Australian comedian and musician Tim Minchin enters the same-sex marriage postal vote debate, releasing a music video to the tune of a Peter Allen classic which proclaims "I still call Australia home-ophobic".

Pop star Taylor Swift takes to the stand in her civil sexual assault case against a Denver DJ, insisting David Mueller grabbed her "bare ass cheek" for a "very long time" at a meet and greet in 2013.

Artificial intelligence is becoming commonplace, from your smartphone to the driverless cars that will soon grace public roads in Australia. Art might be the final frontier.

Paulini Curuenavuli, the former Australian Idol contestant and star of The Bodyguard Musical, is accused of bribing a Roads and Maritime Services official to obtain a driver's licence, an offence that carries a possible jail term.

The tight curls of a crocheted tentacle make a good umbilical cord substitute for the tiny hands of a premature baby.