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A colony of at least 800 rabbits has infested valuable farming land in the Lockyer Valley, west of Brisbane.

Faces behind famous animated characters give their advice for getting into the industry at Brisbane's Supanova pop culture expo.

The pink ball produced 12 wickets, 256 runs and 47,441 fans at Adelaide Oval on day one - the final figure impressing Peter Siddle and Trent Boult.

A man dies and another suffers serious head injuries in an attack at a house in the southern Queensland city of Bundaberg.

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A toddler is lucky to be alive after a man drove through a pedestrian mall, smashing into tables and chairs, in Melbourne's north, police say.

A massive growth in school students visiting outback Queensland is helping to bridge the city-country divide as well as providing economic stimulus for the drought-stricken region, Tourism and Events Queensland says.

Three police officers have been shot at an abortion clinic in Colorado Springs, according to United States media reports.

The residents of a Hunter Valley community say their fight against a massive mine expansion is not over, despite it being approved.

Defence officials have outlined plans to clean up toxic soil at its Williamtown Air Force base, while addressing concerns about a big infrastructure project.

Two men from the Newcastle region have been charged with child sex crimes, accused of using the internet to groom young children.

South east Queensland can expect some cooler weather for the weekend, with severe thunderstorms predicted on Brisbane on Sunday.

Katerina Angelopoulos is torn. Like the federal seat of Wills in which she lives, the Greek-born former Brunswick councillor is quintessential Melbourne Labor.

Employees of the Drayton South coal mine have been given the weekend off to absorb the shock news the mine looks set to close.

JANE MACGOWAN 1928–2015. She was a generous arts patron and philanthropist, who inn 1998, was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to the arts.

Britain is within reach of its first Davis Cup title since 1936 and, if they win, they should be forever grateful to the unbeaten Andy Murray.

The S&P 500 closed little changed on Friday, a fourth straight day of declines, amid weakness in energy and Walt Disney.

Hundreds of Canberrans have raised more than $15,000 for Elijah Arranz.

Record numbers of homes in Australia's two biggest cities go under the hammer on Saturday as owners try to catch the end of theboom.

A driver has mowed through a pedestrian mall, knocking down all in his path, including a toddler's stroller, in an inner northern suburb.

A man in his 20s appears to have been stabbed to death in Bundaberg.

Newcastle coach Scott Miller says the Jets must manage the Roar's winning culture if they are to beat them at Hunter Stadium this afternoon.

BHP's share price is entering uncomfortable territory for the mining giant's board. The zone where blame is laid, and calls for heads made.

Rally organisers say up to 50,000 people took to the streets, while police estimate up to 40,000 were in attendance at a climate change rally in Melbourne ahead of similar events across the country this weekend.

Suit to be filed on Monday, with proceeds to be used for environmental cleanup of the mine disaster.

Mitchell Starc is facing a lengthy period on the sidelines due to a stress fracture in his right foot.

Ladies are not really welcome in the highest ranks of corporate religion.

The "plastic bag and tape" fix applied to at least 63,300 faulty Samsung washing machines has been slammed by an expert as "deficient".

Farmers are at the forefront of changing weather, but how different are attitudes to climate change across the generations?

Mourners bowed their heads and stood in sombre tribute as the names of the dead were read out on Friday at a ceremony to commemorate victims of the bombing and shooting rampage in Paris two weeks ago.

A suicide bomber hit a procession of Shiite Muslims in Nigeria's Kano state on Friday as they walked to the city of Zaria to pay homage to their founder in the country.

Nickel fell amid scepticism among investors on whether cutbacks by the world's biggest producer, China, are able to make a dent in the global glut.

The jury in Chris Cairns' London trial has finished the week with still no verdict.

China's stocks tumbled the most since a plunge in August as some of the nation's largest brokerages disclosed regulatory probes.

 "We were just at the mercy of the landlord," says Michael. "We felt powerless."

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, an avowed republican, has met the Queen at the opening of the CHOGM leaders' meeting in Malta.

More than half of Sydney's homeowners say they would be unable to afford to buy a house in their own area if they were starting over and entering the property market now.

US Treasuries rose after the Thanksgiving holiday as a drop in Chinese shares drove demand for the relative safety of fixed income.

Village councils in northern India are demanding a local Coca-Cola bottling plant be banned from extracting water from the ground, claiming its over-use has led to water scarcity.

The former HSBC employee who leaked information on large-scale tax evasion at the bank has been sentenced to five years in prison for aggravated industrial espionage.

When he eventually starts to make tough decisions and the euphoria fades, the new PM will have to navigate between two dangerous sets of forces.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan warned Russia not to "play with fire", but added he did not want to harm relations with Moscow after Turkey shot down a Russian fighter jet.

Across the US, Canada, Europe and Britain, there has been one man beside American superstar Taylor Swift's side: Vance Joy.

At a meeting with Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop in September, legendary British filmmaker Ridley Scott encouraged a change to Australia's filmmaking incentives that could mean three Alien movies will be shot in Sydney.

Sri Lanka has called on Saudi Arabia to pardon a domestic worker sentenced to death by stoning after she admitted committing adultery while working in the Arab nation.

Sydney's future housing will mirror of its working-class past, in a vision outlined by the state's planning minister on Friday.

Copyright changes spell the end to the golden age of literature, warn Australia's leading fiction writers.

It wasn't so many months ago that Sam Frost was working with the dreaded paparazzi to take supposedly candid snaps, like frolicking on a beach and pretending she had no clue there was a lens trained on her, to fuel the publicity machine as her star was on the ascent.

Authorities have downgraded the terror threat level that has kept Brussels on edge since last weekend, but police raids across Belgium continue in search of terror suspects.

As the 40,000-plus attendees to the Paris climate summit congregate, a surprisingly large chunk of Australian big business will be cheering them on.