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A Channel Country property wants to double cattle numbers, following recent rain.

The case of an elderly woman forced to wait several days for surgery on a broken leg is indicative of growing gaps in the public health service, the WA Health Consumers' Council says.

A man is charged with three counts of murder in what police say was a domestic violence incident after they found the bodies of two children and a woman at a house in Adelaide's north.

Fire investigators work to determine the cause of a blaze that gutted a Sydney furniture factory overnight.

AFL club Port Adelaide is lending its support to a youth jobs program in northern Adelaide schools.

A woman feared dead after being taken by a crocodile during a night swim at a beach in far north Queensland was in the region to celebrate her friend's recovery from cancer.

AnAustralian man is charged inCanadawith childpornographyoffencesafter he was allegedly caught filming a boy in a public bathroom.

A forum calls for better integration between Aboriginal communities and the justice system amid an increase in the number of Indigenous people in Canberra's jail.

Federal Labor will announce a plan to reallocate infrastructure funds towards tourism projects in northern Australia, to attract the growing number of Asian tourists.

A man in his 30s is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after being shot in Melbourne's Mitcham.

In Adelaide's northern suburbs the youth unemployment rate is more than 17 per cent. For many people in the region the Holden car manufacturing plant has been a jobs beacon - so its impending closure is set to make thing even tougher. A 10 week program using players from the popular Port Adelaide Football Club is hoping to help turn things around for some students in the area.

High-tech industries springing up across South Australia are making use of the skills developed by many workers in the car industry. But older and less skilled workers still fear long-term unemployment when Holden shuts its operations next year.

Report to be tabled in NSW Parliament recommends specific measures to foster economic development in order to improve Indigenous people's social outcomes.

Ipswich Mayor Paul Pisasale lobbied the former Queensland premier over a $2 billion Coolum property development by a political donor.

The son of migrants from the former Yugoslvia, Labor MP Ed Husic is best known as the first Muslim MP in Parliament but he wants to be much more than that and some believe he could become a future party leader.

Newcastle falls agonisingly short of victory against Parramatta, losing 20-18 before confirming Tariq Sims's departure to St George Illawarra.

Newcastle falls agonisingly short of victory against Parramatta, losing 20-18 before confirming Tariq Sims's departure to St George Illawarra.

Academy Award winner Jodie Foster speaks to 7.30 about women in film and looking back on Taxi Driver.

An elderly man who went missing from Trephina Gorge in Central Australia is found in a good condition despite being bitten by a spider.

Rescue teams search for New South Wales woman Cindy Waldron, who was taken by a crocodile while swimming at a beach in the Daintree National Park last night.

The WestConnex motorway is the biggest infrastructure project in Sydney since the Sydney Harbour Bridge and is one of the most controversial. So how will it be funded, who supports it and what do its critics say?

Indian tycoons Pankaj and Radhika Oswal sue the ANZ Bank and receivers for $1.5 billion over the sale of their Australian fertiliser business, arguing their share of the company was undersold.

A search for two fishermen missing off the West Australian coastal town of Coral Bay winds up for the day and is set to resume on Tuesday

An internal dispute in the Hells Angels bikie gang prompted an arson attack in Adelaide last week, police say.

A Central Coast chiropractor charged over a racist Facebook rant aimed at departing Aboriginal senator Nova Peris is stripped of his Liberal Party membership, despite claiming his account was hacked.

Michelle Payne takes to Twitter as she recovers from pancreatic surgery, but is ignoring her family's calls for her to retire.

The end of a decades-long power subsidy threatens the future of Portland's smelter, putting at risk the Victorian coastal community's economy.

A Tasmanian centre hopes to expand its early intervention autism program to more outlying areas after children in outlying areas showed improvement.

Traditional owner Kathy Mills says she is running out of time to have the Rum Jungle uranium mine rehabilitated.

Josh Dugan is set to miss the first two State of Origin matches with his his elbow injury likely to sideline him for at least a month.

No charges are laid against Queensland Labor MP Rick Williams after a year-long police investigation into his former business activities.

A 90-year-old woman with Alzheimer's has had to wait for more than four days for an operation at Royal Perth Hospital on her broken leg.

The body of Perth man Sean Mitchell is believed to have been found in the Swan River, with police saying his death does not appear to be suspicious.

Family members of Australian man Rye Hunt, who went missing in Brazil nine days ago, say they may hire a private investigator when they reach Rio de Janeiro.

Greg Whiteley's documentary Most Likely To Succeed looks at education in the United States, and Melbourne principal Michael Muscat opened his school to documentary makers.

A 49-year-old Victorian man is jailed for 18 months after travelling to Brisbane to meet a 14-year-old girl for sex.

Residents of Broken Hill in far west New South Wales have voted "overwhelmingly" for a pipeline from the Murray River to secure the city's water supply, according to the region's state MP.

Residents of Broken Hill in far west New South Wales have voted "overwhelmingly" for a pipeline from the Murray River to secure the city's water supply, according to the region's state MP.

Vegetable scraps, meat off-cuts, old bread and other food waste will be used by Sydney Water to power one of its sewage treatment plants at Cronulla.

A volunteer snake catcher in Western Australia's Pilbara is blown away by the size of a python which became stuck in a chicken coop after eating a pheasant at the weekend.

A Melbourne man who pushed student Joshua Hardy from Darwin to the ground during a six-second altercation outside a fast food restaurant in 2014 is found guilty of murder.

Ever woken up from an afternoon nap and felt groggy? If the answer is yes, a sleep expert says you have slept into the "valley of death zone".

More than 100 people lay wreaths in Perth to mark Australia's only USA Memorial Day ceremony, in an effort to remember America's war dead.

Against GWS, Eddie Betts added the latest in a long line of incredible goals to his catalogue. Take a look at a selection of some of his very best.

Denmark farmers takes homes six awards at Gate 2 Plate challenge.

Mobile phone-using Sydney pedestrians will trial traffic lights embedded in the floor following a roll-out in a German city.

The Labor candidate for the seat of Parkes Kate Stewart said her party would not match the Coalition's $25 million commitment to the proposed Dubbo cancer unit.

Bruce Beresford and Sue Milliken talk to CJ about their book There's a Fax From Bruce.

Hawaiian surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack, eliminates world number one Tyler Wright on her way to the Fiji Pro quarter-finals.

A young Mildura leader believes Indigenous youth to embrace their culture and walk together with the broader community towards reconciliation.