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New South Wales police charge a man with two counts of murder over the deaths of a couple who were found wrapped in sheets and dumped nine months apart in Sydney's south-west.

The thoroughbred industry slams a decision by the Department of Planning and Environment to recommend a previously thwarted mine expansion be approved.

The body of Son Thanh Nguyen, 39, was dumped in a Bankstown gutter on March 11, 2103.

Three executives at the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service received perks in their contracts, the ABC understands, pushing the wage bill up for the embattled service.

Chantal Doecke, one of the 3,000 babies flown out of Saigon in the closing days of the Vietnam War, tracks down a close relative, as ovarian cancer gives added urgency to her quest to find her birth family.

Swan Lake will be the centrepiece of Queensland Ballet's program in 2017, following the group's biggest grossing season yet.

Adelaide City Council resists a State Government push to allow some of North Adelaide's historic institutions and colleges to be redeveloped beyond their existing boundaries in an attempt to save the suburb's character.

The AFL will look for a midweek sell-out of the Greater Western Sydney versus Western Bulldogs preliminary final after disappointing sales to Giants members were balanced by a strong pick-up from the Melbourne club's supporters.

A man is charged with murder after a body is discovered at Upper Ferntree Gully, in Melbourne's outer east, on Saturday.

Defence Minister Marise Payne has vowed there will be no pause in Australian air strikes against the so-called Islamic State as an investigation is carried out into the accidental bombing of at least 60 Syrian soldiers.

Entertainer Jimmy Barnes was sent death threats after he asked anti-immigration groups such as Reclaim Australia to stop using his music at their rallies, he says.

Women are on track to occupy 30 per cent of boardroom seats by the end of 2018, but 22 companies remain complete female-free zones.

Malcolm Turnbull has urged world leaders to look to Australia's uncompromising border protection policies as a model for regaining control of international refugee flows and to hold their own political systems together. He said countries must pool their efforts to create "order out of chaos" on a global scale.

New York officials have identified a suspect wanted for questioning over Saturday's blast in the Chelsea area of the city.

The charges of flip-flopping and lying would damage rather than bolster a traditional candidate. But for Donald Trump, the lying and evasion is part of the appeal.

Three people have become stuck on Uluru after ignoring pleas by the site's traditional owners not to climb it.

The NSW Environmental Protection Authority says it is relieved to have finally solved the mystery behind hundreds of pelican deaths on the State's Central Coast.

How many exercise reminders can you stand?

Have you noticed strawberries are berry cheap at the moment?

The Queensland Government could take action after a company that did not officially exist donated money to the campaign to help elect Logan's new mayor earlier this year.

The Queensland Government could take action after a company that did not officially exist donated money to the campaign to help elect Logan's new mayor earlier this year.

More and more senior men are coming out and saying the CEO gigs aren't all they are cracked up to be.

Sydney are finessing their game plan for Friday night's clash with Geelong.

Tom Liberatore was trying to leave his Nonna's house last Thursday night after dinner but she wouldn't let him go. She was worried about the Hawks the next night.

It was a smooth telecast, even a safe one, but it was also a night for Australian glory as our own Ben Mendelsohn won outstanding supporting actor in a drama series for his work on the Netflix drama Bloodline.

As Dane McNeill, 20, sat with his hands and feet bound with duck tape in a laundry, his mother was desperately searching for him.  

Josh Papalii and Josh Hodgson have finished in a joint tie for the 2016 Mal Meninga Medal.

Indonesia plans to pursue Google for five years of back taxes, and the search giant could face a bill of more than $US400 million for 2015 alone.

Treasurer Scott Morrison has dampened speculation that the controversial backpacker tax will simply be "axed", saying any compromise would still be required to deliver the $500 million-plus budget boost of the original package.

There is nothing "accidental" about the 1.25 million people - 3400 a day - who die in crashes around the world each year, the World Health Organisation's injury prevention director says.

A man who seriously injured in a stabbing at Minto has spoken about the "frightening" attack for the first time.

The Brumbies will play against Sonny Bill Williams and George Smith in Canberra next year, but not the Waratahs.

Meet the people bringing streaming music to pubs, bars, clubs and restaurants.

An open letter from a refugee on Nauru to the leaders of the UN's Summit for Refugees and Migrants.

Being a mum comes as naturally to Black Caviar as winning races, as she cares for her third foal, which was born in the Hunter Valley on Sunday morning.

An Australian company that provides welfare services for refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru has told the Turnbull government it no longer wants to do its work on the island.

The Future Fund, Queensland Investment Corporation and one of China's biggest sovereign wealth funds have snapped up the Port of Melbourne for a whopping $9.7 billion. 

The sale will allow the Andrews government to unleash billions of dollars' worth of extra infrastructure in the lead up to the 2018 election.

It's a brave commentator who would predict the ultimate winner in the Mercedes-dominated title battle in 2016, but if the second half of the Formula One season has shown anything it's that Daniel Ricciardo and his Red Bull might be in the mix come 2017

Steve Smith is confident Mitchell Starc will be ready for this summer's first Test as Australia's spearhead continues to recover from what the skipper termed "one of the most gruesome things I've ever seen".

Malcolm Turnbull is right. Australia does have the world's best border protection policy, if the principal measure of success is that no one gets in without an invitation.

Malcolm Turnbull has turned up the heat on increasingly protectionist US legislators, pleading with them to ratify the Obama-led Trans-Pacific Partnership trade liberalisation agreement and to do it now - ie before the looming presidential change-over.

Waterlogged parts of Victoria are bracing for more wet weather, with a fresh onslaught of heavy rain predicted from late on Tuesday.

Taking the time to do some research before you begin won't cost a cent but could make all the difference, says Dea Jolly.

Organisations that don't have canon law, are not celibate and don't have confessionals, have still dealt with abusers in a similar way to the Catholic Church.

Julie Bishop is ready for her next assignment – the education of Donald Trump.

Then re again, a public non-binding vote on basic human and civil rights is hardly a step forward in a progressive democracy. Chris Rivers Port Macquarie

They're the new Canberra Capitals sister act who spend their weekdays in the classroom.

Visual arts students will be working in a society that values artworks, but often fails to value its artists.

Injured Sydney duo Gary Rohan and Jarrad McVeigh are attempting miraculous recoveries in a bid to be fit for the Swans' preliminary final showdown with Geelong on Friday night.