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A kangaroo is dead after being shot with an arrow and suffering other injuries near a popular walking track in the Warrandyte State Park.

About 80 people are evacuated from a high-rise apartment building in Melbourne after a small fire breaks out in an air-conditioning unit overnight.

The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) says it believes oil and contaminated water leaks at a Hunter Valley waste oil processing firm could have been prevented if better management practices were implemented.

The Planning Assessment Commission has been accused of ignoring residents' concerns after giving final approval to a $5 billion coal loader for Newcastle.

The public sector unions criticises the Federal Government for spruiking the creation of 40 new science jobs in Tasmania despite three times as many jobs losses due to budget cuts.

Fullerton Cove residents say it is clear a coal seam gas firm still has its sights set on exploring the Lower Hunter and parts of Port Stephens.

University of Newcastle students have welcomed the Turnbull Government's announcement it is putting its higher education overhaul plan on hold.

About 15,000 people are due in Dubbo this weekend, to celebrate one of the biggest events on the Aboriginal calendar - the annual Koori Knockout.

Palliative care cuts are discussed by South Australian Health Minister Jack Snelling and a lobby group, but the Minister says the Government does not have a "spare $5 million lying around" to reinstate affected services.

A man will face court in Newcastle today, charged over a tomahawk attack at Mayfield which left a man with serious wounds to his neck.

Hawthorn and the West Coast Eagles are on their way to the MCG to fight for the flag - get the lowdown on the 2015 AFL grand final with Grandstand's preview.

A man who escaped from a work area outside the minimum security section of Goulburn Correctional Centre in New South Wales is arrested.

A man thought he was God when he stabbed a homeless man to death on the banks of the Yarra River in Melbourne's CBD, a court hears.

Feral horses will be culled from a north Queensland forest to prevent the animals from straying onto the road and causing accidents.

Employment opportunities are thin on the ground in the Aboriginal communities of central Australia, but a not-for-profit art enterprise celebrates two decades of achievement.

The trial of an online treatment program for young people with OCD is showing early signs of success in reducing symptoms.

Former senior government lawyer Nick Gouliaditis is given time to prove that he should not be sent to jail after he was caught selling drugs to an undercover police officer.

Three time world surfing champion Mick Fanning will be a step closer to a fourth title if he can win the next tour event, scheduled to begin in France next week.

The family of Darwin man Fabian Brock, who was shot dead while driving through the city's northern suburbs, say they are still grieving, as a second man charged over the incident faces court.

Three time world surfing champion Mick Fanning will be a step closer to a fourth title if he can win the next tour event, scheduled to begin in France next week.

Hawks forward Jack Gunston will return to the side for the AFL grand final against West Coast after overcoming an ankle injury, with Billy Hartung the unlucky player set to make way.

A man who escaped from a work area outside the minimum security section of Goulburn Correctional Centre in New South Wales is arrested.

WA Premier Colin Barnett believes the Government has found the right balance between urging caution and restoring the confidence of beachgoers.

Hobart is being hailed as a world leader in Antarctic research as the Federal Government invests an additional $24 million over the next three years in a scientific partnership between the University of Tasmania, the Antarctic Division and the CSIRO. But the public service union says the new science jobs don't make up for the 120 recently lost from the same sector in Hobart.

Australia's deserts are among the youngest in the world, but monsoonal seasons in the nation's north are far more ancient, a new study of oceanic sediments shows.

WA grain handler CBH says farmers in WA will pay, on average, an extra 6 per cent to deliver their grain on rail to port this season.

Its grand final eve in Melbourne but the feeling is different this year with Hawthorn and West Coast fans anticipating a memorable match for different reasons.

The South Australian Scorpions focus on breaking through for a maiden Women's National Cricket League title in the team's 20th season of the competition.

A man is left with a broken leg after a pod of whales capsizes his tinnie in waters off Queensland's Fraser Island.

Government office blocks in central Canberra could become hotels under a sweeping revision of the National Capital Plan.

The WA Major Crime Squad is appealing for the public's help in finding a car that was seen near the scene of a suspicious death in East Perth last month.

Red roses are placed in a tribute to murder victim Jody Meyers outside the Murray Bridge local government centre.

A 35-year-old Irish national is sentenced to life with a 17-year minimum for the drug and alcohol-fuelled murder of a fellow countryman in Perth.

The outgoing chairman of the Australian Sugar Milling Council has refused to speculate on how his departure might influence the outcome of a bitter marketing divide.

ACT prosecutors drop a charge of blackmail against ACT construction union official and former Canberra Raiders player John Lomax.

The former CEO of Greyhound Racing NSW has told an inquiry he saw no evidence of widespread live baiting in the industry.

This October long weekend the inaugural Clan Grant Reunion will bring together the descendants of Henry James Grant and Janet Evelyn Campbell who, with their six children, settled in the region from Scotland in 1855. One more child was born in Australia and the family spread out across the Bega Valley and Monaro.

Four people are hurt in an explosion at a house at Dudley Park in Adelaide's inner northern suburbs.

Same-sex couples are offered specialised relationship assistance often denied to them, as part of a new program developed by University of Queensland and Latrobe University.

Australia's largest and newest warship, HMAS Canberra, is wrapping up its first amphibious training exercise.

Two sheds have been destroyed by a bushfire in the West Australian town of Port Hedland, as firefighters work to save homes.

"Cabinet solidarity" and penguins picking coloured pebbles emerge as two of the more unusual ways to tip a winner ahead for Saturday's AFL grand final.

Reflections on the rock n roll life well lived, and the importance of art that's not delivered via a screen.

A community centre rises from an abandoned presbytery as a group of unemployed tradesmen help renovate the grounds of St Therese Church.

Police are investigating an armed robbery at a post office in Broadmeadow this afternoon.

The current Western Australia local council elections have raised questions over whether voting should be made compulsory, after just 27 per cent of electors choose to fill in their ballot papers in 2013.

Bayswater residents are lobbying the WA Government for a major upgrade of their train station and its surrounds as part of its $2 billion Airport Rail Link project.

A report into South Australia's marine park sanctuary zones released today has found only a minority of fishermen have been affected.

A West Australian farmer wants to get her pigs tweeting.

Mutual Maroon respect was on show as the Broncos and the Cowboys attended the pre-grand final press conference.