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Julie Bishop speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council.

Julie Bishop demands access to MH17 site

The United Nations Security Council has unanimously backed a motion drafted and negotiated by Australian Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop, calling for an independent international investigation into the MH17 tragedy.

Billionaire James Packer launches philanthropic fund

Crown and Packers launch new fund

Billionaire James Packer and his sister, Gretel have joined forces with Crown Resorts to launch a $200 million National Philanthropic Fund.

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NRL and the nation rise for injured player Alex Mckinnon

"God gives the toughest challenges to his best soldiers and that’s the way I’m taking it," said Alex McKinnon on the NRL Footy Show last night.

MH17 crash: Newspaper front pages

As political leaders and everyday people react to the MH17 tragedy, we take a look at the headlines on the front covers of newspapers around the world.

Gerard Baden-Clay’s colleague tells: ‘I was working with a murderer’

A long time business partner of Gerard Baden-Clay has broken her silence about the 43-year-olds long and deceitful past. In an exclusive interview with Woman’s Day, Jocelyn Frost described the accused wife killer as a “serial offending con man and a pathological liar”. The 68-year-old worked at Century 21 in Kenmore with Baden-Clay for four […]

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Adelaide couple speak of narrowly avoiding ill-fated MH-17 flight

An Adelaide couple returning from their honeymoon have revealed how close they came to boarding the ill-fated MH-17 flight, twice. Simone La Posta and her husband Juan were due to board MH-17, which was shot down by a missile mid-flight, but their itinerary changed. “We flew into Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam on the MH-17 flight, […]

The wreckage of MH17 after it was shot down over Ukraine

Leading edge AIDS scientists’ are among the MH17 death toll

Prominent scientists on their way to a major AIDS conference in Melbourne are among those who have been killed in the Malaysia Airlines crash in Ukraine.

Our leaders send condolences to the victims of MH17

World leaders react to MH17

World leaders have expressed shock, sadness and anger over the Malaysia Airlines crash MH17 in the Ukraine killing 298 people on board.

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37 Australians killed after plane shot down

Thirty-seven Australians are among 298 dead after a Malaysia Airlines plane was hit by a missile over Ukraine.

Twenty-seven Australians on board MH17 when shot down

Dutch authorities have confirmed 27 Australians were among 295 people on board a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet which was shot down over Ukraine. Flight MH17 was travelling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was reportedly shot down by a missile near the village of Torez in the region of Donetsk. All 280 passengers and […]