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Families of the 12 people killed in the Tasman Bridge disaster hope two new memorials will help bring closure.

Two men know where the Million Dollar Fish are. They reveal where you should be hunting them in the final days of the competition. Millions more for new boat ramps at Shady and Dundee, what its like to be marooned on a rock bar for ten hours and how to cope being towed around underwater by a 28kg Mackerel, while the kids are back on the anchored boat.

New South Wales says it will not be rushing into banning plastic bags, despite pressure from the Opposition and the Greens.

A Flinders Ranges family is given approval to build a multi-million-dollar motel that will help boost local jobs, at a time when South Australia is facing the nation's highest unemployment.

A new type of low-carbon-emission asphalt, made using toner powder from recycled office printers, is being trialled in Canberra's north.

A former soldier who allegedly harassed and threatened an army psychologist, who he blames for his discharge from the army, is granted bail in the ACT Magistrates Court.

The parents of two girls who were abused by a paedophile priest say it was a "big decision" to go to Rome to watch Cardinal George Pell's highly-anticipated royal commission appearance.

A Hunter fishermen is putting pressure on the NSW and Federal Governments to ramp up support for the industry amidst a contamination scandal.

Newcastle Jets coach Scott Miller says the team will need to play an intelligent style of football to beat the Central Coast Mariners in their A League match in Gosford tomorrow.

The Perth Wildcats cruise into the NBL grand final with a stunning 15-point win over the Illawarra Hawks in the third game of their semi-final at Perth Arena.

Emma Alberici speaks with Gordian Fulde and Bernard Keane who have differing views on whether the lockout laws should be retained.

The Brumbies thump the Hurricanes 52-10 to open their Super Rugby campaign in style in Canberra, running in seven tries to one.

A stunning finish from Brendon Santalab earns the Western Sydney Wanderers a 2-1 win over the in-form Perth Glory in Parramatta.

Lateline's Jason Om hits the town in Sydney to find out what effect the lockout laws are having on the night time culture and the businesses that rely on it.

A Northern Territory Supreme Court Justice expresses shock and dismay that a convicted murderer, who assaulted another inmate, was kept for months with people who had not been found guilty of committing a crime.

The WA Nationals are yet to to make a decision on whether they will support the proposed sale of Fremantle Port.

Geiko, commonly known as geisha in other areas of Japan, can only be found in the former historical capital, Kyoto. But their endearing mystery and beauty will be on display in Perth this weekend.

A person reported missing in rough surf at Coolangatta on the Gold Coast is found safe and well.

In a Queensland first, it is hoped drones will help researchers collect data from the key breeding ground of remote Raine Island, where tens of thousands of turtles nest each year.

Western Australia is not facing a recession despite a cataclysmic slump in commodity prices, according to well-known business leader and Macquarie Group state chairman Mark Barnaba.

Authorities in India investigating one of the world's biggest ever financial scams track more than $100 million to Australia and some of the money may have been donated to political parties.

Former Queensland attorney-general Jarrod Bleijie adds to speculation he is considering running for federal politics, by refusing to comment on whether he will nominate for Mal Brough's seat on Monday.

An eagle at the last has taken Denmark's Nicole Broch Larsen to a share of the Masters lead on the Gold Coast.

An Aboriginal boy is detained at an adult inpatient ward for mentally ill people at Royal Darwin Hospital, three weeks after the Territory's first juvenile mental health facility was opened.

Emergency services are searching for a person missing in rough surf at Coolangatta on the Gold Coast.

The Wellington Phoenix improve on their recent poor form to beat fourth-placed Melbourne City 2-1 in their A-League clash in Wellington.

Bright-shirt wearing science guru Dr Karl Kruszelnicki receives an honorary doctorate University of the Sunshine Coast.

After reaching the top of the bodybuilding game in Australia, 'king of the gym' Josh Lenartowicz is on a quest to conquer the globe.

A proposal by a Belgian tycoon to continue manufacturing cars at Holden's factory in Adelaide's north has collapsed, just hours after the company announced production of its Cruze model would be axed along with hundreds of jobs.

Some outlaw motorcycle gang headquarters have been abandoned and the number of gangs meeting in public has dropped since amended laws came into effect in South Australia last August, the police commissioner says.

An Uber driver in Perth has been convicted of indecently assaulting a female passenger.

A couple who travelled across the country to set up an animal sanctuary in far-west New South Wales have found themselves at the centre of a bureaucratic nightmare and facing eviction.

The Victorian Government has been "dragged" close to a deal to privatise the Port of Melbourne, Treasurer Tim Pallas says, after months of political wrangling over the terms of the multi-billion-dollar lease.

Indigenous Elder Doc Reynolds says the jetty is a symbol of the historic policies of segregation.

Police are investigating whether excessive force was used after phone camera footage appears to show a Gold Coast officer striking a 22-year-old man while he is on the ground.

Videotapes from cameras at a nightclub where Sydney man Matthew Leveson was last seen are recovered, a breakthrough his parents hope will shed light on his disappearance.

One of South Australia's most notorious paedophiles, who sexually abused children in state care, tells a royal commission he was trying to be on his best behaviour and wrongly thought he could control his sick fantasies.

A lawyer for Oliver Bridgeman, who left Australia in March last year saying he was doing aid work in Indonesia, says the Government has not spelled out what the teenager did wrong.

The Australian Veterinarian Association supports the decision by the Queensland Government to hold an inquiry into the approval and use of the hendra vaccine.

Dr Donald Howarth says he found charity work in Somalia easier than working at Esperance District Hospital.

Adelaide Crows defender Matthew Jaensch has announced his immediate retirement from the AFL after failing to recover from a knee injury.

A coroner has found the asthma death of a teenager living in squalor could have been avoided had NSW child protection services not missed several chances to help her.

A renowned former Northern Territory cattleman opens his own butcher shop in a bid to have more control over the quality of the end product.

Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi says she is yet to be interviewed by the Department of Local Government as part of its investigation into her failure to declare expenses worth tens of thousands of dollars.

A woman manages to leap from a moving car on the outskirts of Kalgoorlie-Boulder to escape her kidnappers, police in WA's Goldfields say.

Historic daffodils planted by some of Canberra's earliest settlers are dug up and transported to a nursery to be featured in this year's Floriade.

Parramatta City Council vows to "parade in court" the person responsible for dumping a 50-metre trail of asbestos-laden material on a western Sydney street.

The best way to end the working week. This week's panel were Wil Anderson, Rebecca de Unamuno and Tommy Dean with music from Luka Bloom.

A valuable piece of surf life saving equipment stolen earlier this week from the Geraldton Surf Life Saving Club has been found burnt out.

The Northern Land Council expects there will be a significant increase in the number of wild buffalo exported from the Northern Territory this year.