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The WA Government is considering an unsolicited proposal to extend the Dampier to Bunbury gas pipeline to Albany.

A Hunter region pharmacist is charged after more than 100 boxes of prescription medication, steroid injections and other prohibited drugs were seized during raids at his home and pharmacy.

Concerns are raised about the future of the federally funded Indigenous Rangers program, which has provided more than 2,000 Aboriginal people with jobs and rehabilitated large swathes of land across Australia, with the Coalition declining to outline funding beyond 2018.

Northern Territory police are investigating the alleged stealing of some 800 head of cattle from a station south-west of Katherine.

A man who allegedly stabbed a woman at a shopping centre in Adelaide's north is charged with attempted murder.

Clive Palmer says he plans to restart production at his north Queensland nickel refinery in nine months, and re-hire up to 800 workers.

Dozens of prestigious wine collections with a value of more than $5 million have gone missing from the New South Wales Hunter region.

Australia's Amy Perrett is set to become the first woman assistant referee in Super Rugby history when she officiates in the game between the Rebels and Stormers on Saturday.

Police will set up an information caravan at Dallas today in a bid to identify a woman found dead and wrapped in a blanket near a tennis club earlier this month.

Tasmanian javelin thrower, Hamish Peacock, has qualified to represent Australia at the Rio Olympics and is preparing for the competition of his life.

Qantas insists its crew did not break protocol during a cargo plane's aborted landing at Launceston Airport earlier this month.

A contentious redevelopment proposal for the Dickson shops, which includes 140 apartments and two new supermarkets, is given the green light.

While some Perth residents spent the last summer by the pool or beach, Alison Ritchie was staring at trees, in an effort to study the relationship between native plants and birds.

A forensic reconstruction of the final moments of the Lindt Cafe siege reveals fatally wounded hostage Katrina Dawson may have been in the line of fire behind gunman Man Haron Monis.

A mouthwash is withdrawn from use in South Australia's hospital system amid concern about two cases of infection.

It follows cuts by rivals Murray Goulburn, Bega Cheese and Warrnambool Cheese and Butter ahead of the new season starting on July 1.

Another Queensland coal miner is diagnosed with black lung diseasethe eighth confirmed case in the state since May last year.

Liberal and Labor supporters are taking the fight for the marginal seat of Macarthur literally, with police called to a "scuffle involving two older men" at a pre-poll booth.

A proposal to improve access to Lake Geeves and Federation Peak in the Wilderness World Heritage Area exposes division among Tasmanian environmentalists.

A Darwin man is sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment with a non-parole period of six years over a 2015 group crime spree and ice-fuelled car crash which killed his friend, Ashley Richards.

ASIC records show former governor Malcolm McCusker and car dealer John Hughes are among those who own land in Mandogalup, where Nigel Satterley is planning a residential estate.

Taxi drivers could receive greater assistance as part of the WA Government's reform package, but the Transport Minister rules out large compensation payouts or a buyback of taxi plates.

New polling suggests Nick Xenophon's party could snatch seats in the lower house from the Coalition as well as several Senate spots.

Art and sport programs could help lower youth suicide, incarceration and foster care rates and save Western Australia millions of dollars, one of the state's peak youth bodies says.

Precious artefacts make a return to Australian shores from a French exploration of the southern coastline more than 200 years ago.

An Adelaide District Court judge questions the legality of a plea bargain for a corrupt youth worker, which saw 347 charges become just one.

A boot camp for at-risk youths on Queensland's Darling Downs is using body building to help channel the students' anger and teach them discipline.

A woman who firmly grabbed children by the wrists at a Canberra day care centre is given three good behaviour bonds.

Drug law reformers Matt Noffs and Dr Alex Wodak push ahead with plans for Australia's first supervised ice smoking room, in the face of opposition from the NSW Government and businesses in Western Sydney.

The firebombing of an Islamic school in Perth sparks renewed calls for dedicated religious vilification legislation in Western Australia amid concerns of an increase in anti-Islam incidents.

Fears Queensland farms aren't being protected from urban encroachment are being played out around block of land for sale in Bundaberg.

A court investigating the death of a baby after a home birth hears of failings in the system to record and report home birth outcomes.

Homeless people, domestic violence victims and others who are vulnerable will suffer after a northern Adelaide mental health clinic closes this week, a mayor warns.

Federal candidates for the southern Tasmanian seat of Franklin clash over penalty rates and jobs ahead of Saturday's ballot.

As the politics of the Great Barrier Reef heat up, farmers are frustrated they are being portrayed as the villains, despite making inroads.

A mother accused of killing three of her children by driving into a Melbourne lake collapses in tears as a harrowing triple-0 call from a witness to the incident is played in court.

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Two Queensland graziers say while the CSG industry still divides their community, it should not be a factor in the federal election.

Education experts fear a high turnover in childcare workers has a detrimental impact on children at a critical point in their development.

An expansion of courses and potential new players suggests tertiary education could be a growth industry for the WA mining town.

The Adelaide Crows to take a "low-key approach" to Sunday's anniversary of the death of former coach Phil Walsh.

The WA Labor Party reconsiders its long-held policy position to transition WA out of GM crops if it wins the state election in 2017.

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An independent Northern Territory politician has her car confiscated by the Parliamentary Speaker in a late-night operation after refusing to surrender the vehicle.

Australia's Sally Pearson will be unable to defend her 100 metres hurdles title at the Rio Olympics after tearing her hamstring in training.

Two Australian men, including the father of a notorious Islamic State fighter, allegedly paid a $US1 million bribe to an Iraqi official when their construction contracts were at a "stalemate", a Sydney court hears.

Cattle producer Tony Sudlow says artificial insemination has proven a success over his 30 years of using the technology.

A Tasmanian company unveils an armoured vehicle prototype that Australian soldiers could be driving from 2020.

Three weeks after the worst flooding in living memory in Tasmania, help is arriving on farms facing a long recovery.