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A man is found in the flood ravaged Hunter region, two days after his car was swept into a swollen river.

Two firearms, including a shotgun, are still missing after an alleged crime spree involving children as young as 12 in Darwin

A WA Nationals politician at the centre of a failed attempt to hold a political fundraising event on board a Navy warship dismisses the incident as "much ado about nothing".

Homes, businesses and other buildings are reportedly destroyed in the South West town of Yarloop as a bushfire emergency in Western Australia enters a third day.

Central Coast Mariners will fight Roy O'Donovan's eight-match headbutting ban, with coach Tony Walmsley describing it as a "very harsh" penalty.

The Broken Hill solicitor working with far west water campaigners says she's optimistic legal action could be viable.

Hunter MP Joel Fitzgibbon says he would be concerned if a Hunter coal mining application was determined by personality, rather than science.

A fire burning out of control in Western Australia is feared to have gutted the town of Yarloop, 125 kilometres south of Perth, reportedly destroying several buildings including homes and a hotelfollow our live blog for the latest developments.

The Newcastle Jets have signed Olyroos midfielder Steven Ugarkovic until the end of the next A-League season.

Forensic experts are called in to investigate the death of a woman who was found at a property in Perth.

The Dubbo City Council is again reminding people about the dangers of having dogs off leads in public spaces.

Bystanders perform CPR but are unable to save a mother who was swimming with her two daughters at Somerset on Tasmania's north-west coast.

Union representatives have met with the Hunter's Dick Smith workers.

The Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) has revealed it has worked out a way to deliver environmental water so it advantages native fish, and not carp.

There are plans for a major upgrade of Cowra's caravan park.

CSIRO study rethinks traditional method of finding gold deposits

A Northern Territory grower has developed a new mango variety but is not sure what to call it.

A Northern Territory horticulturalist has developed a new mango

Newcastle police say the death of a man who fell from scaffolding while carrying out home renovations is a tragedy and a lesson to all.

South Australia has six plant biodiversity hotspots but threats to conservation including climate change and weed invasion are putting them at risk, researchers say.

It's hoped a womens refuge, honouring a Bathurst woman who died in an alleged murder-suicide, will help domestic violence survivors in the region.

The state's energy watchdog has told the ABC the majority of New South Wales consumers are probably paying hundreds of dollars too much for their electricity.

SA Health Minister Jack Snelling complains to his federal counterpart about short-term funding deals for adult dental services, which he says are compromising patient care.

The bushfire emergency in Western Australia enters a third day, with reports of homes and other buildings destroyed in the South West town of Yarloop.

World number nine Lucie Safarova will skip the Australian Open because of health problems linked to a bacterial infection that saw her hospitalised for a week last September.

A man has been found in the flood ravaged Hunter region, two days after his car was swept into a swollen river.

A small regional community north of Melbourne is particularly nervous about this summer after a recent fire scare. When a planned burn at Lancefield got out of control, sheds, properties and wildlife were destroyed. Residents are still recovering from the damage and weighing up the contentious issue of roadside slashing.

Debate over Lightning Ridge's funeral equipment is ongoing despite a temporary reprieve for a service today.

The State Emergency Relief Fund pays out about $65,000 of its almost $2 million to families whose loved one were killed or seriously injured in November's devastating Pinery fire in South Australia.

A group of about 50 protesters, some chained to trees, are removed by police in the Sydney suburb of Randwick to allow construction crews to begin preparation work for the new light-rail project.

Port Stephens' mayor doesn't believe this week's rain impact Williamtown contaminants.

Just days after media reports that Defence was dragging its feet on a wastewater agreement at its Williamtown Air Force base, Hunter Water says officials are now committing to sign.

Bystanders perform CPR but are unable to save a mother who was swimming with her two daughters at Somerset on Tasmania's north-west coast.

Fire crews in Western Australia are bracing for another day of intense conditions as they work to control a bushfire threatening lives and homes in the state's South West.

Researchers from a range of disciplines prepare to set out on a voyage to examine the link between underwater volcanoes and the "foundation of life" in the Southern Ocean.

VicRoads is frustrated they cannot find the person responsible for dumping tacks on a popular cycling route over the past two years.

Hunter Water is busy checking hundreds of wastewater pump stations.

The skipper onboard the Hunter's only yacht to finish the Sydney to Hobart on Boxing Day says it is too soon to confirm whether he will race again.

The SES has had reports of phone calls from alleged SES fundraisers.

Fire crews in Western Australia are bracing for another day of intense conditions as they work to control a bushfire threatening lives and homes in the state's South West.

Federal Coalition members and senior ADF figures lash out at Western Australia's National party for its "disgusting" attempt to hold a political fundraising event on board a naval warship.

Weather conditions in Western Australia expected to worsen overnight as fire fighters work to control a bushfire that is threatening lives and homes in the state's South West.

Roger Federer's 2016 campaign got off to a solid start after booking his place in the Brisbane International quarter-finals on Thursday night.

Half-centuries to Cameron Bancroft and Ashton Agar helped set up Perth Scorchers' 30-run victory over Sydney Thunder in Homebush on Thursday evening.

An Aboriginal community in the West Kimberley becomes the first to commercially harvest the highly sought after bush fruit gubinge.

More than 200 people gather for a candlelight vigil to remember Queenie Xu, the two-month-old baby girl who died after a horrific family stabbing attack in Brisbane.

Liverpool icon Steven Gerrard and his retired team-mates drew an impressive crowd of 40,805 in their 4-0 exhibition win over tge Australian legends at Sydney's Olympic stadium on Thursday night.

One person is critical, and three more are in a serious condition after a car drove off a steep embankment on the Kings Highway near Bateman's Bay.

Australia captain Steve Smith says West Indies rebuffed a creative plan to revive the rain-hit third Test after it petered out in a draw at the SCG on Thursday.

A fire burning in Western Australia's south-west leads to hundreds of evacuations and disrupts power to 7,000 homes.