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Doctors say the truth is being stretched if the South Australian Government wants patients to believe it is easier to get prescription cannabis since new laws came into effect.

As Anzac Day commemorations unfold in Turkey, hundreds of people gather on a beach in South Australia to mirror the events at Gallipoli.

A former Army medic is encouraging other veterans to use sport to help them manage mental illness.

A shrine to Italian WWII internees, which stood in an open paddock in WA's South West for 50 years, is added the State Register due to its historical importance.

A retired Australian Army corporal who spent over a decade moving between conflict zones says we need to make it OK for men to ask for help.

A former Perth student accused of murdering three members of his family with an axe pleads not guilty, saying he fought with a laughing attacker during the killings at their upscale South African home.

Richmond surges from behind to beat the Melbourne Demons by 13 points in a thrilling MCG encounter, starting the season with five straight wins for the first time in 22 years.

Through special DNA technology, scientists are helping to solve the mystery of some of the 35,000 Australians who died at war and whose bodies were never identified.

The Wests Tigers write to their members to ask they stop booing their captain Aaron Woods, ahead of his likely departure from the NRL club.

More than 100 firefighters are in for a tough night as they battle a blaze at a scrap metal yard in Sydney's west.

The timing of a push to unseat Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer, just 10 days after she gave birth to her second child, is incidental, according to the man leading the campaign, who says he is more concerned with her role in creating the Government's superannuation changes.

29-year-old musician Michael Kiwanuka grew up in London after his parents fled Idi Amin's brutal regime in Uganda. He's been compared to the likes of Bill Withers, Otis Redding and even Jimi Hendrix. 7.30 spoke to Michael and got the run down on his latest tour.

Documents obtained by the ABC show about $5 million of mental health funding evaporated, in turn stalling efforts to improve care at Oakden for older people with dementia.

Police say 12-year-old Kelly Lin, who went missing this afternoon, is safe and well and made her own way home.

Lead contamination in the new Perth Children's Hospital's water supply most likely came from state-managed pipes which circle the whole QEII medical precinct, as well as the brass fittings in the worksite itself, a Building Commission audit finds.

SA Health admits it failed to appropriately follow review recommendations which found serious deficiencies at its state-run Oakden nursing home in 2008, adding a better job must be done.

A Sydney man spoke to a senior member of the Islamic State terrorist group in 2014 about carrying out an attack in Australia, prosecutors say.

Mango growers in Western Australia are concerned imported mangoes from India will put pressure on their already struggling industry.

There have been three separate attacks on Queensland Ambulance Service officers on the Gold Coast in as many days, bringing the total number of assaults on paramedics across the state to more than 175 this year to date.

Police are searching for Kelly Lin, 12, who has a medical condition, is fearful of busy areas and unlikely to communicate with strangers.

The West End Film Festival has named Calloused Hearts, a short feature that deals with rural domestic violence, a finalist in its 2017 competition.

Victorian MPs who are wrongly paid perks will be forced to repay the money under big changes to the system governing their entitlements, Premier Daniel Andrews says, including a crackdown on the second residence allowance and a new tribunal to oversee claims.

Stephanie Bernoth died in 2013 when her scarf was sucked into a hot air balloon inflation fan, and now criminal proceedings can continue, with the NT Supreme Court overruling an earlier judgement.

As Australians prepare to mark Anzac Day, Tasmanians honour a 22-year-old solider, one of 12 local men who perished at Anzac Cove.

WA regional growers are frustrated with new green snail control measures put in place for interstate trade into South Australia.

Tasmania's biggest salmon producer, Tassal, is accused of not being transparent, after the CEO's media adviser stepped in to cut short a press conference when questions were being asked.

Australia's first specialty treatment clinic for families suffering from obesity opens at the Nepean Blue Mountains Hospital and is providing people with the support they need to change their lifestyles.

Security will be stepped up at dawn services around Western Australia tomorrow in response to what the local RSL says is a heightened fear of terrorism within the community.

A company facing prosecution after a girl was flung from a Royal Adelaide Show ride and died argues in court that blame lies with state regulator SafeWork SA.

As fortified wine sales fall worldwide, one central western NSW winemaker hopes his own palate will point him in the right direction.

Sammy the labrador, who went missing during a walk through bushland on the Sunshine Coast four years ago, is found and reunited with her family.

A new payroll system for firefighters, paramedics and prison staff will not be a repeat of the Queensland Health payroll debacle, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk vows, as an audit concludes it will likely fail without "significant intervention".

Perth Children's Hospital builder John Holland "may have failed to properly manage and supervise" the project, which has still not been opened 18 months after its scheduled completion date, a Building Commission audit finds.

Western Australia's Tourism Minister Paul Papalia says he is open to a new online warning system to advise swimmers about shark threats, rather than erecting signs at beaches.

In what is seen as a case of David beating Goliath, New Zealand's wine import value into the United States has surpassed Australia for the first time.

Queensland community legal services remain in the dark about the details of the restoration of vital federal funding announced today.

A young girl takes part in the Anzac Day service at the Cenotaph in Hobart on April 25, 2012.

The National Heritage Rally attracts history and tractor enthusiasts for a weekend of machinery nostalgia.

Crocodile management plans will be reviewed just a month after they were introduced in the wake of an attack off Lizard Island, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says.

Weather conditions at Tasmania's Cradle Mountain ease enough to allow a helicopter to pick up an injured Taiwanese woman who broke her ankle and spent two nights alone in the bush.

Up to 40 Northern Territory diggers were forgotten by the history books, a military historian believes, and he hopes his research will set the record straight.

A small collection of objects in the WA Museum honours the extraordinary story of the Timorese boys who risked their lives to help Australian troops during World War II.

World War II veteran Len Snell vividly recalls Japanese bombs raining down on Darwin in February 1942, and how the call of nature prevented him from joining the casualty list.

North west Victorian roads named to remember World War II battles around soldier settlement farms.

A young woman shares her experience of anorexia to provide a more accurate understanding of the illness.

Gold, a traditional safe haven in times of turmoil, drops in price with the likelihood of Emmanuel Macron beating Marine Le Pen to French presidency.

A Hunter Valley farmer wins the Goldman Environmental Prize in the United Statesthe first Australian to be honoured in almost 15 years.

Private Reginald Scott was born in Sydney and died in the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917. Each year his last remaining blood relatives remember his service to the war effort.

Former West Coast Eagles rookie Ben Sharp, who blames his spiral into drug addiction on his ex-teammates, is sentenced to nine years' jail for his part in an armed robbery.

Second-by-second monitoring of each bull's feeding leads to more efficient conversion from feed to body mass at a stud in New South Wales.