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Five men who allegedly planned to use a boat to travel to Indonesia on their way to the Syrian war are set to face court on Monday.

Kurtley Beale's knee crumbles under him just seconds into the Waratahs' win over the Bulls.

Sam Lloyd says he has fulfilled a childhood dream by kicking Richmond's match-winning goal after the siren against Sydney.

The Melbourne Storm prove they are still among the NRL's elite teams with a 15-14 win over the premiers, leaving Johnathan Thurston is unhappy with "scared" referees.

Proposed national tree clearing laws could be a tough sell to farmers.

Environmental groups criticise the grants handed out by the federal and state governments, amid concerns they will fast-track changes to environmental planning.

A successful horticultural operation on indigenous land is having trouble finding workers.

A winemaking dynasty continues as a sixth generation follows tradition.

The Northern Territory Government is confident the Darwin Festival will go ahead, despite the event requesting a funding injection of almost $350,000 because of a deficit last year.

Police charge a man three months after a fatal crash which saw a four-wheel-drive collide head-on with a station wagon.

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says the quality of hospital medical services for pregnant women in asylum seeker detention on Nauru is adequate after a woman and her newborn baby were airlifted to Brisbane this week.

Outback graziers say this year's Queensland Sheep Show held in the state's central west represented a turning point for the sheep and wool industry.

Not for the first time this season, the Penrith Panthers chanced their arm and came up trumps, beating the Warriors 30-18.

North Melbourne completes a 14-point win over a spirited Essendon, but is left with concerns for Mason Wood who was knocked out after a sickening blow to the head.

A group of pianists gather to repeat a piece of music for over five hours, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of composer Erik Satie.

Blankets, food and thousands of dollars are donated to the Salvation Army by Canberra's motorcycle riders as part of an annual push to offer warmth to those in need.

A Darwin mother becomes the first woman to take out the annual triathlon held in Kakadu National Park.

The father of one of the victims of the MH17 disaster hugs the Prime Minister and urges him not to forget those killed in the attack over Ukraine.

Tasmanian health authorities warn of a potential measles outbreak, with the state recording its first case in two years.

It takes innovation and hard work to find a job in Adelaide's northern suburbsan area with one of the highest youth unemployment rates in the country.

Support groups are demanding the owner of Tasmania's two casinos do more to help problem gamblers addicted to poker machines.

Labor's federal election campaign is again dogged by the asylum seeker issue, with a lone protestor heckling the Opposition Leader during an event in Brisbane.

A motion of no confidence in Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi would not mean she would be legally forced to stand aside, the chief executive of the City of Perth advises councillors.

A man who sparked a major search in northern Tasmania after making mysterious distress calls from a dead man's phone is found safe and well.

A 33-year-old man in Canberra is arrested and remanded in custody for failing to comply with a domestic violence protection order.

Gold Coast horse trainers threaten to move interstate due to dwindling prize money and uncertainty in the industry.

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One of Adelaide's strongest advocates for a local submarine build announces his resignation from South Australia's Defence Teaming Centre.

Geelong coach Chris Scott pays tribute to Patrick Dangerfield for an influential display in a win against his former AFL club Adelaide on Friday night.

A Melbourne widow wins what she describes as an unprecedented payout after an 18-month investigation concluded work was a "major contributing factor" in husband's suicide.

Radiographers at Adelaide's Flinders Medical Centre launch industrial action over what they say are unsustainable workload demands.

The bodies of a man and a woman are discovered at a house at Bulleen, in Melbourne's north-east.

An Adelaide mayor says councillors preselected to contest the federal election should be stripped of local government allowances worth up to $400 a week.

Two people are dead and two others are hospitalised after a ute hits a power pole at Peats Ridge late on Friday night.

Western Australia's peak body for parents of public students says expanding two high schools in the western suburbs won't be enough to deal with population growth, after it was revealed plans for a new facility have been pushed back by almost a decade.

Federal Labor's promise to clamp down on tree clearing is creating a backlash in Queensland farming communities, putting the Opposition on a collision course with rural electorates, as the party pledges to take over the reigns on the issue.

A Sydney pharmacist is charged after CCTV footage allegedly shows him pouring phenergan into his co-worker's coffees.

Imagine a job where each day you could have to listen to someone being born, or to somebody dying. The ABC's Kathy McLeish spends the day inside the Queensland Ambulance Service operations centre.

Families SA missed its best chance to investigate paedophile Shannon McCoole, a royal commission is told in closing submissions.

A Tasmanian doctor under investigation over the handling of pain medication is cleared of any wrongdoing.

South Australia's peak cycling organisation Bike SA says changes to cycle rules should run their 12-month introductory period before any changes are considered.

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