Australia

The former mercenary and army reservist who killed Rebels bikie kingpin Nick Martin with a single shot fired from a sniper rifle can today be named for the first time as Benjamin Luke Johnston.

The Victoria Cross awardee and SAS veteran who was looking to move to Spain said he liquidated his assets to pay for an unsuccessful challenge to a legal finding he committed war crimes.

Australians and New Zealanders will gather before dawn on April 25 to mark 111 years since the Gallipoli landings, with services taking place across the country.

For years, service kept them apart. This Anzac Day, a Navy couple will stand together with their four children for the first time – teaching them what sacrifice and service really mean.

Kyle Sandilands’ bid to fast-track his court fight and be reinstated at his radio job have failed, with a judge setting an October trial and warning his chances of returning to air via legal action appear slim.

The defamation claim against Rebel Wilson heard testimony that her partner allegedly continued to mock young actor Charlotte MacInnes on Friday morning.

‘She was just a beautiful, ambitious, kind, and trusting girl.’

A pointed remark outside court has added fresh heat to an already explosive $100 million legal battle between Kyle Sandilands and ARN.

A duelling radio duo are heading to court in separate cases to sue their former employer after their show went off-air, as they face a counter-suit from ARN.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The world’s third-largest exporter of natural gas, Australia has been too lenient in taxing lucrative gas exports, many argue.

Retired Olympic freestyle great Ariarne Titmus will trade in her swimming goggles for a microphone as part of the Channel 7 broadcast team for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in July and August.

One of the SAS witnesses against Ben Roberts-Smith took a high public profile after he returned from Afghanistan, where prosecutors say he executed a prisoner.

A four-year-old girl is among several children who have been attacked by dingoes at the same remote campground, prompting rangers to hunt down the animals.

China’s jet fuel export ban has intensified a global scramble for supply as the Hormuz Strait remains closed.

A deputy chief executive of the NDIS says ‘the scale maliciousness’ is bad but admits it doesn’t know how to measure the overall number of fraud cases, despite $5 billion being stolen from Australian taxpayers.