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Tasmanian Premier Will Hodgman has announced changes to the make up of his ministry in the wake of the shock retirement of former resources minister Paul Harriss.

A community mainstay in the Western Australian city of Geraldton is set for change.

Smart phones are great until your battery dies or data runs out, but technology journalist Stilgherrian has some simple tricks that can double your phone's battery life and halve your data usage.

A highway patrolman admits writing fake tickets but says he did not realise it was a criminal offence.

Blind sportsman, Matt Bryant, has come a long way since he took up his first bowling ball just a year ago, and is soon to compete in the Blind and Vision Impaired Tenpin Bowling Championships in Queensland.

Darwin police are looking for three men after an attempted sexual assault of a woman in Palmerston.

Phone reception problems plaguing a small community in the New South Wales Hunter Valley put the future of local businesses at risk.

A man is assaulted after allegedly confronting a hoon driver and his passengers in Camillo, in Perth's south east.

About 200 cyclists turn out for a rally in Sydney's CBD to protest against new legislation forcing them to carry identification.

A seed grower from Kununurra in Western Australia's remote Kimberley region says northern farmers can learn a lot from Brazil's tropical agriculture industry.

Two mothers raising their daughter with two fathers in rural Victoria say they are challenging perceptions of what is normal, with the support of their small farming community.

Western Australia's bone bank PlusLife says it will be forced to close its doors within months if it cannot secure funding to relocate.

Brendon Bolton has the Blues, but at this stage of the season he could not be happier as he prepares to coach is first game for the team in Launceston.

Lake Macquarie residents say evidence of higher lead levels leading to aggressive behaviour is concerning.

A new alliance of Indigenous people across southern New South Wales looks at how to best support local communities.

A senior Labor MP launches a scathing attack on the architecture of the Elizabeth Quay project, saying it lacks class and reflects "trashy boganism".

White Night Melbourne festival artistic director Andrew Walsh gives his top-five picks for the colourful Melbourne event.

Hunter Valley thoroughbred breeders call for certainty from the NSW Government over the future of a mine site.

A Vietnamese company looking to develop a major dragon fruit farm in Australia's north says it has failed in its bid to buy a cattle station in the Northern Territory.

The trial of a pilot charged with manslaughter hears powerline markers were not present on the lines involved in the crash.

The fatal stabbing of a man in the neck in Adelaide's northeast sparks a manhunt involving a police helicopter and officers from the STAR tactical group.

Tasmanian Treasurer Peter Gutwein is expected to once again assume responsibility for the forestry sector following the retirement of Paul Harriss.

Brendon Bolton has the Blues, but at this stage of the season he could not be happier as he prepares to coach is first game for the team in Launceston.

The Indonesian Government is investing in more livestock ships to transport cattle from outer islands to Java in an effort to reduce the price of beef.

The New South Wales Opposition is calling on the Government to launch an immediate investigation into the disposal of two severed legs found at a Newcastle tip.

Victoria's anti-bikie gang taskforce charges a man over an explosion and fire at Kitten's strip club in Melbourne's south east earlier this week.

A Northern Territory Aboriginal Minister has her request to speak her first language, Warlpiri, in Parliament denied after the NT Speaker declared the "language of the assembly is English".

Mounted police will form part of a large-scale search effort surrounding the campsite on the Coorong where two female backpackers were attacked last week.

The administrator of Auburn Council in Sydney's west scraps two major developments that were set to benefit suspended deputy mayor Salim Mehajer.

Tasmanian Treasurer Peter Gutwein is expected to once again assume responsibility for the forestry and mining sectors following the retirement of Paul Harriss.

Psychosis, anxiety and severe depression are just some of the effects of the illicit drug crystal methamphetamine or ice as it's more commonly known. Today in Sydney, mental health experts will come together to look at the latest trends, new treatments and the mental health consequences of ice addiction

The administrator of Auburn Council in Sydney's west scraps two major developments which were set to benefit suspended deputy mayor Salim Mehajer.

Australian Grains Champion has presented a proposal to the CBH board to transition the grain handler from a co-operative to a corporate structure.

A Geraldton doctor accused of killing her husband with a hammer while he slept at their home, may have been in an automated, unconscious state at the time of his death, a court hears.

A mattress on milk-crates acts as a makeshift outdoor bedroom at Arlparra, which the NT Chief Minister admits is one of the most underserviced Aboriginal communities in Australia.

Investigations are underway into how two surgically-removed legs ended up in a pile of rubbish at a Newcastle waste management centre.

Almost $4 million will be spent scoping work to improve one of Western Australia's most lethal country roads.

A Winmalee school teacher who lost everything when a bushfire ripped through his Blue Mountains suburb says he was appalled to hear Endeavour Energy underspent on its maintenance budget.

A senior psychiatrist says he believes the closure of a youth mental health unit in Brisbane would cost lives, an inquiry is told.

The NT Government has granted a sandalwood company a special project status, despite its own warnings there is not enough water for the ambitious expansion plans and similar schemes failed, a leaked document reveals.

Five-time Australian Open winner Karrie Webb is aiming for another title when she competes against 150 of the world's best female golfers in Adelaide on Thursday.

West Australian Premier Colin Barnett seizes on renewed Labor leadership speculation during Question Time in Parliament, mocking state Opposition Leader Mark McGowan's prospects of hanging onto his job.

Thirty-seven gravesite vigils will be held around cemeteries in Victoria on the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, to honour the Vietnam veterans killed.

Opposition MP Ann Leahy could be publicly reprimanded after disclosing secret committee business and misleading Parliament.

New South Wales Premier Mike Baird should consider standing Minister Brad Hazzard aside, amid claims he may have meddled in an anti-corruption inquiry into Crown Prosecutor Margaret Cunneen, the State Opposition says.

Melbourne City star Harry Novillo has been stood down by his A-League club while it reviews an incident in which the Frenchman was handcuffed and escorted from his apartment by police.

A bail application for an 11-year-old boy charged with stabbing a man to death near Esplanade train station is adjourned to allow the judge to learn more about his living arrangements.

An inquiry looking into reparations for members of the Stolen Generations has heard there is an urgent need for a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre in far west New South Wales.

Employees and directors of West Australian government agencies have taken thousands of tickets to sponsored events for private use, a report finds.

Con Hindi and Vince Badalati, the current and previous mayors of Sydney's Hurstville Council, will be pursued over possible misconduct, the New South Wales Government says.