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Police have charged two Broken Hill men with stealing parcels they were supposed to be delivering for Australia Post.

Canberrans will now have the option of being buried in bushland without a coffin when they die, in a process known as 'natural burial'.

Adelaide police say a man taken into custody over a stabbing death at Athol Park is expected to be charged with murder.

A man has attempted to rob a taxi driver at gunpoint in West Kempsey.

One of Australia's longest World War One recruitment marches is being remembered this week on its 100th anniversary.

Mid North Coast residents took part in climate rallies over the weekend.

Steve Smith, Brendon McCullum and Darren Lehmann all agree that day-night Test cricket is here to stay following the pink-ball fixture in Adelaide.

A burst water pipe floods Laura Hospital in the mid-north of South Australia, forcing the relocation of 12 people.

Petrie Plaza's iconic carousel could be on the move, and a big screen could be installed in Garema Place, under recommendations from Canberra's business community.

Facebook posts by Islamic State recruiters show the radical group is actively targeting and attempting to recruit Australian teenagers via social media.

The clean-up continues after a storm hit the NSW North Coast leaving thousands without power and displacing patients at Lismore Base Hospital.

Hot and windy weather will be a danger on the fire ground in South Australia's lower north today, authorities warn.

A man is injured in a drive-by shooting outside the Kittens strip club where he works in Melbourne's Southbank.

There are concerns a spiralling feral animal population is threatening a site in the region's south that is known for its natural heritage.

Newcastle Jets coach Scott Miller has praised his team's efforts after a one all draw with the Brisbane Roar.

Hundreds of submissions have been lodged on controversial plans to change the boundaries of the western region's federal electorates.

More than a dozen homes lose their roofs and power is cut to about 20,000 properties as very dangerous thunderstorms tear across south-east Queensland.

Newcastle's pro- rail activists head back to court today in a bid to have a Court of Appeal judgement set aside, to avoid paying massive legal costs.

Four teenagers are taken to hospital, two of them in a critical condition, after their car is crushed by a truck in Somerton in Melbourne's outer north.

The head of the Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network (PHN) believes under federal government changes to mental health support, services will soon be managed by local people, for local people.

Newcastle MP Sharon Claydon is hopeful Defence's commitment to treat contaminated soil at its Williamtown air force base, extends beyond the site of an infrastructure project.

A family that has grown oranges near Bulga for three generations is dreading the expansion of the Mount Thorley Warkworth mine.

A woman is due to appear in court in connection with the search for a missing prisoner who's believed to be in Gilgandra.

A patch of dry sheep farming country in Jericho, in the state's Southern Midlands, is set to be transformed into a cherry orchard by way of new irrigation and a giant greenhouse.

More than 100 mineworkers' shirts are hanging on a fence opposite a Hunter horse stud that has been blamed for preventing a big mine expansion going ahead, jeopardising hundreds of jobs.

Christian Democrat MP Fred Nile has applauded probes into Newcastle's Anglican Diocese, amid allegations of several paedophile networks.

More than a dozen homes lose their roofs and close to 19,000 properties are left without power after very dangerous thunderstorms tear across south-east Queensland.

Australia coach Darren Lehmann says wicketkeeper Peter Nevill could be in line for a promotion up the order after his batting displays in Adelaide.

Australia beats New Zealand by three wickets inside three days to win the inaugural day-night Test, taking the three-match series 2-0 in Adelaide.

Australia has won the inaugural day-night Test by three wickets in a nervy finish to seal the three-Test series against New Zealand 2-0 in Adelaide. Look back on how the action unfolded in Grandstand's live blog.

Scott Boland and James Pattinson have ripped through Western Australia's line-up with Victoria winning their Sheffield Shield match by 356 runs.

Tasmanian fast bowler Jackson Bird says he is in career-best form but is not waiting for a call from Test selectors.

Several people including babies are rescued from Lismore Base Hospital in northern New South Wales after the roof of the maternity ward collapses during a severe hail storm.

Western Sydney extends its winning streak to five games with a 2-0 defeat of Central Coast.

More than a dozen homes lose their roofs in Warwick, west of the Gold Coast, as a very dangerous thunderstorm moves across south-east Queensland.

Matt Jones wins the Australian Open after holding off a mighty charge from Adam Scott and Rod Pampling.

A very dangerous thunderstorm moving across south-east Queensland is heading toward Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

A severe hail storm has damaged Lismore Base Hospital in northern New South Wales.

Adelaide will be a carbon neutral city by 2050 if a South Australian Government strategy to tackle climate change is successful.

Australia's Mitchell Starc will play no part in the West Indies Test series, but will rest his injured foot rather than undergo surgery.

Two teenagers are left trapped under a car after being run over while lying in their swags in an alleged hit-and-run at a campground in Western Australia's south west.

Six horses that suffered burns in the deadly and destructive bushfire in SA last week are undergoing round-the-clock clinical treatment, with several being fitted with ice boots to heal their hooves.

A woman dies from a suspected drug overdose at the Stereosonic music festival in Sydney, where almost 70 others were charged with drug offences.

Non-fatal strangulation will become an offence under the Queensland criminal code to strengthen the state's response to domestic and family violence, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announces.

None of the former councillors at Litchfield Council on the outskirts of Darwin who were controversially sacked by the Government are on track to return to office, with more than half of votes counted after yesterday's election.

Australian football icon Joe Marston, capped 37 times for the Socceroos and the first Australian to play in an English FA Cup final, has died aged 89.

Avoca has done a great job of making the 3,500 people on this year's Great Victorian Bike Ride feel welcome and grasped the opportunity to show off their town.

The mother of a Queensland man stabbed to death has paid tribute to her son, saying she was proud of the person he had become.

A patch of dry sheep farming country in Jericho, in the state's Southern Midlands, is set to be transformed into a cherry orchard by way of new irrigation and a giant greenhouse.

Day two of the 2015 Great Victorian Bike Ride was also our first official day of riding, and it was a near perfect day.