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The emerging Chinese market surfaces as a hot topic at Tasmania's tourism industry awards.

Lake Macquarie Council is moving to re-open a road into Mount Sugarloaf that has been closed for months, after it was damaged during the devastating April super storm.

A million dollar study has been launched, which could see one of the Hunter's newest townships become Australia's first to go completely 'off the grid'.

A man is in a critical but stable condition in hospital after an alleged stabbing at a boarding house in Surry Hills.

Jets coach Scott Miller says a win against the Wanderers at home today will go a long way to proving Newcastle is no longer the laughing stock of the A-League.

Adelaide hosts a milestone event in automotive technology, with the first driverless car trial in the Southern Hemisphere on the Southern Expressway.

University of Queensland architecture students come up with their own designs for Brisbane's Queen's Wharf casino resort site.

Two women trying to stop Bendigo's first mosque from being built have until next week to prove they can pay for a Victorian Court of Appeal case.

Police use smart phone tracking app to find the body of a 68-year-old man killed in a motorcycle crash in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains.

The Nature Conservation Council says the State Government is putting the wishes of coal companies ahead of the environment, with the Planning Department recommending the approval of the controversial Mount Thorley Warkworth mine.

Coffs Harbour's waterfront Deep Sea Fishing Club has re-opened its doors, but directors say they are not celebrating just yet.

New research shows the Hunter is increasingly losing professionals to Sydney.

Two men are due to appear in the Melbourne Magistrates Court charged with the rape and abduction of a 14-year-old girl in Geelong last Sunday.

Lake Macquarie Council is moving to re-open a road into Mount Sugarloaf that has been closed for months, after it was damaged during the devastating April super storm.

Trainer Ed Dunlop has reflected on the achievements of Red Cadeaux, as the three-time Melbourne Cup runner-up recovers from a career-ending leg injury.

Women with breast cancer are often advised to put their feet up and take it easy while undergoing treatment, but research now shows patients can improve their survival chances by exercising and maintaining a healthy body weight.

Recalled batsman Usman Khawaja appears to have ended Australia's long search for a Test number three after a masterful 174 against New Zealand at the Gabba.

Police formally identify a body found on the northern Gold Coast on Thursday as 12-year-old Tiahleigh Palmer, who went missing from her school last week.

The ACT Government is not on track to deliver its ambitious 2012 vision for a faster, more convenient public transport network by 2031, an audit finds.

Two men are dead and another is flown to Darwin for treatment after a large community disturbance on Groote Eylandt, east of Darwin.

A twin engine Cessna 310 light plane crashes nose first into vineyards at Mildura in north-western Victoria, bursting into flames and killing the pilot.

The A-League's Friday night top-of-the-table blockbuster between Sydney FC and Brisbane turned out to be a bit of a dud, with the sides drawing 0-0.

Tasmanian dairy giant Van Diemen's Land Co (VDL) is set to be sold to Australian company OnCard International.

Xavier le Roy's latest project involves 18 naked performers and an intrigued audience.

Brisbane Grammar School's council chairman breaks down as he tells the child abuse royal commission the school failed boys in its care, but a victim calls his response "crocodile tears".

St Kilda recruit Jake Carlisle is suspended for the opening two games of next year's season after a video emerged of him snorting a white powder.

An old, run-down rail shed in the heart of Claremont is set to be transformed into a lively cultural hub under a plan by not-for-profit arts organisation Form.

New Zealand is 5 for 157 at stumps on day two at the Gabba, trailing Australia by 399 runs in the first Test. Follow all the action with our live blog.

A family of four from Nigeria facing deportation will be allowed to remain in Adelaide while their case is heard in the Federal Court.

A $220 million tourist resort and residential development to be built at Wallaroo will create 2,200 jobs over 10 years, the SA Government says.

Former Australian Test opener says he thought years of battling form, injury and the naysayers would force Mitchell Johnson into retirement after the 2015 Ashes series.

Trade Minister Andrew Robb says a forum in Darwin is the "first down-payment" on the Government's plan to make the north an economic powerhouse.

In the middle of Launceston is Dicky Whites Lane. The story of how it came to be named starts in England in the late 1700s.

New Zealand is sweating on the fitness of pace spearhead Tim Southee, with Neil Wagner called into the squad as cover.

Skateboarding's popularity is growing rapidly in the rest of the world, but in Australian, the sport is hampered by a lack of infrastructure and negative attitudes, one skater says.

Firefighters are pushing ahead with a fuel reduction burn in Tasmania's south, following concerns and an alert over smoke across greater Hobart.

Plaque on the ground in Dicky White Lane in the middle of Launceston

Bill White, a fifth generation descendent of Richard Dickie White

The wooden Dicky White Lane sign

A severe weather warning for Sydney is cancelled, but storm clouds have provided the city with some spectacular views.

Andrew Carville has been missing since Wednesday. (6 November 2015)

A missing woman and her baby present themselves to the Northern Hospital in Melbourne after a woman is arrested and charged with child stealing.

Traditional owners of Uluru in Central Australia agree to reopen the rock climb to tourists, after a protester cut the chain during recent handback celebrations.

Diarmaid MacCulloch's recent history of Christianity is an expansive account of the religion's growth, struggles and paradoxes. (R)

The best way to end the working week. This week a special edition of TGIF with an array of fantastic comedians and some of the best of the show from 2015 (so far!).

A woman is arrested and charged with child stealing in connection with the search for a missing one-day-old baby and her 17-year-old mother, who went missing from a Melbourne hospital.

The Department of Agriculture and Food hopes the signing of a memorandum of understanding will boost Western Australia's export market to Hong Kong.

At first sight, they make an unusual pairing, but try telling Edward the Emu and Rocky the dog that.

The Art Gallery of Western Australia's latest exhibition mines the state collection to present a dynamic picture of Indigenous endurance through contemporary art.

When 1.2 million people watched Kimberley Aboriginal kidney patient Ronald Morgan's Australian Story, they probably did not get a sense of the friendship that brought the heart-wrenching tale to their screens.