In 1866, sailors on a German barque called Paula tossed a gin bottle with a message into waters hundreds of miles off the Australia. It's just been uncovered on Australia's Wedge Island.
New allegations of sexual harassment against Barnaby Joyce were "the straw" that forced him to quit after weeks of intense scrutiny over an extramarital affair with a former staff member.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's public criticism of his deputy, Barnaby Jones, over an adulterous affair with a former staffer, threatens to tear apart the country's coalition government.
After the Dow shed 4.6 percent on Monday, Japan's Nikkei and Hong Kong's Hang Seng both dipped by about 5 percent. European shares were also down sharply in early trading.
The ABC says thousands of pages of classified and sensitive documents were left in two filing cabinets, which the government sold for cheap at a secondhand shop, because it couldn't find the keys.
The full rescue was caught on the drone's camera as it flew out over crashing surf, dropped a floating device and hovered over the boys as they swam to shore.
Malcolm Turnbull called the attack that injured 19 people in Melbourne on Thursday a "shocking crime," but said authorities had no reason to think the driver had extremist motives.
Witnesses describe a white SUV smashing through pedestrians at high speed at an intersection in downtown Melbourne. Police say the driver has a history of drug use and mental health problems.