ONE of the group of friends who died in the Melbourne plane crash posted on Facebook about his love for the city just hours before the tragic incident.

VOLKSWAGEN Australia has been accused of pressuring owners of its “dirty diesel” cars to sign waivers and providing them with false information, according to documents filed in a Federal Court case management hearing today.

THE announcement by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull last September was a surprise — Australia would help the US by taking refugees from Costa Rica.

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A TEENAGE farmer from regional NSW has spoken out after he received death threats online including one that stated it would be good if he’d died from AIDS.

THE behaviour of some of Karen Ristevski’s closest family members has raised eyebrows from the moment she went missing in June last year to the discovery of her badly decomposed body in Victorian bushland on Monday.

THE ex-mistress of Channel Seven CEO Tim Worner will continue to be gagged by the court from speaking about her affair after a Supreme Court Justice said she had threatened to “destroy” his career and reputation out of “revenge.”

KAREN Ristevski’s husband Borce is the chief suspect in his wife’s murder, his own lawyer conceded on Wednesday.

THE crash that killed all five of the male passengers onboard a small plane seconds into its flight from Melbourne’s Essendon airport yesterday was caused by “catastrophic engine failure”.

AUSTRALIA must stand up to our allies and show greater leadership on vital global issues.