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A horse therapy course in the Hunter Valley is helping rebuild the confidence of children left traumatised by major floods two years ago.

We know the sleepy lizard can love and grieve and is a special part of Australia's ecology. But we only know that thanks to the work of a couple of researchers, who have both just died.

A-League premiers Sydney FC amass the greatest points tally in the competition's history after a final-round win over Newcastle Jets FC.

Without Johnathan Thurston's guiding hand, North Queensland falls short against the Dragons to wrap up the Saturday NRL action. Check out all the scores, stats and commentary in our Score Centre.

Australia's Sally Fitzgibbons has won through to the semi finals at the World Surf League Bells Beach event despite competing with stitches in her foot.

The Queensland Reds win for the first time in seven Super Rugby games, defeating the visiting Kings 47-34 at Lang Park.

Sydney's longest-serving bookmaker Don Wright remembers the big wins at the track as he retires from Randwick Racecourse after more than four decades.

We're dimension hopping with super heroes.

Horticulturalists and historians are outraged a 170-year-old tree rarely seen in Tasmania has been chopped down because of its dangerously large and heavy pine cones.

There are growing doubts over the ambitious goal to start "cutting steel" on Australia's Future Frigates Fleet within three years, but Minister Pyne says he is confident the contract will be awarded in enough time to let the winning bidder prepare for a 2020 start.

There are calls for a national approach to training overseas students about water safety after a disproportionately high number of drownings in New South Wales this summer, as one young woman shares the heartbreak of losing her two Nepalese friends.

Australian basketballer Joe Ingles will make his NBA playoffs debut when Utah takes on the Los Angeles Clippers this weekend. He is one of five Aussies featuring in the post-season.

A horse is euthanased after a fall during a jumps race at the Oakbank Easter Racing carnival in the Adelaide Hills.

A feeding hotspot for bottlenose dolphins is located at Hallett Cove on Adelaide's southern metropolitan coast by Flinders University researchers.

Round seven in the NRL continues as Manly takes on the Melbourne Storm, the Canberra Raiders play the Warriors and St George Illawarra faces off against the North Queensland Cowboys.

In an Australian first, motorists in WA's South West and Peel regions are being offered designated bays for texting on their mobile phones in an effort to prevent accidents caused by driver distraction.

Animal welfare authorities are treating 17 starving horses from a property at Pearcedale, on the Mornington Peninsula, south of Melbourne.

Thirty-six bands from across Australia return to Launceston for the first time in 13 years to compete for the top national band honours.

The RSPCA has no leads on the whereabouts of three joey koalas stolen from wildlife carer Sam Longman's enclosure at her home near Brisbane, leaving the vet nurse confused as to why anyone would want to take them.

The Cape York town of Coen is about as remote as you can get, but it is a hub for visitors heading to Australia's northern tip and until now it has survived without an ambulance station of its own, even though emergency calls come in from across a vast area.

New research conducted in Melbourne has found a way to detect chronic lung conditions in babies born extremely prematurely, reducing the risk of death and potentially lengthy medical treatment.

Freedom of Information documents obtained by Family First reveal more than 14,000 vaccines were lost as a result of September's South Australia-wide blackout.

A 17-year-old boy is in a serious condition at a Melbourne hospital following a fight between inmates at the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre in central Victoria on Friday.

This is the story of Easter and how we came to be eating chocolate eggs delivered by rabbits.

Fishermen in the Gulf of Carpentaria cash in on their best start to a barramundi season in three years.

As the problem of feral deer in the ACT and surrounding NSW continues to grow, a little-known program involving qualified shooters could be the answer farmers are looking for.

Mastering yoga positions can be challenging at the best of times, but some yogis are taking it even furtheradding into the mix the threat of taking a dip in Canberra's chilly lake.