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Phillip Thomson 12:17 AM There are fears lives could be endangered because Australia's military bases are falling into disrepair.
Mark Hawthorne 8:00 PM Woolworths has billed suppliers for accounting errors dating back more than five years, and has deducted money it claims it is owed from the trading accounts of suppliers without their permission.
Rose Powell 5:12 PM Leaders have used their Christmas addresses to call for peace and kindness after a tough year.
Hannah Francis 3:48 PM Retailers are doing their best to entice customers in-store, though some will prefer online offerings.
Neil Mercer 2:01 PM Sulayman Khalid has been on the ASIO’s radar for three or four years. At least, that’s what he says.
Steve Butcher 11:15 PM A Victorian magistrate has been rebuked for his "inexplicable" decision to refuse an application a defence lawyer had not even made.
Sonia Harford 9:15 PM Settling in to Melbourne from Perth presents many challenges.
Lucy Cormack and Natalie Bochenski 10:28 AM Gold Coast police are negotiating with a man holed up inside a Southport unit block, after two shots were fired in the suburb overnight.
Congratulations to Paula Heenan.
Pallavi Singhal Dear Santa, I would like a beach house at Batemans Bay, a credit card, a puppy and everything in the world since I have been a really good girl. From Roxanne
Congratulations to Stephen Smith, today's winner of our Summer Photo Contest for "Taking a walk with Forrest Gump". Our Clique Photographers Association contest runs until January 9, This week's theme is "Pets".
Congratulations to Jonathan Wright.
Congratulations to Cushla Monk.
Owen Elliott When Cyclone Tracy tore across Darwin it swept away Owen Elliott's family home. In a six-part video special he spoke to survivors of the disaster, and Tracy's legacy today.
Primrose Riordan While the perpetrator is yet to surface, colleagues of former Canberra public servant and Kris Kringle disaster victim have reached out to say they regret the affair.
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Latika Bourke Australia wants him home by Christmas. Egypt could let him go in time for New Year.
Ross Peake Public servants' annual days off at risk from hardline approach to pay negotiations, says the union.
Clare Kermond "We stood on the balcony in absolute horror. You can't believe it's happening to you.''
Gareth Hutchens The Abbott government’s new-look cabinet was sworn in on Tuesday, bringing to a close a tumultuous first calendar year for the Coalition.
6:00 AM Nick Andrews, of Coogee, is today's winner of our Summer Photo Contest.
Daniel Flitton Australia's final days on the United Nations Security Council will be spent grappling with a Palestinian bid to impose an international peace plan to end the decades-long conflict with Israel.
Clare Kermond It was the sound that started it all. On a postcard-perfect, blue sky day, sitting not far from the beach in an open-air yoga hut on Thailand's Koh Phra Thong Island, the group heard a crash unlike anything they'd experienced before.
Mary Mihelakos 10:45 PM New Year's Eve and 2015 at a glance
Mary Mihelakos 10:45 PM This week's top five gigs.
Amy McNeilage Imagine if Sydney's bus stops changed colour depending on how far away the approaching bus was.