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PM’s energy showdown with AGL boss
Claire Bickers, AAP MALCOLM Turnbull will hold an emergency meeting with AGL to try to convince the company to keep a power station operating, amid blackout fears.
Why people are putting out fairy lights
IF you see houses in your neighbourhood decorated with twinkling lights in coming days, it’s not a case of people getting an early start on Christmas.
Turnbull defends footy photo furore
PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull has broken his silence about a controversial footy post that sparked a huge social media backlash.
’Blackout Bill can’t find his backside’
PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull has launched a blistering attack on Bill Shorten and blamed Labor for the energy crisis in Australia.
Aussie crime underbelly turns hostile
POLICE raids and arrests involving the Ibrahim brothers and the world’s “new Pablo Escobar” has created a hostile power vacuum. A war is brewing.
Get rich without a house or shares
STICKING to what they know — real estate and Aussie shares — has resulted in below-average gains for investors. Here’s why they should diversify.
Bird Photographer of the Year Awards 2017
FIGHT or flight: From flamingos feeding their young , to mother goose giving her a newly hatched brood a ride upstream...
2017 World Beard and Moustache Championships
BONDI hipsters look out, these hair- raising dudes from Texas are taking goatee grooming and moustache management to a whole new level...
Outbreak Hepatitis A outbreak deepens
THE Hepatitis A outbreak in Sydney has worsened with another five people diagnosed with the infection.
Child abduction Tyrrell’s dad named as former inmate
THE biological father of missing boy William Tyrrell has been revealed as a former prison inmate known to friends as “Bones”.
Philip Carlyle Weapons find in cold case probe
POLICE investigating the cold case murder of a Gold Coast businessman have allegedly uncovered a stash of weapons and ammo, including 11 handguns and two semi-automatic rifles, buried on a property in the state’s southeast.
Murder trial Jayde ‘dragged by feet, covered in grass’
DETAILS surrounding the discovery of Brisbane schoolgirl Jayde Kendall’s body have been told to a Supreme Court jury, as images of the crime scene were shown.
Deluge disaster Flood nightmare not over, eight months on
FLOOD victims Adrian and Renee Rigby are still unable to sleep in their Salisbury Heights home – almost a year after it was inundated by the effects of torrential rain.
Bridge sign saga ‘We own the air, not you’ council tells PAC
PRINCE Alfred College has been banned from displaying its name and logo on a new bridge to be built over The Parade West because, according to the local council, it does not own the airspace.
Sushi slam Nobu to hold court at Aus Open
THE world’s most famous Japanese restaurant is set to serve up sushi smash hits to fan at next year’s Australian Open. Here’s a taste of what punters can expect when they step off the court.
Opinion Why cars aren’t at fault for bike crashes
ALMOST half of all traffic accidents involving cyclists don’t involve a car — so why is the onus always on the driver to do the right thing, writes Susie O’Brien.
New information Homicide police investigate 2008 death
POLICE have reopened the investigation into the 2008 death of a woman in a fiery crash in WA's Great Southern.
Shocking Eight dead in Texas shooting
AT least eight people are dead, including the suspect, after a shooting at a home in Plano, Texas, according to authorities in North Texas.
Assault case Salamanca bouncers charged
THREE security staff have been charged with assault after allegedly slapping, kicking and striking partygoers at Hobart night spots.
Coming down Major works finally begin at Mac Point
UPDATE: THE removal of the first piece of large-scale infrastructure at Macquarie Point has started.
North Korea Kim’s wife comes out of hiding
THE barely seen wife of Kim Jong-un has made a surprise public appearance alongside the North Korean leader.
Parking fail Council exec apologises for her bad park
DARWIN council executive manager Melissa Reiter takes “full and absolute responsibility” after the Sunday Territorian revealed yesterday her Range Rover had been caught parked illegally in Cavenagh St
Hospital hell: Ambulance ramping
PARAMEDICS were urged to consider taking patients to alternative hospitals as Geelong hospital was overrun with patients.
House blaze ‘like a horror scene’
A MAN and woman caught-up in a horrific house fire that killed a pet dog and two cats ran from the house screaming as the skin on their hands and faces came off, say witnesses.
RSPCA slams ‘complete lack of empathy’ in FNQ animal cruelty case
THE death of a cat following an alleged act of serious animal cruelty in Innisfail has been described as “a sick act” by the RSPCA.
Diagnosed with cancer five days apart
THEIR eyes met, they fell in love, got married and started a family — then Gemma and Matt Flanagan were BOTH diagnosed with cancer.
