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A WA man was in a "fit of rage" when he clubbed a male drinking companion to death in Broome, a Supreme Court jury is told.

The Indigenous Land Corporation has a new CEO, who is keen to capitalise on the current beef boom.

Activist group GetUp accuses electricity retailers of adding big margins and mark-ups to South Australian power bills.

The discovery of the remains of an endangered quoll in suburban Canberra renews hope for ecologists that the species is making a comeback.

Queensland's Opposition says while it will support the State Government's changes to domestic and family violence laws, the bigger issue is the enforcement of domestic violence orders.

Child protection advocacy group Bravehearts backs a private member's bill in Queensland Parliament to remove time limits for lodging damages claims for child sexual abuse.

A woman is arrested over an alleged assault on former Victorian emergency services minister Jane Garrett as she was walking home.

A man charged with fraud as part of an investigation into the suspected funnelling of millions of dollars in Australian taxpayer money to Islamic State was authorised to care for children in his home, despite being convicted of threatening to kill someone with a sword at a Sydney shopping centre.

Less than a week after the subtle revelation that WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne is gay, the story had all but died.

The Baird government's refusal to legislate against anti-Muslim hate speech is "playing into the hands" of terrorist groups such as Islamic State, as well as extreme right-wing groups, Muslim community leaders and counter-terrorism experts have warned.

Something special is brewing in the national capital after the biggest crowd of the season watch the Raiders dismantled the Storm.

We should seek justice for all.

Having fought off the Sharknado, the Canberra Raiders are building momentum towards the finals.

Skipper Steve Smith's fluent century was praised by his predecessor and the Marsh brothers did their part but the third Test against Sri Lanka hangs in the balance.

State MP Jane Garrett has been attacked in Melbourne on Monday afternoon.

The late-season good news keeps coming for Melbourne. With the Demons making a late surge for a finals berth, Oscar McDonald has been named the AFL's rising star for round 23.

If for argument's sake it is accepted that there should be a place at all for golf at the Olympics, it just about works. Justin Rose was the ideologically proper winner if you consider something he said to Australian Marcus Fraser over dinner in Hong Kong some years ago, that he would play every major, every year, if there was no prizemoney. That's the Olympic spirit, or was.

Former English premier league striker Dalian Atkinson has died after police fired a high-voltage Taser stun-gun at him, according to media reports on Monday.

A WA man was in a "fit of rage" when he clubbed a male drinking companion to death in Broome, a Supreme Court jury is told.

Canberra becomes the second team in 30 years to knock off the competition leaders in back-to-back weeks after a 22-8 win over Melbourne.

It was a kick to the shins of Criminal Minds writer-producer Virgil Williams that cost Thomas Gibson his job, but the circumstances in the lead up and during the fight between the pair remain the subject of a joint-studios' investigation.

Iconic spread alone is not enough to make home brews.

Andrew Bolt has branded the leader of an anti-Islam protest "rude" and demanded an explanation for why he and a group of others walked into a Gosford church on Sunday.

Five-time grand slam winner Maria Sharapova, banned in June for two years for doping offences, may be allowed to return in January, according to Russian Tennis Federation president Shamil Tarpishchev.

A would-be foreign fighter found guilty of planning to travel to war-torn Syria says he was brainwashed by a "homewrecker" and now wants to help young Muslims at risk of being radicalised, a court has heard.

Welcome to our live coverage of day 10 of competition at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Hussain Dandachi, one of two men arrested on childcare fraud charges, had been arrested for threatening people with a sword at an outer suburban shopping centre in April.

​Actor Sam Neill has slammed Sydney's lockout laws and the state's ban on greyhound racing at Tropfest announcement.

Ambrose Treacy College warns parents to watch for symptoms.

Gold Coast have defended Ryan James as the Titans forward prepares to front the NRL judiciary and risk a one-match ban over the tackle that broke James Tedesco's jaw.

Leigh Sales is joined by The Washington Post's associate editor David Ignatius to discuss Donald Trump and the US election.

Close games for the USA against some of the best national teams in the world might just be the norm for the remainder of the men's Olympic basketball competition.

An appeals court has ruled that Russian long jumper Darya Klishina should be allowed to compete in the Rio Games, overturning an 11th-hour decision by track and field's world governing body.

Ryan Griffen says GWS will emerge a stronger club in the wake of Saturday's heartbreaking loss to West Coast.

Stranded crew of coal ship low on food stock, union says.

A teenager accused of plotting a terror attack has laughed and cheered as a Sydney court heard evidence of her "favourite" beheading video.

Former emergency services minister Jane Garrett is assaulted on a street in Melbourne's inner north.

The technology behind virtual currency 'bitcoin' has enabled Perth to launch a world-first trial to let people with solar panels sell their excess electricity to each other, not back to the grid.

Aspiring teachers could soon be selected based on their emotional intelligence and have to achieve higher ATAR scores if they want to work in Victorian schools.

Police raid 13 properties in Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs, finding ice and other drugs, an imitation firearm, two samurai swords and stolen property.

Development finally underway after long-running saga.

Through his selfless commitment, surgeon Brian Fleming helped advance cancer care for all Australians and upheld the noble ideals of the medical profession.

Organisers of the Australian short film festival announce it will be held in Parramatta in western Sydney for the next three years.

How did the ABS manage to get the census so wrong?

A senior policeman is questioned during the Sydney siege inquest about whether an email from NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione amounted to interference with police operations.

A police taskforce set up to stop Canberra's three outlaw motorcycle gangs becoming embroiled a full-blown bikie war will receive an extra $6.4 million, the ACT Government has announced.

One of NSW's most senior police officers says she didn't believe any of the text messages she deleted after the fatal Lindt Cafe siege needed to be retained. 

Not a pink or blue cupcake in sight at the TV presenter's super-stylish do.

Online fresh food delivery company Aussie Farmers Direct has pledged to go toe-to-toe with Coles and Woolworths on price.

A 21-year-old man is charged over an assault that left a Launceston man in a critical condition in hospital.