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ANALYSIS: The prime minister calls out One Nation's Pauline Hanson over her stance on vaccination and praise for Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

Hey, don't squirm - we've all done it, right? Probably. So if we've all done it, just how much urine is there in the pool? And what about the jacuzzi?

Working in mining can be a very profitable job, however, it’s also a risky one.

A disastrous Newspoll showing the Coalition trailing Labor 45-55%, One Nation gaining ground and Malcolm Turnbull’s ratings falling will fuel the alarm and anger in the Coalition as it returns to parliament in the wake of Tony Abbott’s outburst.

After a marathon Academy Awards evening of Trump bashing, at the biggest moment it all came crashing down and the right was there to stick the boot in.

ANALYSIS: Israel can count on only a handful of friends on the international stage. Australia is one of them. While the government says it is opposed to “one-sided resolutions against Israel”, four Labor statesmen – Bob Hawke, Bob Carr, Kevin Rudd and Gareth Evans – have called for diplomatic recognition...

VIDEO: Incredible discovery of seven exo-planets all orbiting the same small star closely together. As well as water and oxygen, they may harbour life on their surfaces.

In spite of its vastness and low overall population density, the Australian housing market is characterized by supply-side issues in key metropolitan areas, which have led to significant house-price inflation particularly in state capitals.

In today’s digital world, we’ve become used to life moving at a fast pace.

VIDEO: Only in Australia is goanna wrangling a handy skill for restaurant staff to have on their resume'.

SPECIAL FEATURE: As well as commemorating the Fall of Singapore, this week also marks 75 years since the infamous Bangka Island Massacre. TESS LAWRENCE reports.

OPINION: More than a quarter of the world’s darknet methamphetamine trade is facilitated by Australian cryptomarket dealers.

Successes being achieved, but progress nationally is too slow, says new Closing The Gap report

OPINION: Malcolm Turnbull's "know your place" speech was terrific, writes TESS LAWRENCE.

"The level of public disenchantment with the major parties, the lack of confidence in our political process and the concern about the direction of our nation is very, very strong. This is a direct product of us, the political class, being out of touch with the hopes and aspirations of...

OPINION: Airbnb has had perhaps the most long-standing and significant influence in Australia, in most cases prior to any specific legislation being created to regulate it. And if trade and commerce are free of regulation, they are also free of government control, protection and taxation.

Donald Trump reportedly hung up on Malcolm Turnbull over refugee deal in testy phone call, accusing Australia of trying to export "the next boston bombers".

OPINION: It's a post-truth world we now live in. Two perspectives on fake news

Julie Bishop says Australia requests the same preferential treatment afforded the UK and Canada for dual nationals caught up in Donald Trump's harsh new immigration ban.

OPINION: Donald Trump is delusional and utterly obsessed with himself, and this is a danger to Australia and the rest of the world, writes TESS LAWRENCE.

VIDEO: Shocking footage as a light plane crashes into the Swan River during Australia Day celebrations, killing both the pilot and passenger, in front of thousands of horrified onlookers.

President Donald Trump celebrates Australia Day and close ties, in the same week he pulls out of TPP and threatens to end visa-waiver program.

Scientist of smell, responsible for breakthrough development on spinal injuries and whose work has been compared to the moon landing, has been named the 2017 Australian of the Year.

SPECIAL REPORT FROM WASHINGTON DC: "It seems that Australia too is sadly moving to the right, although not as far as the US has. We need to take a lesson from what happened here." - Aussie expat on Women's March.

OPINION: There is no precedent for the Trump presidency in modern times, and no limit to where he can go from here. He has transgressed and broken taboos all the way to the White House, and been rewarded.

"The people who complain about Muslim Australians not assimilating were the ones who complained about two Muslim girls holding an Australian flag celebrating Australia Day," defiant fundraiser says.

Bega Cheese has taken ownership of the iconic Australian spread brand Vegemite, bringing it back home after decades of foreign ownership.

OPINION: The United States of Obama' — TESS LAWRENCE revisits that halcyon time of promise and the fruition of audacity and hope.

"I know that I ran past four victims and there was at least two others behind me that I didn’t see, where or not they are all dead or not, I'm not sure." - Tim Mullen

OPINION: It remains to be seen whether America’s celebrated checks and balances will prove any hindrance to Trump giving full expression to his monumental egomania and self-obsession.

At a time when a lot of the world is facing economic and political uncertainty, Australia is doing relatively well

Latest Gold Coast theme park safety scare comes just months after the tragic fatal accident at nearby Dreamworld.

Every so often, you are going to need to spruce up your home with a fresh coat of paint.

OPINION: Sussan Ley will have breached the standards if she was found not to be acting in the public interest, or if her entitlement claims are judged to be illegitimate. But the rules on claiming ministerial entitlements are unclear and very complex.

Bald-faced lies are, thankfully, fairly rare in Australian politics. Being caught in an outright fib or blooper is still seen as shameful. The problem in Australia is that facts and statistics are frequently twisted to paint a misleading picture.

Antipodeans flocked to Edinburgh for one of Europe's most celebrated end-of-year outdoors parties, Hogmanay, with many then joining the brave and brazen in the near-freezing temperatures for the 'Loony Dook' New Year's Day swim.

The product Garcinia Cambogia has taken the whole medical industry by storm.

'Presidents, Republicans and Democrats, have understood that our goal must be to reduce the number of nuclear weapons, not expand them.'

OPINION: "We live in a deeply unsettled world, where once again the great questions of war and peace rumble across the international headlines, casually, almost as a matter of routine, as if we have become inoculated to their actual meaning," says former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, arguing there are...

12 dead after truck ploughs through crowd at German Christmas market in Berlin. One man arrested but real suspect still at large, claims German news.

OPINION: Optimism may be shared by the likes of Australia and Canada, which are big players in the Commonwealth and where the monarchy still looms large in the public imagination. But it is not shared globally.

OPINION: Peaceful activism and protest is our right so keep calm and get a grip, Christopher, writes TESS LAWRENCE.

The settlement follows days of confusion, with key players changing position, and months of uncertainty for farmers.

Question Time was suspended on Wednesday amid chaotic scenes as pro-refugee activists disrupted the chamber.

Treasurer Scott Morrison says so-called 'backpacker tax' negotiations will be finalised "this week".

OPINION: Peter Dutton, the minister for crimmigration and incrimmigration, has a distaste and contempt for refugees that borders on hate, writes TESS LAWRENCE.

The cute little baby Pygmy Marmosets that had zoo keepers and the nation in distress have been recovered and their kidnappers aprehended.

VIDEO: This interview with Brisbane local Daniel McConnell describing how he took chase after some suspected crims, dressed only in his underpants, is the best Aussie viral thing in the world this week, mate.

Jamie Murphy “very lucky” says Kuta police cheif after tests show powder was "medicine, not drugs"

OPINION: So-called “free trade deals” have become less and less about opening markets and more about entrenching monopolies. Australia is also a member of the proposed TPP and, like America, stands to benefit from the deal’s abandonment.