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The Victorian Government accuses Canberra of failing to properly fund compliance checks in the family day care sector, leaving the industry open to fraudsters claiming millions of dollars in taxpayers' money.

A group of Indigenous students in Canberra graduate from an innovative education program that embraces cultural and traditional values.

The number of female firefighters has almost doubled following the latest recruitment drive at ACT Fire and Rescue. Danni Curcio is one of the newcomers and is looking forward to facing new challenges.

Sarah Coyte and Adriana Jones have fought their battles in the sporting arena but it is away from the pitch they have faced their fiercest rival, anorexia nervosa.

A playground for visiting children is installed at Tasmania's Risdon Prison to help "dads be dads".

Dreamworld reopens today but "big thrill' rides will not be operating and the Thunder River Rapids ride that claimed four lives in October has been decommissioned and will be shielded from public view.

Australian photographer Hugh Brown risks his life to document the men, women and children who mine precious minerals by hand. He's encountered the "coal mafia", braved the "mountain that eats men" and been interrogated over terrorist linksand he isn't done yet.

The athletes from 30 Olympic and Paralympic sports benefited from a state-sponsored doping cover-up, an investigation funded by the World Anti-Doping Agency has found.

Opener David Warner paid tribute to the man who taught him how to play after leading Australia to a clean sweep over New Zealand in the Chappell-Hadlee series on Friday night.

A Supreme Court jury has taken just over three hours to unanimously find Darren Ashley guilty of murdering his former partner who died after being stabbed more than 27 times in Alice Springs in May 2012.

Mumbai: Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara shared a century stand as India made a strong start in their reply to England's total of 400 on the second day of the fourth Test at the Wankhede Stadium on Friday.

At a busy media call in a rehearsal studio on New York's 42nd Street this week, Cate Blanchett let slip some news that will excite Sydney theatregoers.

A 10-man Sydney FC side snatches a late equaliser to draw 1-1 with Melbourne City and keep its unbeaten A-League streak alive.

A man in his 30s dies in hospital after being found with stab wounds in a hallway alcove at the popular Old Woolstore Hotel in Hobart, but police say there were no suspicious circumstances.

Sydney battered, bruised but still on course to finish the season as immortals after surviving scare against Melbourne City.

Sydney FC preserved their unbeaten A-League record and remain six points clear at the top of the table after rescuing a point against Melbourne City with a late penalty that earned them a 1-1 draw in a feisty clash in front of a disappointing crowd of 14,668 fans at ANZ Stadium.

The Sydney Kings have won the first series of the NBL season, clinching an 86-78 eight-point comeback win over the Taipans in Cairns.

Wilders led a chant against Moroccans in a 2014 campaign rally.

The foster brother of slain Queensland schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer has applied for bail.

The sister of a fisherman who went missing, along with two other men, after a prawn trawler lost contact off the Fraser Coast in November wants answers.

A nurse found to have taken money from a mental health patient under her care in England has been working in Queensland for four years despite concerns she could offend again.

The booming Sunshine Coast has caught up with south-east Queensland and now has $10 billion in the committed project pipeline and halved its unemployment to 4.5 per cent since 2012.

A man has died at a Williamstown property this morning and a woman has handed herself in to police.

Gabi Forman wants to be the next Anna Meares. But she may have to find somewhere else to practise.

Jen Rudge has lived in Townsville for three years, 

Australian umpire Paul Reiffel won't officiate in the remainder of the fourth Test between India and England after suffering concussion following a blow to the back of his head.

Sydney's local trophy home shoppers have dominated the top sales of 2016, marking a turnaround on last year when most high-end deals were funded by overseas business interests.

Raymond Spackman, 73, was found "safe and well".

Seven West Media's chief executive in WA, Chris Wharton, and at least one other senior colleague are understood to be exiting the company as part of management changes.

Sydney's local trophy home shoppers have dominated the top sales of 2016, marking a turnaround on last year when most high-end deals were funded by overseas business interests.

British police investigating allegations of widespread child sex abuse at football clubs dating back to the 1970s said on Friday they had identified 83 potential suspects and possible links to 98 clubs, including some from the Premier League.

More people are seeing small as beautiful.

Fauna traps left out in 35-degree heat when environmental plan requires this to halt at 30 degrees, says Conservation Council.

Australia completes a three-game clean sweep of its ODI series against New Zealand with a 117-run win at the MCG on the back of David Warner's second-straight ton.

Another day, another game and another match-winning century to David Warner. It's just a pity there weren't many there to see it.

A witness who says he was held at gun point in a car used in the fatal shooting of Darwin man Fabian Brock has been accused of lying in court.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's disastrous week-long spat over a climate-change policy review has culminated in a showdown with state premiers in Canberra, and criticism from the nation's chief business group.

Two recent reports on Australian maths and science students have shown they're either stagnating, or going backwards. But the blame for that certainly can't be laid at the feet of Eddie Woo. He's head of mathematics at Cherrybrook high school in Sydney, and videos of his inspirational lessons have become Youtube sensations.

The Council of Australian Governments meeting in Canberra has reached agreement on greater restrictions for the lever-action Adler shotgun. But the talks were dominated by a scrap over energy - after Malcolm Turnbull ruled out any consideration of an emissions intensity scheme.

The brother of a 14-year-old boy who says he was forcibly stripped and isolated for long periods, is asking why no charges have been laid by the Northern Territory police since more details about alleged abuse in Don Dale detention centre emerged this year.

Shooters, Fishers and Farmers party MP, Robert Borsak, has condemned the state and federal governments over their decision to ban the 7-shot Adler shotgun, saying they'll campaign against is at both federal and state levels.

Australian umpire Paul Reiffel was taken to hospital and will not officiate in the remainder of the fourth Test between India and England after he was hit in the head by an outfield throw during the fourth Test between England and India in Mumbai.

History in Freo, a Hills hideaway, entertainers' delights and a coastal abode with its own miniature-golf putting green.

Is your relationship down in the dumps? Are you having a hard time finding someone even remotely datable? Then, check your 'love corner'.

Emerging St Kilda forward Jade Gresham is eyeing more time in the Saints' midfield after re-signing with the club until the end of 2019.

It's all very well if you are a celebrity with a hair stylist on hand who can change your hair colour on a whim, but how wearable is the colour of the moment, rose quartz? The pretty hue has stuck around, Cara Delevingne, Kylie Jenner, Elle Fanning, Sienna Miller and Blake Lively all embracing it over the past few years. And coming into festival season the hair trend is still filling up our Instagram feed on a regular.

Wests-UC have been left depleted after a scheduling bungle has left them without up to seven first grade players for the one-day Gallop Cup semi-finals on Sunday.

News Corp should make its intentions to close or amalgamate any of its network of regional newspapers as quickly as possible, the group's former chief executive Mark Jamieson said in Mooloolaba on Friday.

If Oprah is the queen of self help, Danielle "truthbomb" LaPorte is the prodigal child.

Police who are conducting a line search in Melbourne's outer south-east are believed to be looking for a body.