Queensland tradie has $596m in bank, court told
LISA YALLAMAS 1:31pm A Tewantin tradie could not explain to the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Saturday morning how he acquired a $596 million bank account, with another $1.56 billion worth of property.
WA News
Stolen car falls off tow truck and hits house in Rockingham
ADRIAN BEATTIE 1:29pm Men wiped down stolen car before driving off.
World
New York-based Chinese activist says Beijing officials 'abducted' his family
JONATHAN KAIMAN 1:26pm Blogger says government is harassing his family to try to get him to admit involvement in a letter urging Chinese president to resign.
Latest News
Demolition crew knocks down wrong house, Google Maps blamed
YANAN WANG 1:23pm The company's slogan, according to its website, is "We could wreck the world."
Video Essential Baby
Paediatrician appalled by lack of product safety testing
1:21pm The onus for meeting product safety laws rests with suppliers, now one doctor is calling for new laws following a string of products failures and serious injuries.
AFL Match Centre
Live AFL round one: Saturday footy mega-blog
RONNY LERNER 1:20pm Footy is officially back with the first Saturday action of the 2016 season. There are four matches on Easter Saturday and Ronny Lerner will take you though the Suns-Bombers, Kangaroos-Crows and...
Richmond Tigers
AFL season 2016: Richmond Tigers livewire Shane Edwards breaks hand
DANIEL CHERNY 1:15pm Depleted Richmond have been dealt another blow, with livewire Shane Edwards to miss Friday night's clash against Collingwood with a minor break in his hand.
AFL Match Centre
Live scores and statistics: Melbourne v Greater Western Sydney
Follow live scores and stats as both these clubs strive to record an all-important first round victory.
Victoria
Liberal party state president Michael Kroger wants public funding for political parties
CAROLINE ZIELINSKI Political parties should be funded from the public purse, and there should be no private donations above $1000, said the Liberal Party's state president, Michael Kroger.
WA News
Now six people charged over Esplanade murder - another teen in court today
ADRIAN BEATTIE A sixth person has been charged over the murder of Patrick Slater near the Esplanade Train Station in January.
Comment
Why Australia should allow the right to physician-assisted death
MICHAEL SHORT Momentum, hopefully inexorable, is growing for the legalisation of physician-assisted death.
Comment
Daniel Andrews' progressive actions speak louder than Malcom Turnbull's empty words
FARRAH TOMAZIN Victoria's premier is carving out a niche as a progressive leader for the whole nation, writes Farrah Tomazin
Political News
Taxpayers charged $6 million for Immigration Department telemovie
ADAM GARTRELL The immigration department has spent $6 million of taxpayers' cash making a telemovie drama to deter would-be asylum seekers.
Political News
Taxpayers to foot the bill for Bronwyn Bishop's official portrait
ADAM GARTRELL, NATIONAL POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT Bronwyn Bishop's political career could be dead but her steely gaze will live on forever in the halls of Parliament House.
Comment
Talkin' 'bout my generation - and yours
ANDREW MASTERSON Being part of the Baby Boomer generation has turned out to be not nearly as sexy or success-fuelled as they sold it to us.
Victoria
Tattoos: bigger, bolder and granny might have one, too
ALANA SCHETZER With 19 per cent of all Australians inked, tattoos are now officially mainstream.
Horseracing
Danny Williams favours Shutter Bug in Muswellbrook Country Championships wildcard race
ADAM PENGILLY Betting markets have found it hard to split them, but Danny Williams is confident Shutter Bug is the best of his three hopes of securing an 11th hour ticket into the Country Championships final.
Waratahs
Super Rugby 2016: NSW Waratahs-Queensland Reds clash a very different game from round one
MATTHEW BURKE I bet last week the Waratahs were standing on Allianz Stadium, midway through the second half, 30-0 down, thinking how the hell are we going to get out of this? It was all shock horror that the Super...
AFL News
Grass Boots: Country rivalry goes deep
ADAM MCNICOL The general consensus in country footy circles is that the rivalry between the Wangaratta Magpies and Wangaratta Rovers is no longer what it was.
Comment
Terrorists, bathtubs and snakes
NICHOLAS KRISTOF Are terrorists more of a threat than slippery bathtubs?
Athletics
Stawell Gift 2016: The day white-hot favourite Neil King was toppled
TIM LANE A weekly column can have its origins in unexpected places: this one comes from a visit to a menswear store in a seaside resort favoured by many Melburnians.
Books
Try a writing course: Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling reveals rejection letters
HANNAH FURNESS The celebrated Harry Potter has revealed a publisher suggested she join an amateurs' group as it rejected her crime novel.
Video Federal Politics
Labor Deputy: PM protecting Sinodinos
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been accused of protecting Liberal senator Arthur Sinodinos by refusing to stand him aside over a political donations scandal. (Video courtesy ABC News 24)
AFL News
Coaches frustrated over drug rules, St Kilda's Alan Richardson says
LARISSA NICHOLSON Coaches are frustrated that they are kept in the dark when one of their players returns a positive illicit drugs test, Alan Richardson says.
Golf
Adam Scott bombs again at WGC, Jason Day advances
BEN EVERILL World No.2 Jason Day's bulging disc was given a reprieve after getting a dream ride through to the knockout stages of the World Golf Championships Match Play in Austin.
AFL News
AFL illicit drugs code: Push towards a more stringent code verges on immoral
TIM LANE The AFL Players Association might well be asking itself how it agreed to an Illicit drugs code so intrusive and open to capricious change in the first place.
Music
Bluesfest 2016 review, day two: the happy feeling of the familiar
ANNABEL ROSS Headliners the National provided the soundtrack to a daydream while up-and-comers Elle King and Rhiannon Giddens delighted crowds with unexpected covers.
WA News
Dangerous storms gather over Perth, Gascoyne, South-West and Goldfields
ADRIAN BEATTIE Forecasters say dangerous storms could bring damage to Perth, the South-West and the Goldfields throughout Saturday.
Migrant Crisis
Refugee crisis: Pope Francis washes the feet of Muslim migrants
ELAHE IZADI "We have different cultures and religions, but we are brothers and we want to live in peace," Pope says.
Soccer
Melbourne Victory finals push back on track, but Wanderers' Tony Popovic not panicking
MICHAEL LYNCH What a difference five days can make. Last Sunday Melbourne Victory looked a shadow of the team that had won the A-League championship a season ago.
World
No Namaste: Parents offended by the 'Far East religion' of yoga
YANAN WANG Instead of relaxation and gratitude, a school has received a flurry of complaints about its mindfulness program.
Soccer
Harry Redknapp wary of Jordan's Socceroos threat
EMMA KEMP Harry Redknapp only knows a few of the Socceroos lads. But he's got enough intel about Australian football to prepare his Jordan side for a 'much tougher' time in Tuesday's vital World Cup qualifier...
Video World News
Crew blame Google Maps for demolishing wrong house
Workers thought they had torn down the correct house after relying on Google Maps for directions.
Property
Why Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch still isn't sold
LISA SELIN DAVIS Almost a year ago, Michael Jackson's former home hit the market. Though no one has sealed the deal, the asking price hasn;t changed.
St George Illawarra Dragons
Why St George Illawarra hitman Tyson Frizell craves consistency over crunch
DANIEL LANE St George Illawarra enforcer Tyson Frizell has already established himself as a genuine NRL tough guy but after missing out on selection in last year's NSW State of Origin team he is determined...
Cricket
Sheffield Shield 2015-2016: Redbacks bat first and reach 1-100 at lunch
South Australia are in a promising position at lunch on day one of the Sheffield Shield final against Victoria, at Glenelg's Gliderol Stadium.
Melbourne Comedy Festival
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review: Bridget Everett's Pound It provides R-rated belly laughs for the whole family
DEBBIE CUTHBERTSON Fun for the whole family: if your idea of family fun is seeing your mum and dad motorboated.
League News
Maguire upset with South Sydney Rabbitohs defence
MATT ENCARNACION They were down five key players and were also coming off the dreaded five-day turnaround, but South Sydney coach Michael Maguire was in no mood to talk excuses.
Sydney Film Festival
Beatles fan adds Ringo Starr's childhood home for a song
LINDA MORRIS A Beatles fan has taken fandom to the limit by purchasing the childhood home of Ringo Starr.
Horseracing
Peter Moody's gone but the taste of Caviar will always remain
MICHAEL LYNCH Peter Moody's departure from the Australian training ranks - perhaps for ever, perhaps not - carried echoes of the demise of Shakespeare's Thane of Cawdor.
US Election
Donald Trump talks and talks, and beneath the verbal deluge, themes emerge
PAUL MCGEOUGH The headline news was about terrorism and the Belgian bombings. But Trump was back in the gutter.
World
Checked shirts begin to haunt Hungarian authorities
HELEN WOMACK From a bunch of "dishevelled and unshaven types in checked shirts", Hungarian teachers now challenge the illiberal government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
World
The last printed issue of The Independent goes to press
SALLY WARDLE The final print edition of The Independent has been sent to press, as the title moves to a digital-only format.
Soccer
France ruin Dutch party in friendly as Johan Cruyff is remembered
France captain Blaise Matuidi struck a late goal to snatch a 3-2 win over the Netherlands in a thriller that was a credit to the memory of the late Johan Cruyff, who was remembered with a minute's...
World
Suicide bomber detained in Cameroon says she's one of Chibok girls
ANNE MIREILLE NZOUANKEU Girl carrying explosives intercepted in Cameroon says she is one of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria in 2014.
US Election
US Election 2016: Ted Cruz denies as 'garbage' report he had five mistresses, blames Trump
NICK ALLEN Texas senator and presidential candidate accuses rival of enlisting pro-Trump magazine to slur him.
Queensland
Fire and rescue free driver who was trapped for 45 minutes in Gold Coast crash
Queensland Fire and Rescue Service officers used the jaws of life to cut free a man who was trapped by the legs after his vehicle hit a power pole on the Gold Coast at about 5am on Saturday.
League News
Cowboys demand explanation on Johnathan Thurston 'no try'
LAINE CLARK It seems nothing could satisfy North Queensland after some contentious NRL bunker calls in their 21-20 grand final re-match loss to Brisbane on Friday night.
Video Victoria News
Daniel's body found in a 'tight space'
More details have emerged about the Geelong man whose body was found five years after he disappeared. (Video courtesy Seven News Melbourne)
Cricket
West Indies reach world T20 semi-finals after last-over win
West Indies beat South Africa by three wickets in a low-scoring thriller in their World Twenty20 Super 10 match on Friday to join New Zealand in the semi-finals.
Video World News
Cuban fever heats up for the Rolling Stones
Cubans get ready to rock out to The Rolling Stones, who are tuning up to become the major Western band to perform in the Communist country in decades.
Latest News
Buyers priced out of 75 per cent of Sydney: UNSW
JENNIFER DUKE Generation Rent may remain renters forever.
Features
Sydney's heritage buildings at risk as skilled tradespeople now hard to find
ELICIA MURRAY Heritage advocates fear the integrity of Sydney's oldest buildings is at stake as artisans skilled in traditional techniques leave the industry.
Technology News
Google Maps error blamed as demolition crew knocks down wrong house
YANAN WANG The day after Christmas last year, tornadoes tore through Rowlett, Texas, a quiet suburb of Dallas. The aftermath was the image of destruction: splintered wood, metal and brick - once the foundation...
Video World News
US forces kill ISIL second in command in Syria
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter confirms that US operations likely killed several high-ranking officials of Islamic State.
Video World News
Wounded suspect held in Brussels police operation
Belgian police have captured a suspect after shooting him in the leg during a major police operation following Tuesday's suicide bombings in Brussels.
Victoria
Woman injured after hitting horse with car
CAROLINE ZIELINSKI A woman has suffered head and rib injuries after she hit a horse with her car in regional Victoria early Saturday morning.
