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A 42-year old man has been charged with terrorism offences, suspected of helping Islamic State militants; Australian woman Sara Connor has told a Bali court she is not responsible for the death of an Indonesian police officer; Two senior brothers 4 life gang members have been found guilty of murdering a Sydney standover man; and Australian scientists have captured the exact moment a star exploded more than 12 billion years ago.

In this update,
A 42-year old man has been charged with terrorism offences, suspected of helping Islamic State militants; Australian woman Sara Connor has told a Bali court she is not responsible for the death of an Indonesian police officer; Two senior brothers 4 life gang members have been found guilty of murdering a Sydney standover man; and Australian scientists have captured the exact moment a star exploded more than 12 billion years ago.

An Anglican church in Perth's south, which has been opening its doors to local Muslim worshippers once a week, offers to sell part of its land for a mosque to be built next door.

During a fiery Senate Estimates hearing, Attorney-General George Brandis repeats arguments he is not at odds with his West Australian counterpart over when he was personally involved in litigation to claw back $1 billion from the failed Bell Group of companies.

Property owners say they have lost thousands of dollars after Victorian building company Watersun Homes is placed into voluntary administration.

ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie tells a Senate Estimates hearing she is confident the organisation did not breach its charter by cancelling its shortwave radio service.

ABC Managing Director Michelle Guthrie answers questions at a Senate Estimates hearing into the decision to cut the ABC's shortwave service.

Respected ABC journalist Mark Colvin's organ donation story is the inspiration for a new play about him, the kidney and its donor — prominent businesswoman Mary-Ellen Field.

Cambodia's authoritarian Prime Minister Hun Sen sympathises with US President Donald Trump's antipathy towards the media, saying both he and Mr Trump see the press as stirring anarchy.

A Sydney is been charged after allegedly manufacturing imitation firearms — including a Glocks, a Sig and two air pistols — using a 3D printer.

Laws are hurried through Queensland Parliament to retrospectively uphold more than 11,000 rulings by the state's Mental Health Review Tribunal, after it was revealed a member did not have the proper qualifications.

Kathmandu-founder Jan Cameron and the Black Prince Foundation own almost 17% of the shares. Like other shareholders they've seen the value of their stock collapse after sales crashed in China.
A tumultuous meeting in Melbourne today saw a board spill and the rebel nominees instated.

There's new evidence that rogue emissions can make the coal-seam gas industry a dirtier power source than coal. Researchers are calling for urgent research to determine how much methane is leaking from coal-seam gas developments.

The last day of reporting season saw local shares on the slide. Marcus Padley from Marcus Today speaks to Elysse.

In this update: Aussies prepare for a different pitch in the Second Test against India; Jon Patton sticks with the Giants; and the reigning NRL premiers finally secure a major sponsor.

In this update: Aussies prepare for a different pitch in the Second Test against India; Jon Patton sticks with the Giants; and the reigning NRL premiers finally secure a major sponsor.

The World Health Organisation is warning new antibiotics urgently need to be developed to combat 12 families of bacteria posing a great threat to human health. Some of these have already evolved into superbugs — so how do we combat these antibiotic-resistant bacteria?

In this update: Australian Federal Police are combing through the New South Wales property of a 42 year old man charged with terror related offences; a federal parliamentary committee hasn't reached agreement on how to change the working of the Racial Discrimination Act; Australia isn't tipped to enter a technical recession when the December quarter GDP figures are released tomorrow; and the US President Donald Trump wants to increase Defence spending by $54 billion.

In this update: Australian Federal Police are combing through the New South Wales property of a 42 year old man charged with terror related offences; a federal parliamentary committee hasn't reached agreement on how to change the working of the Racial Discrimination Act; Australia isn't tipped to enter a technical recession when the December quarter GDP figures are released tomorrow; and the US President Donald Trump wants to increase Defence spending by $54 billion.

According to the official measure, we avoided recession. Here are some of the ways it's a bad measure

The only doctor in Mullewa, in WA's Mid West, warns of a risk to residents' health after repeated power outages caused her to discard vaccines and medication.

The mystery of a fireball crossing the Tasmanian skyline is solved, but not before Facebook users had declared alien life had finally made it to Tasmania.

The big increase in commodity prices last year has produced Australia's smallest current account deficit in 15 years.

A station manager in WA's Kimberley region says their internet will certainly be cut off on Tuesday night, despite completing an application to change service back in August.

A man who spent two months as a member of an outlaw bikie gang is facing deportation back to the UK, where he has not been since he was two.