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Wallabies coach Michael Cheika's dissatisfaction over officiating in his team's 3-0 series defeat by England hits overdrive after the referee fails to intervene when the ball hits an overhead camera wire.

A 21-year-old Victorian man is located by search and rescue teams after activating an emergency beacon on the Overland Track in Tasmania overnight.

Local farmer, Peter Gil, speaks to Rod Quinn about the town with Australia's biggest barbed wire collection.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will focus on stability, economic growth and jobs when he officially launches the Coalition's election campaign today.

In one of the boilovers of the season, St Kilda beats Geelong by three points at Docklands to knock the Cats off the top of the ladder.

England sweeps the three-Test series against Australia, winning the third game 44-40 at the Sydney Football Stadium.

A fight over legislation to allow vast areas of Western Australia for industries other than pastoralism could come to a head this week, if a proposed bill goes to Cabinet.

Brisbane produces an uncharacteristically sloppy display in a 40-14 loss to Canterbury at Sydney's Olympic stadium.

Former Cronulla great and Australian rugby league captain Greg Pierce dies aged 66.

A four-goal haul from Steve Johnson helps GWS claim third spot with a 62-point win over Carlton in Sydney.

James Maloney boots Cronulla to its 11th successive NRL victory with his field goal handing the Sharks a 19-18 golden-point win over the Warriors.

A murder inquiry is launched after the discovery of a man's body at a lookout overlooking a lake in Yellagonga Regional Park, Wanneroo.

The discovery of a man's body in the northern Perth suburb of Wanneroo is being treated as suspicious by police.

Newcastle's Nathan Ross produces one of the most athletic tries in recent memory, but the Knights lose their ninth-straight game, against the Dragons.

Richmond earns its sixth win of the year with 42-point victory over struggling Brisbane, but the Tigers fail to properly put away the Lions at the MCG.

A cattle producer sets up a commercial hay operation in Australia's dry interior.

Dairy farmers anxiously await opening milk prices from the big dairy companies.

A 26-year-old man leads police on a high-speed car chase through Sydney's eastern suburbs after police identify him as the possible perpetrator of an armed sexual assault last week.

More than 100 club members sign a petition calling for the Parramatta Leagues Club, which owns the Eels, to sack all of its directors.

A world-class BMX track being planned for Adelaide's south receives funding commitments of $3.5 million from the State Government and local councils.

When a beloved item breaks, many people struggle with the idea of letting go, but a research program in Canberra is helping people take the leap, with the promise the item will be remade as something new.

Even moderate exercise can help relieve depression and anxiety in cancer patients, new research presented in Adelaide shows.

Police call off the search for a man who went overboard from the Spirit of Tasmania on the advice of medical experts.

Former prime minister Paul Keating comes to the aid of Anthony Albanese, attacking his Greens opponents as "political opportunists ... hiding behind a gum tree".

A man appears in court in Melbourne over a fatal hit-and-run that killed a cyclist, an act police have described as "gutless".

Hundreds of people wrap up in blankets and jackets and shiver their way through the dramatic opening night of Winton's Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival.

A group of Aurukun parents launch an advertising campaign pleading with the state and federal governments to continue with the Cape York Academy.

Scotty has all the qualities farmers value in a sheep dog: loyal, hard-working and steady around stockremarkably steady in fact, given he only has three legs.

Two brothers charged over an armed robbery in Melbourne's west five years ago have been remanded in custody after appearing in court.

Black ice may have been a factor in a car crash that killed two people and injured another at Daylesford, police say.

A prisoner who allegedly escaped from a southern NSW jail is recaptured after calling police and telling them where he was, fearing he could be suffering hypothermia.

Police say an overnight house fire is believed to have been caused by an electrical fault related to a cannabis crop found inside the home.

Anti-nuclear protesters confront SA Premier Jay Weatherill outside a citizens' jury considering a recommendation to build a nuclear dump.

Police recover items of clothing possibly belonging to a man who went overboard from the Spirit of Tasmania ferry.

Residents of Yarloop were not warned of a catastrophic fire until it was upon the town thanks to a series of missteps and omissions, Andrew O'Connor writes.

Catch up with the latest podcast of Saturday Talkback Gardening with Jon Lamb and Ashley Walsh.

The government corporation overseeing the development of Hobart's disused Macquarie Point reveals 74 parties have expressed interest in the site.

A grassroots community program in Perth is using animation and technology to entice young Aboriginal children to learn and share their family's culture and history.

A search is underway for a man who is missing in freezing conditions in Bass Strait after he fell from a ship early Saturday morning.

Partly filmed in Northern Ireland, the cable channel's most-watched show will not suffer due to Britain's decision to leave the European Union.

The British online retailer has been closed for over 24 hours.

Cases of a debilitating disease that results in lesions on sea turtles off north Queensland are rising, with a researcher suspecting a link between the disease and the health of the Great Barrier Reef.

Sam Groth has endured a wretched past eight months or so, as injuries and a related form slump have deflated his ranking from the cusp of the top 50 to 123rd. He has third round Wimbledon points to defend from last year, but also the belief that if he can beat sixth seed Kei Nishikori, it will be here.

Donald Trump held a press conference early on Friday to talk about Brexit and lots of other things from his golf course at Turnberry. It was another classic of the genre

Racing Metro, reduced to 14 men early in the game, produced a remarkable performance to beat Toulon and win the French Top 14 final for the first time in 26 years in front of a record crowd for a club game.

A man is missing feared drowned after falling overboard from the Spirit of Tasmania ferry in the Bass Strait.

The Greens candidate for Brisbane, Kirsten Lovejoy, has hit out at the LNP's Trevor Evans for directing voters to preference anti-gay party Family First in next weekend's federal election.

South-east Queensland is lashed with gale-force winds overnight, cutting power to tens of thousands, as temperatures plummet across the state.

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Leading corporate and political figures have called for a federal anti-corruption agency