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The public must now endure speculation about the date of the budget as well as constant chatter about an election.

it felt like the queen had re-asserted herself. Her dancers were better, her sets more impressive, her re-interpretation of classics more creative. Everything was polished to within an inch of its life.

Internet service providers tell Tasmanian customers they will secure extra bandwidth by Thursday, after complaints of slow and disrupted internet amid repairs to the Basslink cable.

Modern methods allow the Islamic State to keep up its systematic rape of captives under medieval codes.

Clive Palmer is under pressure to explain his plan for the embattled Townsville nickel refinery and whether hundreds of workers will be able to return to their jobs on Monday.

Luis Garcia has criticised the FFA's referee appointment policy after he was sent off in the Mariners 4-0 loss to Perth.

The little city of Sweetwater, Texas, has 11,000 residents and one very big event each year. It features a pageant, food stands and contests, but the centrepiece is a bloody hunt:

Rescue crews ramp up efforts as the search for 77-year-old Elizabeth O'Pray in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, enters its sixth day.

A violent street fight between two rival gangs in Melbourne shut down parts of the CBD last night, with police forced to use capsicum spray and batons to end the brawl.

Everton's Romelu Lukaku has scored two goals to knock his old side Chelsea out of the FA Cup.

About 200 people were involved in a violent brawl that broke out in Sydney's CBD in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Diego Costa was sent off against Everton in the FA Cup quarter-final after pretending to bite the neck of an opponent.

A critically endangered bird native to King Island in Bass Strait is now on the brink of extinction, according to a new study.

A 24-year-old Queensland man is killed when his motorcycle crashes into a tree Tasmania's Northern Midlands.

A national registration system for social workers will be urged by the South Australian Government in the wake of damning coronial findings after the tragic death of Adelaide girl Chloe Valentine.

Two armed street gangs have stormed Melbourne's CBD, marring Moomba celebrations and sending terrified innocent bystanders running for their lives .

Townsville takes the opening clash of the three-game WNBL grand final series, beating Perth by 16 points.

Millions of documents, dozens of paintings and treasured rolls of parchment are soon to be on the move to a new storage facility.

Donald Trump's ascendance is nothing if not surprising.

Ireland have run in nine tries in a 58-15 rout of Italy to register their first win in this season's Six Nations.

Sunwolves have blow a 31-13 lead to lose by one point to the Cheetahs.

Patients in rural Australia with chronic diseases, such as diabetes, are waiting as long as eight weeks to get an appointment with a GP.

Manchester City fail to gain on Leicester with calamitous goalless draw againstNorwich City.

Eddie Jones has England one win away from first grand slam since 2003.

The Queen's Arms Hotel Publican, Mathew Stringer, joins Rod Quinn to discuss this week's Spot on the Map - Longford, Tasmania.

An Alabama prison was on lockdown on Saturday after a riot in which the warden and a guard were stabbed, the state Corrections Department said.

The producers of the TV show pay Waverley Council an annual fee, while the council makes sure that what viewers see fits with its policies.

Volunteer firefighters have complained after they said they were compared to the bumbling characters portrayed in the TV series Dad's Army by Emergency Services Minister David Elliott.

The husband of murdered mother-of-one Prabha Kumar has cast doubt on the police theory someone in India may have helped organise the killing, claiming his wife had no enemies among her family or friends. 

Boomers guard Adam Gibson welcomes group with Team USA but warns of tough campaign in Rio.

Keith Emerson, a founding member and keyboardist with progressive rock band Emerson, Lake and Palmer, has died at the age of 71 of suspected suicide.

An avalanche killed six skiers in the Italian Alps on Saturday, making it one of the deadliest to hit the area in many years, a fire department spokeswoman said.

The last minute cancellation of a major Chicago rally by Donald Trump on safety grounds, has pivoted the attention from Republican party infighting to the increasingly violent tone at his rallies and the extent to which Trump encourages it.

The terrorist group's promise of power, violence and a sense of belonging is a psychologically seductive package for young men and women looking for a cause.

Do you suppose that sometimes Malcolm Turnbull unleashes the odd primal scream on what the hard right of his party keeps doing to him and all of their electoral chances?

The ex-wife of Hazem El Masri has launched a stinging attack on the NRL, claiming the governing body should have stuck by the Bulldogs legend while he was waiting to clear his name.

Two men have been charged over an attack on a group of women who were celebrating a hen's night in Sydney's CBD.

As the F1 cars arrive in Melbourne, we ratethe field ahead of next Sunday's season-opening Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park

Last summer I went fishing with a friend. I've got an old tinny that's stored in a backyard next to Port Phillip Bay. The boat is not often used.

When big fish are caught in modern sport's anti-doping net, there is cause for comfort. It confirms the anti-doping business is serious. When these big fish are then treated without fear or favour, there's cause for quiet celebration. It's not personal, but it states that sport is serious.

Two men are facing multiple assault charges over an alleged attack in Sydney's CBD, which left three women who were out on a hen's night hospitalised.

The ANZ Bank is repossessing the home of a Melbourne couple despite the financial ombudsman finding bank staff engaged in "maladministration" by pushing one of them into a risky investment loan they could never afford.

Not only is Tom Rockliff confident he will be ready for their AFL season opener. The Brisbane captain is certain his Lions team will finally be ready too.

When you travel to the home of the league leaders who are on a long unbeaten run you know you will have to put it all together if you are to get something out of the game.

Brisbane needs to start sharing the natural love across its suburbs and city for it to truly become a world-leading livable city of the future, a leading QUT environmental engineer says.

Forget My Kitchen Rules. This is far more intense.

Natalie bought a "bargain" stroller online and then waited, and waited. "They took my money straight away and then hid away."

Half of the extra $620,000 promised for environmental protection by the ALP would fund a fifth council officer to coordinate Brisbane volunteer groups caring for the Boondall and Tinchi Tamba Wetlands on Brisbane's north.

Trainer Robbie Griffiths and those close to his stable always knew his high-class sprinter The Quarterback had group 1 potential and at Flemington on Saturday that belief was realised.

An Australian man who has been on the run from the FBI for seven years has been found in Brazil by Fairfax Media - selling goldfish.