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Dozens of neighbourhood community centres providing help to some of the most vulnerable West Australians will be forced to close under a proposed new funding model, the sector warns.

After beating a rare form of bone cancer, outback-born Venessa Harris met her fashion idols, strengthening her drive to enter the industry.

A man is shot in the legs in a brazen attack near a suburban park in Sydney's West while six- and seven-year-old soccer players train nearby.

With little more than a tent and some sketching paper, two university students cycle across Australia for architecture.

Women from East Arnhem in the Top End are feeling inspired after Australia's first women's AFL competition, preparing to launch a competition of their own.

Archaeologists have unearthed a 19th century school house at Googong near Canberra offering an insight into rural life 100 years ago.

Let's be honestthe man in this photo looks appalling: a middle-aged male suffering, all tucked up in his chair-bed ready to moan the day away. That's because he's been struck down with something far worse than man flu.

A man is in custody and a 20-year-old woman is found safe after allegedly being abducted from her north Queensland home in the middle of the night.

Meet the Brisbane man using photographs to capture the changing face of more than 800 post offices throughout Australia.

Network Ten's descent into voluntary administration reflects a "splintering" of the entertainment industry, stakeholders say, as the digital age challenges everything from sports coverage to advertising and the future of free-to-air television.

The Brisbane Broncos say star pivot Anthony Milford "definitely" needs shoulder surgery, but they want to test out how the injury stands up to the rigours of first-grade football first.

It has long been called 'women's intuition', but now a new study proves women are better than men at reading people's thoughts and emotions, just by looking at their eyes.

Acting Ipswich Mayor Paul Tully criticises a document tabled by Queensland MP Rob Pyne, which questions the integrity of the city's councillors including former mayor Paul Pisasale.

When life doesn't go exactly the way you had hoped, what is it that helps some of us cope through adversity? By finding meaning in our experiences, emotional suffering can be relieved, Sophie Scott writes.

Three Government ministers are required to to appear in court on Friday over their comments attacking Victoria's judiciary for being weak on sentencing for terrorism offences, according to a letter seen by the ABC which was sent to Attorney-General George Brandis.

A man is in police custody after he allegedly held a woman, found safe this evening, against her will in north Queensland for over a day.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will have to make significant changes to Chief Scientist Alan Finkel's plan for the electricity market, if it's to have a chance of getting past his party room.

Plans for a new inner-city high school in Perth could be forced through by the McGowan Government even if the City of Subiaco does not come on boardwhile the proposal has also left the future of the WACA Ground unclear.

A north Queensland woman feared to have been held against her will is found safe, as police continue the search for a man who may have been involved.

Michael Noone tells a coronial inquest he was worried police would not investigate his boyfriend Scott Johnson's death properly if their sexuality was known.

An Esperance home owner has discovered her house fraudulently listed on the popular holiday letting service Airbnb.

The father of a young girl who uses medicinal cannabis to treat her severe form of epilepsy vows to continue lobbying for law reform, after being found guilty of charges of possession and cultivation.

Melbourne lawyer Rob Stary makes a formal complaint to federal authorities accusing three MPs of being in contempt of court for criticising the Victorian judiciary for being weak on sentences for terrorism offences.

A playspace made from recycled steel and rubber conveyor belts sourced from the mining industry gives young residents of a Melbourne public housing estate a chance to have fun, get dirty, and make new friends.

Cattle station baroness and art patron Janet Holmes a Court says "it's not a good idea" to deliver a message through art about animal cruelty, by being cruel.

The South Australian Director of Public Prosecutions appeals against a judge's decision to acquit two Adelaide men of murdering another man in unusual circumstances.

Murray irrigators have received the first stage of their self-commissioned research on the Basin Plan, leading to renewed calls for politicians to rethink water recovery.

Works are underway to mediate a bitter enterprise dispute hurting the Myrtleford community.

A tennis player appears in a Brisbane court charged with match-fixing at a Victorian tournament in 2016.

Do you care about the size of your pineapple? A North Queensland pineapple grower reckons the smaller fruit taste better, but some retailers won't give them a fair go.

Queensland cattle producers now have an extra three months to prepare biosecurity plans after agreement on new requirements for managing bovine Johne's disease.

Incessant rain, battles with insurance companies, and constant cleaning are some of the issues leading to depression among flood victims in northern New South Wales.

New South Wales banana growers unable to compete with Queensland's Cavendish are trying their hand trialling new banana varieties.

The former head of the state's Child and Adolescent Health Service was "hung out to dry" after a damning review into staff morale at Princess Margaret Hospital, WA Opposition Leader Mike Nahan says.

Gubalanya is home to the world's longest continuous artistic tradition, but artists in this community say they do not paint new works in the surrounding hills out of respect for the elders who once lived there.

Victoria Police release the image of a man after conservative newspaper columnist and TV host Andrew Bolt was attacked outside a Carlton restaurant last week.

On Tuesday July 4, RN and the Australasian Association of Philosophy present the 2017 Alan Saunders Memorial Lecture in Adelaide.

Asylum seekers who allege they endured physical and psychological harm on Manus Island say they "are finally being heard" after the Commonwealth agrees to pay $70 million in compensation.

A trial has begun in the West Australian Supreme Court over a royalty dispute between mining company Citic Pacific and Clive Palmer's Mineralogy.

An alleged $30 million investment fraud syndicate run from the Gold Coast and Brisbane that preyed on 2,000 victims across Australia has been shut down, Queensland police say.

Pump up your sneakers and put on your flanno, as Double J takes a look at an iconic decade and asks, was this the greatest decade in music?

A car that drove down a footpath in a frightening incident in Melbourne's CBD on Tuesday night had no intention of hitting pedestrians and may have been targeting financial institutions, police say.

Australian industry super funds wanting to ramp up their investment in the agriculture sector are calling for tougher rules for foreign investors.

Ken short, who informed and entertained the Tasmanian public over four decades as an ABC broadcaster and theatre performer, dies at the age of 86.

Brisbane ratepayers will fork out $37 more next financial year in a council budget that includes more than $1 billion for transport infrastructure.

Direct from England and Wales, ABC Grandstand brings you live commercial-free coverage of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 between June 1-18.

Some parents in Brisbane's western suburbs and bordering Ipswich areas are angry they are forced to send their children to private schools due to the lack of options within the state system.

Dozens of businesses on Queensland's Sunshine Coast aim to use a circular economy to eliminate waste and improve their bottom line.

The owners of the Australian Sustainable Hardwoods timber mill in Gippsland say they will begin closing in August, rejecting an offer from the Victorian Government to buy the site.

North Australian Cattle Company sends a shipment of livestock Darwin to Malaysia, including 550 buffalo.