Today

6:13AM(AWST)

Turkish flight to Toronto evacuated

A Turkish Airlines flight has been evacuated after a note was found ion the bathroom, which read "bomb to Toronto." Read more

6:10AM(AWST)

Paris protesters decry police abuse

Angry Parisians have rallied against police brutality once again after police were charged with sodomising a 22-year-old man with a baton. Read more

5:32AM(AWST)

Angelina Jolie's film on Khmer Rouge

Angelina Jolie's new film is based on a Cambodian woman's account of her survival as a child under the 1975-79 communist Khmer Rouge regime. Read more

5:32AM(AWST)

Sydney woman dies of stab wounds

A 29-year-old Parramatta woman has died from a stab wound to her chest. Read more

5:32AM(AWST)

Lisa Marie Presley says she's broke

Lisa Marie Presley says she's broke, her eight-year-old twin daughters are in state custody and she has been in a treatment facility for undisclosed reasons. Read more

6:59PM(AWST)

Two men shot in country Victoria

Two men are in hospital with gunshot wounds after separate incidents in country Victoria. Read more

5:01PM(AWST)

NSW ravaged by destructive storms

Sydney and parts of NSW have been battered by a thunderstorm which has left three women recovering from lightning strike and hundreds of homes damaged. Read more

4:49PM(AWST)

No tax cut for banks impractical: PM

Malcolm Turnbull says a suggestion to exempt the big four banks from the government's company tax cuts is not practical. Read more

4:37PM(AWST)

Four charged in major Gold Coast drug bust

Four men have been charged after the Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission smashed a drug ring alleged to have links to the Hells Angels. Read more

3:53PM(AWST)

Third death on Victorian roads in 24 hours

A third man has died on Victoria's roads in less than a day after the motorcycle he was riding crashed into a tree. Read more

3:47PM(AWST)

NSW firey loses home while saving others

A firefighter has lost his home while trying to save other people's properties during a bushfire east of Canberra. Read more

3:25PM(AWST)

Banks probe needed, not tax giveaway

Labor leader Bill Shorten says the prime minister is fighting hard to defend the banks from a royal commission while giving them a huge tax giveaway. Read more

3:24PM(AWST)

Cormann's warning over exec salaries

Finance Minister Mathias Cormann says government-owned businesses need to take community expectations into account when setting executive salaries. Read more

2:46PM(AWST)

Turnbull tries to replicate Key bromance

Malcolm Turnbull has pressed the flesh with Bill English in a bid to reaffirm the relationship so strong under the former New Zealand prime minister John Key. Read more

2:32PM(AWST)

Woman charged with Irish man's death

A woman faces a murder charge after an Irish man was fatally stabbed during a fight at a home in Sydney's southwest. Read more

2:22PM(AWST)

George 'The Animal' Steele dies aged 79

WWE Hall of Fame member George "The Animal" Steele, who was famous for his bald head, green tongue and turnbuckle-biting antics, has died aged 79. Read more

2:17PM(AWST)

NSW residents tell of terrifying bushfire

Residents whose homes were destroyed in a southern NSW bushfire have been allowed to return. Read more

2:00PM(AWST)

Super trawlers to be banned in Tasmania

Super trawlers and trawling in general will be permanently banned under legislation to be introduced by the Tasmanian government. Read more

2:00PM(AWST)

Vic Lib MP beats young preselection rival

A sitting Victorian Liberal MP has fended off a preselection challenge from a woman four decades his junior. Read more

2:00PM(AWST)

Police search for 7-year-old Brisbane boy

A seven-year-old boy has gone missing from South Bank in Brisbane. Read more

Yesterday

2:20PM(AWST)

Trump security aide says no thanks

The Trump administration has suffered its latest blow with Donald Trump's new pick for national security adviser turning down the job. Read more

2:20PM(AWST)

Woman dies in Queensland crash

A young woman has died after the car she was travelling in crashed in Queensland's central highlands. Read more

2:04PM(AWST)

Vic IGA owner charged over unpaid wages

A man who operated two IGA supermarkets in Melbourne will face court over allegedly underpaying six workers $11,373 over two years. Read more

4:07PM(AWST)

Gang still at large after Bondi bashing

Three men remain at large after a man was bashed - reportedly with nail-studded baseball bats - in front of horrified bystanders at Sydney's Bondi Beach. Read more

1:23PM(AWST)

Turnbull works on English bromance

Malcolm Turnbull has spent the day with Bill English in Queenstown even taking a moment to quiz the New Zealand prime minister about company tax cuts. Read more

1:20PM(AWST)

Village Roadshow shares dive as debt rises

Debt is piling up after earnings fell 1.8 per cent at Village Roadshow's Gold Coast theme parks in the wake of the fatal disaster at rival park Dreamworld. Read more

1:19PM(AWST)

Shares down as Spark, Sky continue losses

The S&P/NZX50 Index dropped 6.46 points, or 0.09 per cent, to close at 7,093.52. Read more

1:14PM(AWST)

Man, wife, brother die in NSW water tank

Two brothers and one of their wives have died from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning after they entered an empty water tank on a NSW farm. Read more

12:46PM(AWST)

Whitehaven to boost debt reduction

Coal miner Whitehaven is targeting faster debt repayments after first-half profit jumped to $157.5 million on the back of higher volumes and a surge in prices. Read more

11:54AM(AWST)

We'll assess any more troops request: PM

Malcolm Turnbull says the government will consider on merit any request to boost Australia's military commitment in the fight against Islamic State. Read more

11:53AM(AWST)

Medibank still losing customers

Medibank Private has lifted its group net profit but the health insurer made less money and is still losing customers. Read more

11:49AM(AWST)

Bligh rejects Labor's bank commission push

Ex-Queensland premier Anna Bligh has rejected Labor's push for a banking royal commission after being appointed the next Australian Bankers' Association CEO. Read more

11:44AM(AWST)

NZ caution on company tax cuts

Cutting company taxes in New Zealand hasn't been the investment booster it was expected to be, says Malcolm Turnbull's counterpart. Read more

11:35AM(AWST)

Nats MP proposes scrapping house deposits

A Nationals MP has floated the idea of scrapping house deposits in favour of banks relying on the rental histories of prospective buyers. Read more

11:27AM(AWST)

Santos may revive dividend as loss narrows

Santos has posted a $US1.05 billion loss after a writedown at its Gladstone liquefied natural gas plant but says the business is turning around. Read more

9:59AM(AWST)

ANZ optimistic as Q1 profit rises 31%

ANZ has lifted first-quarter cash profit 31 per cent to $2 billion and says full-year provisions are on track to be lower than previously expected. Read more

9:47AM(AWST)

Hospitals in 'state of emergency': AMA

Australian public hospitals are in a constant "state of emergency" due to inadequate funding, AMA president Dr Michael Gannon says. Read more

9:31AM(AWST)

Sydney Olympic Park light rail axed: Labor

The NSW government's decision to deliver light rail to Sydney's west in two stages has been attacked by Labor, which says the second half will never arrive. Read more

9:26AM(AWST)

Tea party gains voice in Trump's Cabinet

Arch conservative Mick Mulvaney has been sworn in as director of the White House budget office. Read more

9:26AM(AWST)

Checkup Medical Column for Feb 17

A study has found energy drinks could be life-threatening for some, and does eating carbs during high-intensity exercise aid recovery? Read more