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Complaints about police conduct will still be dealt with by SA Police in the first instance but under the oversight of the Office of Public Integrity under a Government proposal.

Restaurants are forking out big dollars to keep them on the menu.

Two men are arrested by police over a hit-and-run incident where a man was dragged under a van in Norwood on Sunday.

Morgan Alexander Isles-English, 25, will face court on an upgraded charge of unlawful striking over an attack on his father, who died in hospital on Tuesday.

There was a heavy police presence, compulsory registration and bag checks at last night's meeting of Sydney's newly-merged Inner West Council.

An extension to the Hawthorn's relationship with Tasmania could be in doubt, as the AFL signals its preference for a "one-team model".

A suspected explosive device is found in a car stopped by Victoria Police in Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs.

More than $150 million in savings from the rollout of SA's new electronic patient records system are unlikely to be realised, an auditor-general's report finds.

Indigenous leader Noel Pearson criticises a review of his Cape York Aboriginal Academy in Aurukun, which was conducted while the school was not operating.

There is concern boating activity on the Daly River is contributing to riverbank erosion, causing traditional owners to fear for the safety of their sacred sites.

Thousands of energy concession payments were approved for dead people, in some cases for up to eight years, the SA auditor-general reveals.

A 75-year-old Perth woman with an infected pressure wound on her bottom refused to go to hospital, a nurse tells an inquest into her death.

The full bench of the Fair Work Commission orders a stay on a big pay cut planned for some Griffin Coal mine workers in Collie, hours after protestors rallied against the move.

Key Turnbull Government MP Wyatt Roy says he may lose his seat because of the strong One Nation vote in Queensland.

As the weather bureau warns about the return of wild weather in Tasmania, the flood taskforce steps up efforts to help June flood victims access insurance.

More than $10,000 worth of black market alcohol is crushed into a pulp of red, alcohol mud by police in Western Australia's Kimberley amid a crackdown on the so-called sly grog trade.

The last of four saleyards which the WA State Government pledged to relocate during the last election is in a state of flux, but the local shire is holding firm it must go.

Murdered underworld figure Carl Williams was involved in the shooting death of Graham 'The Munster' Kinniburgh, a Melbourne court hears.

An Aboriginal elder says performing welcome to country ceremonies provides him with a valuable opportunity to give people insight into Indigenous people and their connection with the land.

Five people are committed to stand trial over drug cultivation and other offences, following a raid near Taree last year where a young boy was found locked up.

Photographs by 14 year old Emma Hynes.

An exhibition launched by a Darwin tradesman brings together the autistic community to give others insight into the way children with ASD see the world.

Zoo operators, wildlife carers and reptile park owners are concerned about the implications of recent regulation changes for the industry.

Residents of one of Western Australia's remotest communities say they have been left without adequate sewerage, bitumen roads and other essential infrastructure because of a stalled deal with a mining company.

A Tasmanian man whose wife died in last month's floods speaks about their ordeal as a treasured item from their home is returned.

Indigenous models have for the first time become the showcase of a major fashion parade in far north Queensland.

Water activists in far west New South Wales say they believe they can establish a working relationship with the re-elected MP, despite campaigning against the National Party.

Emergency crews help two people escape safely from floodwaters at Currency Creek, south of Adelaide, after their van stalls in the water.

A man jailed for killing a police officer in the 1980s is caught by police after escaping from a pre-release centre in Adelaide's north.

A 49-year-old man pleads guilty to dozen of charges related to filming up the skirts of several women in shopping centres across Canberra.

A man has been refused bail in the Dubbo Local Court after being charged with aggravated carjacking, using a weapon to avoid apprehension and stealing a motor vehicle.

The lawyer for a public servant who pleaded guilty to a dishonesty offence says four free iPads were "not an inducement" to order more than $80,000 worth of printer cartridges.

A 53-year-old Gold Coast man dies in hospital one day after an alleged one-punch attack involving his son.

Former Liberal MP Gary Nairn says Peter Hendy's failure to connect with communities lost Eden-Monaro to Labor.

Police seize 30 reptiles, including two endangered boa constrictors, from a property in Perth's south, but authorities euthanase the animals after they are found to be carrying parasites.

More details have been released about the scope of Royal Commission hearings into child sexual abuse to be held in Newcastle next month.

A new contract should be negotiated for the CityCycle bike-hire program following a net loss of about $500,000 this past financial year, Brisbane City Council's Labor Opposition says.

Kane Douglas is determined to resume his Test career with Australia in the upcoming Rugby Championship but he knows he must prove himself in the Queensland Reds' final two Super Rugby matches.

Police are called to a shopping strip in Kew after a woman's body is found on a High Street property.

It might not have the flash sporting facilities of the big cities, but when it comes to producing top athletes this town is punching above its weight.

We all walk through life blind to the hidden treasures that lay hidden in damp forest floors and wild bushlands, according to veteran forager Tom Tilbry.

Labor's Anne Aly is optimistic her slim buffer will hold in the count for the down-to-the wire West Australian federal seat of Cowan, allowing her to unseat incumbent Liberal MP Luke Simpkins.

Hundreds of people have gathered in Toronto to celebrate NAIDOC Week.

The Queensland Department of Natural Resources is considering two controversial applications to mine a river on a sprawling Cape York cattle station, despite the same cattle station being bought last month by the state's environment department.

About 100 people rally outside the Fair Work Commission in Perth ahead of a hearing on a pay cut which they say will see some Griffin Coal mine workers lose $50,000 a year.

Their songs are driven by post-colonial theory, while their music code-switches between grindcore, post-punk, shoegaze and metal. Meet the three Sydney musicians being hailed as the most important metal band in Australia today.

A Brisbane man is declared a serious violent offender and jailed for eight years for a "cowardly" attack that left his wife with significant and ongoing injuries.

Police in Darwin arrest three youths in relation to a crime spree in which a woman was robbed at knifepoint and several cars were stolen.

An WA hotel licensee says he is "devastated" after being attacked and robbed by offenders who then set the historic 125-year-old building alight.

Marcia Langton has co-edited a book of essays exploring a range of Indigenous arguments for Constitutional recognition.And the Victorian Aboriginal Weaving Collective demonstrate continuing cultural tradition here in Victoria.