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A north Queensland hardware store and men's shed create a therapy garden for locals who are undergoing rehabilitation.

Jury deliberations in Gable Tostee's murder trial will enter a third day at the Supreme Court in Brisbane this morning.

A fourth-generation Hunter Valley beef farmer is carrying on her family's tradition of "alternate" farming.

South Australian police ask all those with the surname Bowen to remember where they were at the time of the fatal bombing on the National Crime Authority in Adelaide in 1994, and whether they recall suspicious activity in the lead-up to the attack.

One man is arrested after Victoria Police's Echo Taskforce conducts raids in Melbourne's south-east this morning.

Barnaby Joyce has blocked Opposition attempts to use Senate Estimates to gain access to a cost-benefit analysis of moving the national chemical regulator.

Dairy farmers in Western Australia are making a desperate plea to the state and federal governments to broker a long-term solution to their woes.

A 43-year-old man will face court today after being charge with murder at the scene of an early-morning fire in Sydney's west where he survived and a woman died.

Hundreds of RAAF workers who were exposed to toxic chemicals during F-111 maintenance programs could face a cancer risk up to 30 per cent higher than their colleagues, an Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report finds.

Around 10,000 tonnes of corn will be shipped out of Wyndham in the coming months, as part of a new export deal for farmers in the Kimberley's Ord Irrigation Scheme.

A fire breaks out in a caravan repair factory in Melbourne's north for the second time at the site this week and police say they are treating the blaze as suspicious.

Queensland education advocates are backing the State Government's decision to postpone an overhaul of the senior school assessment system, a move that has been condemned by the LNP.

Jamie Whincup fails to get his Bathurst 1000 penalty overturned, all but ensuring Holden's Will Davison and Jonathon Webb will remain champions.

If this technology can boost a message, can it influence an election? And if the technology is decisive, does it overshadow the will of the people?

It is "feasible" that iron ore miner Samarco could resume operations by the middle of next year.

Michael Clarke has revealed his pain at the breakdown of his friendship with former Australian teammate Andrew Symonds in his autobiography.

As Donald Trump's campaign to become US President snowballed and gathered an almost inexorable momentum over the past six months, it became hard to see the result as anything but a win-win for the businessman.

US President Barack Obama said no serious person could suggest US elections could be manipulated because of their decentralised nature.

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The cost of living in the US rose at the fastest pace in five months on energy and shelter prices.

Goldman's commitment to fixed-income trading through a seven-year slump has finally paid off.

The calls come after David Leyonhjelm told Peta Credlin to "STFU" after she rejected reports Tony Abbott did a deal that would allow the firearm into the country. 

A man has been charged with murder after a woman's body was found following a house fire in western Sydney.

Accused Australian paedophile Robert Andrew Fiddes Ellis has insisted he does not deserve jail for allegedly molesting Balinese children, saying "it was not a serious thing" and he "paid them generously".

Back pain is not all in your head, but our heads can make all the difference to our back pain.

What happens to all the Floriade flowers now the festival is over?

Property investors are pumping more of their money into the suburbs as the value of property in the city skyrockets and available stock decreases.

Business can be profitable but far from a licence to print money.

Almost three million tourists to Brisbane in the past 12 months have spent almost $2 billion in Brisbane alone.

It shouldn't be like this.

Sleep in a coffin? Don't mind if I do!

Commonwealth Bank wealth management boss Annabel Spring has highlighted the negative effects of record low interest rates for social equity, saying a low-yield world also tends to be a more unequal one.

What if the bet on Barangaroo plays out badly for James Packer?

As the search for a missing kayaker looks set to spill into a third day police have made a public appeal for help to find Peter Cole.

Pressure to raise more capital in an arms race with banks overseas is easing, say treasurers from two big four banks, as global bank regulators put a higher priority on boosting economic growth.

St Peters residents forced out of their homes for WestConnex say they have no hope of buying back into neighbouring inner-city suburbs.

At a time when freedom of speech and press freedom are under seemingly constant attack, it is important for courts not to tip the balance too far in favour of personal reputation.

The government of Nauru has labelled the ABC "an embarrassment to journalism" following a Four Corners report on the island's regional processing system, accusing the broadcaster of racism, political activism and insulting the people of Nauru.

Namaste. You've just completed a yoga class. Are you feeling relaxed? Achieved inner peace? That's good. Now to take care of the outside.

A woman has died in a fire that tore through a house in Sydney's west overnight, police say.

The corruption trial of a former chief of staff to a Northern Territory minister hears an assistant was told to continue to use a travel agency despite her concerns, saying her "job was getting harder".

Test cricket aspirants Usman Khawaja and Joe Burns are expected to be recalled to the Australian Test side, despite low outputs in one-day cup finals.

Ultra-low interest rates have upended banks' economic models, Commonwealth Bank boss Ian Narev says.

Four Corners showed the cruel and inhumane treatment of refugee children on Nauru.

The government has once again been exposed as average at policy and worse at the retail politics needed to support it.

No doubt these MPs made valuable contributions to Australian political life and to the constituents they served, for which they are entitled to some gratitude. The question is, how much gratitude is enough?

Police are investigating a possible shooting after a woman was hit by a projectile while driving in Perth's inner eastern suburbs.

The WA Government all but completed its clean-up of the fire-ravaged town of Yarloop at the cost of $45 million, but some residents say they are less than pleased with the final product.

This is not just an idle trivia question for planetary scientists.

Benji Marshall is set to extend his NRL career with the Brisbane Broncos, having reached out to former Kiwi mentor Wayne Bennett.