Taylor Swift has been handed a secret weapon other celebrities can only dream about: the right to censor comments about her on social media.

FEDERAL Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce has told banks to stop throwing drought-stricken farmers off their pro­perties.

THE doubling of budget deficits to $100bn shows up the Abbott government’s “cheap and silly games” in opposition, Labor says.

Friends said Tareq Kamleh appeared to more fundamental in his views over the course of 2014, AFP document says.

Nick Kyrgios is determined to keep calling out poor behaviour from Novak Djokovic, saying no other tennis players have been holding the world number one to account.

AUSTRALIA’S most senior Catholic cleric has proclaimed that families are more likely than priests to abuse children.

A free and accessible coronavirus vaccination program has been key to Australia's chart out of the pandemic, but some patients say they have been asked to attend paid appointments before accessing the vaccine.

Just before America’s worst mass shooting, Kevin West, a regular at Pulse nightclub, recognised the man in front of him.

AUSTRALIA’S newest cricket captain, Steve Smith, has no plans to change the system he inherited from Michael Clarke.

Wests Tigers host the Titans in Campbelltown and the Cowboys welcome the Broncos to Townsville, after the Knights get past the Raiders in Wagga Wagga. Follow our ScoreCentre for all the live scores and stats.

THE PM is “infuriated” that legal aid resources are being used to challenge laws amid concerns over Man Haron Monis’s High Court fight.

TONY Abbott’s decision to redirect money saved from his PPL scheme to childcare has won the endorsement of Early Childhood Australia.

The latest advice from the Bureau of Meteorology is that the low is expected to develop into a tropical cyclone, to be called Lucas, on Wednesday. A severe weather warning has been issued for damaging winds and "squally" rain bands.

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QUEENSLAND’S minor parties and independents are meeting today to “harvest’’ preferences.

THE “handmaiden” of a yoga master was raped with a loaded shotgun and forced to drink his urine, an inquiry has heard.

HEAVILY armed police have stormed a cafe in Sydney’s Martin Place, ending a 16-hour siege with gunfire and explosions.

Bill Shorten will find “other words” when asked about internal ructions after deceiving voters over Kevin Rudd meeting.

University of Melbourne researchers have found rates of self-harm among asylum seekers as high as 260 per 1,000 people on Nauru, but say unreported rates are unknown and they expect the real figures to be much higher.

It's time for Collingwood's must-win game against the Kangaroos at Docklands, after the S Saints' win over he Suns on a  jam-packed Saturday of AFL. Follow our live AFL ScoreCentre for all the scores, stats and results.