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A stranded shark is rescued by a group of good Samaritans after becoming stranded at a popular swimming beach in south-west Victoria.

A teenager dies and his older brother is charged with unlicensed and unregistered driving after a crash near Wagga Wagga, in southern NSW.

A 19-year-old football player remains in a critical condition in hospital after a brawl at a pub in Melbourne's north-east on the weekend following a local match.

Star import Bruno Fornaroli has scored two brilliant goals in Melbourne City's 2-0 elimination final win over Perth Glory.

The ACT Government announced a two year trial of car sharing today with 22 spaces around the city designated for the service.

Lake George on the outskirts of Canberra was once so full it lapped against the highway, but lately the lake has dried up. Curious Canberra answers the question what happened to Lake George?

A teenager dies after an allegedly unlicensed and unregistered driver crashed his car near Wagga Wagga, in southern NSW.

At 45, fitness expert and first-time mother Michelle Bridges wants to tackle the fast food industry in the same way the tobacco industry was tackled 50 years ago.

A man is found stabbed to death in the front yard of a house in the Townsville suburb of Hermit Park.

Jack Ziebell stars for North Melbourne as the Kangaroos go top of the AFL ladder with a 31-point win over Fremantle at Docklands.

In a huge immunisation effort in 150 countries, health teams on Sunday launched what they hoped would be the final push against polio. Stopping transmission of the contagious viral disease that has infected millions is possible within a year, experts say.

Sebastian Vettel and Daniil Kvyat engaged in a verbal spat after Sunday's Chinese Formula One Chinese Grand Prix as the four-time champion blamed the Russian for pushing him into a collision with teammate Kimi Raikkonen.

Bruno Fornaroli's bicycle kick goal captured the imagination of people across the A League on Sunday night.

The only regrettable aspect of the demise of Bronwyn Bishop in the Mackellar preselection is that the number of women in Parliament is further reduced

Undefeated North Melbourne become clear ladder leaders four weeks into the 2016 season.

Traditional land owners have voted in favour of allowing a coal mine to be opened by Adani in Queensland, but some from the Indigenous group have labelled the vote a sham.

The Turnbull government's strong lead has evaporated to nothing as increasingly nervous Coalition MPs gather in Canberra.

A lawyer for the mother-of-three held in a Lebanese jail over the alleged kidnapping of her own children intend to seek her release from jail as early as Monday, despite custody negotiations breaking down with her ex-husband.

Acting umpires boss Luke Ball has admitted St Kilda were on the wrong end of two bad decisions during the closing stages of the Saints' narrow loss to Hawthorn.

A convoy of more than 200 trucks has travelled through Canberra to protest against new minimum pay rates mandated by the Road Safety Renumeration Tribunal (RSRT).

The country's central bank governor calls for flexible monetary policy.

The Star Entertainment Group is in talks to sign a deal with state-owned giant China Travel Service ahead of a potential attack by Crown Resorts on its Queensland casino monopoly.

​"Democracy" said satirist H L Mencken "is the art and science of running the circus cage".So, to prepare myself for Monday's special sitting of Parliament, I went to the circus.

The autumn carnival belonged to champion mare Winx, but its hidden gems were smaller trainers with stars of their own and the emergence of Sam Clipperton into the group 1 riding ranks.

Tributes are being paid to Brisbane-based Indigenous broadcaster Tiga Bayles, who has died of cancer at the age of 62.

Hawthorn's next wave of talent helped the Box Hill Hawks exact some revenge against Williamstown in a grand final rematch, with a hard-fought 15-point win at Burbank Oval on Sunday.

The MSO recreates the welter of mock-patriotic fervour the last night of the Proms engenders each year at London's Royal Albert Hall.

ASX is expected to give up some of the ground made last week.

The first part of the Western Australian Museum redevelopment project opens with a special tribute to internationally renowned conservationist Harry Butler.

Today's column is about to natter about the looming annual Anzac Day eve Canberra Peace Vigil. But surely one of the problems with peace vigils, a sceptic might say (even a leftie, bleeding heart, militarism-deploring sceptic like this columnist) is that they do nothing to thaw the frost in the hearts of truculent, war-like leaders.

Round four votes for the Age Footballer of the Year award for the 2016 premiership season.

Despite the strenuous efforts of some, the gulf between the hope of reconciliation and the reality of mass incarceration of Aboriginal people is growing.

A Cooper Cronk field goal in golden-point extra-time has condemned Jason Taylor's Tigers to a fifth consecutive defeat in a thriller at Leichhardt Oval on Sunday.

Saudi Arabia produces below its capacity so not to 'destroy many markets'.

When the hard-right and the softish left of the NSW Liberal Party decided to pool their local numbers and knock over Bronwyn Bishop in her northern beaches stronghold of Mackellar, the immediate winner was Jason Falinski but the major beneficiary was Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

Nathan Buckley says Collingwood will make judgments on underperforming players after the Magpies slumped further into the mire by losing to Melbourne on Sunday at the MCG.

Melbourne consign Nathan Buckley's team to a one-three start to the season.

A carpenter who worked on the Royal Hobart Hospital redevelopment says builders knew about mould on modules before they were even installed.

Steel production in China rose 3 per cent in March, the first increase since January last year.

A man is fighting for his life in hospital after a vicious knife attack at a home for people with psychiatric, drug and alcohol disorders in Brisbane.

 Malcolm Turnbull remains clear favourite to be returned but there is bad news by the truckload for both leaders.

Bill Shorten is taking a riskier line, announcing controversial policies, and it's working for him.

Voters have reacted savagely to the reality of Malcolm Turnbull as PM.

Former Olympic swimmer Grant Hackett has been questioned by police in Melbourne after an altercation on a flight.

With its turbulent youth and pesky old folks, its brawls and parties and ear­worm lines, Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare's populism at its most brilliant.

Rory Lobb kicks four to emerge as an offensive weapon as the Giants hand Port Adelaide a hiding in Canberra.

Giants coach Leon Cameron declares "AFL footy and the Giants are alive in Canberra" and they're "justifying" their ACT presence.

Melbourne City advances to an A-League semi-final meeting with Adelaide United after Bruno Fornaroli's double spearheaded a 2-0 win over Perth Glory.

Winless Canberra Demons push AFL players in entertaining affair at Queanbeyan.

David Beckham is set to play in an exhibition match between Manchester United and Juventus this year