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I remain totally convinced that this current Queensland team is past its best and nowhere near as formidable as we've witnessed in previous seasons.

The man who led Rio Tinto's fight against an inquiry into falling iron ore prices has been deposed as the head of its giant iron ore business. 

Property mogul ordered to pay back-rates.

Unlike his NSW rival Laurie Daley, Queensland coach Kevin Walters will not seek a meeting with NRL referees boss Tony Archer before Origin II.

The new manager of a remote Northern Territory pub has thumbed his nose at backpacker labour, instead recruiting his entire staff from one South Australian town.

Adelaide residents will get a brief respite from the wet weather today before another cold front sweeps into the city tomorrow with the possibility of light snow at Mount Lofty.

Police investigate a second carjacking in as many days in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern.

Candidates continue to target delay-plagued section of motorway.

A jaguar featured at an Olympic torch ceremony was shot dead by a soldier shortly after the event in the Brazilian Amazon city of Manaus as the animal escaped from its handlers, an army statement said.

Democratic White House hopeful Hillary Clinton on Tuesday called her Republican rival Donald Trump a potential disaster for the economy, saying the "the king of debt" would cause a "Trump recession."

Local shares are poised to follow global equities higher as investors keep one eye on this week's Brexit vote.

Wallabies No.8 Ben McCalman will miss the third test against England in Sydney this weekend after being sidelined for up to six weeks with a fractured scapula.

The Greens will today call for a blanket 20 per cent "sugar tax" on soft drinks to tackle obesity, a measure estimated to collect $500 million a year.

The series isn't dead yet but according to popular opinion it may as well be. The Blues coach cannot believe how NSW has given up on his side.

The last time anyone looked inside the holiest site in Christendom, the science of archaeology did not exist.

They grew up together and were part of the same group of mates at school. But a dispute over money left one of the men dead and the other charged with his murder.

Despite claims to the contrary from his manager, Parramatta winger Semi Radradra says he has not decided if he'll remain with the beleaguered NRL club.

A two-month-old baby dies and two people are seriously injured after a crash between a truck and a car at Wynyard.

Opposition and crossbench members of South Australia's Upper House describe the Government's plan to reduce its power as "rubbish" and an attack on democracy.

The Australian Navy's newest and largest shipHMAS Adelaidewill visit its namesake city for the first time today when it docks at Outer Harbor.

New South Wales has lucked into a team that should frighten Queensland in State Of Origin II, but will it be enough to tie the series at Lang Park?

China's southern city of Yulin is gearing up for its upcoming dog meat festival despite widespread opposition from activists calling for an end to the slaughter and eating of the animals.

Thousands of dogs are expected to be killed over 10 days.

Oil dropped from the highest close in more than a week as markets awaited US stockpile data.

A "small-to-medium"-sized Federal Government agency will be moved to Gungahlin, if the Coalition wins the federal election.

Poll also found that 18 per cent of respondents could envision themselves torturing someone.

If characters are the new movie stars, then the franchise is the new coin of the Hollywood realm. Movie studios live or die by how many franchises — connected universes, sequel factories, spin-off machines — they have in their stable.

British Prime Minister David Cameron was only minutes into a final push to persuade his country to stay in the European Union this week when he invoked the e-word: experts.

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Billionaire currency trader George Soros believes a British vote to leave the European Union could severely damage living standards and trigger a plunge in the British pound bigger than on Black Wednesday nearly 24 years ago.

The euro dropped v the greenback after Mario Draghi reiterated his willingness to boost inflation.

The Kenbi hand-back made yesterday the best day of the election campaign so farreal people showing real emotion after fighting for something that really mattered.

For the past few months, metropolitan Sydney has been engaged in a healthy debate about whether the pace and scale of development are eroding Sydneysiders' quality of life.

Richmond will boycott Triple M Radio this weekend in the wake of Eddie McGuire's joke about drowning senior Fairfax football journalist Caroline Wilson.

After an initial burst of fire between Omar Mateen and a security guard at the Pulse nightclub, a group of five to six police officers broke into the club. Then they were told to wait.

Polish prosecutors said on Tuesday they would re-open the coffins of all victims of a 2010 presidential jet crash to examine the remains.

Protesters burned buses and barricaded roads in South Africa's capital on Tuesday in an escalating dispute over the ruling party's mayoral candidate.

Germany's coalition government has agreed to ban fracking for shale gas after years of fractious talks over the issue, but environmental groups said the ban did not go far enough.

ASIC chair Greg Medcraft is not accepting the excuse boards are 'hands off' and not responsible for wayward cultures.

A four-year-old girl is among the six Australians who have been flown from Vanuatu to Brisbane after a bus crash, as an investigation begins to determine what caused the accident that claimed the lives of three locals.

Los Angeles: A US federal grand jury has indicted Australian rugby player and IVF geneticist Michael Quinn on charges of attempted child sex trafficking and travelling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct.

Any competitor from Russia or Kenya wishing to take part in the Rio Olympics will need to be individually evaluated and declared eligible by their sport's international federation, Olympic chief Thomas Bach said on Tuesday.

The West Australian Government faces criticism from its own backbench for being too secretive and hiding behind commercial confidentiality as a reason to avoid providing information.

Manchester United fans will have a chance to forget the miserable present and relive former glory in Sydney

The impact of new stamp duty surcharges in NSW is already having an effect.

Police believe a red-hatted, bearded burglar is on a crime spree through Melborne's northern suburbs.

A 26-year-old Doncaster man has been charged with stalking and sexually assaulting a woman aged in her 60s.

The first injured Australians from a fatal bus crash in Vanuatu have landed in Brisbane.

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