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A lack of data on how migrant and refugee families are interacting with the child protection system is inhibiting support, South Australia's Multicultural Communities Council says.

The legal battle over the WA Government's controversial Roe 8 highway extension continues, with the Save Beeliar Wetlands group taking its case to Australia's highest court.

One elderly resident nurses two dolls as she looks out the window to the view of the River Murray from a new purpose-built "memory support unit" that is on the frontline of the growing dementia epidemic.

A young man with mental health issues spent five days with his hands and legs shackled to an Adelaide hospital bed and denied access to a shower or toilet, an ombudsman report reveals.

An atlas that maps out WA mental health and drug services aims to help communities struggling with drug and alcohol issues identify service gaps.

Dozens of squatters in Melbourne are issued with eviction notices ordering them to leave properties made vacant after being acquired for the dumped East West Link project.

The largest survey of the contemporary artist's work goes on display at the National Gallery of Australia.

The Prospect Hawks Football Club is dropped from the Tasmanian State League after failing to field a senior team and its reserves losing all matches this season.

The head chef at the acclaimed Restaurant Two hangs up his fine-dining hat to cook for sick children and their families at Hummingbird House.

An invasive fish species called tilapia, which scientists say is implicated in the decline of native fish, is taking over Queensland's freshwater catchments, and authorities concede they are powerless to stop the spread.

An Olympic boxer looks set to compete in Rio four days after being charged with attempted rape.

Even Arianna Huffington thought establishing a personal media empire would be enough work for her lifetime. 

Sydney Science Festival started with a bang on Thursday night at the Powerhouse Museum.

Australia have endured a minor blip in the Olympic women's water polo competition, going down 8-7 in a nail-biting contest with Italy.

"ISIS will hand her the MVP award," said Donald Trump. "Her only competition is Barack Obama."

Jared Tallent has won gold again and he is yet to even compete in Rio.

A police officer is recovering after he and two others sent to Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics were shot after getting lost near a slum.

Gridlocked roads might not seem the obvious place to build mini-power plants but one company has different ideas

Australian dressage rider Sue Hearn, making her Olympic debut at the age of 60 in Rio, received an "administrative sanction" from the equestrian world governing body for not declaring the use of an anti-inflammatory drug on her horse.

A priest who wanted to get rid of a large number of pornographic video tapes tried to burn them before he eventually smashed them to pieces, filling three wheelie bins in the process, a royal commission has heard.

Supporters of the homeless are being urged to gather in Collingwood on Friday afternoon, to show support for homeless people occupying homes bought in Bendigo Street for the cancelled East West Link project.

Jake Long, son of Essendon legend Michael, will make his debut for the Bombers against the Gold Coast on Sunday afternoon.

The cyber attacks that sparked a deliberate shutdown of the Census website on Tuesday night appear to have been small-scale and likely carried out by ordinary "hacktivists" rather than sophisticated organisations or governments, experts and insiders say.

Australia have won silver behind defending Olympic rowing champions Germany in the men's quad sculls in Rio de Janeiro.

Crime syndicates are hitting back at efforts to combat the booming illicit tobacco trade.

Canterbury Bulldogs made a giant stride towards a top four finish after claiming a nervous, ugly and tense win over Manly Sea Eagles at ANZ Stadium.

Rival coaches Des Hasler and Trent Barrett both called on the NRL to review the golden point format after Thursday night's crucial clash between Manly and the Bulldogs descended into a lottery.

Welcome to our live coverage of day six of competition at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

From September 5, Uber and other ride-sharing services will be legal in Queensland, as they already are in the ACT and NSW. How do the proposed reforms stack up?

An elderly Reservoir man is missing after he failed to return from supermarket shopping on Thursday morning.

EXCLUSIVE: Balcony barbecues will not be banned, but pets still can be, as raft of contentious strata rules is revealed in the new strata regulations released today.

Denial of service? Denial of common sense more like. And the net result is a denial of public confidence and just as inevitably, a denial of prime ministerial good will.

After 112 years golf made a quiet and subdued return to the Olympics on Thursday with Brazil's Adilson Da Silva hitting the first shot in front of a handful of spectators.

Anyone planning on catching an international flight on Friday is urged to arrive at the airport early.

Police are appealing to the public for help to find a man involved in a savage attack in Helensvale on Wednesday night.

It was a year in the making, but the Palaszczuk Government's response to the introduction of ride sharing to the taxi market has not managed to please everyone.

Literary news and events in Canberra.

Millions of Australians can now complete their census after the ABS finally brought the survey back online on Thursday afternoon, nearly 48 hours after the survey went online on Tuesday evening.

It will cost $8.2 billion over the next 10 years to repair the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland's Environment Minister Dr Steven Miles told a reef conference in Townsville on Thursday night.

A man has been arrested after a lengthy stand-off with police in Sydney's west on Thursday.

The order follows Russian allegations of a Ukrainian incursion into Crimea.

Lateline visits Melbourne's outer west as charities voice growing concern at the number of people in Australia sleeping rough, in cars, or in temporary accommodation.

A residents' group against a Kwinana development buffer launches an online campaign saying the Government will lose the State election if it goes ahead.

The Baird government will pay BHP Billiton about $220 million to buy back its licence.

Travis Cloke's future at Collingwood is set to come into focus yet again after the Magpies spearhead was axed for the third time this AFL season.

Meet some of the world's leading Virtual Reality storytellers who are defining the conventions and language of this new medium.How does it work, and what works well?

The ACT Education Directorate has defended its decision to isolate the child at the centre of the autism cage scandal from his classmates and to transfer him to high school early, saying it had to balance the rights to a safe environment for students and staff.

Disturbing new details of a Canberra school placing a 10-year-old boy with autism in a cage have come to light.

The older brother of Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne has emerged in a bid to quieten the war of words that are reverberating around the Australian racing industry.

The impact of the discovery of a cage in a Canberra school almost eighteen months ago is still being felt today.