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Following the Bourke Street tragedy, the Canberra Liberals warn the ACT should also urgently rethink its approach to granting bail.

The search for Gisela Thor, missing in the remote Trephina Gorge in the Northern Territory, continues a day after the body of her husband, 76-year-old Wilfred Thor, is found.

A unique partnership between a linguist, an app designer and a remote Aboriginal community is helping to ensure the survival of a rare Indigenous language.

There are fears the new Royal Adelaide Hospital will struggle to cope with its first winter flu season after the current hospital hits capacity during summer.

Cute, cuddly Australian native animals are much loved across the globe, but their private mating behaviours can be extremely wild.

More than 170,000 lightning strikes are recorded during Monday's storms around south-east Queensland, as the clean-up gets into full swing this morning.

Many residents forced to flee their homes because of a huge bushfire in central western New South Wales are yet to return, a local mayor says, while insurance assessors begin to count the cost of the blazes which have raged across the state.

Despite a series of challenges in her life, Newcastle woman Lee-Anne Holmes has learnt to embrace challenges and thrive as a leader.

Jeff Horn's dream fight with Manny Pacquiao is up in the air with the Filipino boxing great's tweets casting doubt over the mooted Brisbane bout.

Residents are returning to communities in NSW to find nothing left after fires engulfed thousands of hectares across the state, with firefighters still working to contain a bushfire burning to the east of Dunedoo.

Several thousand protesters gather in Melbourne's west to voice their anger at the Victorian Government's decision to build a new youth detention centre at Werribee South.

Being on hiatus for the past few months, John Oliver said while promoting Sunday night's first Last Week Tonight of the Donald Trump presidency, was like "being tied to a train track, watching the train coming."

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An Adelaide City councillor wants to reduce parking fines to prevent the council being accused of revenue raising and to protect the city's reputation.

Welcome to sleepy Holbrook, the NSW country town famous for its submarine and now Australia's first cryonics facility.

Queensland researchers map muscle fibres and find calcium levels rising to high levels after a strenuous workout, increasing the risk of damage.

Valentines Day in the city, and an ageing athlete on verge of a comeback.

The two leaders could have discussed classified documents within earshot of waiters and club patrons.

An embarrassing spelling mistake has forced US officials to remove an official inauguration poster for President Donald Trump from sale.

Q&A had one of its most bracing confrontations on Monday night - Jacqui Lambie in an hour-long brawl with her natural urge to leap from the chair and sing We Don't Need Another Hero.

At the age of 105, the French amateur cyclist and world-record holder Robert Marchand is more aerobically fit than most 50-year-olds — and appears to be getting even fitter as he ages, according to a revelatory new study of his physiology.

Q: Is retro running (running backward) a good exercise?

The "new normal" is coming to a gradual end and the process will be a more volatile one for markets, ahead of a breakout.

It's the original family home of that most Australian of biscuit brands - Arnott's.

The dining experience might be Italian, but an Adelaide restaurant hopes translating its menu into Mandarin will entice more Chinese tourists to dine there.

The dining experience might be Italian, but an Adelaide restaurant hopes translating its menu into Chinese will entice more foreign tourists to dine there.

Russell Crowe has sold his Darlinghurst warehouse for more than $17 million, freeing him up to hold on to his harbourfront bachelor pad in Finger Wharf.

13-year-old has shoes stolen at knife-point in Holmesglen.

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika will soon start preparing his bid to bring former NSW Waratahs star Kurtley Beale back home.

Residents of Melbourne's western suburbs are furious about the State Government's plans to build a new high security youth detention centre in Werribee South. They say the site is inappropriate and they haven't been properly consulted. The plans first emerged in a newspaper article before they were officially announced last week as part of a raft of reforms to tackle Victoria's embattled youth justice system.

Trump's ouster, Kremlin insiders argue, is bound to unleash a virulent and bipartisan anti-Russian campaign in Washington.

Almost 200,000 people were ordered on Sunday to evacuate from the area below the Lake Oroville Dam.

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Joe Root said he felt "privileged, humbled and very excited" to be named England Test cricket captain on Monday, replacing Alastair Cook.

Iron ore surged 6.5 per cent, confounding analysts, amid rising demand for steel in China and optimism about that demand.

Malcolm Turnbull is not the first Australian Prime Minister to stand up to a US President, says Kevin Rudd, citing his own harsh words with George W. Bush over the Iraq War.

At least four people have been killed in an avalanche at the Alpine skiing station of Tignes, local authorities say.

What's this about a "locked box"?

Embattled pizza giant Domino's faces calls for an independent compensation scheme for exploited workers.

Newcastle holds Melbourne Victory to a goalless draw to return to the A-League's top six.

Emergency services were called to Victoria's maximum security prison on Monday night after a fight broke out among juvenile detainees.

An estimated 3000 locals joined a community meeting in Werribee on Monday night to oppose plans for a youth detention centre in Werribee South.

Labor "shouldn't be surprised" to be compared unfavourably to One Nation on economics, Trade Minister Steve Ciobo said.

Black lives matter, but maybe not quite as much as white English ones when it comes to the Grammy Awards on a night of triumph for an Englishwoman.

Islamic State has taken aim at several Australian religious scholars in its latest propaganda video, calling on followers to kill the sheikhs because they discourage violence.

A combination of massive resources, unprecedented preparedness and good luck spared much of the state from having catastrophic bushfires over the weekend.

The Turnbull government is ramping up the pressure on Labor and the Senate crossbench to support its welfare cuts by tying the savings to the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

In: Daicos. It's a line Collingwood fans have longed to read since Peter retired 24 years ago. Now his son Josh is poised to play his first game for the Magpies.

The Coalition and Labor both bear responsibility for the rise of One Nation, a Liberal MP has said, labelling the state of politics a "pox on both parties".

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