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Skipper Mile Jedinak and goalkeeper Mat Ryan will return for the Socceroos' FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Kyrgyzstan and Bangladesh.

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A P-plate driver whose three friends died when he crashed their car on the way home from a music festival has been charged over their deaths and with driving under the influence of drugs.

A shed containing hay bales is on fire at Western Flat near Padthaway in South Australia's south-east.

Senior parole board  bureaucrat suspended amid police investigation into allegations of child sex abuse material.

Packaging giant Amcor will expand its rigid plastics business in the US after buying Ohio-based Encon for $US55 million ($76.4 million).

Aged care roll-up Estia Health has snapped up four new facilities as the company chases its target of 10,000 beds by 2020.

Endangered woodland in Sydney's west has got a reprieve after the state government site was passed in at auction.

The AFL says potential draftees expect to be tested for illicit and performance-enhancing drugs as early as the under-18 level and are "well schooled" in the dangers of both.

A wild storm that wreaked havoc in Fernvale, west of Brisbane, damaging several homes and downing powerlines and trees lasted just 10 minutes, residents say.

James Packer and his girlfriend, Mariah Carey, finally appeared on the red carpet together as they officially opened Melco Crown's $4 billion Studio City Casino.

Acland Street in St Kilda could undergo a major overhaul, with traffic banned and the street transformed into a pedestrian mall under a new council proposal.

Australia's back-row linchpin David Pocock is trying to avoid snoring this week and is sporting two black eyes and a crooked nose after a brutal World Cup semi-final.

PayPal is considering offering its 'buy now, pay later' loans to consumers via retailers in Australia as it reaches US$1 billion in cash flow loans to small business globally two years after offering them.

In Charleville, residents say the use of ice is becoming more common and there are fears it will get worse as the local economy suffers because of drought. Young Aboriginal people are especially vulnerable - many of whom are unemployed and gripped by poverty. The town is ill equipped to deal with the problem, with no dedicated drug rehabilitation services.

Driver escapes after leaping to safety only seconds before car goes up in flames.

Backlash is brewing against Bindi's Irwin's stellar run on Dancing with the Stars.

Doctors say a new study provides 'the strongest evidence to date' that sugar causes health risks, regardless of whether it increases calorie intake.

Two kitesurfers reported missing off Gnaraloo Station, 1,000 kilometres north of Perth, are found safe and well.

Victoria has narrowly avoided a budget black hole after the Turnbull government agreed to redirect $1.5 billion of Commonwealth East West Link cash into other transport projects.

The government's new e-health system, which will collate medical records, will also be able to be shared broadly, like with gym intsructers and even third party companies like Fitbit.

An 18-year-old is arrested following the death of a man who was found on a footpath in Sydney's west.

Man stabbed in arm after confronting intruders in his home.

The Australian dollar opened local trade below US72¢ on Wednesday after another fall in the price of oil dragged down the so-called "commodity currencies".

Graziers in western Queensland have not only been struggling with drought. Wild dogs have been wreaking havoc on properties across the region. The Queensland government recently announced $5 million in funding to help fence properties, but some graziers say it's not enough.

Australia's sporting mentality is one of supreme confidence. An attitude which can rub people up the wrong way.

WA's only known duel and a murder most foul are among the stories that have played out in Perth suburbs that have changed their names.

The WA Government has taken three years to plan the clearing of 10 hectares of bushland to make way for a new Lancelin holiday park, before realising a revamp of the one next door would do just as well.

He dripped $4.4 billion on his new movie-themed casino. She was dripping cleavage in her plunging black gown with lattice lacing.

Australia's status as a rising world basketball power has been confirmed with eight players on NBA rosters for the new season.

The yen strengthened as investors opted for its relative safety before Fed and Bank of Japan policy decisions this week.

Jetstar has apologised to a New Zealand woman after one of its flight attendants mistook her for being pregnant.

Grazier Peter Lucas has lived at his property 'Cliffdale', outside of Wyandra, all his life. Drought has forced he and his wife Jan to destock to 10 per cent of their norm, and now they are struggling to protect the remaining animals from wild dogs. Peter spoke to the AM team this morning on his back porch.

Olympic hurdles champion Sally Pearson admits 2015 has been a tough year and she's lost a lot of confidence.

Wednesday will be one of the most important days for nearly 60,000 Victorian students, who will sit their English exam at 9am.

Apple Inc reported higher-than-expected quarterly revenue and profit, boosted by iPhone sales, and issued an outlook that Wall Street interpreted as a sign of solid demand for its latest iPhone 6s and 6s Plus models.

A Sydney P-plate driver is charged over the deaths of three friends who were killed instantly when the car they were travelling in crashed near the Blue Mountains in August.

Musical therapist and violinist Greta Kelly uses the power of music to take people away from their daily worries. This is why she felt compelled to get in touch with Choir of Unheard Voices.

Nick Kyrgios has been knocked out of the Valencia Open in the first round, beaten by German qualifier Daniel Brands after losing his concentration and early momentum.

Members of the Norwood Cycling Club defy their patron, Opposition Leader Steven Marshall, by publicly supporting the SA Government's controversial new bicycle rules.

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There's increasing government support to scrap the reach rule as Seven and Nine move to stream channels over the internet makes the legislation "redundant".

Drivers escape serious injury in two-truck crash west of Brisbane.

Though he was dumped by his own party, former Coalition prime minister Tony Abbott has been embraced as a font of advice by at least one politician in the United Kingdom this week.

The US plans to sell millions of barrels of crude oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve from 2018 until 2025 under a budget deal.

Cornered by sanctions, Russia is preparing a costly alternative venue to sell debt: China.

James Packer and his girlfriend, Mariah Carey, finally appeared on the red carpet together as they officially opened Melco Crown's $4 billion Studio City Casino.

The AFL will name the indigenous round after Sir Doug Nicholls, its only player to have been knighted and serve as a state governor.

Iron ore prices are headed to $US40 a tonne amid expanding supply and weak demand, Goldman Sachs warns.