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Three projects in the Busselton region receive budget allocations from the State Government.

The family of 46-year-old Cindy Waldron, who was taken by a crocodile in far north Queensland, has arrived in Cairns as authorities continue to search for her.

Josh Dugan says the successor to his Blues full-back role Matt Moylan has the skills to trouble Queensland on his State of Origin debut.

A special late court sitting in Adelaide hears from a globally renowned DNA expert about forensic evidence collected from the pyjamas of suspected murder victim Louise Bell.

Every kick, run and pass takes on extra significance come Origin time, but one play could decide who draws first blood in 2016.

Last week's fatal shooting in the small Tasmanian town of Cooee prompts a call from an Upper House MP for all officers in the state to have access to Tasers.

Police are calling for help to find three unrelated missing teenage girls, including a heavily pregnant 14-year-old.

Australia's education funding model is so dysfunctional that simply pumping billions of extra dollars into the system will not reverse the ghettoisation of our schools, a new report has found.

Dockers coach Ross Lyon says he won't take it personally if emerging midfield star Lachie Neale decides to leave the club, while also admitting Fremantle erred with some elements of its pre-season conditioning.

Virgin Australia tipped to raise $1 billion to pour more misery on its Kiwi shareholder.

Tony Abbott's former chief of staff Peta Credlin has rubbished claims her old boss wants his job back, labelling deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce's comments "horse s**t".

When it comes to Australians' social media habits, there is one clear winner.

Increases to be announced next week will be "considerably lower" than in the past four years.

The assumptions about the impact dollar per litre milk would have on the dairy sector are proving false, according to an industry study.

But what about the children? If this research is any indication, the kids will be just fine.

Former Aussie tennis bad boy's Twitter tips for success draw a short, sharp response from the sport's newest wild child.

AFC Wimbledon produced perhaps the biggest fairytale of all in a remarkable English season when the fan-owned team from south-west London won promotion to League One, the third tier of English football.

'We have much to learn from the dead', says Lyle Shelton is a blog post.

Winter is coming but at least its not going to be cold as it was last year.

The state government's council amalgamation agenda is set to come under more scrutiny after Strathfield Council elected to push on with its case against the Minister for Local Government, Paul Toole, saying"serious matters"had emerged from documents produced by the NSW government.

Sharron Phillips' Wacol is all so different now, 30 years on.

The Turnbull government is breathing easier after a better trade performance over the March quarter looks set to rescue otherwise pale economic growth figures to be released on Wednesday.

The Golden State Warriors extended their dream season by defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder, 96-88, in game seven of the NBA western conference finals.

Universities are going to come clean on their admissions processes.

Speaker Peter Wellington gives government another reminder.

If attacks happened in Brisbane there would be no debate about culling

A woman has been charged over the decade-old homicide of missing underworld standover man George Templeton.

Laurie Daley and the Blues never saw last year's 52-6 loss in the decider coming – and they insist the memory won't be a factor in this year's series opener on Wednesday nigth

Almost 12 months after the Maroons produced a near-perfect 80 minutes of rugby league to annihiliate the Blues, the players involved are still trying to digest how it all went down.

Queensland will leave it to Cooper Cronk to decide if he is fit enough to play in Origin I, but NSW skipper Paul Gallen is adamant the Maroons are using the halfback as a "pawn" in yet another mind game.

He's been the architect of NSW's misery for the best part of the past decade, who despite leading Queensland to a sixth consecutive series triumph in 2011, described NSW officials as "rats and filth".

Need an Origin tip? Here's who our reporters think will win game one.

ActewAGL boss Michael Costello has slammed Mr Jones' claims as "completely false".

A surfer is in a critical condition in hospital after his leg was severed in a shark attack off the Mandurah coast, south of Perth.

Two Yazidi women have been rescued from Islamic State in Fallujah during an ongoing Iraqi offensive to retake the militant stronghold.

Glenn Rosewall sought advice on running the firm from a psychic and vibrational healer for at least 12 months before its demise.

The sister of Sharron Phillips, who vanished in 1986 after her car ran out of petrol, pleads for a new inquest and points the finger of suspicion at her own father as detectives dig for evidence in a Brisbane industrial estate.

The marginal northern NSW seat of Richmond used to be a conservative stronghold, but now the Greens are a real prospect of winning it.

Breakfast heavyweights Ross and John trump Red Symons, while Neil Mitchell tops Jon Faine.

History shows the team that wins Origin I usually goes on to win the series

Matt Moylan isn't the first footballer in his family to play representative football.

The under-18 championships will start this Saturday with something still very much up for grabs: top spot in the draft.

No one in Canberra in 2016 will be saying no to a pay-rise, especially if they are on the minimum or award wages.

There are times when a government stumble is a gift for Oppositions.

A man has lost his leg and is fighting for his life after a shark attack at Falcon Beach in Mandurah on Tuesday afternoon.

In the past, the only excuse for cancelling the Olympic Games has been a world war.

Dylan Walker is the X-factor NSW coach Laurie Daley hopes can take advantage of the reduced interchanges in Wednesday night's opening Origin encounter.

Widely regarded as one of the best big-wave surfers in the world, Mark Mathews isn't scared by the monsters he rides.

Part battler belt, part blue ribbon stronghold, the newly created seat of Burt in the south-east of Perth is looming as one of the most fascinating battles in the upcoming federal election.

Christian Lealiifano says becoming a father will help him find a balance between his rugby and family life.