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The Brumbies have secured Australia's guaranteed finals spot with two games left in the season.

Secretive street artist Banksy could be flirting with electoral law after apparently offering free prints to people who vote against the Conservatives.

Forty years after the referendum that Faith Bandler so worked hard for, her daughter remembers how the years that followed left the activist feeling betrayed.

The body of an Adelaide grandfather is recovered from the Murray River in South Australia, after the boat he was on with two of his grandchildren capsized.

Real Madrid look to become the first team in the Champions League era to win the trophy in back-to-back years, Juventus stand in their way.

From mine dust to bulldust, Australia's richest businesswoman Gina Rinehart takes it all in her stride as she shows the ABC around Helen Springs Station in the Northern Territory.

A father and former boxer who hit his son with a belt has had assault charges dismissed and then reinstated in a legal battle highlighting the vexed issue of corporal punishment.

An anaesthetist who was sacked for repeated drinking on the job has convinced a ministerial committee he should return to work, despite the opposition of the minister himself.

Icy water, powerful currents and giant stinging jellyfish are some of the hazards open-water swimmer Stephen Junk could face when he attempts to become the first Australian to complete the Oceans Seven this year.

Bill Cosby will go on trial on Monday for sexual assault - finally being judged by a jury after almost 60 women came forward to accuse him of drugging and raping them over five decades.

Berlin: An open-air weekend "Rock am Ring" concert near Germany's Nuerburgring race track resumed on Saturday after being suspended on Friday due to a possible terrorist threat, the organisers and police said.

China is waging a covert campaign of control and influence in Australia.

Nick Kyrgios' French Open campaign is over following a third-round doubles loss with fellow Australian Jordan Thompson.

Four second-half tries gave the NSW Waratahs a chance to produce a miracle win, but it wasn't enough as the Chiefs ran away 46-31 winners in Hamilton on Saturday.

Foreign investment is set for its biggest shakeup in a generation under a proposal that could put rail, energy and port assets out of bounds and give the federal government sweeping "last resort powers" to take direct control of businesses if national security is at risk.

ACT Brumbies set to fill out Wallabies side against Fiji next week after routing the Melbourne Rebels.

Our guide to the best of live music, theatre, arts and more in Mebourne and beyond.

Spare a thought for Margaret Court.

At least 18 Afghans were killed when three back-to-back explosions ripped through a funeral on Saturday for one of the demonstrators killed during anti-government protests on Friday, witnesses and media reported.

An Australian man has died after a fight outside a hotel in San Francisco in the US.

For the first time in their history, GWS will end a round on top of the ladder.

A desperate search to find an elderly man who fell out of his tinny in the Murray River east of Adelaide has ended in tragedy.

Melbourne mishandling proves costly against the ACT Brumbies in Canberra.

Sunshine Coast are through to the Super Netball grand final after upsetting minor premiers Melbourne Vixens with a 56-55 win at Margaret Court Arena.

Flammable cladding has been found on the facade of a Melbourne hotel as the building surveyor who oversaw theproject faces disciplinary action over two other construction disasters.

It's the biggest mass sentence to date for human rights abuses from the period.

A man has died in a car accident near Coffs Harbour.

Tasmanian police investigating the alleged murder of well-known Hobart tattoo artist, Dwayne Robert Davies, locate a body at a rural property east of Hobart.

Police had been concerned about a toddler who had been missing with his mother for two weeks.

The body of a 78-year-old man who fell into the Murray River in South Australia's south-east is found by police divers near Murray Bridge.

Richmond already had North Melbourne under the pump in a closely-fought first half at Etihad Stadium on Saturday night.

Since late 2015, when the first case of Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis (CWP) – commonly called "Black Lung" – was diagnosed the threat of this disease has cast a pall over Queensland's coal industry.

An injured hiker became stuck for hours in freezing temperatures at Taggerty in central Victoria on Saturday night.

Rich wildlife regions at risk from development, invasive species and disrupted water flows: report.

Girlfriends, strangers attacks across 20-year criminal history.

First home buyers in NSW will be exempt from paying stamp duty for homes up to $650,000.

They're one of the most devastating attacks in the NRL, but the Canberra Raiders are adding another string.

Jamal Idris is again off contract and on crutches. But the Wests Tigers giant has overcome bigger hurdles than this.

The US Secretary of Defence praised Malcolm Turnbull for his "dogmatic pragmatism" and his optimism to challenges in the region.

Almost a quarter of the park will be felled during the next five years.

The ACT government paid Comcare about $70 million in premiums for workers' compensation in 2015-16.

The government has announced money for safety standards on the transport project.

The territory's first chief engineer will provide strategic oversight of the light rail.

Canterbury's best forward could be on his way out of the club, with NSW Origin and Test prop David Klemmer requesting a release from his deal at the Bulldogs.

A sun-drenched patch of island in Moreton Bay is delivering to diners in an Instagram-worthy way.

Maroons utility Michael Morgan helped put the disappointment of a State of Origin opening loss behind him by guiding North Queensland to a much-needed 20-8 home NRL win on Saturday night over Gold Coast.

​British and Irish Lions boss Warren Gatland has listed jetlag, new combinations, wastefulness and the depth of Kiwi rugby as reasons for his side's underwhelming start to their 10-match tour of New Zealand.

A 17-year-old driver has been arrested after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase across south Sydney on Saturday morning in a car belonging to AFL star Steve Johnson.

Nick Olive is immensely proud of Single Gaze but after her O'Shea Stakes win on Saturday his thoughts were for fellow trainer Desleigh Foster and the connections of Cylinder Beach.

The Giants have produced an extraordinary final assault to overcome Collingwood Magpies 52-51 in a Super Netball minor semi-final nailbiter on Saturday night.