Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. had faced pressure to recuse himself from the climate case because he owns stock in oil companies.
High-profile Sydney-based barrister Sophie Callan SC has been appointed to prosecute the assault case against federal Labor MP Luke Gosling. Mr Gosling denies two charges of assaulting the NT administrator and one charge of breaching his bail.
Despite the takeover of the cannabis farm north of Hobart, the chief executive of Tasmanian Botanics says it is "business as usual" for staff and customers.
As President Trump travels the country, he is expected to focus on his economic accomplishments at a time when Americans have expressed deep frustration with his policies.
The resignation adds to the setbacks to the most sweeping effort by the Justice Department to fulfill the president’s desire to take revenge against the federal officials who have investigated him.
Three people have escaped a suspicious blaze that gutted a home at Logan overnight. Emergency services were called to the house shortly after 9pm following reports of a house engulfed in fire. The blaze was extinguished within an hour of firefighters arriving, but extensive damage was caused to the two-storey home. The people inside got out of the house befo…