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A Canberra man who allegedly reversed his car into a police officer after refusing to leave a club is arrested and charged in Queanbeyan.

Stallholders at the Capital Region Farmers Market celebrate a jump in sales following the start of direct flights between Singapore and Canberra.

State government agencies activate a heatwave action plan, with soaring temperatures across most of New South Wales set to cap off 2016.

In 1969 the Murchison meteorite fell on a small town in rural Victoria and nearly half a century on, it continues to dazzle scientists.

The Australian Koala Foundation is scathing of an independent review into NSW's dwindling koala population saying it has overstated remaining numbers.

Tropical Fruits New Year's Eve Festival photographer Brad Mustow is exhibiting some of the tens of thousands of images he has captured at regional Australia's largest LGBTI event.

A senior female police officer in north Queensland is stood aside from operational duties as ethical standards looks into allegations over gun handling, drinking on and off duty and social media use conflicting with her role as an officer.

About 34,000 South Australian properties remain without power after a day of severe weather, with SA Power Networks saying it had sought help from interstate to restore electricity supplies.

The true story of how two brothers met each other for the first time, completely by accident, at a cafe one sunny day in Noosa, Queensland.

Sporting shooters in New South Wales are paying less than $30,000 a year to lease prime property from the Federal Government in a 50-year deal, according to Finance Department documents.

Chris Lynn's awesome 85 not out and a slew of dropped catches saw the Brisbane Heat pip the Sydney Thunder by three wickets in their Big Bash League clash.

Melbourne Victory move to second on the A-League ladder after pummelling the Central Coast Mariners 4-1 at AAMI Park.

People in Perth this December 31 are expected to celebrate in a much more subdued fashion than recent years, with the hotel association, party-goers and industry all noting a swing towards less expensive New Year's Eve events.

More wild weather lands in South Australia's north after a powerful storm caused flooding and widespread damage in Adelaide, with about 60,000 properties to remain without power into Thursday.

Solar power supporter Bruce Malcolm has invested in state-of-the-art battery and software technology to control when he should release energy back into the grid as he grapples with the change to feed-in tariffs.

David Warner admits his relief to finally notching a century at the MCG, and believes a positive result is still possible in the second Test against Pakistan.

Usman Khawaja will look to match centurion David Warner in reaching his ton tomorrow, but Pakistan's hopes of winning the second Test look over.

David Warner returns to form with a sensational ton and Usman Khawaja will be looking to notch a sixth Test century after Pakistan posts a big first-innings total.

The number of Southern boobook owls being admitted to the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital after becoming separated from their families has risen by 70 per cent, carers say.

A man in his 70s dies after being hit by a van while opening the door to his parked car on a south-west Sydney street.

The activities at Queensland's Woodford Folk Festival are giving parents a chance to share music and art with their children.

This year's Sydney to Hobart yacht race saw the line honours winner, Perpetual LOYAL, set a blistering pace and smash the race record thanks to a combination of four big factors.

Two Brisbane men are arrested over the brutal rape of a woman in West End, an attack one police officer describes as the worst he has investigated in his career.

The Victorian Government fails in its bid to overturn a Supreme Court ruling over the housing of juvenile detainees at Victoria's maximum security prison.

The opening date of the new Perth Children's Hospital remains a mystery, with the WA Government now refusing to guarantee the $1.2 billion facility will open in the first half of 2017.

Police officers and a member of the public strip to their underpants and swim across a raging river to rescue two tourists left stranded after their car is swept off a causeway in the Northern Territory.

A man and woman are being treated at the Kintore clinic after walking 58km when their vehicle became stranded by floodwaters for three days.

Former prime minister Bob Hawke's assertion that nuclear power is the solution to global warming divides the Woodford Folk Festival crowd, prompting several calls of "no thanks" from the audience.

A fourth confirmed case of measles in Sydney this month prompts health authorities to warn it is "highly possible" more people will be infected, especially if they have not be immunised.

New NSW land clearing laws introduce stewardship payments, cuts to red tape and flexible offsets.

The coastal community of Anglesea, in south-west Victoria, is fighting to save a family-owned caravan park, amid a takeover bid.

More wild weather lands in South Australia after a powerful storm caused flooding and widespread damage in Adelaide overnight, with some properties to remain without power for 24 hours.

Australia ends the first day of a rain-affected Boxing Day Test with its nose marginally in front of Pakistan at the MCG.

The Shooters, Fisher and Farmers Party plans to introduce legislation next year to block council mergers in NSW.

Police officers and a member of the public strip to their underpants and swim across a raging river to rescue two tourists left stranded after their car is swept off a causeway in the Northern Territory.

A man and woman are being treated at the Kintore clinic after attempting to walk their way to safety when their vehicle became being stranded by floodwaters for three days.

More wild weather is set to hit South Australia after a powerful storm caused flooding and widespread damage in Adelaide overnight, with some properties to remain without power for 24 hours.

A Canberra woman has her licence suspended for allegedly driving with a blood-alcohol level almost three times the legal limit and speeding with children in the car on the Kings Highway.

Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne announces a women's-only syndicate to attract more female investors and owners into the sport of kings.

Authorities have quarantined a property near Casino, in northern NSW after a Hendra horse death.

Allegations of conflict of interest and insider trading emerge a NSW government inquiry into commercial fishing.

About 200 people brave the aftermath of a strong storm in Adelaide to celebrate 180 years since South Australia was proclaimed a British colony.

The mother of a missing 14-year-old boy collapses and weeps on the sand at Sydney's Maroubra Beach as the search for her son enters a second day.

A manager of a Wollongong charity feeding hundreds of people living on the poverty line has been charged with swindling thousands of dollars.

These model trains are far from toysafter being kept in secret for decades, a huge and elaborate collection is donated to an Ipswich museum, west of Brisbane.

A man in his 40s is in a critical condition in a Brisbane hospital after crashing his crop duster in a paddock in Queensland's southern border region.

Flash flooding caused by a deep low pressure system that rolled through Adelaide damages several houses in the city's inner-north, while a pump failure at nearby Prospect is blamed for flooding at another home.

Police are searching for a group of young boys who were in a four-wheel drive that crashed into the side of a house at Currumbin Waters just before midnight.

Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur says his team's plan is to wear Australia's frontline bowlers out with the ultimate goal of becoming the first Asian team to win a Test series on Australian soil.

The mother of a missing 14-year-old boy collapses and weeps on the sand at Sydney's Maroubra Beach as the search for her son enters a second day.