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The Flinders Private Hospital draws power from an emergency generator and moves some intensive care patients to another hospital after a contractor cut an underground cable.

Never has a lost man stumbling around in a desert looked so distraught to find water. Tiger Woods's reaction on the 18th hole, as he watched his ball sink, summed up a woeful, birdieless morning which leaves him facing his second missed cut in as many weeks.

The probability the RBA raises interest rates in November is "somewhere in the 40s and rising" according to Goldman Sachs.

Advisers will come and go in the White House in coming years, but it's likely that the only permanent confidantes and counsellors to the most powerful man in the world will be his son-in-law Jared Kushner and his daughter Ivanka Trump.

There was controversy on stage three of the Dubai Tour after race leader Marcel Kittel was punched by Astana's Andriy Grivko during the race.

The clarion call from England's training camp indicated that another fierce instalment of the Anglo-French rivalry that has generated 20 wars through history is in the offing at Twickenham tomorrow.

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has quit President Donald Trump's business advisory group after pressure from activists.

How to tell if a stock is going to disappoint.

For some people stuck in a rut, going back to study as a mature aged student has been a "new lease on life", but the experience comes with hurdles.

Judge urges overhaul of territory's trespass laws after woman's allegedly abusive ex-husband moved into her house after she died from cancer.

Millions of dollars worth of furniture and white goods are damaged or destroyed after a fire rips through an electrical retailer in north-west Queensland.

The US president kicked off the event - designed to unite politicians with religious leaders - by praying for his fledgling television series, The Apprentice.

A critical flaw in traffic modelling for Perth's Roe 8 highway extension underestimates the number of trucks that will use the road by up to 16,500 and invalidates the noise management plan and road design, new analysis suggests.

A 92-year-old man has been charged with sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl at a home on Sydney's northern beaches, police say.

As the masses have rallied and marched against President Donald Trump's policies over the past two weeks, it is the signs they carried that are being stamped into memory.

Changes should be made in the way courts deal with domestic violence offenders with mental health issues, rather than making bail harder to secure, a prominent Queensland lawyer has argued.

Michelle and Graeme Hamilton are fifth-generation dairy farmers in South Australia. They haven't made a cent in two years.

An injured man has died after he was found in a lift well at Westfield Doncaster shopping centre.

President Donald Trump has defended his "tough" approach to speaking with foreign leaders in his first public remarks since details of his tense phone conversation with Australian prime minister Malcolm Turbull became public, even as criticism mounts over his treatment of a stalwart US ally.

A teenager was sexually assaulted in a park after she was led from a bar in Fitzroy, police say.

The French-born chef, Manu Feildel, nursed a bruised ego after losing out on one of the judging roles in Masterchef, he has disclosed.

Researchers study ancient broad-shelled turtles in the River Murray amid fears turtle numbers are declining.

Rio Tinto Group has received approaches for its Queensland mines, including a potential sale.

Russian officials say none of their athletes have returned Olympic medals after retests of their samples revealed they had doped.

Looking around the capital markets and we've seen some life in FX markets, but that is really where you have to look to see opportunity and any kind of reasonable range expansion.

Thiel was granted citizenship despite not meeting the normal requirement to live in the country for 75 per cent of the time over five years.

A planning panel is urged to reject a $200 million wind farm being proposed in the New South Wales southern tablelands amid concerns about its size and location.

The promise of spin in Hamilton has cleared the way for Ish Sodhi's New Zealand recall for the third and final one-day international against Australia.

Thought the announcing her pregnancy by breaking an Instagram record was enough for Queen Bey? Think again.

Northern Territory consumers may be forced to pay an extra levy for each taxi or Uber ride they take if recommendations proposed by a leaked report are implemented by the Government.

Millions of dollars in electronic goods and furniture are feared lost after fire tore through a Harvey Norman store in north-west Queensland.

As a teenager Bec Creedy won Commonwealth Games gold. Now, nearly 20 years late,r she wants to become an Ironwoman champion.

​Two top officials at the ECB defended its ultra-easy monetary policy after a rebound in inflation had upset bond markets.

What's the first thing you reach for the instant your eyes open in the morning? I bet it's your smartphone. And within 105 seconds, you've check your inboxes, Instagram, Facebook and everything else in the digital world, right?

Tonight Ermonela Jaho will walk on stage at the Sydney Opera House and meet her soulmate. She will fall in love, she will break hearts and – spoiler alert – she will die, all for the first time.

Labor veteran Stephanie Key tells supporters she will exit South Australian politics when voters go to the polls in March next year.

The number of bankers and financiers pulling down $1.4 million or more soared 33 per cent across the European Union in 2015.

A judge hits out at the New South Wales Department of Education for allowing a special needs child, accused of raping a classmate, to be interrogated by a principal without a parent present.

Australian cricketers hoping for a lucrative Indian Premier League call-up will have to wait a little longer following the postponement of Saturday's auction.

Hearings will re-open in the case involving the expansion of the New Acland mine on Queensland's Darling Downs, the Land Court rules, following a new report submitted after the conclusion of evidence last year.

​NRL boss Todd Greenberg has all but guaranteed the Auckland Nines is set to stay beyond the 2018 tournament, but admits it could be headed elsewhere when its contract expires next year.

To prepare for a sprint triathlon last year, I got a coach, signed up for a gym with a pool and threw myself into training. It became a daily framework and began to overlap with the rest of my life. Swimming was my weakest sport. I wasn't about to drown, but six months before my race, I was still just flailing around.

Could camping be the answer to our sleep problems or, at least, provide insights into how we can improve our sleep? Yes, says a new study published in the journal Current Biology.

Former Chelsea and England midfielder Frank Lampard on Friday announced his retirement after more than two decades in football.

You don't want to be on the wrong end of a short call by Kevin Kaiser of Hedgeye Risk Management.

The death toll already tops 7200 as armed troops are set to be sent into thousands of barangays, or wards.

Canberra University opened its new X-ray laboratory on Thursday afternoon, adding to its ''broad suite'' of healthcare facilities.

Canberra's big education bill and Labor MLA's ready to run again.

For many sports fans, the Super Bowl is the only event on the NFL calendar that they watch - here's all the basic information you need.

In the wake of Ben Barba's departure to French rugby, the NRL now wants all players to study at university or do some training during their rugby league careers.