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A nine-year-old boy and an elderly couple are among seven people who managed to escape three separate house fires in Melbourne's east overnight.

Police find a body underneath rubble at the site of a collapsed mine shaft in Opalton, in Queensland's central west.

Paul Crake's life as an elite athlete was turned on its head after a cycling accident left him in a wheelchair, now his life is dedicated to helping people with disabilities get behind the wheel.

Marco Rojas scores in the 93rd minute to give Melbourne Victory a dramatic 2-1 A-League win over Adelaide United.

A 39-year-old man is charged after police allegedly find him carrying a homemade explosive device outside an Adelaide shopping centre on Saturday afternoon.

The rise of milk alternatives in Australia.

Once the scourge of pastoralists, goats are moving from pest to profit for some producers.

Australia's blueberry industry is booming.

A rescue operation is underway in Central Queensland for a man believed to be missing after a mine collapse.

Brisbane Roar responds to difficult week with hard-fought 1-0 win over Central Coast Mariners in Gosford.

The Federal Court has prevented Griffin Coal from using secretly taped video footage to sack a union delegate.

They say it is rude to stare, but dozens of people do away with etiquette for an afternoon dedicated to gazing into strangers' eyes as part of the Human Connection Movement in Brisbane.

Households with solar panels are fast looking to batteries to offset a fall in feed-in tariffs, but installing the batteries could cost them the tariff altogether.

Champion mare Winx becomes a legend with a breathtaking Cox Plate victory at Moonee Valley.

Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion is pushing for an old cattle station near Katherine to be converted into a youth prison farm, but in Tennant Creek another option is gaining support.

The discovery of more night parrots in a remote national park in central-west Queensland increases the known range of the world's most mysterious bird by four times, Australian Wildlife Conservancy says.

A week after the polls closed in Canberra, the final results of the ACT election are announced with Labor winning 12 seats, the Liberals securing 11 and the Greens claiming two.

69-year-old journalist and social activist Wendy Bacon, says the police gave her 'pretty rough treatment' when they arrested her and two other peaceful protesters at a WestConnex demonstration yesterday.

The managing director of one of Margaret River's leading wineries speaks out against the gas industry, expressing doubts the two sectors can co-exist in the region.

South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill urges consumers to spend a couple of extra dollars a week on local produce to support hundreds of jobs at the launch of I Choose SA Day.

A woman dies and a man is rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries, after the pair allegedly fall 10 metres from a building in Collingwood.

A Canberra man who allegedly sent inappropriate messages to a child has come to the attention of police 113 times, the ACT Magistrates Court hears.

Costs should not be a barrier to children participating in sport, welfare advocates say, as they call for the Victorian Government to introduce subsidies to help kids take part.

A 74-year-old man is charged over an attack on a 73-year-old man in the northern Perth suburb of Yokine.

Coaching legend Wayne Bennett will kick off a new chapter in his stellar career when his England side takes on France.

Thousands of people take part in Walk Together rallies across Australia, which have this year gone international, in a gesture to welcome refugees and immigrants.

A man is refused bail in an ACT court after he allegedly threatened to kill four family members, including a four-month-old baby.

A 74-year-old man is charged over an alleged attack on a 73-year-old man in the northern Perth suburb of Yokine.

Former prime minister Tony Abbott's push to change the NSW Liberal Party's preselection processes is defeated with the state council instead unanimously backing Malcolm Turnbull's plan.

A 63-year-old Canberra man appears in the ACT Magistrates Court charged with drink-driving and driving without a valid licence, the third time he has been caught by police in the past three years.

The Adelaide Airport Authority says a new seven-storey hotel planned for the airport will create up to 350 jobs during construction and boost tourism in the state.

A growing global appetite for goat meat has driven prices to record highs, prompting efforts to improve productivity on Australian goat farms.

Victorians are advised to rug up and stay indoors as a cold front moves across the state this weekend, with the Bureau of Meteorology warning there is no real warmth expected until November.

A 35-year-old Yanchep man is charged with two counts of murder over the deaths of his children, aged three and five.

A New South Wales Liberals state council meeting passes a motion from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to reform its preselection processes, before rejecting Tony Abbott's competing proposal.

Catch up with the latest podcast of Saturday Talkback Gardening with Jon Lamb and Ashley Walsh.

Queensland Rail's board is ordered to hold an urgent meeting this weekend to work out interim arrangements after major disruptions to Brisbane's network saw the cancellation of 100 trains on Friday due to a lack of drivers.

A West Australian doctor is fined and ordered to undergo re-education programs over the death of a 66-year-old patient who was over-prescribed a medication for rheumatoid arthritis.

Prestigious independent Victorian school Geelong Grammar says it wants to encourage survivors of past child abuse at the school who have not yet come forward to contact them for "guidance and support".

The Tasmanian Government's push to lower the school starting age to as low as three-and-a-half is shaping up to be state election issue after the Government delayed its proposed changes for 12 months.

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NSW batsman Nic Maddinson and Victoria skipper Matthew Wade says Cricket Australia's new concussion substitute rule worked well in their one-day cup clash.

NSW batsman Nic Maddinson and Victoria skipper Matthew Wade says Cricket Australia's new concussion substitute rule worked well in their one-day cup clash.

An internal police investigation is underway into how one of four boys alleged to have trashed a high school in WA's Goldfields was bitten by a police dog.

A boy who deliberately lit fires around Yahl in SA, which "could have had catastrophic effects", receives a suspended sentence because he accepted "full responsibility" for his actions.

A decorated former police officer badly injured after a criminal shot at him, lodging 37 bullet fragments in his head, calls for an overhaul of Victoria's WorkSafe compensation scheme.