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Ageing NT buses the South Australian Opposition once claimed would have a "particular smell" from the tropics are getting regular use for Adelaide commuters, it says.

While Tonka the wombat's many fans mourned, a race was going on behind the scenes to have the celebrity wombat preserved.

The company running Hobart's Carols By Candlelight has its council funding pulled, with organisers stating the style, scale and ticket price of this year's event is now in the hands of private sponsors.

The State Government is trying to sneak through legislation to reward a multinational miner that broke the law, while punishing a Queensland company, a mine owner says.

Police are pushing for restrictions on the sale of spirits and full strength beer in Port Hedland, but the alcohol industry wants a trial of the Commonwealth's cashless welfare card first.

Queensland Museum taxidermists are giving road kill and beached animals a second life, and they are revealing the secrets behind of their age-old art at Brisbane's World Science Festival.

Between the 1830s and the 1850s, hundreds of Indigenous warriors and dozens of British settlers were killed across south-east Australia. Echoes of that conflict recur in Aussie rules.

Police arrest a man in relation to one of NSW's longest-running mysteriesthe abduction and murder of toddler Cheryl Grimmer in Wollongong's Fairy Meadow Beach almost 50 years ago.

Australia's most mysterious bird, the night parrot, was until recently thought to be extinct. A breeding community of the rare species was found three years ago in western Queensland. Now, a group of West Australian birdwatchers have struck ornithological gold, discovering a second nesting spot of the elusive bird on the other side of the continent.

Tasmanian dairy farmers tell the national competition watchdog they are still hurting after last year's farm gate milk price cuts.

Mental health advocates fear tens of thousands of Australians might miss out on mental health support that has been a life saving service for many.

Thousands of Sydney homes and businesses will remain without power overnight following a severe thunderstorm which brought heavy rainfall and damaging winds to the city's west.

Viticulturists are concerned prescribed burning ahead of the bushfire season in Margaret River will taint their grapes ahead of a late harvest.

A South Australian man who claimed sleep deprivation caused him to kill the mother of his two children is found guilty of murder.

Political will is one of the main barriers to preserving the planet's water supplies, experts told a water forum a the World Science Festival

Drunk and disorderly patrons who loiter around licensed venues after being kicked out could soon face prosecution.

A mother's failure to remember she left her 22-month-old son in the car on a summer day was a normal fallibility of the memory system of someone who was fatigued, stressed and distracted, an inquest has heard.

The Great Barrier Reef is dying on our watch, and that's almost all we're doing.

Strong wind gusts and "sideways rain" have lashed Sydney and the Central Coast, leaving more than 33,000 homes without power.

​Lloyd Rayney's defamation trial has heard police never found a financial trail to suggest the Perth barrister hired a hitman to murder his estranged wife but he was still their only suspect.

On Wednesday night's episode of My Kitchen Rules, the instant restaurants made a comeback – along with the verbal tiffs between self-proclaimed 'Seafood King' Josh and his wife Amy.

Why shouldn't the political parties want the best man – or woman – for the job?

Houses in some Brisbane suburbs are selling in record time - and the results may surprise you...

The beauty about being a fan is knowing the legion of doubters have got it absolutely, completely, totally wrong.

Toby Nankervis will play his first senior game as a Tiger on Thursday night but after just a few pre-season games he is already a fan – and coach and player – favourite.

The AFL has imposed a significant rule change for the inaugural women's grand final, mandating time-on after points and for out of bounds for the first time all season.

The last epic showdown between Brownlow medallists Nat Fyfe and Patrick Dangerfield set tongues wagging around the AFL - well everyone's except Fremantle coach Ross Lyon it seems.

A man is charged over the discovery of two hidden cameras in public toilets at North Sydney and Parramatta Railway Stations in February.

A property owner in Queensland's beef region between Bundaberg and Rockhampton has been fined almost $1 million for illegally clearing 350 hectares of native scrubland on his Central Queensland property.

Introducing The Age Real Footy Podcast, a brand new weekly show that will take a look at all the biggest news and issues in football.

The proponents of a $3 billion casino resort on the Gold Coast acknowledge the Chinese Government could be a part owner.

With all of the intrigue and speculation surrounding Richmond's leadership group in the build up to round one, Carlton's high profile captain has flown under the radar.

A 42-year-old man was knocked out after being elbowed on Sydney Road in Brunswick earlier this month.

Families with young children in childcare will be up to $3400 a year better off, although family payments will be frozen.



A seriously disabled man in Tasmania was regularly locked outside in a courtyard by support workers and once pushed into a pool in an effort to calm him down.

A new mainstream children centre and an associated respite service for seriously ill children and babies is opening in Fyshwick.

Is Hollywood shoving its liberal agenda down our throats?

Greens Brisbane City Councillor Jonathan Sri attempts to break into a property to raise awareness about public housing.

Based out west, former North Melbourne great Drew Petrie says he has largely escaped the emotion likely to be felt when he lines up against the Kangaroos on Sunday.

Barnaby Joyce long teetered on the edge of being remembered as a clown.

A 31-year-old man has been critically injured by burglars in a violent home invasion in Geelong early on Wednesday morning.

A Perth father who doused his children in petrol and set one alight told their mother he "cannot remember any of what happened on that night" and would "live with it for the rest of his life" in a letter from prison.

The body of a young man who went missing earlier today is recovered from the River Torrens near the University of Adelaide, after a major search operation involving police divers.

A backlog of more than 130 nominations for heritage status at sites around Canberrasome of which have sat on the list for more than 15 yearsmust be be addressed by the Government, the ACT Opposition says.

The trial of Arthur Marshall Hoyle, a former University of Canberra assistant professor accused of committing indecent acts on five students, began on Wednesday in the ACT Supreme Court.

A police officer involved in the investigation of Corryn Rayney's murder says he considered it appropriate to have "coffee" meetings with a man who was a key witness in the case against the victim's husband.

The Queensland Government is conducting community consultation on the viability of a second casino on the Gold Coast. Critics say the process is a farce with the revelation the Chinese Government could hold partial ownership.

Peter Dutton has revealed an unusual sensitivity and unwillingness to recognise community concerns.

Canberra and Tuggeranong have joined the newly formed Australian Association of Football Clubs.