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Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi tries to argue that she should not be disciplined for breaching the Local Government Act because she did not mean to do so and had already suffered for her sins.

Sterile male fruit flies are being released into outbreak zones around Adelaide's suburbs to help kill off what remains of the pest.

North Queensland coach Paul Green says he is resigned to losing a premiership player - but who it will be is uncertain.

As Australians come to terms with losing someone to dementia, they then often have to grapple with the complex search for an aged care facility they can trust with their loved one's final years.

Twenty-five teachers and staff are leaving Aurukun after an apparent attack on the principal of Noel Pearson's Cape York Academy school. AM has been told the principal was set upon by a group of 20 teenagers on the weekend, including one brandishing an axe.

The future of what was once the longest jetty in the southern hemisphere is in doubt because of damage it suffered during wild weather

A fragment of the world's oldest known ground-edge axe found in the remote Kimberley region of northern Australia pushes back the technological advance by 10,000 years, coinciding with the arrival of people, scientists say.

The bus carrying Manchester United players to Tuesday's Premier League game at West Ham United was attacked outside the ground by home fans throwing missiles, leading to a delay to the kickoff.

Prosecutors are "carefully considering" a file of evidence relating to allegations of historical sex abuse by Sir Cliff Richard.

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The resurgence in mining shares this year may be just getting started, if Glencore's assessment is right.

Witnesses say the unemployed carpenter, who suffers from psychiatric problems, shouted 'Allahu Akbar' - but investigators say the attack did not appear to be politically motivated.

hina scrambled two fighter jets to shadow a United States navy warship which sailed close to a disputed reef in the South China Sea on Tuesday, a move denounced as "provocative" and "illegal" by Beijing.

Iron ore sagged again, fulfilling widespread expectations that a bust would follow a brief boom as a trading frenzy in China unwound.

London: Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron has made what is arguably his biggest gaffe to date, after being caught on-mic telling the Queen that Nigeria and Afghanistan are "fantastically corrupt" countries. 

A woman is critically injured after falling 20 metres from a walking track in the NSW Blue Mountains.

A woman has been charged with murder following a shooting at Ingleburn in Sydney's south west earlier this year.

A team of "very experienced bribers" paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to a senior public servant to secure lucrative tax-payer funded Sydney Harbour contracts.

Bill Shorten has been hit by an awkward press conference in Queensland.

The post-budget back-and-forth between government and opposition can easily seem vague, with both sides trading soundbites about "growth" and "fairness" that probably leave most voters unmoved.

The big bloke up front scoring the goals tends to get the glory. But much of Lance Franklin's success so far this season can be attributed to having the competition's best midfield behind him.

New research uncovers what they really earn. Expect to be amazed.

How do you squeeze 58 shareholders and corporations into one modest Australian brick unit?

Michelle Guthrie has set about cutting cords to her former corporate life.

As we field election campaign warnings from the Coalition and Labor that the other side will ruin us, let's remember one thing...

Scores of city buildings and Australian properties are owned by corporations registered in Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and other tax havens.

Australian batsman George Bailey is to join Middlesex at the end of next month.

Business community fears the city's construction industry will be distorted by expensive union deals.

Adeel Khan "categorically" denies he is responsible for the explosion and fire in his Rozelle convenience store that killed three people, saying he was robbed and tied up by three armed men.

Education Minister Kate Jones ordered education department staff to be temporarily relocated to Cairns.

Melbourne United has landed the first of several major signings.

Stefan Mauk and Craig Goodwin set be among surprise selections in Socceroos' squad.

The decision to try and offload Nathan Peats instead of Corey Norman may deny the Eels chance to play for competition points on Friday night.

The big reveal for the Golden State Warriors came in parts.

British police issued a renewed appeal in Greece on Tuesday for information on Ben Needham, the toddler who went missing from the Greek island of Kos 25 years ago, asking Greeks whether they might be him.

The kidnapped son of a former Pakistani prime minister has been rescued in Afghanistan, three years after gunmen abducted him in his Pakistani home town.

A 31-year-old woman is charged over the alleged murder of a man in Ingleburn during a siege at a factory unit earlier this year.

In part three of a series on Canberra business duos, Josephine Huynh talks to Camille Young and her daughter Evangelique from dessert designer Pip & Lou.

Senator Chris Ketter talks family, modern life and the lucky country with Bill O'Chee.

Australia is shaping up for its quietest cyclone season on modern record.

Queensland's 77 councils want to know why the government delayed $1.2 billion in natural disaster relief funding in the budget.

Brisbane's LNP lord mayor will break ranks and call for the government to legislate for same-sex marriage.

The attempt to decriminalise abortion in Queensland may come down to numbers, dependent on how many Labor and LNP MPs support the bill based on their conscience votes.

Assuming that the Parramatta Eels are playing for competition points by the time they take on South Sydney on Friday night, I honestly think they can still make a serious challenge for a top-eight spot.

Labor and the Coalition have ruled out forming a coalition government with the Greens in the event of a hung parliament in 2016, with Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten trading blows over preference deals with the evironmental party.

Constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians is back on track for 2017, after the Referendum Council mapped out a plan to give all Australians a voice in shaping the question in coming months.

The Greens are not in Parliament just to make up the numbers. We are not a ginger group trying to force another party to change its position.

The father of Parramatta hooker Nathan Peats has launched a scathing attack on the 'gang of five', declaring "It's not acceptable for them to stuff up people's lives up because they can't add up."

Unions call for better resourcing of the ACT's work safety regulator, rethink on laws.

Students at Garran Primary School are being taught classes in the staffroom and library as the school struggles to cope with capacity enrolment.