The AustralianBankstown Airport: ex-military jet crashes on landingThe AustralianAn ex-military jet with passengers has crash landed at Bankstown Airport in Sydney's southwest this afternoon. Fire and Rescue NSW said the landing was prompted by a fuel spillage, and confirmed that all passengers on b...

The Sydney Morning HeraldExplosions rock Katoomba RSL as building gutted by fireThe Sydney Morning HeraldA popular RSL club in the Blue Mountains has been gutted by fire, with black smoke, flames and explosions coming from the building on Friday afternoon. The fire began at Katoomba RSL just after 1...

The AustralianTony Abbott manifesto: Malcolm Turnbull leads criticismThe AustralianHOW THE DAY UNFOLDED: Tony Abbott has defended his scathing critique of the government, saying he was not 'taking pot shots' at his colleagues. Last night the former PM said the Coalition was risking a “drift to def...

NEWS.com.auCar mounts Sydney kerb, slams into womanNEWS.com.auA woman is fighting for life and a child in a pram has narrowly escaped injury after a car mounted the curb, flipped and ploughed into them in Sydney. The 67-year-old driver left the road and struck the pram, before careering into the ped...

The Sydney Morning HeraldPenalty rate cut to lift economy: TurnbullThe AustralianMalcolm Turnbull admits 600,000 low-paid workers will get less for working on a Sunday, but the upshot is more jobs, hours of work and a boost to the economy. Labor and unions have pledged to fight a Fair Work Commissio...

ABC OnlineTara Costigan's killer Marcus Rappel sentenced to 32 years in jailABC OnlineCanberra man Marcus Rappel, who killed his ex-partner Tara Costigan with an axe, has been sentenced to 32 years and two months in jail. Ms Costigan was killed by 42-year-old Rappel at her home in February 2015, aft...

CBS NewsTrump says he wants to expand US nuclear arsenalCBS NewsPresident Donald Trump wants to expand and update the U.S. nuclear arsenal, he said in an interview with Reuters. He said in the interview Thursday that he wants U.S. nuclear capability to be at the “top of the pack,” but that the c...

9news.com.auAustralian bishops want answers from Rome9news.com.auAustralia's most senior Catholic leaders will ask the Pope to settle the issue of whether the seal of confession can be broken to protect children from sexual abuse as one likened it to bugging the confessional. Sydney Archbishop Antho...

The Canberra TimesTara Costigan's murder rocked Canberra and stirred domestic violence debateThe Canberra TimesIt was the savage swing of an axe that ended a young mother's life in bloody horror, shattered an aghast family and forced Canberra's secret scourge of domestic violence out from behind clo...

The AustralianJoko Widodo, Malcolm Turnbull mending fencesThe AustralianJoko “Jokowi” Widodo's first state visit to Australia had been scheduled to occur in the middle of a rare purple patch in relations with Indonesia, a neighbour whose friendship and trust we have long coveted even as we have ...

9news.com.auTony Abbott's attack on Malcolm Turnbull stuns colleaguesThe Sydney Morning HeraldAn attempt by Tony Abbott to drag the Liberal Party to the political right has backfired spectacularly as former Abbott loyalists broke ranks in disgust at comments they viewed as disloyal to the party and ...

Herald SunA day in the life of Borce RistevskiHerald SunBORCE Ristevski was tinkering in his garage one quiet Sunday afternoon last August when I first met him. His wife Karen had been missing for nearly two months by that stage after he claimed she fled the family home after a row over money. Mr Ri...

dailytelegraph.com.auDrone spots shark sizing up surfers off Ballinadailytelegraph.com.auJUST when you thought it was safe to go back in the water ... off NSW's north coast. Dramatic footage has emerged of a large great white chasing a surfer off Ballina — before considering launching a vicious at...

The Sydney Morning HeraldHeather Croxon remains in critical condition following Chatswood crashThe Sydney Morning HeraldA woman struck by an out-of-control car while walking to work in Chatswood on Friday morning is fighting for life in hospital. Office worker Heather Croxon, 31, was hit on the foot...

ABC OnlineVictorian Premier backs embattled Speaker Telmo Languiller over $40k travel claimABC OnlineVictoria's Premier is standing by Speaker Telmo Languiller, despite a probe into his claim for a taxpayer-funded allowance of almost $40,000 for living in the town of Queenscliff, more than 80 kilome...

The Sydney Morning HeraldAssistant Minister for Immigration Alex Hawke intervenes to stop deportation of Sydney girl with autismThe Sydney Morning HeraldA teenage girl with autism facing deportation after eight years living in Australia has been granted permanent residency, following an eleventh-hou...

9news.com.auBannon and Priebus's awkward moment not all it seems9news.com.auWhether or not you think it's deserved, it is beyond dispute that Donald Trump and his administration receive nothing but bad press – a fact that's hardly surprising, given both the president and his chief strategist's rel...

NEWS.com.auThe 72-year-old cyclist played dead to survive the random attack in EvertonNEWS.com.auA MELBOURNE grandfather saw a dark car and a figure moments before he was gunned down on a country bike track in northern Victoria. The family of Kelvin Tennant, 72, believe he may have been about to rid...

ABC OnlineSpeaker, Deputy Speaker of Victorian Parliament resign over second residence controversyABC OnlineThe Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Victorian Parliament have resigned following revelations they claimed parliamentary living allowances for second residences. Key points. Mr Languiller, th...

9news.com.auHanson dumps One Nation WA candidatesNEWS.com.auPauline Hanson has ousted two One Nation Western Australian election candidates from her party just weeks out from poll day. North West Central candidate Dane Sorensen and Thornlie candidate Sandy Baraiolo have been disendorsed after critic...

The Sydney Morning HeraldCamilla kaftan warehouse sale ends in arrest for woman posing as security guardThe Sydney Morning HeraldA woman has been charged with shoplifting after she posed as a security guard while removing bags of clothing from a warehouse sale of the popular Sydney kaftan label Cami...

The New DailyNew live export deal with IndonesiaThe AustralianThe federal government has confirmed Indonesia will now give Australian live exporters more certainty by introducing longer one-year permits and increasing export weight limits. The announcement comes as Indonesian President Joko “Jokow...

ABC OnlineMem Fox, Australian author, gets apology after being wrongfully detained at LA airportABC OnlineAustralian author Mem Fox has received a written apology from the United States after what she said was a traumatic detention by immigration officials at Los Angeles Airport. Key points: Author ...

9news.com.auMother of Karen Ristevski's husband says he didn't kill her9news.com.auBorce Ristevski and his wife Karen Ristevski whose body was found in a national park this week. Karen Ristevski's mother-in-law has declared that her son could not be responsible for the Melbourne woman's murder. Borc...

NEWS.com.auAttacker of Good Samaritan raring to fightNEWS.com.auA man who stabbed a Good Samaritan in central Melbourne had earlier been trying to approach others to start a fight. The victim, 24, had just finished work at a nearby restaurant when he was stabbed while trying to help a woman who was ...