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The body of a teenage boy is recovered from the surf at Maroubra Beach in Sydney's eastern suburbs.

Australia and Pakistan will need some creative final-day declarations to have any chance of a result in the second Test at the MCG. Follow all the action in our live blog.

Two men owe their lives to their lifejackets, according to police, after their boat sinks off Port MacDonnell on South Australia's Lower South East coast.

A popular Canberra nightspot is named the ACT's biggest recycler, after major changes to waste management led to an 86 per cent drop in rubbish going to landfill.

A woman is found dead and another person is hospitalised for spoke inhalation after a house fire at Caroline Springs in Melbourne's west.

There are hopes to grow an art project assisting families affected by suicide.

Melbourne Renegades star Dwayne Bravo could miss the rest of the Big Bash League after suffering a hamstring injury.

Four people are stung by Irukandji jellyfish off Fraser Island, as experts reinforce warnings the tiny but deadly creatures are moving south and could soon be on Queensland's popular Sunshine Coast beaches.

Whether it's been a cracker of a year for you or a fizzer, the time has come to farewell 2016. Here's how to prepare for the big night in Brisbane.

Only 42 per cent of Northern Territorians signed up to the National Disability Insurance Scheme have received funding for their choice of "reasonable and necessary supports" to help them lead a more ordinary life.

A 40-year-old man arriving on a plane from London is arrested at the airport and charged over making threats online targeting Sydney's New Year's Eve festivities, after a tip-off from the public.

Hobart-based yacht Tilt claims line honours in the Launceston to Hobart yacht race, ending the five-year winning streak of champion The Fork In The Road.

SA Power Networks crews are still working to restore electricity to about 10,000 homes in the state's mid-north and the Adelaide Hills after wild weather which brought down about 350 power lines.

The Perth Scorchers almost make a meal of their chase before Ashton Agar hits a last-ball six to rescue a four-wicket Big Bash win over the Melbourne Renegades.

A major deluge in Melbourne causes flash flooding, airport delays and more than 1,200 emergency calls for help after storms moved across Victoria.

An unusually mild start to summer leaves Perth's air conditioners sitting idle and beachside businesses concerned about a drop in trade.

It's easy for some cricketers to go unnoticed, but that's suited Pakistan's double-centurion Azhar Ali just fine at the MCG, writes Geoff Lemon.

A teenage boy dies after crashing his dirt bike into the side of a car on a suburban Perth road.

It was through his love of classic films and Hollywood history that Brisbane lawyer Nicholas Inglis came to meet famous actress Debbie Reynolds.

Despite their pleading eyes and voracious appetite for more, it is best not to feed dogs leftover Christmas ham say vets.

A 23-month-old boy dies two days after his twin sister, and nine days after they were both found unconscious in backyard pool in Sydney's north-west.

Teenagers being held at Victoria's maximum security prison will remain there indefinitely after the State Government reclassifies one of its units for a second time.

A 23-month-old boy dies two days after his twin sister, and nine days after they were both found unconscious in backyard pool in Sydney's north-west.

Tradies across the Top End sign up for experiments aimed at reducing the personal and economic toll of heat stress, and it's suspected a cold beer will turn out not to be the best way to beat the sweltering conditions.

More than 150 people gather at a rally in Anglesea, calling for a popular caravan park lease to be returned to the family that have owned and operated it for more than two decades.

The Tasmanian Government has been urged to contribute more funding to Hobart's annual Taste of Tasmania food festival, amid concerns stallholder fees were driving up costs for patrons.

The Australian Medical Association hits out at efforts to address lead contamination in water at the new Perth Children's Hospital with filters, describing it as an inadequate when the source of the elevated lead levels is still unknown.

It was through his love of classic films and Hollywood history that Brisbane lawyer Nicholas Inglis came to meet famous actress Debbie Reynolds.

Security will be tight in Melbourne's CBD this New Year's Eve, after an alleged Christmas Day terror plot targeting city landmarks was foiled, but organisers promise a night of fun fireworks with plenty of "sparkle".

A former NRL player and a Bondi businessman are linked to a drug ring after New South Wales Police record the biggest cocaine haul in Australia's history.

A major deluge in Melbourne causes flash flooding, airport delays and hundreds of emergency calls for help as storms move across Victoria.

Australia's captain is once again in imperious touch against Pakistan before Melbourne's weather conspires to prevent anything but a draw in the second Test between Australia and Pakistan.

Steve Smith passes 100 before poor light and rain bring an early end to day four of the second Test at the MCG.

Tradies across the Top End sign up for experiments aimed at reducing the personal and economic toll of heat stress, and it's suspected a cold beer will turn out not to be the best way to beat the sweltering conditions.

North Queensland police officer and former One Nation candidate Leanne Rissman is stood down after being accused of using her gun while off duty and affected by alcohol.

An orphaned foal in Central Australia nicknamed Forrest Gump has become a hit on social media after surviving a wild dog attack.

"Jack" finds origami and paper art to be an unlikely complement to his counselling in a new treatment program for the drug ice, which is now rolling out across NSW.

Tips for parents and children alike to beat the school holiday boredom this summer.

Two pedestrians are injured, one seriously, after an elderly woman crashes her car across a pedestrian crossing and into a store at a Port Adelaide shopping centre.

New Zealand 70-footer Giacomo is declared the overall winner of the 72nd Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

Heavy rain and storms sweep across Victoria today after a sweltering night in Melbourne, with the authorities issuing a warning about flash flooding.

The Wonder Weeks is a much loved international bestseller explaining your baby's development through developmental 'leaps' in this podcast meet the author Dr Frans Plooij who began his research in the wilds of Tanzania with Dr Jane Goodall and her famous chimpanzees.

A driver and two other people are seriously injured after a car crashes into a store at a Port Adelaide shopping centre.

A woman is in hospital with wounds to her neck and another has been arrested over an alleged stabbing in suburban Hobart police say was sparked by a Facebook post.

Labour shortage costs NT mango grower hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The driver who hit nine-year-old Josiah Sisson on Christmas Day at Springwood, south of Brisbane, is charged over the boy's death.

Queensland Rail's chief operating officer Kevin Wright resigns in the face of continuing network problems as a result of a driver shortage in the state's south-east.

Tens of thousands of South Australian properties remain without power after a day of severe weather, as businesses count the costs of blackouts and lost trade.

The Federal Government denies its decision to lease the 38-hectare Anzac Rifle Range on prime Sydney waterfront land for around $510 a week is a quid pro quo deal with Liberal Democratic senator David Leyonhjelm.

Cane growers in Sarina end their crush with about 5 per cent of the crop unharvested, while growers around Mackay express their frustration a mill performance.