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An Australian researcher says ridesharing service UberX offers something taxis do not: a good conversation and better service.

Kurt Fearnley has won the Chicago Marathon.

The head of a pro rail group in Newcastle has hit out at what she calls 'trolls', after telling the ABC she has received a death threat as a result of her stance.

A 29-year-old man has died from stab wounds at a unit complex in Mackay in north Queensland.

Police investigating the death of a dog over a week ago have charged an Inverell man with animal cruelty.

A proposal to build what could be Australia's biggest prawn farm, Project Sea Dragon near the NT-WA border, poses a risk of significant environmental impact, the NT Environmental Protection Authority says.

Barnaby Joyce 'absolutely certain' that PM Turnbull will honour Coalition agreement on water policy

Social housing communities in Tolland and Kooringal will have a say in what services they need, under an innovative new state government project.

The Newcastle Jets hang on for a 2-1 win over the Phoenix in Wellington despite having to survive the final 15 minutes of the match a man down.

Detectives are investigating the death of a woman at Redhead.

At a time when several small schools in the Upper Hunter are facing closure, Mt Pleasant Public near Singleton is working hard to raise its profile.

Polo playing elite have attended an auction at the Packer's Upper Hunter property.

Victoria's Environment Protection Authority is considering criminal charges against the operator of the Hazelwood Coal Mine over last year's fire.

There are calls for an overhaul of the regional passenger train service amid concerns the current fleet and infrastructure are unreliable.

Urgent talks to strengthen support services for domestic violence victims.

Wagga Wagga City Council's acting General Manager says there is no conflict in him taking up the role, after chairing the council's audit and risk committee.

Newcastle residents are calling on the Prime Minister to visit offshore detention centres.

Four people, including a toddler, escape a house fire at Merrylands, in Sydney's west, Fire and Rescue New South Wales says.

Man faces court, accused of deliberately lighting fires.

BHP Billiton Olympic Dam asset president Jacqui McGill discusses the mine's trial of heap leaching technology, South Australia's resources industry and the company's sponsorship of Indigenous arts.

An exhibition is celebrating the radical, but failed dreams of the 1900s to transform Adelaide into a leading world metropolis.

A 24-year-old man is charged with murder over the stabbing death of a man in Sydney's south-west, which is alleged to have stemmed from a noise complaint.

A carers group warns future demand for unpaid care will far outstrip availability, and urges governments to plan ahead.

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A high-scoring Melbourne United emerged as the only team with a 2-0 record after the first round of the 2015/16 NBL season.

Bathurst winner Craig Lowndes says his team-mate Jamie Whincup will have to face the music from Holden team boss Roland Dane.

More than 1,000 people rally in Canberra's CBD in support of asylum seekers who are being held in detention centres on Manus Island and Naurua.

Craig Lowndes wins a sixth Bathurst 1000 title as he and team-mate Steven Richards hold off a frantic chasing pack in a dramatic race at Mount Panorama.

Hundreds of people rally in Canberra's CBD in support of asylum seekers who are being held in detention centres on Manus island and Naurua.

A Sydney man who died after being stabbed in the neck may have been attacked because a conversation he was having with his hearing-impaired father was too loud, police say.

Authorities have had to rifle through rubbish after the careless disposal of an emergency beacon at a garbage tip sparked an unnecessary nationally coordinated search across northern Tasmania.

Pressure is mounting on the Tasmanian Government to back down from plans to transfer homes from Housing Tasmania to the community sector.

Melbourne fire brigade's high-angle team are called in to rescue a cyclist with spinal injuries after the woman tumbles down an embankment in the city's north.

Sunshine Coast-based surf ironman Ali Day powers to his third Coolangatta Gold win while Liz Pluimers claimed the women's crown.

The proposed relocation of Floriade from Commonwealth Park to the smaller Glebe park will jeopardise the future of the event, the North Canberra Community Council says.

A 15-year-old girl falls about 10 metres from rocks at Vaucluse in Sydney's east. Police are at the scene.

More than 100 people, many themselves victims of domestic violence, march through Brisbane on Sunday in a show of solidarity.

Like other resource companies, global mining giant BHP Billiton has been hit hard by a fall in commodity prices. Olympic Dam's asset president Jacqui McGill talks jobs, commodity prices and about the mine's future.

The Federal Government commits $95 million for the proposed expansion of the Gold Coast Light Rail project, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull saying it is a vital piece of infrastructure for Queensland.

Jamie Whincup takes the lead at Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama, ahead of polesitter David Reynolds, Marcus Ambrose and Mark Winterbottom.

A police plane joins the search for a hunter who disappeared in WA's Goldfields five days ago.

Conservationists call for the Federal Government to develop a long-term strategy to protect threatened marine species from commercial fishing.

Family members caring for people with mental illness are reluctant to ask for help, Carers Victoria says.

Police arrest a man at Lakemba in Sydney's south-west as they investigate the death of another man who was stabbed in the neck with a bottle.

A fly-in, fly-out police force appears to have quashed a youth crime wave in north-west Queensland after a special taskforce was set up when a 10-year-old boy allegedly torched a police beat in April.

A man dies in a boat fire on Magnetic Island off Townsville in north Queensland.

Hawthorn premiership defender Josh Gibson won his second club best and fairest award, the Peter Crimmins Medal.

The secrets of long-term storage bringing apples and pears to consumers all year round.

After 50 years running cattle in south east Qld, a family sells up and ships their stud herd 2000 km to King Island in search of rain.

Former Country Liberals party minister Mick Palmer has a clear lead over former NT election Greens candidate Emma Young in the Lyons Ward by-election, with a majority of votes counted.