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A 16-year-old boy is charged with starting a "ferocious" fire in Sydney's west which seriously damaged seven homes and led to the evacuation of others.

About 100 people gather at Hobart's Parliament Lawns for a candlelight vigil for slain Brisbane bus driver Manmeet Alisher, with locals saying the attack "has shaken the conscience of the whole community".

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Five teenagers are charged after a wild party in Adelaide's north where police patrol cars were damaged.

South African Test debutant Keshav Maharaj says an automatic appeal after hitting Steve Smith's pads worked in his favour after controversially dismissing the Australian captain.

Photos of a pair of rare giant goannas show the proud parents of a batch of hatchlings acting amorously near Canberra's city centre.

The Indian community in Perth comes together to remember a 29-year-old Brisbane City Council bus driver who died after being set on fire at a suburban bus stop.

Jamie Maclaren's second goal in as many games was all the Roar needed to book a third successive win and rise to second on the ladder after a quality display against Melbourne City.

While South Africa roars right back into contention in the first Test, Australia arguably remains ahead in terms of favouritism due to a series-ending injury to Steyn.

A former coal miner who has unwillingly become a symbol of black lung disease details his plight, telling a state parliamentary committee there are moments he no longer wants to live.

A woman who was stabbed six times and doused in petrol met her attacker on an online dating site, court documents reveal.

Australia undoes its good opening day work in the first Test against South Africa, collapsing on day two to surrender control of the match at the WACA.

South Africa builds a lead of 102 after Australia's batting collapse on day two. See how the action unfolded our live blog.

Sailing from his wheelchair had become too difficult for Paul Shaw, then he heard about the Tenacious tall ship and 'jumped at the opportunity' to join the crew.

Former cricketer Dennis Lillee talks to 7.30 about his new book and the coroner's finding that no one was to blame for Phillip Hughes' death.

Bones, artefacts and emu eggshells discovered in a cave in WA's Mid West show humans inhabited the area just before the last ice age and thousands of years earlier than previously thought.

An Australian-first crowdfunded training model for law graduates in WA proves successful, with 80 per cent of its inductees now employed as lawyers.

A former naval officer who helped defuse a German mine that washed up on a Surfers Paradise beach has returned to the city more than half a century after his heroics.

Two people are arrested over a "ferocious" bushfire in western Sydney that destroyed one home in Cranebrook and spread to nearby Llandilo before firefighters could contain the blaze.

A reptile handler in New South Wales proposes to his girlfriend inside a crocodile enclosure containing a 4.5-metre animal named Elvis, then jokes that popping the question was "worse than feeding a crocodile".

Wigglemania has swept through the far north Queensland Aboriginal community of Yarrabah, but Blue Wiggle Anthony Field says it was the children's music supergroup that left richer for the experience.

A judge throws out a case against three Queensland University of Technology students who were accused of racially vilifying an Indigenous woman in 2013.

'A mini Tate right here in Sydney' is how curators are describing the Art Gallery of NSW's major summer exhibition, Nude: art from the Tate collection.

A former naval officer who helped diffuse a German mine that washed up on a Surfers Paradise beach has returned to the city more than half a century after his heroics.

It seems every stockman and their dog has come to Strathalbyn to compete in the Lower Lakes Challenge.

Two men are dead and a 14-month-old girl is in a critical condition after three separate incidents in Victorian waters.

Gladstone Communities for Children urged parents to seek out local services that could benefit their children.

A memorial honouring the contribution of post-World War II migrants to Narrogin and surrounds has been unveiled.

Police data suggests marijuana abuse is endemic in Northern Territory remote communities where unemployment is rife and opportunities are few.

The Department of Health has confirms a young child has been diagnosed with meningococcal disease, taking the number of confirmed cases in WA to 20 this year.

Hundreds of landholders register for the 2017 national release of the new strain of deadly K5 rabbit virus.

The administrators of Arrium say there are less than five possible bidders for the steelmaker and iron ore miner.

A man allegedly threatens a woman with a tomahawk in a shopping centre after leading police on high-speed chase which resulted in three officers being injured in southern Perth.

Live music from Leah Flanagan, and Melbourne buildings re-interpreted as clothing.

Hundreds of firefighters battle a "ferocious" out-of-control bushfire that earlier threatened homes in Cranebrook and has now spread to nearby Llandilo in western Sydney.

Emotionally-charged speeches are heard as part of an investigation into whether Aboriginal heritage has been overlooked in the conditional approval of the Shenhua mine.

Grandstand's cricket experts cast their eye over the state of the game to try to answer the question of where the line is when it comes to sledging.

A Supreme Court jury watches a video re-enactment detailing how the man accused of fatally bashing a toddler disposed of her body in the roof of her home.

Firefighters battle a "ferocious" out-of-control bushfire at Cranebrook in western Sydney where it is believed at least two homes or garages are already alight and multiple houses are at risk.

Two men involved in one of the country's biggest art frauds, where fake Brett Whiteley paintings were produced and sold, are sentenced to jail but given bail until they can appeal against their convictions.

A disused demountable building in the grounds of Mount Isa's Good Shepherd Parish becomes a symbol of interfaith cooperation.

A man who stole more than $500,000 from the ACT Public Trustee Office between 2010 and 2013 is sentenced to four years in jail.

At the age of 91, Don Robertson is one of the oldest competitors at the 2016 Pan Pacific Masters Games.

Is there a large Army helicopter hovering above you? Don't panic, we're not under attack.

South African pace spearhead Dale Steyn is taken to hospital for scans on a shoulder injury suffered on day two at the WACA.

Christian Brother Robert Best, a convicted paedophile, pleads guilty to more cases of child sexual abuse dating back nearly 50 years.

A long hot summer with an abundance of Mediterranean fruit fly awaits the people of Harvey, a fruit-growing town in the WA's south west.

Michael Atkins apologises to his missing partner's parents "for their loss" while answering questions during the inquest into Matthew Leveson's presumed death.

A man is charged with aggravated assault after a 76-year-old nun was knocked to the ground and repeatedly kicked during a daylight attack in the northern WA town of Broome.

Queensland's peak farm group is shocked and disappointed at the resignation of the state's Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries.