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A train collides with a car in Victoria's East Gippsland, leaving a man with serious injuries.

A Sunshine Coast couple is tapping into the lucrative pet treats market with a range up-market dog biscuits.

Bad weather is being blamed for a three-to-four-week postponement of next month's relocation of ministers and public servants to their new headquarters at 1 William Street in Brisbane.

The ABC understands the Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission is no longer speaking to Ballarat council officers as part of a fraud investigation.

Canberra is a multicultural city, but the makeup of the city's ethnic populations has changed over time.

Residents in the town of Oakey are waiting for the final health and environmental assessments related to contamination of some groundwater from the nearby Defence base. They say the town is becoming increasingly divided over how the contamination has been managed. Many are angry at those that have spoken out about the contamination, saying it's tarnished the town's reputation.

Young fashionistas looking for high-end brands find designer clothes at bargain prices in Queensland's op shops.

BRIAN HENDERSON, PRESENTER: Hello, I'm Brian Henderson. That was me in the 1960s when I presented the music show "Bandstand". One of the regular performers on the show was the young singer Patricia Amphlett, better known as "Little Pattie". At 17, she became the youngest Australian entertainer to perform in a war zone. As it turned out, that was a dangerous mission, an experience which changed her life. This is Patricia Amphlett's story.

At 17, Little Pattie became the youngest entertainer to perform for the troops in Vietnam. Fifty years later she returns to Vietnam for the anniversary commemoration, to remember those who died in the Battle of Long Tan and to sing once more for those who survived.

Detectives charge a man over the rape of a woman in Mossman, North Queensland.

The Hobart Hurricanes sign one of the best seamers in the world, Stuart Broad, as the T-20 side looks to bounce back from a forgettable summer.

Darwin police search for a group of young males who set three saltwater crocodiles loose in a school administration office

The Western Bulldogs' luckless AFL season continues with stand-in skipper Easton Wood injuring his ankle in a 40-point win over Essendon.

The Sydney Roosters record their biggest win over St George Illawarra and end the Dragons' NRL finals hopes with a 42-6 thumping.

Geelong beats dogged Brisbane Lions by 10 goals to keep the race for a top-two spot and home final interesting with a week to play.

A driver has died after his car collided with a truck south of Ballarat on Sunday afternoon. 

The lawyer hired to defend Peter Scully, the Melbourne man Filipino authorities have accused of some of the worst child sex crimes in memory, has quit in exasperation over the alleged paedophile's incessant demands for special treatment in prison, Fairfax Media can exclusively reveal.

Sri Lanka and Australia go head-to-head in the first of five one day internationals.

Just how West Coast and Hawthorn react to the loss of ruckmen Nic Naitanui and Jonathon Ceglar may have a lot to do with determining this year's premier, as well as a perennial football debate.

After equalling Israel Folau's rookie try-scoring record in the NRL, Melbourne winger Suliasi Vunivalu has been likened to the dual-international by coach Craig Bellamy.

Two-time Olympic champion claims career-best 22nd win, will face Croatia's Marin Cilic in final.

A second-half comeback against Parramatta delivers Canberra its eighth NRL win in a row and guarantees it a second chance in this year's finals.

A former Wheatbelt ranger who used to shoot unwanted dogs for a living now spends his days saving their lives, rescuing and re-homing the animals.

It wasn't their best performance but, with Jonathon Patton directing traffic, the Giants were always going to beat Freo.

Eddie Mabo's daughter and other family members visit the grave of Vincent Lingiari to mark the 50th anniversary of the Wave Hill walk-off.

Follow our match tracker as the Bombers and Bulldogs salute retiring veteran Adam Cooney.

A woman has been injured after her motorcycle crashed west of Canberra.

When Woolworths reports its full-year results on Thursday, expect to see a loss about $1 billion, analysts say, following restructuring costs and its exit from the disastrous Masters hardware business.

The Wallabies' hopes of winning back the Bledisloe Cup take another hit with veterans Matt Giteau and Rob Horne ruled out for the remainder of the Rugby Championship.

Port Adelaide will cancel the membership of a fan who threw a banana towards indigenous Crows star Eddie Betts after the incident plunged the AFL once more into racism controversy.

Harry Van Dartel performs a death defying somersault in Canberra's under 20s game against Parramatta.

Expect to see a flurry of Tweets, Facebook posts and Instagram posts by Olympians later this week as the blackout period on unofficial sponsorship ends.

Catch all the live action from Allianz Stadium.

It stands vacant on one of Melbourne's busiest thoroughfares, a mystery to many of the thousands of people who drive by every day.

The Raiders did it the hard way against the Eels before they guaranteed a top-four berth in the NRL finals.

I was in a taxi when Rafaela Silva won Brazil's first gold at the Rio Games. We may not have shared a common language, but there was no need for words.

The Wallabies' hopes of regaining the Bledisloe Cup have taken another major blow with Matt Giteau and Rob Horne ruled out for the remainder of the Rugby Championship. 

A British man charged with murdering a Balinese policeman says the officer held down his Australian partner in the sand on the night of his death, his lawyer says, as a funeral is held for the slain officer.

THE owner of Kittens strip club is negotiating a secret financial settlement with the Comanchero outlaw motorcycle gang in a bid to resolve a violent two-year feud that has included a string of drive-by shootings and a fire bombing.

Labor coy on whether it would block plebiscite legislation.

Carlton have put an end to Melbourne's late finals bid with a determined 20-point win at the MCG.

It's business as usual at Lort Smith Animal Hospital: a cockatiel and a canary are up for adoption and $495,000 in donations is needed by the end of the year for its adoption centre's vet service.

Concerns are held for two young boys who have vanished north of Brisbane.

The removal of asbestos sheeting from within roof panels at the new $1.2 billion Perth Children's Hospital is "a patch-up job" that shows how poorly managed the project has been, the opposition says.

Apprenticeships can provide valuable social support and improve the mental health of young people making the transition from school to work, new research has found.

 An Australian amputee riding his bike 10,000km from Vietnam to Sydney has arrived in Perth ahead of his final journey.

Star Giant Jonathon Patton has returned from the depths of injury despair to prove his AFL quality.

Carlton puts an end to Melbourne's late finals bid with a determined 20-point win in wet conditions at the MCG.

The trustees responsible for the management and oversight of the Caulfield Racecourse Reserve could be removed after the findings of a bi-partisan parliamentary panel.

Gold Coast coach Rodney Eade has rejected suggestions that the Suns' defeat on Saturday night was directly related to the side remaining in Melbourne for the past week.