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Martin's exceptional access to members of ISIS gives him rare insight to the group's origins, leadership and methods.

Squid at Port Noarlunga.

Stephen*, from Wagga Wagga, discovered he was HIV-positive at 20 and was expected to live for 10 years.

The Australian Workers Union accuses the South Australian and federal governments of sitting on their hands over the issue of job losses in the steelmaking industry.

Alinta Energy's open-cut coal mine at outback Leigh Creek in South Australia is closing today, putting about 250 people out of work.

New South Wales police are being trained to shoot armed extremists on sight, in a change of policy prompted by recent terrorist attacks.

After being dismissed as having possibly "the worst Christmas decorations in the country", Hobart City Council is attempting to restore its city's Christmas spirit with a brand new tree.

Jessica is a psychologist who specialises in hoarding and obsessive compulsive disorders.

Photographers captured wild weather at the weekend with dramatic storm activity lighting up skies across Western Australia's Great Southern.

A proposal for a light rail service on the Coffs Coast is being weighed up

Cricket season is upon us again! ABC South East's resident cricket blogger Rob Courtney swaps his banking clothes for cricket whites and a baggy brown each weekend and writes about the experience.

Firefighters extinguish a blaze at the Northbourne Flats at Braddon in Canberra's north, where a second storey unit is badly damaged.

Australians honoured the victims of the Paris attacks at ceremonies across the country last night. In Sydney, a special mass was held at St Mary's Catholic Cathedral. In Melbourne, a vigil took place at Federation Square.

The Goulburn Show Society says it has had no other option than to cancel next year's show because a clash with another event and insurance concerns.

Questions have been raised about why there has been a call for enrolment interest at Murrami Public School in the NSW Riverina, 12 months after it merged with Whitton Public.

Hunter New England Health is urging the community to avoid contact with bats.

Senator Lee Rhiannon has met with Williamtown residents over contamination fears.

Adelaide metalcore band I Killed the Prom Queen is heading home after being held in immigration detention in Malaysia, the band's guitarist Jona Weinhofen says.

The father of a Queensland man who has been missing for a year believes his son was murdered because he owed money to alleged criminal gang members.

After being dismissed as having possibly "the worst Christmas decorations in the country" Hobart City Council is attempting to restore its city's Christmas spirit with a brand new tree.

Lake Macquarie's marine rescue organisation says there needs to be more scientific research into dredging the Swansea Channel to prevent more money being wasted.

Hunter councils have voted overnight over their positions on amalgamations.

Police are resigned to the closure of the Balranald Local Court, but they may have secured one concession.

Maitland Council says its multi-million dollar upgrade of the town's main sports ground will better suit the region's growing population.

The head of Newcastle Airport says he's still working to get international flights in and out of Williamtown.

A Brisbane woman hits back at so-called anti-vaxxers who have targeted her with private messages since a Facebook post she made on her son's battle with whooping cough went viral.

International travel website, Trivago has ranked two Hunter Valley towns amongst the best in the country for online hotel reputation.

The availability of support services is among the factors which will determine whether the central and north west could take some of the thousands of Syrian and Iraqi refugees being accepted by Australia.

The Deputy Premier and Nationals Leader Troy Grant has defended his colleagues' support for councils that want to stand alone in the local government reforms.

Police have re-opened investigations into the murder of a much-loved Newcastle grocer.

For squid it is the party of lifetime, but a spawning event off the South Australian coast also costs them their life.

Hunter union officials say the Federal Government is taking too long to introduce a visa amnesty for 7-Eleven workers.

Controversial planning rules that allow the ACT Government to subdivide Mr Fluffy blocks and sell each unit separately, increasing the land's value, are to be tabled today by Planning Minister Mick Gentleman.

The digital skills of Australian school children are worse than those of kids four years ago, a national report finds.

With the AFL draft just a week away, Scott Rollinson takes a look back at the fortunes of previous Tasmanians who made the cut.

Woodchip exporters could be the beneficiaries of a freight shipping service due to start operating out of Hobart this month, the first sea option in southern Tasmania in eight years.

Police charge a 23-year-old man with murder over the fatal stabbing of a Gold Coast teenager, after a dramatic arrest which saw police officers climb onto the roof of a Bundall home to reach him.

A 27-year-old man is arrested and charged with murder over the death of a north Queensland man.

A 27-year-old man is arrested and charged with murder over the death of a north Queensland man.

A political party representing Australian Muslims is launched, with its sights set on winning a Senate seat at the next election.

NT Corrections Minister John Elferink offends community representatives in Nhulunbuy with a description of domestic violence perpetrators as "touching up" their women.

Sydney's beaches have undergone a transformation since sewerage pipes were moved three kilometres offshore 25 years ago, reaping economic and environmental benefits.

Grandstand commentator Dirk Nannes has spoken of Australia's "horrendous sportsmanship" after apparently failing to shake hands with Ross Taylor after he was dismissed for 290.

Vigils are held around Australia to show support for France in the wake of the Paris terror attacks on Friday that left 129 people dead.

A West Australian man is sentenced to more than 15 years in jail for the systematic sexual abuse of his three daughters over a 20-year period.

Australia finishes the day leading New Zealand by 193 runs after Steve Smith and Adam Voges post centuries. Look back at how the action unfolded in Grandstand's live blog.

Twin centuries to Adam Voges and skipper Steve Smith have a result very much on the cards, with Australia leading by 193 runs after ending day four on 2 for 258.

A man is in custody and another will also be questioned after the discovery of a body in a house in north Queensland this afternoon.

Safety authorities say two separate mistakes by Qantas pilots tapping information into a work iPad led to the tail of a jet carrying 152 people to hit the tarmac as it took off from Sydney, headed for Darwin.

Up to 250 jobs will be cut from Whyalla's steelworks as owner Arrium slashes costs in the face of falling prices and a global oversupply of steel. The company has blamed a glut of cheap, Chinese-made steel coming into Australia, and wants the Commonwealth to investigate.