ASX loses $26b in Trump slump
The ASX shed $26 billion on Wednesday, its worst day since Donald Trump's November election victory.
The ASX shed $26 billion on Wednesday, its worst day since Donald Trump's November election victory.
In a big shake-up after months of gains, shares record their worst day since the US election amid growing doubts that Trump will deliver on his pro-growth policies.
A disgraced former senior oncologist, who indecently assaulted a junior colleague after spiking her drink with a powerful sedative, has had his jail term cut to nine months.
The AFL has imposed a significant rule change for the inaugural women's grand final, mandating time-on after points and for out of bounds for the first time all season. Set to play the premiership decider in the hottest part of a 27-degree Gold Coast afternoon on Saturday, Brisbane and Adelaide are now preparing for quarters to go up to three minutes longer than they have in the preceding seven weeks of competition.
The bottle is believed to have been dispatched from an island near Antarctica.
The Director-General of Premier and Cabinet has been removed from the review of a Queensland MP's private email account after a self-referral to the state's corruption watchdog.
The family of a Brisbane man feared dead has made an emotional appeal for help more than two weeks after he disappeared, his distinctive car found dumped in New South Wales bushland.
Another dark and damp commute awaits many Sydneysiders.
Daryl Gibson says the time has come to blow up the Waratahs back line, with Israel Folau shifting to fullback and Nick Phipps dropped to the bench in what he admits is the biggest wielding of the axe in his time as NSW head coach.
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Health Minister Cameron Dick is calling for medicinal cannabis to be subsidised on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
Sorrento Beach is the scene of Perth's latest coastal development battle.
Australia's most senior Anglicans have told a royal commission they will work together to improve child protection.
Ravenhall prison officer Matt Kent can still hear the sounds of inmates smashing glass and yelling abuse.
Queensland's interim report into black lung disease has recommended the inquiry be widened to include tunnel workers.
Treasurer Scott Morrison has left the door open to the government dumping part of its 10-year, $50 billion company tax plan in the 2017 May budget.
A new mainstream children centre and an associated respite service for seriously ill children and babies is opening in Fyshwick.
Embattled political duo Don Nardella and Telmo Languiller have been accused of electoral fraud, as the fallout from the Labor entitlement scandal deepens.
Former Howard minister Peter Reith has suffered a suspected stroke.
Wealthy businessman Matthew Duncan was slurring his words, swaying, and closing one eye to see clearly, all while telling police he hadn't been drinking alcohol
A 42-year-old man was knocked out after being elbowed on Sydney Road in Brunswick earlier this month.
Calvary Bruce Private Hospital opened its expanded mental health unit on Wednesday, boosting patient capacity by 40 per cent.
Commonwealth Bank subsidiary Bankwest will shut its corporate banking services outside of its home state as it refocuses on its core customers in Western Australia.
St Kilda leader Josh Bruce started his career collecting wooden spoons, but that seems like an eternity ago.
Two drivers have miraculously walked away from a dramatic car accident in regional Victoria which saw their vehicles engulfed in flames.
As the Queensland coast is drenched, the far north is on tropical cyclone watch.
Drunk and disorderly patrons who loiter around licensed venues after being kicked out could soon face prosecution.
Concerns that there are too many class actions against companies are ill founded, according to Federal Court judge Bernard Murphy.
Luke Keary has firmed as a legitimate Dally M Medal contender and is already being hailed as the buy of the year ... while touching the ball less than any other half in the competition.
North Korea has nothing to fear from any US move to broaden sanctions aimed at cutting it off from the global financial system and will pursue "acceleration" of its nuclear and missile programs.
While out to dinner with a friend, a woman got a text message: "I have decided to ruin you."
With all of the intrigue and speculation surrounding Richmond's leadership group in the build up to round one, Carlton's high profile captain has flown under the radar.
Western Australia is driving a nationwide rise in Aussies falling behind on home loan repayments.
Danny Nikolic has lost a legal bid to get his riding licence back, with a tribunal member saying she does not believe the former jockey has changed enough to return to work following a history of abusive exchanges with officials.
US short seller Glaucus Research Group has made a full-frontal assault of local sandalwood producer TFS, with some success.
A jury has heard a blistering tirade of insults about the credibility and character of the Crown's star witness, Lucky Gattellari, in the closing stages of the murder trial of property developer Ron Medich.
Ryan Matterson's shift from five-eighth to the back row is already paying dividends for the Roosters.
A Perth driving instructor has allegedly blown four times over the legal alcohol limit while supervising a learner driver.
A WA detective who investigated Corryn Rayney's murder has told her husband's defamation trial that physical evidence and his behaviour made the barrister a suspect.
Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy admits it would have been a "disastrous" if Dale Finucane left the club after other recent player losses.
World stocks are their most expensive in 17 years, but bond yields will need to be much higher than they are to trigger an equity bear market.
The Gold Coast is a "melting pot" for organised crime thanks to the high level of both supply of and demand for illicit trade, detective inspector says.
High-profile Aboriginal politicians insist they are waiting on the work of the Referendum Council.
The City of Perth and its embattled Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi are risking raising the ire of new Premier Mark McGowan even more by engaging an independent audit of its operations.
Expectations are high that Simon Goodwin's "fearless footy" mantra will take the Demons to their first finals appearance since 2006.
Industry Minister Arthur Sinodinos has likened denial of climate change to the anti-vaccination movement, saying that science and innovation are required to combat these views.
"I can't believe it. It's made my day. God bless him."
ACT residents have been given the all-clear - there will be more rain, but severe thunderstorm now unlikely to hit Canberra today.
Saints footy is back and they’ll make the eight. Won’t they? Our experts are divided and Alan Richardson may need all his Indian ashram teachings.
Some students in the state's northwest had to hitch a ride to school in the back of a police paddy wagon on Wednesday after a tropical low dumped more than 100 millimetres in the region overnight, causing major flooding.
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