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Aboriginal leader Murrandoo Yanner tells Pauline Hanson "you are not welcome here" in a verbal spray caught on video at a Cairns arts fair.

The Liberal National Party Opposition is set to hold the state seat of Toowoomba South despite a by-election swing of 10 per cent.

The Brumbies will host the Highlanders in a sudden death quarter-final next week after wrapping up the Australian conference title with a win over the Western Force.

The Adelaide Crows and Western Bulldogs strengthen their cases for top four finishes with convincing wins over Gold Coast and Collingwood respectively.

Koby Stevens of the Bulldogs celebrates a goal during the round 17 AFL match between the Western Bulldogs and the Gold Coast Suns at Cazaly's Stadium on July 16, 2016 in Cairns, Australia.

Turkey's prime minister Binali Yildrim is saying 161 people have died and 1440 injured in a failed coup that rocked the country on Saturday.

The ACT Brumbies will play finals rugby again, but will their win against the Western Force strike fear into their championship rivals?

Her diet plan may have been named one of the worst on the market, but Gold Coast fitness phenomenon Ashy Bines didn't fail to draw the crowds when her World Booty Tour lunged and squatted its way into Sydney on Saturday.

Hooker Tatafu Polota-Nau has told teammates he has likely played his last game for NSW as the Waratahs begin planning for the loss of up to 766 games of experience and six of their most experienced stars.

A brilliant Darius Boyd fires Brisbane to a 30-10 win over South Sydney to get his team's NRL season back on track.

Follow all the action with the Brumbies needing one bonus point to make the Super Rugby finals.

North Melbourne coach Brad Scott says he still has confidence the Roos can "right the ship" but admits his team's self-belief is likely to have been affected by their dramatic fall from grace.

A teenager had been flown to the Royal Children's Hospital in a serious but stable condition after falling off a ski jump at Mount Buller.

The rain couldn't dampen Bush fans.

Eastlake Demons coach Dan Ryall has called on AFL Canberra to equalise the capital's first grade competition.

Mick Fanning has capped an extraordinary return to the scene of last year's shark attack, winning the World Surfing League event at Jeffreys Bay, South Africa.

The LNP appears certain to snare victory in a Queensland by-election, maintaining its numbers in the state's tightly balanced parliament.

The Islamic State terror group has claimed responsibility for the truck attack in Nice, France, that left 84 people dead, according to ISIS-affiliated Amaq news agency, as French police announced they had made five arrests in connection with the incident.

Councillor leads training in protest and blockade tactics.

Forward Mitch Clark could be forced to develop further "consistency and continuity in his game" before returning to the AFL line-up after an unconvincing display in Geelong's 111-point VFL thrashing of Werribee at Simonds Stadium on Saturday.

North departed Etihad Stadium in eighth spot, having lost five straight games, defeated convincingly by the team in ninth, and looking the most likely of the top eight sides to miss the finals.

Hundreds of red-clad amateur dancers converged on Sydney Park in St Peters on Saturday to celebrate The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever - a mass re-enactment of Kate Bush's 1978 video for the song 'Wuthering Heights'. 

Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch was strangled in what appeared to be an "honour killing", police said on Saturday, shocking the nation where she was viewed as a controversial figure.

Canberra FC have kept themselves within striking distance in an engrossing National Premier League premiership race.

He was a divorcee, a drunkard, and a delivery man. On Thursday, he murdered 84 people as they watched the fireworks on Nice's Promenade De Anglais.

The Highlanders have finished the Super Rugby regular season in second place in the New Zealand conference after a pulsating 25-15 win over previous leaders the Chiefs.

The Hurricanes will host a Super Rugby quarter-final after a dominant 35-10 bonus-point win over the Crusaders in Christchurch.

Booming loudspeakers often give the start area of the Tour de France the aura of a disco, but on Friday, even the Tour announcer abandoned his excited ways for a sombre tone.

From his front-row position, 29-year-old Mina Shoukry bided his time before making his move.

A 22-year-old P-plater had his car impounded after being caught driving almost 70 km/h over the limit in 100km/h zone in Dandenong South

Manly kept their slim finals hopes alive when Daly Cherry-Evans nailed a golden-point field goal to lift the Sea Eagles to a 15-14 win over the Warriors in Perth.

Saturday promises to be a bumper day of AFL action. We now turn our attention to the night time double header that pits Adelaide against Collingwood and the Bulldogs against Gold Coast.

A four-try haul from skipper Ben Johnston has saved Royals from John I Dent Cup disaster after Canberra rugby cellar dwellars Easts almost caused the biggest upset of the year on Saturday.

Police have called for public assistance.

Thousands of woman and a few hundred men leaped, high-kicked and twirled in their Cathy dresses and Kate Bush look-a-like wigs in the Botanical Gardens on Saturday.

Daly Cherry-Evans boots a field goal with his left foot to sink the Warriors 15-14 in golden point.

This was like two seasons wrapped up emblematically in one frustrating game. Richmond began the year without Brett Deledio and lost games, they finished this game with the talismanic player injured again.

Why is it so difficult for our government to tell the US to butt out of the South China Sea dispute?

The Rabbitohs have to win to keep their season alive so they'll be throwing everything they have at the Broncos.

Who is is the self-exiled and hermit-like US resident who pulls the strings of a movement blamed by Turkey's president for an attempted coup?

We have capes and we're not afraid to wear them!

That noise heard overnight on Friday was the sound of jaws hitting desks in NATO bunkers either side of the Atlantic.

North Melbourne's season continues to collapse as Port Adelaide keeps finals hopes alive with 28-point win.

The NSW government is poised to sack the Parramatta Leagues Club board and could appoint an administrator to take over the running of the embattled club as soon as Monday.

Damien Oliver has wasted no time getting back into the winners' circle after a short break.

A sun-filled Saturday in Canberra had prospective buyers out in droves.

A three-bedroom house on about 144 square metres sold for $130,000 more than what the vendor would have been happy with.

A group of Essendon players suspended for an anti-doping breach will meet in Croatia this week to discuss their plans for 2017.

It's rare for a prop to score a double. Even more unheard of on his birthday. 

Thirty-year-old Jason Li doubled his money at auction when his investment property sold for $3.01 million.