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Queensland boss Peter Betros dismisses Samoa's threat to pick Anthony Milford for next month's Pacific Test as wishful thinking.

A report on South Australia's inflated traffic fine system suggests adopting Finland's approach by fining people based on their income.

Decades after their service, these World War II and Vietnam veterans look back and share the advice they would give their younger selves about war.

The move to recall the West Australian Parliament to fill a casual Senate vacancy caused by Joe Bullock's resignation is blasted by some MPs as a waste of time and money.

The Queensland Government will be able to pursue parent companies or executive officers for the costs of cleaning up environmental damage left by irresponsible businesses, under state laws passed early this morning.

A new virus, which put 80 Australian babies in hospital between 2013 and 2014, can cause developmental delays and brain damage, leading doctors find.

Federal independent MP Cathy McGowan refuses to deny she was physically pushed by her political opponent and former Liberal frontbencher Sophie Mirabella at a recent public event.

The possible sale of The Sunday Times newspaper to Kerry Stokes' Seven West Media group in Western Australia moves a step closer to reality, with staff briefed about the possibility.

Former West Australian police minister Gordon Hill defrauded about 80 investors of $3.4 million that was meant to be spent on shares in the failed fuel technology company Firepower, the Supreme Court finds.

A tooth belonging to a five-million-year-old giant killer sperm whale, which was never thought to have existed in Australia, is unveiled at the Melbourne Museum.

A split emerges over who is controlling rugby in the ACT after confusion over the location of the Brumbies board's extraordinary general meeting.

Changes to intervention orders for domestic violence victims is desperately needed by women like Kath, who is still waiting for one, 11 weeks after leaving an abusive relationship.

A new $4.8 million investment in tourism on Tasmania's Bruny Island is met with scepticism from some residents.

Major voting changes are passed in Queensland with Parliament approving four more MPs and a return to compulsory preferential voting.

Pineapple farmers in central Queensland celebrate their best crop since Cyclone Marcia hit the region in February last year.

Coroner warns of the dangers of a species of tree common to Darwin during the inquest into golfer's death from falling branch in 2014.

After years of legal wrangling, Michael Odisho has been convicted of a vicious retribution shooting.

A remotely-piloted unmanned aircraft arrives at the Royal Australian Air Force's base at Amberley, west of Brisbane, as its latest training tool.

A 52-year-old man from North Perth is charged with three counts of sexual penetration of a child under 13 after two children were allegedly lured away from a school holiday care program and assaulted.

The Palaszczuk Government turns the tables on the Opposition by moving to return compulsory preferential voting during a debate on expanding Queensland Parliament.

A farmer fatally shot an environmental officer in northern NSW two years ago because he believed the man "had it in for him", a court hears.

An ACT coroner says he expects an inquest into the death of a man killed at a Canberra aged care home will lead to recommendations aimed at preventing anything like it happening again.

Three people are killed in a spate of serious crashes on the roads around Tasmania today.

A phone call by a man to a Victorian police station on the night he was killed by his neighbour went unanswered, a court hears.

Sean L'Estrange has hit back at criticism from the WA Greens during his first official visit to the Goldfields.

A pilot project to provide financial support to eligible seniors who join sporting clubs or attend physical activity classes is announced by the West Australian Government.

Queensland boxer and Olympian Jeff Horn is ready to fight former world champion Randall Bailey after undergoing throat surgery due to a training accident.

Two prisoners are found not guilty of charges relating to the alleged rape of a fellow inmate during a jail lockdown in Adelaide's north.

The brother of the man charged with murder over the one-punch killing of Patrick Cronin is denied bail after being charged with threatening a witness in the case.

There were failures in the police response to a domestic violence case that ended with the tragic death of a 10-month-old boy in Western Australia's north, a Corruption and Crime Commission report finds.

A project is underway in NSW that has been described as a bit like a 'Noah's Ark' for fish, involving collecting, captive breeding and releasing Macquarie perch into a safe sanctuary in the hope they will survive for the future.

Three people are killed in a spate of serious crashes on the roads around Tasmania today.

Police in the south-west of Western Australia say they have stepped up drug seizures in response to the seasonal harvest of bush cannabis crops.

There would be a no-fly zone for Sydney's second airport at Badgerys Creek under a federal Labor government plan, if the party wins office at this year's election.

Police have charged 152 people, including 42 alleged drug dealers, after raiding 80 houses in Perth's south-east.

The full Australian exhibition from the 2015 Venice Biennale goes on display for the first time at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra.

Moving to the country to save money on housing may not be the attractive proposition it once was, according to figures from Anglicare's annual Rental Affordability Snapshot.

Broome Regional Prison suspends prisoner transfers and visits for two weeks following the discovery of mumps.

Graeme Davis was almost killed in the Battle of Long Tan and has now dedicated his life to supporting other veterans of war.

The NSW Government approves the new M5 for WestConnex, insisting it has listened to community concerns raised in 12,000 submissions it received about the project.

The chair of the Pastoral Lands Board in Western Australia has resigned in protest to proposed changes to the Land Administration Act.

The mother of a Melbourne woman murdered by her estranged partner says her daughter died because Victoria Police failed to take the violence perpetrated against her seriously.

The blueberry industry wants the Federal Government to reduce the proposed backpacker tax to 19 per cent.

Time is not the great healer for many Vietnam veterans and for Bendigo's John Young, the memories of nearly 50 years ago are still vivid.

The former Sydney Swans star tells a conference of young Aboriginal people that he is not immune to racism's effects, those who attended the event say.

The Adelaide community must have a say on plans for the future of the Daw Park Repatriation General Hospital, South Australia's Opposition says.

Charter buses, limousines and hotel transport vehicles may all be illegal in Queensland as an unintended consequence of ride-sharing laws passed in State Parliament.

Wildlife officers in southern Queensland are setting traps for two crocodiles, one of them at least 4.5 metres long, sighted unusually far south in the Mary River near Maryborough.

A two-year-old and a seven-year-old are in induced comas after a collision between a car and a train at a level crossing on the New South Wales mid north coast.

Professor Roly Sussex talks furphies and other words with a military origin.