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The Blue Mountains Mayor says not enough is being done to address mental health issues in the wake of bushfires two years ago.

Two men and a teenage boy have been arrested over the knife-point robbery of another man in Adelaide's CBD.

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Child abuse survivors from Ballarat call on the Prime Minister to commit to a redress package after returning from Rome where Cardinal George Pell gave evidence to the child abuse royal commission.

Mount Isa police have charged a second boy after an eight-year-old suffered burns to a third of his body after being splashed with petrol.

Weather models predicting an April autumn break for south east Australia.

More than a dozen people are evacuated after a fire breaks out at a construction site in Sydney's south west.

Thousands of flying foxes settle in the Northern Territory town of Katherine, proving a challenge for Parks and Wildlife rangers to remove.

A prominent Sydney music school allowed a piano teacher to continue giving lessons to children even after he was charged with child sex offences, the royal commission hears.

Two men who are alleged to be the ringleaders of a hoon driving group, are arrested in Melbourne's south-eastern and north-western suburbs.

A motorcyclist from New South Wales who travelled with her husband to Tasmania for a meeting of the Ulysses Club dies in a crash outside Launceston.

A disagreement with an inmate who barricaded himself, along with his cellmate, in a cell at Port Augusta Prison in South Australia ends peacefully.

The rural property market turns a corner from the lows of 201314, according to an annual review.

Victorian authorities looking for help with an unnamed mystery calf disease that's affecting dairy herds.

Optus approached Foxtel about using its distribution to screen English Premier League games for the lucrative pubs and clubs market.

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At Drouin West Primary School, students attend regular classes such as English and maths, but since the start of Term One, they're learning emotional intelligence as well.

Annette Edmondson was just happy to be competing in London after a car crash just two weeks ago.

Low-flying, fast-moving planes performing stunts over the city as part of the V8 Supercar event are dangerous and should be stopped, Adelaide's Parklands Preservation Association warns.

Driver clipped car causing a crash that injured motorist, police say.

​Rookie playmaker Cody Walker is set to steer South Sydney through the next few rounds of the NRL after Adam Reynolds suffered a jaw injury in Sunday's crushing 42-10 win over Sydney Roosters.

Witnesses persuade man to drop knife after argument in car.

There's a new burger bar on every corner but is there enough business for them all?

David Warner and Glenn Maxwell have produced Australia's highest ever Twenty20 partnership, steering their side to a dramatic five-wicket win over South Africa.

Mitt Romney isn't trying to steal the Republican presidential nomination from the four remaining candidates. He has made that much clear.

A man is partially blinded after his neighbour allegedly pours liquid chlorine over his fence in Sydney's east.

The National Disability Insurance Scheme will spark a multi-billion dollar jobs boom in Victoria by helping thousands of people with disability to find work, and thousands of carers to return to the workforce, new analysis suggests.

Berlin: German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel has branded leading U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump a threat to peace and prosperity while Chancellor Angela Merkel said it had always been a pleasure to work with Democrat Hillary Clinton.

Local shares are poised to open higher after global markets rallied on the latest US jobs market report.

Numbers down as Sydney autumn auction season arrives and tax debate intensifies.

A man has been charged after he allegedly threw liquid chlorine in the face of his neighbour who was playing in the backyard of his North Bondi home with his child, police say.

Euthanasia advocates are searching for a dying Canberran to contest laws in the supreme court.

Ten-man Liverpool pulled off a dramatic 2-1 win at Crystal Palace on Sunday while West Bromwich Albion scored their first home league win over Manchester United in 32 years to dent the visitors' last-four push.

Rift between Australia's tennis superbrats amplified by series of Twitter posts from player accused of faking his illness to avoid Davis Cup duty.

A man will face court today after being charged with murder following the discovery of a body in a motel room in the Melbourne suburb of Kingsbury.

Tragedy has struck the equestrian community following the death of 17-year-old Olivia Inglis, who died when her horse tripped during a competition.

A police sergeant killed in a Hunter Valley crash while on his way to assist colleagues is remembered by Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione as one of the force's finest.

Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning is expected to announce his retirement from the NFL at a news conference in Denver on Monday, bringing an end to a glittering career.

Many people have been left with red faces. Let's hope they all learn their lesson.

New businesses are popping up in Canberra all the time but how many of them are owned by women?

Nancy Reagan, the former US first lady who was fiercely protective of her husband Ronald Reagan, has died at the age of 94.

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Tony Abbott has ignored repeated peace offerings by senior colleagues since his downfall as leader, a new book reveals.

Laura is young, smart and successful. But there's one thing costing her sleep at night.

Bronwyn Bishop was instructed by Tony Abbott's office not to apologise for the $5000 helicopter ride that cost the former speaker her job, a new book reveals.

The man who found a wing fragment of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that disappeared nearly two years ago on a beach in the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion has found more mysterious debris.

The dollar continued its charge higher at the weekend, hitting a fresh eight-month peak just as the economy was banking on the benefits of the currency's marked decline in 2015.

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It's many years passed since Martin Bryant first traumatised our TV screens on a Sunday night, but 20 years and more than a thousand Sunday nights later, we were invited to ponder the man again.

Barrier Reef coral scientist Dr John 'Chalie' Veron has been diving on the Great Barrier Reef for 45 years.