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A dementia patient at the condemned Oakden nursing home screamed in pain for more than two hours because the wrong catheter was used while another's broken ribs went unnoticed for days, new Commonwealth documents reveal.

Adelaide 18-year-old Mitchell Lightbody is heading to an American college as he hopes to fulfil his dream of playing in the world's top baseball league.

Jondaryan residents ask the Queensland Government to reinstall coal dust monitors, after they were taken down without warning.

Police are investigating the death of a woman and child after their bodies were found at a Glenelg North home in Adelaide's west.

A combination of good management and good luck allows the Hodgman Liberal Government to be in strong position ahead of the next State electionwhenever it is held.

Today is marks critical juncture in the debate over constitutional recognition. At Uluru this week, an historic summit has heard from Indigenous people from across the country. This afternoon, delegates are expected to present support for changes to the constitution - and possibly for a national treaty. The summit takes place as Australia marks the 50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum on Aboriginal rights.

Residents in Canberra's north say they were plunged into darkness on Tuesday night, for the fourth time in as many weeks, with ActewAGL apologising for random and frequent power outages.

State of Origin will once again capture the Australian sporting public's attention at a time when it is wallpapering the cracks in the NRL, writes Offsiders columnist Richard Hinds.

Patrick Dangerfield kicks a goal at the death to seal a thrilling win for Geelong over Port Adelaide in a two-point end-to-end battle.

A video recording of a NSW Police interview shows Hugh Garth, the first person to be convicted under the state's so-called one-punch laws, telling police he was merely acting in self-defence.

A free app that enables potentially life-saving first aid before ambulances and first responders arrive is being rolled out across Western Australia.

South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill quips that it would be cheaper to pay rent to the Northern Territory than build another new prison in his state.

The NSW Police force needs to forget traditional tactics and get more aggressive against terrorists, a former senior police officer warns in the wake of the findings from the Sydney siege inquest.

Round 10 of the AFL gets underway with Geelong playing host to Port Adelaide at Kardinia Park. Follow the scores, stats and stream in our live ScoreCentre.

A motorcyclist allegedly caught on speed cameras repeatedly exceeding the speed limit on a 100kph stretch of road in Brisbane is ordered to appear in court, while the unregistered vehicle is confiscated by Queensland police.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull accuses Labor of trying to pay for schools with "fantasy money", countering Opposition Leader Bill Shorten's claims the Government would be spending $22 billion less than Labor promised when it was in office.

South Australia's ICAC launches a maladministration probe into the health department's management of the Oakden mental health facility in Adelaide's north-east following the mistreatment of elderly dementia patients.

After 60 years, production at the ABC's Ripponlea TV studios is winding down and staff are moving out to refurbished headquarters at Southbank.

From petitioners and self-declared monarchs in WA, to frustrated locals in Tasmania and North Queensland: why is secession back in vogue?

A woman accused of attempting to murder her elderly mother yelled "die" when she found that she was still alive despite suffering a 20-centimetre-deep stab wound to her chest, the ACT Supreme Court hears.

As a former AFL star, Nicky Winmar thought he was invincible, but after a recent heart attack he is urging Indigenous Australians to avoid the risk of heart disease.

The president of a WA country football club who made offensive remarks about a female umpire on social media earlier this week is fined and stood down.

Aboriginal artist Uncle Dennis Seymour, at 86 years old, is one of the oldest university graduates in Gippsland.

Take a look at the key aspects of the Treasurer's budgetfrom new money for job-searching packages to increases in hospital beds and school support staff.

New mapping technology could soon help reduce traffic congestion in the Perth CBD, and save public utilities millions of dollars in infrastructure spending.

Victoria has apologised to the Chinese community for racist and unjust policies during Australia's gold rush era.

In a Chinese market craving Aussie drops one SA winemaker hasquite literallybuilt on its market success as a chateau in Henan.

Central west Queensland livestock agent experiences busiest week of the year as he loads 144 truck decks - most of which destined for the port of Darwin.

After years of lobbying, a cattle pod will be put in place at Yorkeys Crossing Road on the SA, NT border, with over 80,000 Territory cattle heading south every year.

A substance found in parasitic worms' spit might help prevent thousands of amputations a year, scientists in north Queensland say.

An SOS sign spotted by a helicopter pilot flying over a remote and inaccessible part of northern Western Australia sparks fears a person or group of people could be missing.

The Tasmanian Government says its budget delivers the "biggest ever boost to health", with a $658 million injection to stem the bleeding from widespread condemnation of the system.

Essay prize winner and academic Michael Adams never understood his father's suicide until he took up the sport of freediving.

The drowning of pearl diver Jarrod Hampton off the Kimberley coast was a "case of extreme negligence" by his employer, Paspaley Pearls, members of his family tell an inquest, adding that the company had put its own interests first since the tragedy.

South Australia's ICAC launches a maladministration probe into the health department's management of the Oakden mental health facility in Adelaide's north-east following the mistreatment of elderly dementia patients.

Union veteran and former Labor minister Greg Combet weighs into the cricket pay dispute, accusing the sport's governing body of bringing a "business philosophy" to the stalled negotiations.

Queensland dog breeders question how new breeder registration laws will be enforced.

Tasmania's Treasurer Peter Gutwein hands down his fourth budget, which delivers a surplus of $54 million, and forecasts surpluses for the next four years, with a focus on health, education and jobs.

The Lockheed Super Constellation, used by Qantas in the late 1940s for the "kangaroo route" between Sydney and London, reaches its final destination as a tourist attraction at an outback Queensland museum.

Regional Victorian filmmaker Josie Hess helps document the life of 47-year-old feminist porn star Morgana Muses.

Aboriginal rock art in the form of grooves left by the grinding of stone axes is being uncovered and protected in the Blue Mountains.

The Lorna Jane area manager accused of bullying a former store manager repeatedly denies that she ever made any hurtful remarks to or about her, a Brisbane court hears.

Bathurst is mounting a bid to make Mount Panorama the home of international motorcycling, with a $50 million expansion dubbed Velocity Park.

Victoria's Country Fire Authority strongly criticises a Coalition robo-call campaign against a restructure of the state's fire services, calling it "highly irresponsible and unfounded" and saying it has prompted a flood of complaints from the public.

An expert witness tells an inquest that teenager Nicole Bicknell's inexperience with alcohol and the sheer quantity of drinks she had consumed were to blame for her death at her 18th birthday.

Garden courtyard from Floor 3 of New RAH

Rebel Wilson was sacked from two DreamWorks feature films and had to beg film studios to allow her to work for free after a series of magazine articles claimed she had lied about her background, the actress tells a Melbourne court.

Around five months since last their last search, police return to the Royal National Park in Sydney to look for the body of missing man Matthew Leveson.

Longboard surfers hit the waves at the NSW town of Crescent Head.

The Ration Challenge allowance for one week.