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Competition watchdog ACCC launches online resource for small business, farmers, looking to collectively bargain.

Business has warned the 45th parliament a brake on migration would hurt economic growth.

Maroons winger missing his fair share of training sessions.

Local shares are poised to rise sharply at the open as Wall Street and European shares jumped on Friday.

The most lasting consequence of Chinese internet giant Tencent acquiring Finnish video game developer Supercell might be cultural rather than economic.

Federal regulators have barred Elizabeth Holmes from owning or operating a medical laboratory for at least two years, endangering the future of the embattled blood-testing start-up.

The back of astronaut John Phillips' eye became flatter, pushing his retina forward.NASA found that his vision had gone from 20/20 to 20/100 in six months.

Wind gusts averaging about 60 kilometres per hour bring down trees and branches around South Australia.

Unhappy with loss, but Essendon coach John Worsfold reassured Dons are building for the future.

The family of American journalist Marie Colvin, who died in Syria in 2012, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in a US court, accusing the Syrian government of deliberately killing her.

It's time Turnbull reached out to conservatives. The common mantra is that if only the star of Q&A had embraced a "progressive" agenda he would have won a convincing majority. This is hogwash.

A visibly distraught Cristiano Ronaldo has been substituted after 24 minutes of the Euro 2016 final between Portugal and France having been unable to shake off an early injury.

A 57-year-old woman has escaped injury in a violent daylight attack and robbery south of Brisbane.

There have been fewer assaults in party precincts over the two weekends since the introduction of new liquor laws, Queensland police say.

A woman has been arrested for suspected drink-driving after allegedly crashing her Mercedes into a pedestrian in Sydney's CBD overnight.

A disqualified driver in an unregistered vehicle is caught speeding three times in three hours near Goulburn and Gundagai in southern New South Wales, police say.

Departed Top Gear host Chris Evans has backed co-host Matt LeBlanc to take over the show, endorsing him as the "captain Top Gear needs going forwards".

Peter Stefanovic and Sylvia Jeffreys are engaged to be wed.

Two-time champion Alberto Contador has pulled out of the Tour de France during the ninth stage due to a fever.

A NSW Police officer pulled his gun and held near the head of a Canberra driver he stopped for a random roadside breath test.

The popularity of digital payments appears to finally be cutting back the number of automated teller machines, as consumers take out cash less frequently.

Wimbledon has ended without an Australian winning a title, but Sydney-born Alex De Minaur hopes his achievement in reaching a first junior grand slam final will be the start of far bigger things.

Andy Murray turned in a vintage display to claim his second Wimbledon title on Sunday, beating Milos Raonic in straight sets at the All England Club.

We have crunched the data and found the optimal time to leave each station in order to get a seat.

A teenager is injured and two police cars are damaged in an attempt to stop an allegedly stolen car in Melbourne's south-west suburbs.

​Andrew Johns believes Corey Norman is the heir apparent to the Queensland halves crown currently shared by Johnathan Thurston and Cooper Cronk.

Man charged after fire at house where he used to live.

Stop me if you've heard this one. The British Grand Prix was wet, ending in a Mercedes one-two.

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has conceded defeat a week after Australians went to the polls and says he accepts that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has a mandate to pursue the policies he took to the election.

Just down the road from Parliament House, on the corner of State Circle and Kings Avenue, sits a narrow park filled with trees.

Micah Xavier Johnson used blood to write the initials "R.B." on the walls of the downtown Dallas parking garage where he was barricaded last week after he opened fire on police and protesters.

Li Cunxin about to share name with new species of peacock spider.

The rating agencies' involvement in the global financial crisis has destroyed their credibility forever.

It's hoped ancient fossils in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia could hold the key to a tourism led recovery for the region as it transitions from its reliance on coal. The fossils from the Ediacaran Hills south of Leigh Creek represent the earliest evidence of complex life on earth and are more than 540 million years old.

"If they only wrote $33 million in revenue I'll dance nude in the city during peak hour," an advertising executive says.

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Police say more than 120 officers were injured and 86 demonstrators were detained during leftist riots in the German capital which police call "the most aggressive and violent protests in the last five years."

His wife was overseas when a Newcastle GP decided to prey on vulnerable female patients, using their personal information to harass them and try to start relationships.

Dutch rider Tom Dumoulin attacked near the foot of the final climb to claim victory in the ninth stage of the Tour de France as Alberto Contador pulled out of the race.

Architect from Western Sydney will have debut album released this month.

Farcical scenes surrounded a NWSL match between the Western New York Flash and Seattle Reign on Saturday night, as a schedule clash forced the contest to be moved to the outfield of a nearby baseball stadium. 

A family trapped by flooded waterways in Victoria's east for five days has been rescued.

WIN TV's prime-time ratings have taken an immediate hit with its switch to showing Network Ten programs.

While the federal election result may have come as a surprise to the major parties, a Queensland MP said it was all but inevitable given the "growing disenchantment" with the nation's political system.

Pauline Hanson's pronouncements pose a direct threat to the livelihoods of those who voted for her.

When Paul Pritchard returned to Tasmania's majestic Totem Pole rock pillar it was the culmination of an 18-year journey.

Western Force fullback Dane Haylett-Petty has apologised to his teammates and the public for urinating in a Bloemfontein hotel hallway last week.tt-Petty has been fined $5000 after it emerged he was the Western Force player who urinated in the hallway of the team's Bloemfontein hotel last week.

The son of slain al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has threatened revenge against the United States for assassinating his father, according to an audio message posted online.

NSW Premier Mike Baird's decision to close greyhound racing next year was predicated on animal welfare but there is a real danger that the animals the ban is intended to protect could end up becoming collateral damage in the rush to shut down the sport within 12 months.

The State Opposition accuses the Premier Colin Barnett of working behind the scenes to ease gambling restrictions in Western Australia to boost the sale price of the TAB.