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Firefighters rescue an 18-year-old schoolgirl when she becomes wedged in a dog door at her house, in Melbourne's north-east, after finishing her Year 12 exams.

In India, friends and family of a Brisbane bus driver who was killed when a man set him alight on Friday, urge calm amid questions over whether the attack was racially motivated.

Hundreds of people gather to remember a "sociable, multi-talented" young bus driver who was killed when a man set him alight in front of passengers in suburban Brisbane..

WA Nationals escalate policy push to boost revenue and revive economy with new tax and payroll tax relief.

Bruno Fornaroli scores a goal either side of half-time to secure Melbourne City a 2-1 win over Adelaide United at AAMI Park.

Do kids really feel safe? A survey for the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse says children and young people are reluctant to speak out.

Rosie Batty says she finds it "disturbing" the Federal Government could find $180 million for the plebiscite on same-sex marriage but struggles to fund legal reform related to domestic violence.

Seven West Media asks for "expressions of interest" from Sunday Times employees ahead of job cuts, and says it intends to start publishing the newspaper in the second half of November.

WA Nationals leader Brendon Grylls lobbies his federal counterpart Barnaby Joyce to support a new tax on the mining giants by outlining the financial challenges facing Western Australia during an hour-long meeting in Geraldton.

The woman who found missing campers Marama and Jeremy Sim on a remote bush track near Western Australia's southern coast says she is not a hero, but just a friend "who wouldn't give up".

The nurses who were assigned to care for a former Socceroo player who faced a traumatic death failed to check the patient's progress notes, including a request that he not be connected to oxygen, a coronial inquest reveals.

Latin rock band Ozomatli have served as cultural ambassadors for the United States, performed for the Obamas and take a firm stance on issues such as immigration reform and health care. They're currently touring Australia.

Rosie Batty joins 7.30 to discuss the summit on family violence

Today in Brisbane the Prime Minister and state premiers held a summit on what more could be done to prevent family violence.

Seven West Media says it intends to start publishing The Sunday Times newspaper in Perth from the second half of November, as it begins a review of the publication's profitability.

Today in Brisbane the Prime Minister and state premiers held a summit on what more could be done to prevent family violence.

Embattled Victorian minister Steve Herbert refuses to resign after failing to declare he owns a country house, to which his dogs were chauffeured at taxpayers' expense, prompting calls for his sacking.

Salvation Army worker Robert Burnett is sentenced to 18-and-a-half years in jail for sexually abusing seven boys between 1973 and 1999.

A registered nurse, accused of murdering two elderly women at a northern New South Wales nursing home, says she cannot remember a conversation in which she allegedly boasted about knowing how to kill someone with insulin, a court hears.

Information from the Red Cross data breach could have been used for identity theft, blackmail or sold on the black market if "unsavoury" criminals had obtained it, a cyber security expert says.

A unique pedestrian crossing beside Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra wins a major infrastructure award, and aims to challenge the 'creepy' stigma associated with similar underpasses.

A grieving mother is accusing marketing giant Appco of exploiting her young son and displaying callous and disrespectful behaviour when he was killed following a work function.

He's been described as a 'rock star economist' and his work has ignited interest in the magnitude, structure and impact of inequality.

A Thai man living in Sydney is sacked from his restaurant job after being targeted by an ultra-royalist group known as the Rubbish Collection Organisation.

A man who was found guilty of murdering his parents at a property in Wangaratta resented his parents for repeated beatings, a presentence hearing in the Supreme Court in Melbourne is told.

The NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) says it has consulted with landholders and water authorities ahead of a planned release of water to the lower Darling River.

Three family members face court after the alleged murder of a 24-year-old man whose body was discovered in a backyard grave at their Perth home, 10 days after he was reported missing.

More than 200 years after George Salter arrived in NSW on the Second Fleet, his fourth generation niece Roslyn Van Der Sandt returns to Parramatta Park and the house he built and developed into a flourishing livestock farm.

This week's Changing Track is for Greg

War veterans will be less likely to seek mental health treatment once a current Adelaide hospital facility moves, a returned serviceman with post-traumatic stress disorder warns.

Narembeen locals come together to support one another ahead of harvest time.

Bill and Steve talk work life balance and special guest Professor Rod Sinclair explains how clinical trials work.

A new piece of the Marvel Cinematic Universe! How well does it fit?

A truck crash on Perth's Stirling Highway Bridge is cleared after it closed the road in both directions, banking up traffic for kilometres and leading to major delays near Fremantle.

Joe Mennie's selection for the first Test squad may have shocked most of Australia, but the Redbacks bowler is confident he can do the job if given an opportunity.

Theme park Dreamworld will not reopen until after the funerals for the four victims, chief executive Craig Davidson says.

A decision not to re-open Yarloop Primary School next year is condemned by parents who say their children have been "caged" at a temporary host school.

Three family members face court over the alleged murder of a 24-year-old man following the discovery of his body in a backyard grave at a Perth home, 10 days after he was reported missing.

The best way to end the working week. This week Richard is joined by Wendy Harmer, Tommy Dean and James O'Loghlin.

German tourist Maxim Wecker is remanded in custody after appearing in court on a grievous bodily harm charge over a one-punch attack on the Gold Coast.

An overloaded animal welfare group in rural Queensland is making 1,600km round-trip mercy dashes to save abandoned pets from euthanasia.

ACT police want to speak to a man who allegedly used his mobile phone to film a woman in change rooms, and became aggressive when confronted at a south Canberra department store.

A sanctuary near Adelaide which attracts thousands of migratory birds annually from the northern hemisphere is proclaimed Australia's newest national park.

A truck crash and diesel spill closes Perth's Stirling Highway Bridge in both directions, banking up traffic for kilometres and leading to major delays for motorists near Fremantle.

A Chinese doctor in northern New South Wales is prohibited from seeking re-registration, after he was found guilty of professional misconduct.

A Canberra woman says security guards forced her two-year-old son to check in a toy lightsaber during a visit to Parliament House because they considered it a "weapon".

Shark nets that will be used on the NSW north coast will offer limited protection, a Department of Primary Industries scientist says.

Archival photographs capture the early days of an event that began with a feminist bonfire.

Bus driver Manmeet Alisher dies after he is doused in flammable liquid and set alight at a bus stop in Brisbane, as police interview a 48-year-old man over the attack with "no apparent motive".

In what would have to be one of the most unusual publications on the Murray Darling Basin, a Victorian author has penned a 600-page poem about the river system.