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Bundaberg has its eyes on Commonwealth glory as the development of a world-class shooting range aims to draw the best of the best to town.

The newly listed Todd River Resources has kicked off its copper-zinc drilling project at Mount Hardy, about 300 kilometres north-west of Alice Springs.

One of WA's biggest farmers has walked away from his operations in the Kimberley's Ord Irrigation Scheme.

Ted Fogarty, 93, spent his life as a drover, station manager and bore plant owner, and leaves an impressive legacy.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says club great Steven Gerrard needed little convincing when asked to join his squad for next month's end-of-season friendly against Sydney FC.

Victorian police use a Taser and capsicum spray to arrest a man and woman after they crash a luxury sports car, with suspected stolen number plates, into two patrol vehicles after a pursuit in Melbourne's inner east.

Do Australians need a designated public holiday in election years to come together and debate the nation's future?

Imagine finding a relative beaten so badly her eye is almost falling out of its socket. This was the reality for one Adelaide lawyer who is speaking out about domestic violence to highlight how widespread the problem is.

A Riverland town raises $131,000 to pay for air-conditioning maintenance at a public hospital after the South Australian Government said it could not afford it.

The head of the agricultural agency being relocated to Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce's electorate, Kareena Arthy, resigns amid the Federal Government's ongoing decentralisation push.

Short-term letting hosts who are renting properties subject to strata agreements are keen to find how the regulations will impact them after the NSW Government gives the industry conditional support.

A large yellow sculpture of a rabbit, installed at the entrance to the new Alice Springs Supreme Court building, is raising questions about good taste and angering many locals.

Scientific testing has shown levels of toxic firefighting chemicals in the waters of Perth's popular swimming and fishing area Cockburn Sound are safe for recreational users, according to the inlet's management board.

A Broome resident is recovering in hospital after being stung by a highly venomous Irukandji jellyfish at Cable Beach.

The head of the agricultural agency being relocated to Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce's office, Kareena Arthy, resigns amid the Federal Government's ongoing decentralisation push, the ABC understands.

The purchase of a Vietnam War-era armoured personnel carrier by Tasmania's South Arm RSL sub-branch will provide education for a younger generation, as well as a place for veterans to remember.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull joins 7.30 to discuss the new changes to Australia's citizenship laws.

Last month 7.30 exposed claims of poor conditions for employees of the Australian company Aerocare, which provides essential ground services to airlines. Aerocare denied the claims. Now there are new claims that employee fatigue is leading to accidents.

The final episode in the decades-long satirical Clarke and Dawe series is released, following the sudden death of John Clarke earlier this month.

A man walking through Darwin's rural outskirts gets a shock when he finds a mountain of dirty nappies dumped in the scrub.

A 53-year-old dies instantly when a massive concrete pylon falls onto him during an industrial accident at a north Queensland factory.

One of the ACT's rarest birds of prey, the little eagle, surprises researchers by travelling more than 3,000 kilometres to visit a small town in the Northern Territory.

Fresh off booking his place in the Australian swim team, emerging WA sprint king Zac Incerti is eager to make a splash at the world championships in Budapest later this year.

Fresh off booking his place in the Australian swim team, emerging WA sprint king Zac Incerti is eager to make a splash at the world championships in Budapest later this year.

Car registrations and taxes on high-end property purchases are set to rise in the Northern Territory, as Treasurer Nicole Manison tries to plug a deteriorating budget deficit now expected to be $1.3 billion next fiscal year.

A violent sex offender told an acquaintance a body was going to be dumped in Kings Park in the weeks before Lloyd Rayney's wife's disappearance, a court hears.

The millionaire founder of Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art apologises for suggesting visitors to the Auschwitz concentration camp are "creepy" in a blog post about a controversial performance planned for the Dark Mofo festival.

A "bitter and twisted" Mark Thompson speaks openly about the Essendon drugs saga, which he fears "will end up killing" him.

The Federal Government's latest decentralisation push fuelled by Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce's National Party is a "thoroughly bad idea", according to independent think tank the Grattan Institute.

Central Queensland youth are painting away depression and anxiety thanks to a community event which has raised more than $100,000 over five years for mental health initiatives.

Two Comanchero club members are found guilty of shooting the former member of a rival bikie gang two years ago in Canberra.

Australia and New Zealand reach agreement on a trade and development deal with 12 other Pacific nations, after eight years of negotiations.

The organisers of an event celebrating the dark arts in Tasmania have come under fire for a planned animal slaughter. The Lord Mayor of Hobart says the planned event lead by a controversial Austrian born artist sounds brutal. Animal activists and art supporters have spoken out about the confronting stunt with a petition to cancel it gaining momentum.

Four South Australians are made Knights of the Legion of Honour at a ceremony in Adelaide for their roles during World War II and the liberation of France.

The Government will spend $120,000 trying to fix lead contamination in the water pipes at the long-awaited new Perth Children's Hospital but will bill the contractor for the cost, Treasurer Ben Wyatt confirms.

A Cairns man who bludgeoned his friend to death with a hammer and then dumped his body in mangroves is found guilty of murder, despite claiming he acted in self-defence.

Federal Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg turns up the pressure on the WA Government to cull sharks or deploy drum lines after Monday's fatal attack.

Less than 48 hours after the Government abolished 457 visas, the Federal Minister for Science highlights the continuing need for foreign workers to boost Australia's cyber security sector.

Nearly a dozen staff are reported to the health watchdog, eight are stood down and three incidents are referred to police, as the SA Government announces plans to shut down a nursing home in the wake of mistreatment allegations.

New Australian Taxation Office figures show south-west Queenslanders from six postcodes earnt as little as $16,862 in the 2014/15 financial year, compared to some Sydney suburbs that reported almost $190,000.

Star Wests Tigers pair James Tedesco and Aaron Woods have been given a deadline to sign new contracts, with coach Ivan Cleary demanding an answer in 24 hours.

A lobby group is calling for a slow down in the launch of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in Aboriginal communities, as its rollout looms in remote parts of NSW.

A not-for-profit finance service aims to help vulnerable Gold Coast residents break the cycle of high-interest payday loans.

US President Donald Trump promises to address "unfair" Canadian dairy market protections, angering Canadian farmers.

An exhibition in Ballarat marks the end of filming for the ABC's axed Doctor Blake Mysteries.

In recent months, the Makk and McLeay wards at the Oakden Older Persons Mental Health Service in Adelaide's north-east have been at the centre of allegations involving inappropriately restrained residents, overdosed patients and a lack of appropriate resources.

A shire in Western Australia's Wheatbelt says the criteria for the decentralisation of Federal Government departments effectively excludes the state.

A picture of a difficult boy that educators struggled to manage is painted as Dylan Voller is cross-examined during the NT Royal Commission into Youth Detention.

The dream of owning a home is getting more difficult in Melbourne, where population growth, low stock, low interest rates and strong demand have pushed the median house price to a record high of $826,000.

Former prime minister Tony Abbott says the leaking of polling conducted during the election that showed he may have been about to lose his blue-ribbon seat is "sneaky" and "underhanded".