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9 Feb 2017 - 6:07am

Rolf Harris cleared of three sex charges

Veteran Australian entertainer Rolf Harris was on Wednesday cleared of three sex offences by a London court, but the jury was discharged on four other counts...
9 Feb 2017 - 6:28am

Six Red Cross workers dead after Afghanistan 'IS-attack'

A possible Islamic State attack on Red Cross workers in Afghanistan has left six people dead and two missing.
8 Feb 2017 - 8:08pm

Blindfolded teen shows Sydney the values of a 'true Muslim'

A Sydney teenager has taken to the streets to show Australians the values of a 'true Muslim' - while blindfolded.
8 Feb 2017 - 9:54pm

Syria says Amnesty report on mass hangings 'completely false'

Syria's justice ministry on Wednesday dismissed as "completely false" an Amnesty International report alleging up to 13,000 people were hanged over five years in...
9 Feb 2017 - 6:33am

Nordstrom treated Ivanka 'so unfairly'

US President Donald Trump has tweeted complaining it's "unfair" that his daughter's clothing brand was dumped by a department store.
9 Feb 2017 - 6:34am

Melbourne teen reunites with family after near lifetime separation

A Melbourne teenager has been reunited with her mother and siblings after a painful separation of nearly 14 years. Tears flowed at Melbourne airport as the South...
8 Feb 2017 - 9:15pm

Bill Shorten brushes off Turnbull's 'sycophant' sledge

Bill Shorten has responded to the Malcolm Turnbull's savage personal attack and saying the Prime Minister is simply 'fired up about about saving his job'.

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8 Feb 2017 - 7:46pm

Government seeks to save $5 billion in reforms to childcare payments, paid parental leave

The government is seeking crossbench support for wide-ranging reforms to childcare payments, paid parental leave and Work for the Dole.
8 Feb 2017 - 7:45pm

PM calls Australia Post chairman over $5.6 million CEO pay packet

Malcolm Turnbull believes the pay packet of Australia Post managing director Ahmed Fahour is too high.
8 Feb 2017 - 8:56pm

Australian heatwaves likely to worsen

Heatwaves are becoming more extreme in Australia as a result of climate change, a new Climate Council report warns.
8 Feb 2017 - 10:05pm

Tom Keating to face charges Thursday over fatal jet-ski crash: Thai police

Thai Police say the 22-year-old partner of an Australian woman killed in a jet-ski accident off Thailand's resort island of Phuket will face charges on Thursday.
8 Feb 2017 - 8:50pm

Senate calls on Pell to return to Australia

The Senate has called on Cardinal George Pell to return to Australia to assist police investigations.
8 Feb 2017 - 7:53pm

Generation gloom? Young Australians found to have low hopes for their futures

Millennials in Australia are worried about terrorism, unimpressed by politicians and concerned about house prices, a new study has found.
8 Feb 2017 - 7:44pm

Criticism over Melbourne's sleeping rough crackdown

A new by-law banning camping in Melbourne's CBD has been slammed as an attack on homelessness. Advocates are calling for a more compassionate approach, and...

In focus: US Politics

The latest news on American politics.

8 Feb 2017 - 12:31pm

Pence breaks tie to confirm US education pick DeVos

The US Senate confirmed billionaire heiress Betsy DeVos as the next secretary of education Tuesday, after Vice President Mike Pence cast a historic tie-breaking vote...
7 Feb 2017 - 5:49pm

Trump unwelcome in UK parliament: Speaker

SBS World News Radio: The speaker of Britain's lower house of parliament has vowed to block any plans for US President Donald Trump to address parliament, as...
7 Feb 2017 - 8:35pm

US travel ban a 'lawful exercise' of Trump's authority: Justice Dept

The US government on Monday defended President Donald Trump's travel ban as a "lawful exercise" of his authority, and claimed that a federal court made a mistake...
6 Feb 2017 - 9:46am

Immigrants head to US as Trump travel ban still blocked

A US appeals court has rejected a government request to reinstate President Donald Trump's controversial immigration ban, prompting travelers from seven mainly...
5 Feb 2017 - 5:58pm

At least 2,000 march on Trump's Florida resort

At least 2,000 people marched Saturday near President Donald Trump's Florida golf club, voicing outrage at his executive order to bar refugees and travellers from...
4 Feb 2017 - 7:56am

Iran bans US wrestlers in retaliation to Trump's visa ban: TV

The Freestyle World Cup, one of the sport's most prestigious events, is scheduled for Feb. 16-17 and USA Wrestling had previously said it would send a team to the...
1 Feb 2017 - 11:56am

Could Turnbull have better defended dual nationals initially hit by Trump's travel ban?

Should Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull have campaigned more for Australian dual citizens initially affected by US President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban,...

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8 Feb 2017 - 7:47pm

Mother of dead attack-victim slams Trump's 'insane persecution'

The mother of British backpacker Mia Ayliffe-Chung, who was killed in Queensland in 2016 has slammed US President Donald Trump's claims it was a terror attack.
8 Feb 2017 - 3:34pm

Sinkhole opens near PM's Sydney mansion

A sinkhole has opened in the Sydney harbourside turf of the rich and powerful at Point Piper, not far from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's mansion.
8 Feb 2017 - 8:13pm

Greens attempt to stop Trump visiting Australia

The Greens will try to stop Donald Trump visiting Australia through an amendment giving parliament power to block entry to heads of state on character grounds.
8 Feb 2017 - 2:57pm

Denmark to appoint ambassador to Google, Apple and Microsoft

While Danish media have hailed the position as a world first, Australia may have beaten them to it.
7 Feb 2017 - 3:59pm

Turnbull scraps Life Gold Pass for former MPs

Malcolm Turnbull has told government MPs the life gold travel pass will be axed immediately instead of allowing a phase-out period.
7 Feb 2017 - 2:38pm

Malaysian restaurant owners fined over $200,000 for exploiting workers with 'similar culture'

Malaysian owners of three Japanese restaurants in Brisbane have been hit with more than $200,000 in fines for exploiting visa holders with a similar cultural...
6 Feb 2017 - 6:13pm

'I cannot take it': Visa extension for Bangladeshi teen not good enough, mother says

One mother's anguish over fears her 16-year-old daughter Sumaya Bhuiyan will be deported has been dragged out after Sumaya's visa was extended until the end of...

In focus: Australia's First People

Health
Indigenous health

Comment: When race gets in the way of good health

Racism mars the healthcare system for Indigenous people, who are accused of faking pain, have their Aboriginality denied, and die while in state care.
Khmer
2 Feb 2017 - 9:43am

Indigenous Languages at risk

Australia's Indigenous languages could be completely wiped out by 2050 according to experts. The number of traditional languages has dropped from 250 to 120 over the last two hundred years.And the ...

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MARDI GRAS

Indigenous Sistagirls triumphant in crowdfunding campaign to attend Mardi Gras

"I had a hard life growing up as a Sistagirl but that was a journey that I had to take to be who I am now."
Culture
BOOZE CULTURE

Comment: January 26 has a drinking problem. We need an intervention

For many Australians, January 26 is a massive booze-fest. But at a time when alcohol is linked to so many social ills, our national sport of drinking must stop, writes Jill Stark.
Turkish
19 Jan 2017 - 7:49pm

Indigenous Languages at Risk

Australia's Indigenous languages could be completely wiped out by 2050 according to experts.

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6 Feb 2017 - 10:09am

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21 Jan 2017 - 4:25am

The inauguration of the 45th president of the United States, Donald J Trump

2 Jan 2017 - 10:31am

In pictures: Obama's final year in office captured in White House photos

Chief White House photographer Pete Souza has released his final series of images, offering a glimpse inside the Obama administration in its final year.
29 Nov 2016 - 7:15pm

In pictures: Behind the lines - the story of 2016 through political cartoons

The year 2016 gave political cartoonists more material than you could poke a pencil at. Eighty of the best cartoons went on display in the Behind the Lines exhibition at the Museum of Australian Democracy in Canberra.
9 Nov 2016 - 8:55pm

In pictures: The passion and the pain, Trump and Clinton supporters on election night

Donald Trump supporters were jubilant while Hillary Clinton supporters were shocked and silent - it is the tale of two camps as the US starts to come to terms with Trump's shock victory.
4 Nov 2016 - 3:18pm

In pictures: Iraqi forces re-take Mosul

More than 50,000 Iraqi soldiers, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, Sunni Arab tribesmen and Shia militiamen are engaged in a bloody battle to re-take control of Mosul from IS.
13 Sep 2016 - 11:16am

Finetta's life at home

25 Aug 2016 - 11:29am

In pictures: Massive earthquake hits central Italy

A 6.2-magnitude hit central Italy on Wednesday, leaving more than 150 dead and reducing towns across the region to rubble.
16 Aug 2016 - 1:44pm

In pictures: Deadly Louisiana floods force thousands to evacuate

Louisiana has faced epic flooding, with at least seven people killed and thousands evacuated to emergency shelters after waterways in the southern part of the state overflowed their banks.
9 Aug 2016 - 1:35pm

Who's Who in the Hip Op Crew?

Meet Mi$$y Ro Yo, Kara Bang Bang, Big Deal and the rest of the world's oldest hip-hop crew.
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