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Senator Nigel Scullion says NLC head Joe Morrison called for his resignation because he is "cranky" about a submission he made.

An Australian man accused of possessing and making child pornography after he was caught allegedly filming a boy in a public toilet in Canada is released on bail.

Kangaroo tracking will begin on the New South Wales north coast in the next fortnight, as part of a wider Coffs Harbour Kangaroo Management Plan being overseen by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.

Dean Nalder says the cost of the rail service is not justified, but Deputy Nationals Leader Mia Davies says she will argue for the trial service to remain in place.

A temporary Royal Hobart Hospital building plagued by mould and asbestos problems is not expected to be fit for patients for at least another three months.

A Tasmanian couple successfully sues the insurance giant for failing to pay them after it accused them of burning down their own home.

A toddler is flown to a Sydney children's hospital after being hit by a reversing station wagon in central-western New South Wales.

Fair Work Building and Construction drops a case against a CFMEU organiser in Western Australia after admitting they had the wrong man.

Rescue Helicopter workers have expressed grave concerns about the new helibase site in northern NSW. Regular thick fog in the area means there will almost certainly be occasions when the helicopter will not be able to take off.

A new exhibition combines art and illness by exploring the meaning of the word "patient", hoping to create space for discussion on difficult topics.

The WA Government rules out a return to drum lines off the state's beaches but will continue to hunt and trap sharks it believes are a threat to swimmers.

A teenage boy is in a serious condition after crashing his trail bike during a police pursuit in western Sydney.

An Army veteran who allegedly assaulted RSPCA officials after he broke into the animal shelter and reclaimed his dog is committed to stand trial in the ACT Supreme Court.

Four great white sharks are caught using "smart" drum-line technology on the far north coast of New South Wales, with all the animals tagged and released.

A New South Wales government department says it is working with traditional owners to return Australia's oldest known human remains to the Willandra World Heritage Area by November 2017.

A former aged care centre owned by Broken Hill City Council in far west New South Wales has failed to sell at auction, with no bids for a starting price of $1.5 million.

Families SA is under pressure to outline dealings the agency had with a mother and her two children before they were killed at Hillier in Adelaide this week.

Two armed men wearing white masks and hooded protective suits are caught on camera robbing a store in southern Tasmania.

Corrections Minister Shane Rattenbury announces terms of reference for an independent inquiry into the death of an Indigenous inmate at Canberra's jail.

Hundreds of large windows at the new $1.2 billion Perth Stadium will have to be replaced because they are the wrong colour.

A woman who likely sneezed before losing control of her car and colliding with an oncoming vehicle is spared jail over the fatal crash.

The elderly and the young are making unlikely roommates in order to get around housing affordability and care issues.

Goat meat prices smash records as supply tightens for export market.

The Australian Livestock Exporters Council has confirmed Japan has temporarily suspended live cattle imports from Australia following a positive muscle wasting Bovine Johne's Disease test.

A program to control wild dogs and foxes is achieving results on the lower mid north coast.

The Australian arm of US coal giant Peabody Energy made a nearly $3 billion loss last year and warns it could be drawn into the bankruptcy woes of its US parent.

A 50-year-old man dies in hospital a day after being assaulted near a fast food restaurant north of Brisbane.

The State Emergency Service warns North Coast and Mid North Coast residents to prepare for severe weather over the weekend.

A feral buffalo has been shot and killed by a local teacher after running amok in a tiny Indigenous community east of Katherine in the Northern Territory.

The national president of the Vietnam Veterans Association slams the Federal Coalition's political references to war as "tasteless in the extreme".

A mother is charged over the death of her daughter in the New South Wales Hunter Valley last year.

The father of a Melbourne teenager whose body was found in an abandoned mineshaft had to be physically restrained as he yelled abuse at one of his son's alleged killers in court.

North Melbourne are set to keep Tasmania as their home away from home, with the Kangaroos to continue to play games in Hobart for another five years.

New Uniting Church leader Sharon Hollis says the experience of losing her husband to suicide has made her more compassionate and understanding of human suffering.

Friday Zico spent the first 10 years of his life living in refugee campsnow he is being courted by football clubs in Europe and the United States.

A soldier's jail term is increased over a one-punch attack in an Adelaide street following an appeal by the DPP.

A 35-year-old Perth man accused of abusing three young children, including his own son and daughter, is granted bail with strict conditions.

Locals in the outback town of Alice Springs wake to a flowing Todd River today take to social media to share the joy.

Heritage advocates in Bathurst say they have received a good hearing from council over concerns about a proposed apartment complex at an historic site in the city's centre.

The New South Wales coroner slashes the remaining list of 40 witnesses at the Sydney siege inquest to just 17, despite objections from the victims' families.

Football is among the top five reasons Aboriginal people in remote areas will travel great distances, despite significant mobility barriers, a study finds.

The New South Wales coroner slashes the remaining list of 40 witnesses at the Sydney siege inquest to just 17, despite objections from the victims' families.

Sydney investment banker Oliver Curtis is found guilty of conspiring to commit insider trading on 45 separate occasions.

Seventy young footballers receive donated football boots, the first pair of shoes many of them have had.

Data released by Rural Bank shows farm land values in Victoria dropped by 2 per cent last year, but still rising over the long term.

Family and friends of an elderly man who was murdered in his Adelaide home tell of their heartache as the man convicted of the crime continues to deny he is responsible.

Locals in a town along the popular Great Ocean Road want speeding motorists to slow down.

Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion has been a failure and should be replaced if the Coalition are re-elected, the peak body for Top End traditional owners says.

St John Ambulance takes over Apollo Health, with plans to turn its medical centres into urgent care facilities to reduce pressure on the state's emergency departments.

Grain growers across Australia are being urged to be vigilant for yellow spot leaf disease in their wheat crops to help protect their industry from a potentially more damaging strain of the disease.