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AFL chief Gillon McLachlan explains away the empty-looking stands in China, saying people were just off getting a drink.

Lives wrecked by ice addiction are being turned around by a new drug treatment program which is being tried in Adelaide, based on a successful US model.

An Adelaide woman had parts of her fingers amputated because of plastic pebbles used to bulk out an illegal drug batch, and is warning others of the dangers of addiction.

Coalition MP George Christensen tries to shut down a visit from American neo-Nazi Mike Enoch (pictured), renouncing his association with the group planning Mr Enoch's appearance in Sydney.

A prison officer at the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre in central Victoria is hospitalised after being attacked by a detainee, in the latest incident of violence at the state's youth prisons.

Rarely have we seen two teams more hell-bent on losing a football game than Richmond and Fremantle in their Sunday afternoon MCG clash. Relive the incredible and costly mistakes.

Canberra has a handful of produce markets that are only open for part of the week.

The Transport Workers' Union is partnering with Beyond Blue to tackle the problem of mental health in truck drivers, with one in five workers in the industry experiencing mental health issues.

Lead levels "almost unprecedented in current society" are being found in dozens of young people, who have been breaking into the Elcho Island airport and siphoning avgas from planes in order to sniff it.

There has been a serious boat crash at Dundee Beach with people including children airlifted to Darwin for emergency treatment, Northern Territory police says.

A 32-year-old man is fighting for his life and a 26-year-old man is in a serious condition after a large brawl broke out in Mount Gambier in South Australia's south-east last night.

Rarely have we seen two teams more hell-bent on losing a football game than Richmond and Fremantle in their Sunday afternoon MCG clash. Relive the incredible and costly mistakes.

Gormanston is a long way from its glory days of old, but its residents are furious the local council seems content to let it rot.

A battle is brewing within WA Labor over the position of party President, with Premier Mark McGowan's preferred candidate, United Voice Secretary Carolyn Smith, facing a challenge.

After two years in the making the remote Indigenous community of Santa Teresa, about 80 kilometres south of Alice Springs, is about to open its first skate ramp.

A 17-year-old pilot attempting to become the youngest to fly solo around Australia gets some honest advice from his younger brother: "don't crash".

Doctors told Carly and Simon Gray to 'go out and enjoy your son', after eight-year-old Tom was diagnosed with brain cancer, a low survival cancer described as 'forgotten' by the Cure Brain Cancer Foundation.

A Cairns father and son's decision to abandon a fishing competitionthey were shoo-ins to winto save a gulping and gasping turtle has rewarded them twice over.

With only five rounds until the Super Rugby finals, the Australian conference title remains up for grabs with the Reds and Force breathing down the neck of the Brumbies.

Nearly four years after she was diagnosed with breast cancer, Genevieve Esgate has stripped away her clothes and been painted from head to foot, to raise awareness of the disease in younger women.

An Adelaide theatre production where the audience roams from room to room in a real suburban house is shining a light on the dark and sometimes comical corners of a young person's mind

A 29-year-old man imprisoned at Canberra's Alexander Maconochie Centre dies after another inmate tells jail staff they are concerned for his health.

Heavy security assembles at Jiangwan Stadium in Shanghai, China, as Port Adelaide Power prepares to play the Gold Coast Suns for a historic overseas AFL match.

Australian driver Will Power wins the IndyCar Grand Prix for his maiden triumph of the season, leading 61 of 85 laps on Indianapolis Motor Speedway's road course.

A piece of history involving a bombing, a beheading, and an incredible escape from drowning using a pocket knife after a World War II bombing off the East Arnhem Land coast is discovered accidentally after 74 years.

Isaiah Firebrace's proud father back home in Moama, in country NSW, believes Eurovision is just the start of a long singing career for his son.

Northern quolls in Western Australia's Pilbara region may be learning to avoid toxic baits aimed at decimating feral cat numbers, according to researchers.

After overcoming a heroin addiction and a violent relationship, one Brisbane woman returns to motherhood after losing her son for two-and-a-half years.

Two men are airlifted to Adelaide with serious head injuries after a large brawl involving three groups of men breaks out in Mount Gambier.

New South Wales hopeful Tom Trbojevic may be ruled out of State of Origin contention after sustaining potentially season-ending knee and ankle injuries in Manly's 24-14 loss to Brisbane.

They are the women taking a blowtorch to barriers and a saw to stereotypes, but even in 2017 tradeswomen are pioneers, making up less than 2 per cent of Australia's electricians, carpenters and mechanics.

Police and social workers say women from out of town who sleep in parks while visiting Broome from their home communities are at risk of violence.

It is fast, furious, dynamic, energeticall the things Australians love about sport. And yet handball is almost unknown in this country.

A 29-year-old inmate of Canberra's jail dies in custody overnight, with another inmate reporting they were concerned for his health.

On a day when mothers across the country are being showered with homemade crafts, bouquets of flowers and breakfast in bed, those who have lost their matriarch find today a little tougher.

For many mums, running from violent situations means leaving with nothing, but one Tasmanian community group is trying to help by putting together emergency bags for children of female victims of violence.