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The South Australian outback is in bloom after one of the wettest winters on record.

The Western Australian and Federal governments are facing a new headache over the Perth Freight Link, with dozens of documents deemed sensitive set to be released.

Global dairy trade slowly moving in 'right direction' but no relief on the way for Australian dairy farmers.

Tasmania's busiest freight rail corridor will be back up and running today, as TasRail completes the long-awaited repairs to the flood-damaged Kimberley Bridge.

Thieves ram a Victoria Police van after stealing 80 boxes of football boots from a sports store in Clayton, in Melbourne's south-east.

A section of the Cunningham Highway, west of Brisbane, is closed in both directions after a truck carrying dangerous chemicals rolls.

Five NSW Police officers injured during a stand-off at Botany in Sydney's south, including one who suffered burns, are released from hospital.

One-in-seven people who are over 65 drink alcohol every day, compared to 1-in-100 people aged between 1624, a NSW Health report finds.

The hunt continues for the person who killed Tracy Connelly, a sex worker found dead in her van in St Kilda in 2013, as friends remember her love and warmth.

Embattled celebrity fashion designer Johanna Johnson, whose company owes more than $1 million to the Australian Tax Office agrees to quarantine hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of personal assets.

An award winning smokehouse owned by Pialligo Estate at Hume in Canberra's south is destroyed by fire.

A drug dealer shot a customer in the neck with a spear gun then said: "We've got to chop him up and throw him in the river", a Hobart court hears.

Biosecurity Queensland is boosting its efforts to find and destroy Asian Honey bees after the discovery of more potentially destructive pests which feed on their larvae.

Promises by the Northern Territory Opposition to grant powers to Indigenous rangers to help deal with people illegally on lands and waters are labelled a stunt by the NT Government.

An award winning smokehouse owned by Pialligo Estate at Hume in Canberra's south has been destroyed by fire.

A continuing "bed block" is blamed for elective surgeries being cancelled at the state's two major hospitals.

The Parramatta Leagues Club administrator says he is planning a "clean slate" for the club's new board and hopes to have it in place before the beginning of the next NRL season.

A journalist who spent nine months trapped in an Iraqi refugee camp is charged with being a member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party.

A WA school that had more than 50 students suspended in the first term is suffering from inadequate leadership, low staff morale and a "turbulent" school environment, a damning review finds.

A journalist who spent nine months trapped in an Iraqi refugee camp is expected to be charged with allegedly being a member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party.

Yagan Satour's drag show at the Darwin Fringe Festival is designed to make people laugh but also think about racism in Australia.

The Anglican Church of Newcastle buried complaints about sex abusers, including reports of a senior priest who was later found to be part of a paedophile ring involving priests and lay people.

WAFL reserves player Mitchell Antonio will not appeal against a 10-game suspension he received over a tackle that left Royals player Beau Chatley with serious spinal injuries.

The Wests Tigers drop New South Wales Origin hooker Robbie Farah to reserve grade football ahead of this weekend's NRL fixtures.

Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukov is halfway through his round-the-world balloon solo tour and is expected to land on Saturday.

Chronic pain experts are calling for the establishment of a dedicated paediatric service in South Australia to provide support for young patients and their families.

Two men allegedly threatened a woman with a hammer and stole a car before crashing into a stobie pole on Grand Junction Road near Adelaide's Yatala Prison.

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A man and six police officers are injured after a fire breaks out at a Sydney home following a stand-off, which lasted several hours.

People across the Kimberley report seeing a bright fireball streak across the sky, inspiring awe and some fear.

Promoter Ultimate Fighting Championships will bring a major mixed martial arts event to Perth if WA Labor wins government and overturns a ban on the use of octagon fight cages.

A 20-year-old Launceston man who has been missing for 10 days may be in Victoria seeking work opportunities, according to police.

A parenting program in Bendigo is helping young mothers to thrive and has turned to knitting this winter to teach members new skills.

Street Swags founder Jean Madden denies fraud claims but agrees to hand over control of the charity's website and not touch its bank accounts.

A Northern Territory policewoman is in a coma following a training incident at the police horse stables yesterday.

WA man Jim Gilbert, much like footballer and fellow motor neurone disease sufferer Neale Daniher, wants to help raise funds to find a cure.

Police launch a public appeal to find the owner of $20,000 of gold bullion after a woman found it in her backyard on the state's south coast.

Pokemon Go fans are picking up litter, donating blood and helping hospital patients while playing the video game in northern New South Wales.

Two creative sisters from Queensland use their art and writing skills to turn an art gallery into a country cottage.

Greg and Vicki Warburton hope to complete the route taken from Coolgardie to Halls Creek by David Carnegie in 1896.

Residents in Melbourne's west are being urged by police not to form "neighbourhood patrols" amid growing community concern about the increase in violent burglaries and carjackings across the city.

Peter Gutwein issues a stern rebuke to councillors seeking "short-term political outcomes" in publicly airing their disputes.

A man and four police officers are injured after a fire breaks out at a Sydney home following a stand-off, which lasted several hours.

A woman in her 40s dies and four others are taken to hospital after a head-on smash on a rural road at Forest Hill.

A project designed to help Australian scientists study the homes of native wildlife asks people to take note of hollows they find in their area.

The former head of the Western Australia National Party fires shots back at Northern Territory Chief Minister Adam Giles over comments the Developing the North agenda is "close to dead".

A man and four police officers are injured after a fire erupted following a stand-off in Sydney.

If Indonesian athletes claim gold at the Rio Olympics, they can thank an Australian sports scientist from Cairns.

John Butcher will strap on the boots this week for Port Adelaide against an inform GWS to replace Charlie Dixon who is suffering an ankle sprain.

A Hobart bus driver charged over the death of a pedestrian tells a court he took the proper precautions before reversing his vehicle last year.