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A Newcastle-based Aboriginal organisation is being recognised on the world stage for software it developed to preserve indigenous languages.

Behind an outback servo in the 100-person town of Windorah, a bush mechanic is continuing a rare rope-making tradition.

A man is in hospital with suspected severe spinal injuries after his father accidentally reverses a car into him, pushing him through a brick wall.

Lizbeth Radilla has found Melbourne an expensive city to live in. It just got tougher.

Michael Gleeson on Buckley's chance, the Tomas Bugg case, Bulldogs' fading hopes and why Tigers might be the real deal.

Germany's Marcel Kittel won the second stage of the Tour de France with a commanding sprint finish.

Partisans on both the left and right would welcome Malcolm Turnbull's fall at pretty much any cost. And that's the point – the price would be exorbitant.

Three Brisbane women have been subjected to a vile, degrading and sexist tirade while trying to watch the Pacquiao-Horn fight at Suncorp Stadium.

30 years after the event, the episode's director Rod Hardy reflects on Kylie and Jason's chemistry and the now famous wedding song he originally rejected as "on the nose".

Jordan De Goey says he is yet to earn back his teammates' trust after his now-infamous broken hand earlier this year.

We've put together a list of activities and programs that'll be sure to warm you up during the winter school holidays.

It's the start of the new month and quarter and futures are pointing to a positive start, but our call is somewhat more subdued.

A woman has died after being struck by a car while crossing a busy street in Melbourne's inner east.

​Mini autonomous police cars paired with companion drones and facial recognition technology will begin patrolling the streets of Dubai by the end of the year to help the city identify and track down criminal suspects.

It's not easy to get robotics equipment through customs in Afghanistan, but that didn't deter this plucky bunch.

The Arid Sahel region is seen as a breeding ground for Islamist militants.

Cancer specialists in WA will join forces to create an "atlas" of cancer cells in a bid to personalise drugs and target specific cancer cells.

Manny Pacquiao's Australian strength and conditioning coach has slammed the judges who awarded the fight to to Jeff Horn as "crazy".

Ann Street was closed between Roma and George streets after the main burst just before 3.40am.

The redeveloped Union Court will feature new student accommodation, a student hub, teaching space, culture and events building and health and wellbeing centre.

Individuals and small business taxpayers are still encountering ATO officials who take an "unnecessary, belligerent stance" when it comes to resolving disputes, one of Australia's largest accounting bodies says.

A popular burger bar has been destroyed after a massive blaze broke out in the kitchen of the Sydney Road business in Coburg overnight.

Temperatures plunged to minus 8 on Sunday morning, but it's meant to warm up soon.

The Trump administration has sent a guided-missile destroyer near Triton Island, possibly complicating President Donald Trump's meeting with his Chinese counterpart this week.

Geoffrey Rush, David Wenham and Gina Riley joined a line-up of some of Australia's biggest names in television to pay a final tribute to renowned satirist John Clarke in Melbourne on Sunday.

By teaching his kids about the significance of a welcome to country, Scott Kneebone is hoping to inspire pride in Indigenous history.

The Ngunawal language brought tears to Malcolm Turnbull's eyes last year, but despite efforts to revive the Indigenous tongue there remains no-one who currently speaks it proficiently.

Canberra Hospital has called for an inquiry into a local nursing home, as Muslims mark the end of Ramadan.

A vacation club run by international hotel chain Accor is accused of charging exorbitant fees for holidays that often cannot be accessed, and targeting sales at terminally ill cancer patients.

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US President Donald Trump posts tweet showing him attacking a man who is wearing a CNN head.

A road-rage incident escalated when a man pulled out a knife and stabbed another man who allegedly cut him off in Melbourne's north on Sunday night.

Jeff Horn's father wanted to call off the fight after a punishing ninth round. In the end, his son beat Manny Pacquiao and became a world champion.

There is no doubt that Steven Moffat, who replaced the rebooted show's first showrunner Russell T. Davies, has put his stamp on the BBC's most valuable programming asset Doctor Who

Banks could have plenty of excuses to raise interest rates further, and investors can expect to be targeted.

A 21-year-old woman is in an induced coma in a Brisbane hospital after she was found in a unit complex east of the city with burn-like injuries covering the front of her body, police say.

Brisbane schoolteacher Jeff Horn has scored one of the biggest upsets in recent boxing history, defeating 11-time world champion Manny Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao's Australian conditioning coach says the judges should not have awarded victory to Jeff Horn, but the Filipino great should not have left it in their hands.

If you visit Eden in the far south of New South Wales and ask who the most popular figure in town is, chances are they will tell you, "Uncle Ossie". At age 83, after 50 years of campaigning for Aboriginal rights, he's not showing any signs of slowing down.

The AFL, always keen to be at the pointy end of change, may consign the MRP to history.

John McEnroe has warned Nick Kyrgios' fans to get ready for another Wimbledon rollercoaster ride.

Australia prove too good for New Zealand with a five-wicket win in glorious sunshine in Bristol.

The one-year anniversary of Malcolm Turnbull's election was overshadowed on Sunday by continuing in-fighting over policy interventions from former Prime Minister Tony Abbott including stoking dissent among conservative NSW Liberals.

A police officer was injured while trying to defuse a wild brawl in western Sydney.

The introduction of ID scanners at nightlife hot spots across Queensland has been hailed a success following the first night of operation.

NSW chief justice Tom Bathurst says the cost of defamation trials is "worrying" and may outweigh the "tangible benefit" of protecting reputation.

It's considered the centre of Italian culture in Melbourne but, surprisingly, Carlton is home to just 254 Italian-born residents.

Sunday dawned with blue skies, but colder than your kitchen fridge.

Government taskforce could lead to prosecutions over non-compliant or dangerous buildings.

The most sought-after public high schools and their strict catchment areas create a cycle of segregation between "rich" and "poor" schools and students.