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The Australian cattle industry has raised over $60,000 for a centre to train school teachers of disabled children.

Philadelphia coach Brett Brown says Ben Simmons' shooting weakness can be fixed, just as Kawhi Leonard and LeBron James overcame their struggles.

A man will face court today after being charged over the sexual assault of a woman outside a Parramatta nightclub 20 years ago which left her with a brain injury and multiple facial fractures.

South Australian MP Robert Brokenshire says he will continue to push for the state's time zone to change, despite opposition from the major parties.

The Federal Government's decision to commit $3.5 billion to Sydney's WestConnex project will be investigated by the Auditor-General after a request from Opposition infrastructure spokesman Anthony Albanese.

Electricity utility SA Power Networks hopes it can prevent a $3 million network upgrade by removing some customers from the grid.

Five men who allegedly planned to travel by boat to Indonesia so they could join Islamic State in Syria have been extradited under tight security from Cairns to Victoria this morning.

Champion New South Wales half-back Peter Sterling says Blues captain Paul Gallen should be dropped for the State of Origin series opener in two weeks.

A Melbourne research team discovers how to turn human ashes into plant food, giving another burial option for Australians wanting to live on as trees.

Sydney FC take a sizeable step towards a maiden Asian Champions League quarter-final berth after securing a 1-1 draw with Shandong Luneng in China.

A five-week-old kitten nicknamed "Honda" is safely back with its mother after being stuck behind a car grille for 12 hours and freed after the driver travelled through Melbourne.

A five-week-old kitten nicknamed "Honda" is safely back with its mother after being stuck behind a car grille for 12 hours and freed after the driver travelled through Melbourne.

The WA Government is set to reveal more details of its plans for taxi industry deregulation, with legislation to be introduced to State Parliament.

There is growing speculation Shree Minerals is planning to abandon the Nelson Bay River iron ore mine, which has not operated for nearly two years due to low commodity prices.

The former Barnett Government minister turned independent MP claims an attempt to stop the preselection of a Liberal candidate in his seat of Hillarys is partly driven by bigotry and anti-Semitism.

The University of Melbourne takes the extraordinary step of opening up jobs to female applicants only in an attempt to a drive change in the male-dominated area of mathematic academia.

Sworn statements show senior staff at Sydney's high-profile Northside Clinic were warned about the "inappropriate" and "dangerous" behaviour of its star psychiatrist years before he was stood aside.

A search for a man who may have been living on a 26-foot yacht is called off after the vessel was found adrift at Port Stephens on the NSW mid-north coast.

Mothers with full-time jobs are earning as little as $5 an hour after paying tax and childcare costs, and in some cases are financially "going backwards", a study finds.

The Australian Electoral Commission mails private information of voters to the wrong addresses, in a series of privacy breaches that raises questions about the security of voter details on the electoral roll.

Despite 12,000 extra places being offered for Syrian refugees as part of the Federal Government's additional humanitarian intake, only 300 have been resettled since last September.

Robert William Barry, aged 54 from Gosnells, appears in court charged with a spate of sex attacks on teenage girls in Perth and Albany in the early 1990s.

The Victorian Government is adamant it will not revive Melbourne's East West Link, even though its own infrastructure advisers listed the road project in a discussion paper for a 30-year blueprint.

Locals in the Murraylands and Mallee are struggling with non-existent phone reception and want it fixed immediately.

Firefighters, police and paramedics from central Queensland are tested during a mock plane crash at the Rockhampton airport.

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A Melbourne Uber driver has won an appeal against a $900 fine in a test case which effectively legalises the service in Victoria.

South Australian dairy farmer Richard Storch describes his situation as the perfect storm.

The man responsible for producing some of the best shows on TV, including The Flying Doctors and Rush, dies after a long illness.

More than 100,000 grey-headed flying foxes have descended on the community of Batemans Bay, with three levels of government joining forces to deal with the issue.

A small walking, talking tour guide robot named Aggie is unveiled as the latest strategy to draw in visitors to the Art Gallery of Western Australia.

The ways in which rural families manage when one parent is diagnosed with cancer is the focus of a psychology honours thesis.

The Victorian university expels 13 undergraduate engineering students after an investigation finds they paid a third party to complete assignments.

No supervision conditions could protect children from a high-risk paedophile if he was released into the Adelaide community, the Director of Public Prosecutions warns.

A landmark judgement overturning Henry Keogh's murder conviction in South Australia shows a need to set up a national body to review cases, two legal experts say.

A South Australian family says the Government's inaction on medicinal marijuana has forced them to choose between their home and their health.

Cat owners are more concerned about the welfare of their pet than the risk they pose to wildlife when roaming freely, an international study finds.

The NSW Health Minister insists she is being kept in the loop about the latest outbreak of legionnaires' disease in Sydney, despite admitting she found out an infected patient had died from a news report.

Bundaberg is seeing a growing number of retail businesses embrace the alternative business models of home-based, online or pop-up stores.

A Sydney man accused of trying to buy a gun in order to carry out a terrorist attack first came to the attention of police after a tip-off to the National Security Hotline last year.

The WA egg producer behind a host of popular brands including Swan Valley Egg Co and Eggs by Ellah is found guilty of falsely claiming free-range status.

This weekend more than 60 Mount Isa women lined up to play rugby league in North Queensland's first all-female exhibition match, and as the fastest growing sport in Queensland, locals were not surprised.

Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi accuses the Labor Party of being responsible for turmoil in the city council, after Opposition Leader Mark McGowan calls for the entire council to be sacked.

An investment banker who allegedly conspired to commit insider trading was "swept up in a fake world" with his former best friend, taking part in dodgy share market deals that earned them up to $20,000 in as little as 10 minutes, the Supreme Court hears.

The Federal Government refuses a request from a $34 billion LNG project to dump $30 million worth of environmental programs that the company promised to complete in the NT.

A Vietnamese family's life during wartime, and their dangerous journey to freedom.

Thousands of students in years 11 and 12 study psychology, reflecting a change in the way the subject is taught and perceived.

A flock of friendly seagulls joins a Gold Coast retiree on her daily beach walk and it turns her into an unusual tourist attraction.

A lack of forward bookings and fewer corporate travellers pushes the Whyalla Foreshore Motel into liquidation, with the loss of 22 jobs.

The News Corp national political editor is disqualified from driving for seven months and fined $1,000 after being caught drink-driving.