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Nic Maddinson fails again with the bat but he still earns praise for his selfless second innings cameo in Australia's day-night Test against Pakistan in Brisbane.

The NT royal commission into youth detention has heard there are not enough diversionary activities to keep kids out of trouble, but Palmerston Boxing Club finds a way.

A driver is under police guard in hospital after a one-year-old girl is killed and three other people are injured in a two-car crash on Phillip Island, south of Melbourne.

A man wanted by South Australian police after allegedly failing to turn up for the last day of his court trial and ramming a patrol car is arrested at a Smithfield Plains property, in Adelaide's north.

A woman who lost two daughters, her father and stepmother in the Granville train disaster almost 40 years ago makes an impassioned appeal for Australians to never forget the tragedy.

South Australian photographer Che Chorley has just completed a 5,000 kilometre winter odyssey with little more than his bicycle and a camera to share a unique view of Australia's coastline.

Sydney FC belts Perth Glory 4-1 to move even further ahead at the top of the A-League ladder.

The latest home landscaping trend has arrived and it has a decidedly man-child feel to it: introducing backyard putting greens.

A magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck 157 km (98 miles) east of Rabaul, Papua New Guinea on Saturday.

In a passionate speech marking the 25th anniversary of the Australian Republican Movement, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has reaffirmed his support for an Australian republic.

Usman Khawaja steps in to explain Steve Smith's tactics as Australia again showcases its famous reluctance to enforce a follow-on when in a commanding position.

Once Australia declined to enforce the follow-on, this became a daylong exercise in delaying the inevitable.

Cavalry let Perth back into series after coughing up lead on Saturday night.

Canberra manager says closer has been "lights out" up until this weekend, as Cavs still look for series win.

'In the future, what will matter is not where the purchase happens, but how you can influence it.'

A Syrian government official said on Saturday the stalled evacuation of the last opposition-held area of Aleppo will resume, alongside some evacuations from four besieged towns and villages.

On the biggest of occasions  it is the big name players who invariably  take centre stage. They revel in the spotlight, and so often lift their game to make the decisive contributions.

Pakistan must break erase 65 years of history if they are to produce an upset over Australia in the first Test at the Gabba.

Shaun Marsh's bid to return to the Australian side for the Boxing Day Test is set to fall short in a development that means Nic Maddinson should get another opportunity in after unhappy outings in his first two matches.

Despite the fall, there are still 1900 households on the waiting list.

Like most kids in Australia in the 1980s Chris loved dressing up as Star Wars villain Darth Vader.

Some lucky Canberra kids got to open their presents early this year.

A 15-year-old boy in Queanbeyan is being charged under NSW one-punch legislation for allegedly accidentally killing his little brother.

The perfect gift for Jocelyn this Christmas? Preventing just one family from going through what she is.

Lawsuit accused it and other banks of rigging an interest rate benchmark used in the $US553 trillion derivatives market.

Twenty-eight men killed while escaping Japanese internment or executed after recapture in World War II have been considered for a posthumous honour.

November to February has consistently been the busiest time for Canberra's frontline domestic violence crisis workers, and this year is expected to be no different.

Money given to parents upon the birth of their baby does not improve their child's future school performance.

Melbourne Victory comes out on top of the Melbourne Derby with a controversial 2-1 win over rivals City.

China and the United States are using military channels to "appropriately handle" the seizure by the Chinese navy of a US underwater drone in the South China Sea, China said on Saturday.

Maribyrnong councillor is calling for Australian laws to keep up with technology after receiving rape threat via app.

For V8 veteran Garth Tander, his return to the team where he started his Supercars career nearly two decades ago is not about going back to the future.

Join Roy Ward for live coverage of the traditional pre-Christmas A-League derby between Melbourne City and Melbourne Victory.

Pakistan shows some fight under lights but victory in the first Test looks impossible as it still trails by 422 runs.

China must do more to deflate a property bubble that expanded this year by "strictly" controlling speculation while also stepping up the fight to rein in excessive corporate borrowing, a top economic official said.

A family of four have been rushed to hospital after their 6.7 metre boat exploded near Patonga on the central coast. 

Several people have been killed after a bus transporting soldiers exploded near a university in the central Turkish city of Kayseri. 

Steve Smith's decision not to ask Pakistan to bat again in the first Test match in Brisbane on Saturday raises the question of whether there is any point to the follow-on rule at all.

Supporters of South Korean President Park Geun-hye rallied on Saturday for her reinstatement while opponents gathered to repeat their demands that the leader, impeached over a corruption scandal, step down immediately.

Now with kids of her own, a woman adopted in 1972 is asking her biological Mum to get in touch at Christmas.

Pakistan finishes day three on 2-70 after being set the record target of 490 to win the first Test at the Gabba. Look back at how Saturday's play unfolded in our live blog.

New laws set to come into play next year will affect how eggs can be labelled.

Outspoken former MP Ross Cameron faces being suspended from the Liberal party for five years, following a television interview in which he savaged Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian.

Wellington Phoenix have clawed their way back from a two-goal second-half deficit to secure a 2-2 draw with the Western Sydney Wanderers in Auckland.

The number of waterbirds across eastern Australia's wetlands hit another record low this year.

A Victorian summer icon sells for as much as an outer suburb family home.

Star all-rounder Ellyse Perry has gone in to bat for Cricket Australia, saying it was setting the standard for supporting women athletes in Australia.

Wellington Phoenix claw their way back from a two-goal second-half deficit to secure a 2-2 draw with the Western Sydney Wanderers in Auckland.

Anne Frank may not have been betrayed to Nazi occupiers, but captured by chance.

Frantic parents are desperately hunting for Australia's three-most-wanted toys this Christmas.