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In the same week he said he was the best person to lead Tasmanian Labor, Bryan Green tells colleagues he is stepping down from the role, replaced by Rebecca White, the ABC understands.

Ancestral Aboriginal remains currently housed in a German museum will be returned to Australia next week.

He has played 338 NRL matches but kicking the winning conversion never gets old for Melbourne Storm captain Cameron Smith.

An explosion in the number of high-rise apartments across our capital cities is dramatically driving up student enrolments, resulting in "jam-packed" public schools.

An image of a curious bush stone-curlew caught up in its own reflection at a Brisbane university campus this week goes viral. But is this behaviour normal?

The gas industry is partly to blame for the increasingly negative community attitude to extraction and exploration in South Australia's south-east, a resources industry representative says.

The Victorian Government pledges to do whatever it takes to the keep the Heyfield sawmill open, and could even take over the mill, where more than 250 jobs are under threat.

There are severe wind warnings for Sydney and the Hunter Valley and dangerous surf conditions forecast for the central and northern parts of NSW today.

Police hold grave fears for Ryan Teasdale, 11, who went missing while playing in floodwaters near a stormwater drain, as heavy rain closed roads, shut down trains and resulted in dozens of rescues south of Sydney.

A New South Wales man and a woman from Woodridge will face court today charged with the murder of Baden Bond, a 22-month-old toddler who was last seen in south of Brisbane in 2007.

Police in two states are investigating the alleged poisoning death of 63-year-old Adelaide man David Lawrence, with a house at Dapto searched as part of the investigation.

It wouldn't be St Patrick's Day without the sound of a traditional Irish jig, shamrock green dresses, towering hair and feet tapping in unison.

A Victorian man man accused of fatally shaking his 12-week-old daughter has denied ever having hurt her and said all he did was feed her, a court in Bendigo is told.

Tasmania's Anglican Bishop Richard Condie is standing by St Michael's Collegiate in Hobart after a second former teacher fronted court for maintaining sexual relations with a student.

The Victorian Government will take an "interventionist approach" if the owners of the Heyfield timber mill decide to close it down in a dispute over the latest timber supply offer.

Donald Trump's first formal budget proposal dramatically reduces government involvement in many domestic areas while boosting investments in security.

A German court sentenced four far-right militants to between three and five years behind bars on Wednesday for forming a "terrorist association" with racist and anti-Semitic aims and planning to attack refugees.

The Dutch vote was a political reality check for Europe's nationalists. Next up is France and Germany.

A 17-year-old student has been arrested after a shooting at a high school in the south of France which left eight people injured.

Donald Trump is usually the one firing off the insults online but today the tables were turned when the official Twitter account of fast food giant McDonalds told him he had "tiny hands," and was a "disgusting excuse of a President."

Swedish humanitarian Raoul Wallenberg, who saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews during WWII, is being remembered in an exhibit touring Australia.

Steve Smith looked to the dressing room at least twice, at 50 and 100, and again as he walked off at stumps, unbeaten. If in Bengaluru he had misguidedly needed an outside opinion about whether or not he was out, it is a long time since he has needed direction about how to stay in. This was his 11th cenury in 21 matches since he become captain, merely 16 months ago. He is Australia's man for all situations, seasons and reasons.

Police are preparing to charge a 43-year-old woman and 49-year-old man over the suspected murder of Baden Bond, a 22-month-old toddler who was last seen in south of Brisbane in 2007.

Police say they are fearing the worst for Ryan Teasedale, 11, who went missing while playing in floodwaters near a stormwater drain, as heavy rain closed roads, shut down trains and resulted in dozens of rescues south of Sydney.

Rupert Murdoch's $18.7 billion bid to takeover Sky News in the UK has been referred to the media regulator with the tory government citing concerns about "broadcasting standards" and "media plurality."

Captain's injury during a fielding mishap threatens to force India into shaking up their batting order.

Clubs ACT has run into financial trouble, is looking to cut spending, and has gone cap in hand to the city's big clubs to pay membership fees early to tide it over.

There are fears for an 11-year-old boy presumed swept away in flood waters at Unanderra.

The father of Sabah al-Mdwali pounded his chest with a clenched fist as he told a jury of the moment he learned his 28-year-old daughter had been fatally stabbed.

Three development sites totalling almost 15,000 square metres are for sale in the Woden Town Centre.

One person has been injured in an explosion at the offices of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in central Paris.

Canberrans have gathered to make a final farewell to Riharna Thomson.

At first glance, Kathy Lin and Rachelle Louise don't have a lot in common. But the two women are united by their unwavering determination to see the men they love freed for crimes they strongly believe they didn't commit.

Steve Smith has hit Virat Kohli where it hurts most by producing one of the most important centuries of his career to dig Australia out of a dangerous hole in the third Test on Thursday.

All the action as it happens in Ranchi.

The Storm and the Broncos renewed their rivalry at AAMI Park on Thursday night with the Storm taking a close win.

There are fears for an 11-year-old boy presumed swept away in flood waters at Unanderra.

This insidious attitude hurts our society.

A fortuitous pin-balling try in the 77th minute sees Melbourne edge the Broncos 14-12 at AAMI Park.

Former Essendon coach James Hird says he first contacted depression helpline beyondblue in 2015, but reached his breaking point in January "after years of continual stress". 

The perfect bulb of garlic has fat cloves and terrible structural integrity.

When Ange Postecoglou picked Adelaide United teenager Riley McGree in the Socceroos squad earlier this week, young A-League players must have asked themselves: "Could that be me?"

Proposed new monikers for Queensland's electorates has some political insiders questioning what's in a name and arguing easily understood names should be kept.

ANZ's plan for a 45-metre high skybridge so its bankers could avoid Melbourne's drizzle has drawn criticism from the City of Melbourne.

Greater Western Sydney will make the grand final and Patrick Dangerfield is the hot tip to win a second Brownlow Medal, according to the AFL club captains.

A dingo pup found close to death on a outback track could help answer "ground-breaking" scientific questions.

Those looking to make the most of a renovation are often left deciding between holding onto the property as a rental, or flipping it for profit.

93-year-old John Miller is a man of religion not horticulture but he has documented the Bible Garden and its hidden meanings.

One person is dead and another is trapped after a horror crash on the Princes Freeway.

The Brumbies make changes to their team to play the Waratahs as Super Rugby uncertainty continues to hover.