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A woman is airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a head-on crash at Sunbury in Melbourne's north-west.

King Island teeters on the point of losing its native vegetation, and the native wildlife that calls the remote island home.

The SES had more than 200 calls for help yesterday as a soaked Adelaide recorded its wettest July day since 1941, while a dusting of snow fell on Mount Lofty.

Mining industry plans to lobby new senate to revisit 'one-stop shop' environmental approvals process.

The Port Adelaide Football Club is still planning to play a premiership match in China next year but is yet to confirm an opposition team, date and venue.

Police search for two men who broke into a Buddhist temple in Sydney's west and threatened two elderly women.

Three children are taken to hospital and a man is in custody after an incident at a home at Broadmeadows in Melbourne's north.

As post-election recriminations and finger-pointing continue in Tasmania, voters in the southern electorates are upset their seats received so little attention during the federal election campaign.

A light dusting of snow falls on Mount Lofty as temperatures plunge in a cold snap that has hit Adelaide.

Lateline Political Correspondent David Lipson takes a look at the possibilities of how a hung Parliament might take shape and whether the Governor-General will need to dissolve the House again.

The counting continues in several New South Wales' seats, which remain on a knife's edge, after Labor reclaims key seats in western Sydney.

Manly beats St George Illawarra 36-6 at Brookvale Oval to stop a seven-game losing streak that dated back to April.

Adelaide shivers through its coldest day of the year so far, as the city and other parts of the state are hit by wild weather.

Ewen Jones, the member for Herbert in north Queensland, faces an anxious wait for vote counting to continue on Tuesday, as he trails by just 0.7 per cent after preferences to Labor's Cathy O'Toole.

A Hobart man faces court accused of trying to smuggle more than $250,000 worth of the drug ice into Tasmania in his underwear.

The Nick Xenophon Team is one seat away from securing party status, with a recount underway in Grey where the NXT is in with a chance.

Senate elect Pauline Hanson says her successful political comeback has serious implications for the major political parties after her One Nation party wins possibly two Senate seats and scored 9 per cent of the Queensland Senate vote.

The dry lower Darling River will be wetted up after strong inflows in to Menindee Lakes.

Medical staff remove casts from the front legs of an elephant born with a congenital condition that has prevented it from walking, enabling it to stand for short periods.

Like a proud older brother, Blues captain Paul Gallen choked back tears as it was confirmed that he would play his final Origin alongside Wade Graham.

A Canberra man is sentenced to six months' jail for lying during the trade union royal commission hearings last year.

In Western Australia's Esperance region one farmer is attempting something he's never done before, re-seeding his grain crop for third time.

An outback Queensland Rotary club travels hundreds of kilometres with a pop-up movie trailer to support communities in drought.

There have been reports of people being turned away from polling booths and limited options for remote communities.

Queensland authorities confirm another case of black lung disease, the state's 11th case in the past year and the fourth in the past week.

Newly-elected Eden-Monaro MP Mike Kelly says his approach will be to place grassroots issues above party politics, regardless of who forms government.

A South Australian Liberal seat is at risk of falling to the Xenophon team.

Perth police call for public help to identify a woman whose body was found in a suitcase in the Swan River at East Fremantle on Saturday.

A former senior University of Canberra law lecturer charged with a string of sexual offences against students is committed to stand trial in the ACT Supreme Court.

A child who died as a result of an undiagnosed herpes infection was suffering from an unusual case and all medical practitioners who assessed her acted "appropriately", a doctor tells an inquest into the girl's death.

Catherine Shields features her naked body in a series of artworks as part of her exhibition about reclaiming the "left-over" spaces beside railway lines in regional Victoria.

A fireworks company that's managed displays at Sydney Harbour believes silent fireworks will probably not work out for the notoriously nerve-wracking Territory Day celebrations.

A 75-year-old Perth woman had a pressure sore contaminated by dried faeces, and dentures which were "covered in mould", a coronial inquest examining her in-home care hears.

A Hobart man faces court accused of trying to smuggle more than $250,000 worth of the drug ice into Tasmania on a commercial flight.

South Australia's solid waste levy is being increased, with a promise it will lead to better recycling efforts and the creation of hundreds of jobs.

Police radios failed as the critical call was made to storm Sydney's Lindt cafe after gunman Man Haron Monis executed hostage Tori Johnson, an inquest hears.

The jump in cattle prices has helped beef up the profit result for the nation's largest privately owned cattle business, Consolidated Pastoral Company.

The spiritual and practical tradition of possum cloak making is being revived in Victoria after more than a century. The artist leading the charge says it's bringing healing to communities that had many of their cultural items stolen, and identity destroyed during colonisation.

A Queensland family of six is grateful to be safe after the home they rented burnt down on Sunday afternoon.

An award-winning Indigenous health worker in South Australia says encouraging other young people into the industry will boost health outcomes for all Aboriginal people.

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A man who raped his teenage stepsister and threatened to upload a video of the crime to the internet is jailed for at least three years.

Cowboys back rower Gavin Cooper will make his State Of Origin debut for Queensland in game three in Sydney.

Allowing customers to only pay using bank cards and mobile phone apps is a more efficient and cheaper way of doing business, the owner behind a new Brisbane cafe says.

A free city loop bus service begins operating in Canberra connecting employment hubs and major attractions.

A unique outback school on a dusty cattle station in WA's north is achieving great outcomes for Indigenous students.

Police are yet to determine the cause of a fatal house fire in Riverside yesterday, but say it was accidental.

Western Australia's hopes of GST reform have been dashed by the federal election after "worried" voters turned to independents and minor parties, state Treasurer Mike Nahan fears.

Police arrest a third teenager over a carjacking in Melbourne in which a man was allegedly hit with a hammer.

Police issue a warning to would-be gold thieves and illegal miners after seizing more than a kilogram of gold allegedly stolen near Kalgoorlie.