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Parramatta's former chief executive and its ex-football manager reportedly admit to using merchandise sales and inflated invoices to honour under-the-table payments to players.

A BMW and a Mercedes car stolen during a break-in at a house in Point Cook are later seen travelling at high speed towards the city but police avoid a pursuit.

People needing an ambulance for non-urgent cases are warned to expect delays today as paramedics stop work to address an "industry in crisis".

Queanbeyan is again identified as Australia's worst location for car crashes with wildlife.

A potential buyer for the former Hydro Tasmania town of Tarraleah is interested in taking on the entire village, possibly avoiding the town being broken up and properties sold separately.

A central Queensland town is the third worst location in the country when it comes to car crashes involving animals, according to national insurance company AAMI.

More than 20,000 properties are without power after another night of damaging winds and rain across South Australia.

Male babies are more susceptible to premature birth and their mothers more likely to suffer gestational diabetes, research from the University of Adelaide finds.

A man is being treated for a gunshot wound after a shooting at Fairfield in Sydney's west.

There are fears some Hunter African refugee women may be turning to powerful steroid creams to lighten their skin.

A complainant in an anti-discrimination lashes out at the system he says leaves victims to chase up compensation payouts.

Melbourne researchers think they might've found the key to preventing epilepsy after a head injury. They're looking into whether the drug could one day be put into sports drinks, for athletes playing contact or dangerous sports.

Is there really such a thing as a soulmate? Should your partner be able to sense what's up? And can Brexit be likened to a relationship gone sour? Philosopher Alain de Botton has sought answers.

Deregistered Parramatta Eels chairman Steve Sharp says he is desperate to speak to the NRL over his ban from the game.

Canberra are just one point away from the NRL top four after toppling a weakened North Queensland 26-12 at GIO Stadium.

Greyhound racing continues at Grafton on the New South Wales north coast despite a temporary state-wide ban, as the Coalition and Labor tussle internally over the issue.

An elderly Perth woman suffered before her death because relevant information about her health was not accurately recorded, communicated and assessed by those who were caring for her, an inquest is told.

7.30 reporter Conor Duffy attempts to understand virtual reality sensation Pokemon Go.

The discovery of a woman's body, which had been burned and was partially covered by trees, near a beach in Melbourne's south-west is not being treated as suspicious by police.

Hundreds of eager young AFL hopefuls are put through their paces at the first trials for North Melbourne's Next Generation Academy in Hobart.

Holden announces it will continue its sponsorship deal with Collingwood in the wake of the AFL club's president, Eddie McGuire, joking about drowning journalist Caroline Wilson.

The South Australian Government picks a fight with the police union after delaying the promised recruitment of 313 new officers for a third time.

The Coalition has won the central Queensland seat of Flynn, according to the ABC election computer, but LNP incumbent Ken O'Dowd says he is not yet ready to claim victory.

Major Crime Squad detectives investigate the suspicious death of a homeless man found outside a church in Perth on Sunday after an autopsy revealed he had significant injuries.

The Australian Hemp Party denies responsibility after the lawns of Parliament House in Canberra were vandalised with messages linked to the party.

Gold Coast Suns captain Gary Ablett must undergo shoulder surgery and will miss the rest of the AFL season.

A diminutive spider recently discovered in outback Queensland takes the name of one of the world's most accomplished dancers.

Who gets a statue?Which events are popularised in books?And what happens as societies change and events or people which were memorialised are no longer thought admirable?A look at the way we commemorate, and the historians who lead us back in time.

A New South Wales Police officer draws his gun on a man who evaded a random breath test just inside the ACT border.

Newcastle Knights five-eighth Jarrod Mullen says his recovery from a hamstring injury has been lonely and he cannot wait to get back on the field after three months on the sideline.

A police sergeant admits changing his evidence after hearing media reports about the evidence of other officers during the inquest into Sydney's Lindt Cafe siege.

A bidding war breaks out just weeks before the Territory election, with both major parties striving to trump the other on promises for a new Palmerston police station.

The discovery of asbestos at the State Government's new Executive Building sees construction suspended at what is one of Brisbane's most controversial building projects.

Is this the same Pauline Hanson that was elected to the seat of Oxley in 1996?

A group of nudists withdraws a bid to make a stretch of beach in Tasmania's north-west the state's first official nude beach but they may take their proposal elsewhere.

If you order a lager in Richmond, outback Queensland, there is a fair chance you will be served by a Scot.

WA man Kent Walsh, who was caught with drugs in his luggage at Hong Kong airport last year, will be allowed to return to Australia until his trial.

The family of a policewoman who took her own life is suing the state of New South Wales for millions of dollars, for allegedly failing to protect her from harm.

St Kilda's Palais Theatre will remain a home for live music for decades to come, with the signing of a long-term lease.

A man is charged with causing a common nuisance after a shopping centre car park was closed for several hours while police investigated three suspicious packages.

Labor claims victory in the marginal WA seat of Cowan after candidate Anne Aly recieves the bulk of preferences from about 200 Greens votes incorrectly sorted into incumbent MP Luke Simpkins' pile.

The mother of an intellectually disabled girl tells a royal commission she is angry her daughter's abusers were not adequately investigated.

While it has unremarkable modern shopfronts at ground level, the upper floors of Perth's first city shopping arcade still retain their 1890s classical splendour.

One man is dead and three others injured after the car they were in hit a horse on the Stuart Highway, south of Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory.

A Queensland police officer is cut free from the wreckage of his highway patrol car after a truck crashes into it on the Gold Coast.

A man who posted a video online of himself biting off a live rat's head says his actions weren't "that bad" as a judge brands him a narcissist.

Canberra rowers Kathryn Ross and Gavin Bellis to team up once again after being selected for the Rio Paralympics team.

Training a sheep dog to be the best it can be usually starts with the human controlling the dog, trainer Robert Cox says.

A woman's body discovered by a passer-by at Altona had been burned and was partially covered by trees.

Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov is preparing to take off from Western Australia on what could be the world's second solo hot-air balloon flight around the globe.