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Staff at a police impound yard in Melbourne's north escape injury after the building was sprayed with bullets.

A suspected fire bomb attack is carried out on a four-wheel-drive vehicle parked outside a mosque at an Islamic College in the Perth's south-east.

AFL Victoria investigates allegations that Indigenous players were racially vilified during a country football match.

The Victorian Government is urged to introduce new laws recognising PTSD as an occupational illness for all of the state's emergency service workers.

Adelaide City Council approves the removal of 54 trees along Montefiore Road to make way for a $9 million redevelopment of Adelaide Oval.

A man loses an arm after falling in front of a train and becoming trapped under the carriage at Warwick Farm in Sydney's south-west.

Staff escape injury after several shots are fired at a police impound yard at Preston in Melbourne's north.

Tasmanian rail operator TasRail says it could be another month before the flood-damaged Western freight line can be re-opened.

The Greens are urging the State Government to compensate Mandogalup residents concerned about decrease in land values if the proposed Kwinana buffer goes ahead.

The WA environment minister says despite failing to reach targets for years, the state has "a very good chance" of completing its annual prescribed burn program.

Kieran Foran is stripped of the club captaincy by the Parramatta Eels and reportedly issued a breach notice for failing to fulfil his NRL club duties.

There could be a link between elevated levels of nitrates in the drinking water and kidney disease, a West Australian regional doctor says.

A Senate candidate for the Australian Anti-Paedophile Party convicted of being an accessory after the fact to two murders at a massage parlour prompts a group of voters to complain to the Australian Electoral Commission.

Information revealed in State Parliament contradicts West Australian Premier Colin Barnett's assertion that the Government has no plans to introduce new gaming machines into TAB outlets.

Poker machines and penalty rates were hot topics for candidates in the Tasmanian seat of Denison during a pre-poll debate.

A female patient of an allegedly fake Melbourne gynaecologist was warned he was "not all he seems", a court hears.

The family of Lindt Cafe victim Katrina Dawson and hostage survivor Louisa Hope are shown an accurate 3D recreation of the crime scene at the inquest into the deadly siege.

Lake Macquarie hopes to attract more than $1 billion in investment by becoming part of the Federal Government's Smart Cities Plan.

The father of a man who died after being prescribed a powerful drug at Fiona Stanley Hospital raises concerns about evidence given at the inquest into his death.

Farmers turn to natural fertilisers to boost productivity and help protect the Great Barrier Reef, but say more Commonwealth funding is needed.

Lawyers for a man charged with trafficking millions of dollars worth of the drug ice argue there is not enough evidence to convict him.

A mother whose baby who died after an unsupervised home birth was at "high risk", a doctor tells a coronial inquest in Lismore.

Research looks at changing the feeding behaviour of cows at night and day for robotic milking.

A group of voters make complaints to the Australian Electoral Commission about a Senate candidate for the Australian Anti-Paedophile Party who was convicted of being an accessory after the fact to two murders.

Anti-nuclear campaigners dressed as "zombie mine workers" take their message to shoppers in Adelaide's busy Rundle Mall.

A convicted rapist being held in an immigration detention centre near Darwin is sentenced to 14 days prison for attempting to flee during an excursion to a crocodile park.

High-profile Perth property developer Nigel Satterley joins residents to protest against the planned Kwinana buffer, with his comments about Liberal donations drawing the attention of Premier Colin Barnett.

Atlas Iron founder and managing director David Flanagan resigns after steering the business through the iron ore price downturn.

The roll of satire in political discourse, with Charles Firth from The Chaser, James Schloeffel from The Shovel, and Andrea Carson from The University.

The Northern Territory's final day of sittings before the election sees the Speaker called a "dirt-digger" and the Chief Minister head to Facebook to defend his proposed bail changes.

The Fair Work Ombudsman has released details of a major investigation into rorting in the horticulture industry.

Dozens of overseas workers employed on farms in the Lockyer Valley and Darling Downs in southern Queensland are underpaid thousands of dollars.

A new study finds negative political advertising or scare campaigns turn people away from the major parties using them.

Independent and Minor Party candidates say people's perceptions of politics are changing, despite the Prime Minister's explicit warning not to vote for them.

WA Premier Colin Barnett warns Liberal MPs to be "wary" about accepting large donations, as property developer Nigel Satterley joins a protest against the planned Kwinana buffer.

The Liberal candidate for the new WA seat of Burt is "very, very hopeful" of winning, despite marginal seat polling showing it is the most likely electorate in the state to go to Labor.

A study of more than 1,600 children in state care highlights how they often struggle through schooling because of a lack of foundation skills in life.

Members of the Australian Air Force Cadets who challenged a "boys' club" management in an effort to protect people from abuse were "bullied or back-stabbed out of the organisation", a royal commission hears.

S.T. Gill struggled to make his name as an artist and died a pauper in 1880, but now his iconic colonial Australian art is the subject of a world-first retrospective.

NSW Farmers are prepared to negotiate over government's native veg reforms.

Lawyers for Gerard Baden-Clay lodge a submission to the High Court arguing there is no evidence to support the allegation the Brisbane man intended to kill his wife, Allison.

There were emotional reactions last night as a Catholic Church representative met with members of the Bendigo community to answer questions about the church's history of child sexual abuse.

The father of three children who were killed when their mother drove into a lake holds back tears while describing his former partner as a caring and loving mother.

CJ reviews Everybody Wants Some!! and Miles Ahead then hosts a Game of Thrones round table.

International security and risk management expert says Nigeria is a difficult country for companies to operate in, with kidnappings common.

A national first for selling cattle in Australia sees the debut of commercial digital selling simulcast with a live regular trade at the country's largest saleyards in the Queensland town of Roma.

The Canning Bridge has been linking Perth to Fremantle since 1849, and despite having to be rebuilt four times, the timber structure is still going strong.

As the AFL prepares for the first national women's league next year, a south-east dad is hoping the growing interest surrounding the sport will help kick-start the region's first women's Aussie Rules league.

West Australian Premier Colin Barnett warns Liberal MPs to be "wary" about accepting large contributions from individual donors ahead of next year's state election.

Two brothers are remanded in custody after being charged over a fire at a Centrelink office and charity shop at Goulburn, in southern New South Wales.