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A priest has been robbed during Sunday Mass at a church in Melbourne's east.

The little Afghan boy who met his hero can look forward to a future far brighter than millions of his fellow migrants, exploited every day by the 2022 World Cup project.

The island leasehold is being offered up by Tony and Vicki Briggs, the former owners of Coral Princess Cruises. 

"We put our own money on the line in an industry we had no idea about."

The Queensland government will set up a $5 million fund to support sand miners who will lose their jobs when mining ends on North Stradbroke Island.

Yahoo has identified a new system breach that occurred in August 2013 and involved data associated with more than one billion user accounts.

The first grain harvest in four years delivers an injection of jobs and cash into the economies of north-western New South Wales.

She's gone full Bingle.

A young Melbourne rower and carpenter turns his single scull into a floating billboard for the Red Cross.

For two years, despite threats and fines and the best efforts of a federal judge, Tommy G Thompson will not reveal what happened to the treasure.

The Fed's well-telegraphed move early this morning is a key part of why our central bank has not cut its cash rate again.

National selector Mark Waugh believes Australia's line-up of fast bowlers will be simply too much for Pakistan to cope with in the first Test at the Gabba, even if it decides not to play a fourth quick.

This year is the first crop in years for Walgett farmers hit by drought, but for Lucy Kerr it is also her first harvest since the death of her husband.

Triple-threat Christopher Samuel Carroll evokes the late 19th century in his one-man show that blends mystery, comedy and adventure.

Geoff Anderson is at the forefront of an Aboriginal language revival that has spread across his NSW town and garnered international attention. But 10 years ago he was too scared to leave his house.

Pakistan bowlers Wahab Riaz and Yasir Shah have rejected suggestions of tension after they were involved in a heated exchange during training a day before the first Test starts in Brisbane.

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Christopher Pyne has invoked Donald Trump in urging Australia not to be "strategic bludgers" during a shambolic media event in France that was designed to showcase Australia's $50 billion submarine contract with shipbuilder DCNS.

LONDON, Dec 14 - Rugby union's world governing body announced new measures on Wednesday to protect players from head injuries.

A high-profile Sydney pub baron has lost his battle to open a poker machine venue just metres from a public school, and next door to an aged care home, after a community backlash.

It's Judgment Day for Eddie Obeid as he learns whether he will be jailed over his secret business deals.

Anyone who wanted the kitten without the cat is in for a treat with RSPCA ACT desperately seeking families to take an influx of kittens over the Christmas holidays.

The disappearance of a second swimmer at a flooded Ipswich quarry this year has sparked a call for disused mines to be filled in.

National selector Mark Waugh believes Australia's all-out pace will be simply too much for Pakistan to cope with in the first Test at the Gabba.

Decades of research has concluded that if you block access to unsafe places and suicide hotspots, lives will be saved.

The ASX 200 should open around 5565 with the Aussie banks likely to open on a flat note, while BHP is eyeing weakness.

Another home contaminated with Mr Fluffy asbestos is identified in Canberra's northern suburbs, taking the total across the nation's capital to 1,023.

The search will resume this morning for a 21-year-old man feared drowned in a former mine at Collingwood Park, west of Brisbane.

Hard-headed figures like Admiral Harry Harris should offset concerns that Donald Trump will be too cosy with Russia.

It was the feel-good story of the Christmas season about a feel-bad situation. It was so feel-good, in fact, that it may have been too good to check.

Two years after it went into administration, the Canberra Club is expected to be wound up at what is expected to be a final members' meeting with the liquidator on Thursday.

Two men have been released from police custody without charge as another man fights for life after a suspected stabbing on the Gold Coast.

As 2016 draws to a close, Allhomes asks a range of commercial property experts to gaze into the crystal ball and provide their predictions for the new year.

A motorcyclist has died after crashing into a tree in Toowoomba.

A man is due to appear in court over the 2009 grisly murder of Edward "Ted" Kearines in Townsville.

A bus driver has been threatened by an aggravated passenger who punched and broke the bus's security screen in Preston.

People in Queensland and New South Wales affected by polluted groundwater and soil from Defence bases near their homes say they are still left in the dark about the long-awaited clean-up process.

Police scale back their marine search for a family of three on board a boat missing off South Australia's upper south-east coast, instead choosing to focus on an aerial and land search today.

Poor posture is often blamed for neck pain but a new study challenges this widely held belief.

Attorney-General George Brandis has named a constiutional lawyer as the nation's next top legal adviser.

We have a big problem on our hands. Young Australian adults are struggling with their weight, but many interventions are missing a crucial factor in helping people to turn it around.

Laying bare my emotions is not part of my job description. I write about new launches, must-have accessories and buy-now beauty products. But last week, I took to my laptop and spilled out my heart to the readers of parenting blog site Mumfidential.com.

Amber Heard will return to the Gold Coast after she and Johnny Depp were found guilty of smuggling their dogs into Australia.

It was probably a little easier to get some teenagers up and out of bed today, with Year 12 students across New South Wales receiving their HSC results at 6:00am.

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A major research project is underway in northern WA to find a solution to managing the invasive weed known as stinking passionflower.

The Aussie dollar and US stocks drop after the US central bank hikes rates and flags three increases in 2017.

Sightings of an extremely rare omura whale, which was only identified as a species in 2003, are making waves among experts and tour operators inside the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.

Rogue One may not be afforded an episodic number, but it is perhaps the Star Wars franchise's most important episode to date.

Goldman Sachs named David Solomon and Harvey Schwartz presidents and co-chief operating officers as Gary Cohn heads to Washington. .