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Supporters of assisted dying in Western Australia welcomes moves to introduce legislation in Victoria and say there are plans to introduce their own "mirrored" bills into State Parliament.

An Indigenous elder believes a new war memorial in Mildura will help Aboriginal servicemen and women receive long-overdue recognition.

A man who allegedly crashed into a police motorcycle and then led police on a chase through Adelaide's northern suburbs is arrested and charged.

Maddison Elliott and Dylan Alcott have won Australian Paralympic Awards after starring in the nation's Rio Games campaign.

One quarter of Canberra children are overweight or obese, according to an ACT Government report, with little change in the numbers over the past five years.

One of Queensland's last surviving hand-wound tower clocks in Rockhampton needs a new caretaker not afraid of heights.

The Federal Government extends funding for homelessness services by one year after the sector warned a funding cut could prompt a human and economic disaster.

Queensland's corruption watchdog finds a police fraud squad initiative that raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from the private sector exposed the state's police service to a serious fraud risk.

TasPorts joins forces with a private operator to establish a forestry exports terminal at Hobart's Macquarie Point.

As the Chinese winter sets in, "fake fur" coats made of Australian wool are in hot demand, and driving the Australian wool price.

A plan to turn Lake Kununurra into one of Australia's greatest fishing locations is starting to take shape thanks to a barramundi stocking program.

Cameras are being strapped to feral cats outside Roxby Downs, in South Australia, as researchers monitor their eating habits amid fears the felines will turn to eating native animals after the release of the newest strain of rabbit calicivirus.

An 85-year-old woman who was served with a move-on notice during a protest against the controversial Roe 8 Highway extension in Perth vows she will not be deterred, even if it means disguising herself.

A truck driver who claims he had a coughing fit and blacked out moments before a fatal crash at Murray Bridge told his doctor he had crashed his vehicle twice before the 2015 accident for the same reason, a court hears.

Wanted man Conan Taylor, who allegedly threatened police with a gun in rural South Australia, is arrested at Blakeview, in Adelaide's north.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews joins 7.30 to discuss his stance on euthanasia, energy policy and family violence.

New mapping tool allows users to tag places around the CBD and surrounding suburbs where they feel safe or unsafe and leave comments.

NSW Premier Mike Baird has had to make his second backflip on a controversial policy in as many months. First it was the ban on greyhound racing, now he's relaxing the state's divisive lock-out laws.

The New South Wales Government's controversial lockout laws have been eased for live entertainment venues in the CBD and Kings Cross as part of a two-year trial.

Graham Jordan is rescued by fishermen taking a closer look at what they initially thought was debris in the water off Port Kennedy, with his survival put down to his "mile a day" swim regime.

The Melbourne local council that installed CCTV cameras in Brunswick after the rape and murder of ABC employee Jill Meagher will not guarantee they will be kept after 2019, on the basis they have not reduced crime.

The controversial courtside advertisements from betting agency William Hill, featured at this year's Australian Open, will be cut from the event next month.

Kevin Mitchell's family has been preparing the Gabba pitch since 1975, but the curator is facing a new challenge this summer.

A woman is charged with attempting to kill two men in a house fire in Ballajura last month, with police alleging she tried to drug the pair first.

Australia's first simulated cyber security "game" kicks off at the National Security College of the Australian National University.

Twenty-first century technology like CT scans is shedding light on the lives of six ancient Egyptians, including a temple singer, a priest and a child, who were mummified as long as 3,000 years ago.

Senior ministers in the Barnett Government lash WA Labor Leader Mark McGowan over his plan to cut public sector pay, executive positions and departments.

The demand for food hampers in regional Victoria is up 11 per cent after a tough year for the state's dairy farmers, who are putting their hands up for help for the first time in years.

Liz Parnov's Rio Olympics dream was shattered when she broke her leg in April, but the Australian pole vaulter is already jumping again and focussing on the Tokyo Games in 2020.

Graziers in central Queensland fear the Defence Department will simply take their land if they cannot acquire it, to accommodate the expansion of a major military training zone.

Scientists are building nearly a dozen "fish hotels" in central Queensland to try to protect the diversity of aquaculture in the region.

Hour-long train delays, communication issues and a laughing emoji sees Queensland Transport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe once again apologising to rail commuters for disruptions to services.

Fancy living on a street with the same name as a terrorist group? For residents in a Mackay suburb, the name "Isis Court" did not sound like an appealing place to call home.

A new use for the metal vanadium is emerging as energy savvy consumers look for a better way of storing solar power than lithium-ion batteries.

Tensions between the ACT's Chief Magistrate Lorraine Walker and the Director of Public Prosecutions get worse, after she delivers a stinging criticism of the DPP's handling of Industrial Court matters.

A Senate inquiry into Tasmania's bushfires last summer recommends a national firefighting team be considered, along with more federal funding to tackle risks in the state's Wilderness World Heritage Area.

CQUniversity is looking for volunteers to gather seeds and flowers in a meadowthe only catch is it is underwater.

Retired deputy police commissioner Nick Kaldas claims a minor victory in his fight to stop the publication of a report into illegal police bugging, with the New South Wales Ombudsman promising not to release the document until the matter is heard in court.

A new digital mapping tool allows women to tag places around the Melbourne CBD and surrounding suburbs where they feel safe or unsafe and leave comments describing their experiences.

The key decision makersand award winnersin the Australian film industry are still overwhelmingly male, writes WIFT president Sophie Mathisen.

NSW police are examining a suspicious device, initially thought to be a homemade bomb, that sparked an emergency response and evacuations after being found at a power substation in Sydney.

The outback town of Hughenden in north-west Queensland is looking for ways to keep the town alive after devastating job cuts.

Grain Producers Australia has raised a number of concerns about the proposed acquisition of WA-based plant breeding company Intergrain by Adelaide based rival Australian Grain Technologies.

A 19-year-old man presents himself to police following the death of a 59-year-old woman at her home in Townsville, in north Queensland, which neighbours described as a "a scary sight".

A coronial investigation into three unsolved underworld killings that occurred during Melbourne's bloody gangland war comes to a close, with no charges laid.

World-renowned street artist Guido van Helten uses the sides of train wagons to paint portraits of residents of Manildra in central west New South Wales.

The ACT Government confirms it is working on legislation to ensure all pool fences comply with current safety requirements, as recommended by a coronial inquest into the drowning death of a toddler.

For Renata McDonald, getting rid of her unwanted houseguests required an apiarist, a builder and a lot of patience.

A Newcastle school student has won a scholarship to learn from some of Australia's leading Shakespearean actors.

Australian agribusiness GrainCorp says ADM selling its 19 per cent stake in the company does not change their strategy "one iota".