Powerful earthquake hits off Turkish coast
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake has struck off the coast of Turkey, at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres likely to felt in the Greek Islands.
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Timorese vote with 'gas shadow' over their future
Most of the 750,000 East Timorese registered to vote in elections on Saturday won't go to the polls thinking about a spot in the ocean 300 kilometres north of Darwin.
New laws could see Victorians get a lethal dose in days
People with terminal illnesses could access lethal medication with 10 days of requesting it.
Primary shares hit by expected $575m writedown, profit warning
Primary's shares sink to two-month low after it said it would write down the value of its medical centres and expected underlying profit to be at the lower end of its guidance.
Cats hunting Crows in blockbuster round
Everything you need to know about Round 18 of the 2017 AFL premiership season.
Exclude coal from clean energy target, AGL says
The nation's largest power generator has urged the federal government to exclude coal from its planned clean energy target, saying there is no appetite among private investors to fund new coal-fired power plants.
Council says no to exclusive gated Islamic community
Significant parts of an Islamic school's proposal for a master-planned hub in Brisbane's south west has been rejected by the Brisbane City Council who have only approved educational purposes on the site.
Re-examining largely forgotten Australian artist
This book is a close study of an artist famous for one work.
Thredbo records largest snowfall of season
Ski fields still packed after school holidays, with 40 centimetres recorded on the slopes.
Sydney is the crucible for a key economic theory
Can low unemployment lead to wages growth? Sydney is the test case.
Demolition works to close Margaret Street in CBD on weekends
The Margaret Street ramps off the Riverside Expressway will be closed for the next seven weekends to let demolition work continue on the new $3 billion Queens Wharf casino complex near George Street in the CBD.
Dali DNA samples taken for paternity test
Forensic scientists have taken DNA samples from the body of Spanish surrealist artist Salvador Dali in a bid to resolve a paternity claim.
Telstra giveth and Telstra taketh away under its new global roaming deals
Telstra's new international roaming day pass looks good on paper but overseas travellers need to read the fine print.
Perth council to demolish toilet block that was a sex hotspot for men
A well-known sex hotspot for men – the Lake Monger toilet block – is set to be demolished by the Town of Cambridge because of ongoing concerns about anti-social behaviour and "beat activity".
Clarkson determined Hawks won't return to dark days
Motivations of many a kind can go into the make-up of an AFL coach. Whether it's from a desire to taste the spoils of club, team or personal success, or from the more darker recesses of proving critics wrong, there's much a coach can call on.
Optus spends $1b to boost regional mobile coverage
Optus is spending $1 billion building 500 new mobile base stations around regional Australia to compete better against Telstra and Vodafone.
Fortescue likely to appeal native title decision
Fortescue Metal Group is likely to lodge an appeal after the Federal Court recognised a native title claimant group has exclusive rights over Pilbara land where the company operates the Solomon iron ore mine.
Woman convicted of murder after parrot says 'Don't shoot'
Glenna Duram denied shooting her husband and said she remembered nothing, but the jury believed the parrot..
Google Home Australian review
Though there are multiple options for voice-activated smart assistants available in the US, this week marks the first official entry into Australia: Google Home.
'Enough': Sexual assault survivors storm Parliament
Student protesters gathered at Parliament House early on Friday to demand more from governments.
Iron ore's surge draws sceptics
Iron ore's strong start to the second half will probably fade, according to Sucden Financial and Bank Julius Baer & Co.
Get a room - Melbourne's hotel and apartments approval boom
Melbourne's hotel boom is being driven by a shortage of rooms, a thriving tourism industry, and – according to one city agent – developers realising mixing hotel accommodation with apartments will get quicker plannin approval.
Trump's troubling interview reveals a lawless president
Trump's extended, rambling new interview reveals his conviction that he is above the law.
Markets Live: ASX slides on Trump concerns
Shares slide as investors fret over news the investigation into Trump's Russian links has widened, and after commodity prices sank.
Update your Apple devices. Right now.
Apple has released a software update to iOS and macOS that you should download right away.
Elon Musk claims approval to build world's longest tunnel
With a tweet and very little else by way of detail, entrepreneur Elon Musk has raised the prospect of building the world's longest tunnel for an ultra-high-speed train line to connect New York to Washington.
Gangsters, politicians, officials jailed in Rome's 'Mafia Capital' corruption trial
The two leaders of a crime ring that plundered Rome city coffers have been convicted in one of Italy's biggest corruption trials.
LNP MP apologises for questioning the number of women on a board
LNP politician Tim Mander has apologised for questioning the "gender imbalance" in a government board which has more women than men.
Stop-the-boats activists 'not neo-Nazis any more'
A group of far-right activists soon to set sail on the Mediterranean to 'turn back the boats' say they shouldn't be judged on youthful links to extremist and neo-Nazi groups, because they've grown out of it.
Man in Tuart Hill slashed on wrist with weapon during ute theft
A man has been slashed on the wrist with a bladed weapon in Tuart Hill by a group of men who then stole his ute after earlier crashing into it.
US lifts laptop ban on planes
Passengers flying into the US from 10 Muslim-majority countries affected by the ban may now take their laptops into the cabin with them.
Cracking down on Australia's illegal animal trade
As the teddy bear crossed the X-ray screen, Australia Post workers noticed strange long shapes inside it. Inside the stuffed animal, they found lizards, taped up and set to be smuggled out of the country as part of Australia's lucrative and illegal wildlife trade.
'Justine did not have to die': Minneapolis police chief
The head of the Minneapolis Police Department has stated Australian woman Justine Damond did not have to die.
Canadian bonds signal inflation miss
​Canada's bond market is signalling the Bank of Canada will not reach its 2 per cent inflation target anytime soon.
Amazon Australia's first warehouse location appears to have been revealed
It appears Amazon Australia's first retail operations centre will be located in the outer south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne
WA man allegedly bites and stabs arresting officers after suspected burglary
A man wanted over a suspected burglary in Geraldton will face assault charges after allegedly biting and stabbing two police officers during his arrest.
Myer's departing deputy tipped for Amazon
Is Myer's departing deputy arriving at Amazon?
All aboard: Trainy McTrainface gets green light
Swedish rail operator has vowed to make up for the 'Boaty McBoatface' letdown by naming one of its trains 'Trainy McTrainface'.
Hundreds of residents set to join class action against SKM Recycling after Coolaroo fire
Munawar Hussain still has nightmares about the moment he went into cardiac arrest and died out in a car park out the front of the Northern Hospital.
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8@eight: Negative start in store for ASX
The local sharemarket is set to open lower after a dour night on overseas markets.
Ex-Wallabies coach plans to power Canberra with rubbish
Fyshwick plant would take 90 per cent of the Mugga Lane rubbish.
Gross backs go-slow policy shifts
It won't take much for the US Fed to raise short-term interest rates too far, says billionaire bond manager Bill Gross.
Brexit negotiator finds 14 problems as May heads for Alps
The EU has issued a please explain to the UK after the second round of Brexit negotiations ended in disagreement and division.
Canberra Now: burning rubbish for power and legal action for minister
There's a new plan to burn Canberra's rubbish to generate electricity and Greens Minister Shane Rattenbury has legal woes.
Syrian rebels 'betrayed', McCain furious by Trump decision
The Trump administration's decision to end a covert CIA weapons and training program for opposition fighters has thrown fight against IS into doubt.
'We're ploughing ahead' - what's next for Masters
Big-box retailing is in for its biggest shake-up in years.
Whistleblower links Bailey decision to destroy emails to pastor's 2004 case
Former Energy Minister Mark Bailey's decision to delete documents contained on his private email account puts him in "the same situation" as a Sunshine Coast pastor sentenced in 2004 to six months jail for destroying evidence required in court, according to a prominent Queensland whistleblower.
OJ Simpson to be freed soon
The 70-year-old former football star and murder suspect was jailed over a botched armed robbery.
Vale sets quarterly output record
Vale said iron ore output would close the year near the bottom of its forecast of 360 million to 380 million tonnes.