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An Anglican priest from Preston Beach south of Perth is charged with child sex offences after allegedly abusing a young girl during a 16-month period.

Imagine not being able to give your beloved pet what it needs: not being able to walk him as much as you would like, or pick him up to give him a bath.

A new food labelling system is helping Indigenous people in remote communities make healthier food choices.

Students from an equine high school in Korea are in Australia to sharpen their horsemanship skills.

Australia will host England at Adelaide Oval in the first day-night Ashes Test during the 2017-18 series.

A filmmaker has a close encounter with a large great white shark off a remote beach near Esperance.

Victorian authorities have successfully prosecuted the first of six shearers they allege were depicted abusing sheep in a video released by animal welfare activists in 2014.

The New South Wales Government says it expects to record a surplus of almost $4 billion for this financial yearabout $500 million more than it predicted in June.

Youth charity founder Les Twentyman fears textbooks, clothing and Christmas gifts for homeless kids may have been lost in a large blaze at the Melbourne market where his foundation's offices are located.

Education heavyweights turn up the heat on teachers and students after a new report reveals pupils' performances in Australian schools have flat-lined.

A woman who lost both her breasts to cancer is inspiring other survivors with her style and positive attitude to her new body.

Commercial fishers affected by a lockdown on the Logan River following the outbreak of the white spot prawn virus will not be compensated by the Queensland Government.

Substantiated misconduct allegations against staff at Queensland's two youth detention centres have more than tripled in the past year, but there has been no increase in the number of employees to be sacked.

The Sydney Sixers prove to be quick learners as they crush the Brisbane Heat by eight wickets in their WBBL women's T20 match at Sydney's Drummoyne Oval.

The company behind the Northern Gas Pipeline receives consent from all relevant Aboriginal groups in the Northern Territory, while still awaiting environmental and pastoral land use approval.

Eight prawn farms on the Logan River, south of Brisbane, are on heightened alert as Australia's first white spot disease outbreak deepens.

The jobs are stacking up for a newly-established drone business in the far north of Western Australia.

What is today's technology doing to our memories, and how can we improve our recall?

Tasmanian Seventh Day Adventist establishment Hilliard Christian School could be closed after more than 100 years of teaching, after its registration renewal application is knocked back.

Police are embarrassed after embarking on seven-hour standoff outside a Melton house west of Melbourne, only to discover no-one was home.

When Leila Alavi moved from Iran to Australia she was hoping for a more peaceful life. But at 26, despite taking out an apprehended violence order, she was murdered by her estranged husband in a Sydney car park.

Being born with a disability into a sports-loving family in regional Queensland is not a standard recipe for a career in the fine arts. But David Biondi-Odo surprised even himself with his success in the world of contemporary dance.

John Lawrence, former president of the Northern Territory Bar Association, joins 7.30 to discuss Dylan Voller's testimony at the royal commission into youth detention.

A former Family First candidate has been accused of delaying payments to investors in a billion-dollar government housing affordability scheme.

A girl died two days after falling from a swing, with a coroner now scrutinising the assessment a doctor made when the nine-year-old was taken to an Adelaide hospital.

There are fears that poor internet connection through the National Broadband Network could impede plans for the Southern Hemisphere's largest telescope to take part in global research.

WA Court security and custodial officers will lose as much as $15 in pay each hour according to their union, under a new contract that the State Government say will save $36 million.

A girl died two days after falling from a swing, with a coroner now scrutinising the assessment a doctor made when the nine-year-old was taken to an Adelaide hospital.

Two women accused of murdering a Perth teenager and putting his body under a concrete slab will face a five-week trial in WA's Supreme Court next year.

A coronial inquest has begun into the death of Michael Smedley, more than four years after the baby died with extensive injuries while in the care of his mother's friends.

Corrective Services Minister Joe Francis makes a formal apology to a senior West Australian bureaucrat as part of a defamation case settlement but will not reveal details of the payout.

An international researcher has found media coverage can influence the Bendigo community's views of Muslims.

Dylan Voller speaks publicly for the first time about his experience in youth detention, telling a royal commission being hooded in a restraint chair and tear-gassed are the scariest things to have ever happened to him.

The Queensland Opposition dismisses the Government's plan to spend a $1 billion budget windfall on regional jobs, urging Treasurer Curtis Pitt to instead use the extra revenue to pay down debt.

Senior doctors urge the New South Wales Government to abandon plans that would see the Health Department move to land they argue should be used for clinical services.

A bushfire near the South Australia-Western Australia border is close to the Eyre Highway, with fire authorities warning it will probably burn south until it reaches the cliffs on the Great Australian Bight.

In 1797 the first Europeans to make contact with the Aboriginal people of south-east Australia were shipwrecked sailors.

Motorists are urged to plan ahead and allow extra travel time when the Tullamarine Freeway closes in both directions for several days next month.

Queensland skin cancer patients will be the first in Australia be treated with a new machine for delivering radiation, which is less invasive and leaves less scarring than surgery.

An independent review of Victorian firefighters' mental health finds a high tolerance of poor behaviour, elements of sexism and bullying, and a lack of screening for alcohol and drug use as the United Firefighters Union attempt to stop its release.

Arm wrestling is more than a pub pursuit, says an Adelaide man who found out it is a sport with national and international championships, and even TV coverage.

A former Family First candidate and charity boss is accused of delaying payments to investors in a billion-dollar government scheme designed to help house the poor.

It is thought to be only the second instance, since Azaria Chamberlain, that one person's death has been granted a third inquest. Emma Alberici asks why Scott Johnson's 1988 death at the base of a Manly cliff is being reinvestigated for a third time.

An independent review of Victorian firefighters' mental health finds a high tolerance of poor behaviour, elements of sexism and bullying, and a lack of screening for alcohol and drug use as the United Firefighters Union attempt to stop its release.

Experts hope nature-based tourism on Abrolhos Islands will encourage conservation.

WA Labor Leader Mark McGowan said the Barnett Government was out of touch with reality over the condition of the state's economy.

A man convicted of the physical and sexual abuse of his children in SA's north is sentenced to 25 years' jail, while his wife is sentenced to three years behind bars for false imprisonment.

Human remains found inside a septic tank at a Brisbane property a fortnight ago are identified as belonging to Wayne Youngkin, who disappeared from the area in 1986.

A prosecutor tells a Brisbane jury former Billabong boss Matthew David Perrin broke down at a family meeting, admitting to forging his wife's signature on bank documents and saying he was "going to jail".

Australians are overwhelmingly abandoning handwritten Christmas cards in favour of emails, social media and text messages to send their season's greetings.