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A high-speed chase covering Adelaide's west, south, and CBD for more than an hour ends overnight after road spikes were deployed.

A man dies after an apartment fire in the inner Melbourne suburb of St Kilda.

The Queensland Government is being urged to consider dog bans and new development restrictions to save state's south-east koala population.

Whyalla is under siege by up to 800 well-equipped aggressors seeking to destabilise the regional South Australian town, or so the brief says for a major mock military exercise.

A man dies after an apartment fire in the inner Melbourne suburb of St Kilda.

Labor's infrastructure and transport spokesman Anthony Albanese says the Greens' "actual position is to not have an airport in Sydney". He says that the party's policy is to close Sydney's Kingsford Smith Airport while at the same time opposing the new airport at Badgerys Creek, Western Sydney. Do the Greens really want Sydney to be without an airport? ABC Fact Check investigates.

Tasmanians are waking up to a new free-to-air commercial television regime this morning, in one of the biggest regional broadcast shakeups in recent history.

Parramatta Eels star Semi Radradra is charged with three counts of domestic violence after being arrested at Sydney Airport on Thursday night.

Parramatta Eels star Semi Radradra is detained by police at Sydney Airport and is "assisting police with inquiries relating to domestic violence".

Parramatta Eeels star Semi Radradra is detained by police at Sydney Airport after flying back to Australia from Fiji.

Australian mother Sally Faulkner and former soldier Adam Whittington are charged with kidnapping over the botched attempt to bring her children to Australia, Whittington's lawyer says.

WA Environment Minister Albert Jacob mocks Labor's commitment to the environment after the State Opposition refused to support the passage of new biodiversity legislation.

Australian mother Sally Faulkner and former soldier Adam Whittington are charged with kidnapping over the botched attempt to bring her children to Australia, Whittington's lawyer says.

About 30 editorial staff at The West Australian are to be made redundant as parent company Seven West Media prepares to purchase the Sunday Times newspaper from News Corp.

All but one lane of the southbound Pacific Motorway on the Gold Coast reopens as police work to clear the wreckage from a crash involving a car and a transporter.

The North Perth child care centre from which two young children were abducted and sexually assaulted will face disciplinary action after an inquiry finds serious failings in the care it provided.

Surgical patients at the new St John of God Midland Public Hospital have operations deferred following an increase in demand for services.

On the eve of Territory Day, the mayor of Darwin reignites debate over the personal use of fireworks.

Three possible routes to allow large trucks to bypass the town of Bindoon in WA have dozens of locals concerned their way of life will be ruined.

The ACT Asbestos Response Taskforce lifts restrictions on a demolition contractor under investigation for allegedly misusing fittings and fixtures from Mr Fluffy contaminated homes.

Surgical patients at the new Midland Hospital have had their operations deferred because of funding constraints.

New South Wales Liberal MP Pru Goward backs teachers at Goulburn Jail facing the sack because of a State Government plan to overhaul education in prisons.

The North Perth child care centre from which two young children were abducted and sexually assaulted will face disciplinary action after an inquiry finds serious failings in the care it provided.

The Christian Democrats candidate believes the party is well placed to become the alternative conservative force in WA.

The WA Government defends the state's road toll amid a staggering number of deaths on country roads this year.

Pre-poll voting in Canberra during the 2016 Federal Election. (30 June 2016)

People cast their pre-poll vote in Canberra for the 2016 federal election. (30 June 2015)

A woman voting in Canberra ahead of the 2016 federal election. (30 June 2016)

A man charged with assaulting and torturing a three-month-old baby who was taken to hospital on the Gold Coast with severe injuries is remanded in custody.

New alcohol laws which cut off early morning drinking at bars and clubs have come into effect in Queensland to reduce late-night violence.

Three Australian men, including the father of a notorious Islamic State fighter, will stand trial for allegedly bribing an Iraqi Minister to secure construction contracts, a Sydney court rules.

Two men are charged after a kangaroo was allegedly tied to the back of a car and dragged through Goulburn in southern New South Wales.

An inquiry into controversial vegetation management laws in Queensland has been unable to agree on whether the laws should pass.

Three possible routes to allow large trucks to bypass the town of Bindoon in WA have dozens of locals concerned their way of life will be ruined.

A ninth Queensland coal miner is diagnosed with black lung disease, a day after the eighth case was confirmed.

The ACT's "traumatic" victims of crime compensation scheme is overhauled, with a new system providing victims with quicker access to compensation for a wider range of injuries.

Sydneysider Amy Perrott will make sporting history this weekend as the first woman to referee a Super Rugby match. But she almost gave the whistle away during her first year of officiating in senior footy because of sexist abuse.

A Queensland parliamentary inquiry into the labour hire industry has delivered just one recommendation after members could not agree on how to tackle worker exploitation.

On the eve of Northern Territory Day, the mayor of Darwin reignites debate over the personal use of fireworks.

Australia's WWI fallen deserve a more fitting memorial at Pozieres says a Bunbury journalist who is calling for the Australian government to step in and intervene.

New police powers will allow random searches of vehicles along roads known for drug trafficking in regional WA.

New South Wales Premier Mike Baird flies into the federal seat of Cowper to shore up the Coalition's federal election campaign.

Police charge a man with murder after the death of a six-month-old baby in Melbourne's north on Sunday.

Last drinks will be called earlier in Queensland's pubs and clubs from Friday night as new early lockout laws take effect.

Specialist sex crimes police will build relationships with children in state care in Victoria who are at risk of sexual exploitation by paedophiles in an effort to disrupt the abuse early.

The family bond remains strong between Australian swimming's sister act Cate and Bronte Campbell in the build-up to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

A Queensland man who sold the personal data of players of popular online video game League of Legends is sentenced and granted immediate parole.

An Australian Olympic selector was on hand to oversee the Queensland interschool equestrian competition, and says the sport is in good hands.

A woman accused of drowning three of her children by driving into a lake, stood next to the car doing nothing as others tried to save them, a court hears.

South Australia's deputy coroner will hold an inquest into the deaths of two cancer patients treated by the Royal Adelaide Hospital where incorrect chemotherapy doses were given.