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Researchers at the University of the Sunshine Coast have found the sex lives of snails may hold answers for agriculture.

Port Adelaide Football Club's landmark deal with a Shanghai investor may be a stepping stone to other business deals, an expert says, as the popularity of contact sports grows despite the reservations of many Chinese mothers.

A man dies after being gored by a buffalo while unloading stock at Strathalbyn, 60 kilometres south-east of Adelaide.

When Tara and Matt Cousins' son Cameron was delivered stillborn, they were able to use a cold cuddle cot to spend precious moments with him before saying goodbye.

Australia's live cattle export industry is monitoring stock in Vietnam feedlots and abattoirs using CCTV cameras.

A fire that burnt out a church and hall in Geelong early this morning is being treated as suspicious, authorities say.

Child protection changes stemming from a coronial inquest into the death of Adelaide girl Chloe Valentine pass both houses of the SA Parliament, to give authorities new powers to remove children from parents with serious criminal convictions.

Victoria is making an audacious bid to try to snatch the NRL grand final from Sydney with Victoria's Sport Minister set to meet with National Rugby League officials today.

Just days after a rock is thrown at a fire truck racing to a blaze, a Metro bus driver is left shaken after a window is smashed.

Head coach Jacco Verhaeren says Australia's swim team for Rio, led by Cate Campbell and Cameron McEvoy, has proved it is competitive on the international stage after the national titles.

The world's largest independent investigator of sustainable seafood is set to announce its first ever certification of a recreational fisherya popular blue swimmer crab fishery in Western Australia.

The Federal Government will pursue Clive Palmer and his businesses for almost $74 million owed to sacked Queensland Nickel staff, with taxpayers footing the bill as Government payments to workers are brought forward.

Mack Horton joins dual Olympic 1500m freestyle champion Grant Hackett as the only Australian swimmers to break the 14 minute and 40 second barrier in the distance event, while Cate Campbell comes close to breaking women's 50m freestyle world record.

The victim of a suspected homophobic attack at Newtown, in Sydney's inner-west, says New South Wales' lock-out laws have resulted in a spike in anti-social behaviour in the area.

The Eels score a 22-10 win over the Sea Eagles in an NRL game that lived up to its billing as an epic showdown between two long-time rivals.

Sunshine Coast researchers plan to use drones as part of project to measure water depth to better understand and predict coastal behaviour.

The Police Integrity Commission confirms it will investigate alleged racist and sexist comments from police about New South Wales Greens MP Jenny Leong.

Sydney will be host the NRL grand final for 20 years once refurbishments of the Olympic stadium are complete, but it is not yet known where the decider will be played while work is taking place.

The former prime minister intervenes in the tense pre-selection battle in Bronwyn Bishop's electorate of Mackellar, confirming he will endorse a rival of his one-time mentor.

Two men on a stolen moped who snatched a handbag from a teenager are pursued by a motorist who captures the incident on dashcam.

Fecal bacteria found in the water in Perth's $440 million Elizabeth Quay inlet, as a major triathlon swim leg is cancelled.

The Geelong City Council is officially sacked in the wake of a report that laid bare allegations of widespread bullying and dysfunction.

The Geelong City Council has been formally sacked by the Victorian Parliament, and will face fresh elections next year. It comes as Target joins the ever-growing exodus of big business from the region.

The meat and livestock industry welcomes federal funding for more research into technology to make value-based pricing of beef, pork and lamb a reality.

A man who died of hepatitis B while on dialysis at Melbourne's Northern Hospital contracted the highly contagious virus from another patient, an internal Health Department report finds.

Housing trends ignore the rise in single-person households, despite an increase in the number of people living by themselves.

The Federal Government is confident it will have crossbench backing to abolish new changes to minimum pay rates for owner-operator truck drivers, after Victorian Senator John Madigan declared his support.

Falling demand takes the blame for Collie coal industry job losses.

Australian food producers will need to become much better salespeople and storytellers if they want to crack into the Chinese market.

Dozens of protesters march on Western Australia's Parliament House calling for more public housing, following last week's Heirisson Island evictions.

People rallying for the prevention of domestic violence gather in Brisbane's CBD to call for more community action.

A 57-year-old school traffic warden is remanded in custody in Perth after being charged with a series of child sex offences alleged to have taken place over six years.

Part of a major triathlon event at Perth's $440 million Elizabeth Quay has been cancelled following concerns over water quality in the inlet.

Tasmania's biggest power user, Bell Bay Aluminium, tells a Senate inquiry it is preparing for more power rationing if the state's energy crisis worsens.

Target will move its Geelong headquarters to Melbourne, with up to 180 jobs to be cut and hundreds more expected to be moved from the Victorian city.

An Adelaide soldier is sentenced to five months in jail over a one-punch attack, with the victim's father expressing hope it will send a message and deter other such attacks in the community.

Agricultural teachers in Queensland welcome the news that agricultural science will be available as a year 12 subject when the state moves to the national curriculum in 2018.

Sydney's Royal Botanic Garden opens the first production glasshouse in 90 years, with a chocolate tree among its native and exotic plants.

China has been sending mixed signals on what it wants to buy from Australia in recent months.

Investment adviser David Mahon explains how have evolved and the role that Australian exporters will play in the future

As Australia marks the 25th anniversary of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, advocates say the situation is worse than ever.

A man is charged with the murder of Thomas O'Connell, who was found dead in a burnt-out car north of Melbourne earlier this year.

The NSW Government is still paying to truck water to the isolated town of Pooncarie, with a two-week turnaround for water quality testing delaying the use of a new bore.

Residents in a Queensland town say it is premature for a coal company to send letters encouraging them to consider selling their land to a project that is yet to start the approvals process.

Three Indigenous leaders on the frontline of climate change action share their experience of the issues and possible solutions.

The Townsville Crocodiles will not feature in the 2016/17 NBL season after financial pressure forced them to withdraw from the competition.

A mango farmer from Darwin's rural area has won the Northern Territory's 2016 RIRDC Rural Women's Award.

A Newcastle man accused of stabbing his brother in the chest with a steak knife claims he was acting in self-defence.

Police seize $1.26 million in cash during an operation targeting a suspected drug supplier in inner Sydney.

Barnaby Joyce begin his first day as Acting Prime Minister by flying to Lismore to announce funding for a program to help farming co-operatives.