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The NT capital is fairly used to animals invading its roadways, but a circus camel has led NT Police on a merry chase through peak-hour traffic on one of Darwin's busiest roads before attempting to evade capture on an RAAF base golf course.

A man has been charged with the murder of a 15-year-old boy who was shot while sleeping in his home in Sydney's south-west.

Futures are pointing to a flat start for the ASX on the back of a subdued day on Wall Street.

Police are investigating the "suspicious" death of man at Gladstone.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a cyclist was killed at Mount Nebo.

Queensland police insist they will still able to enforce the state's anti-hoon laws, despite a bitter legal fight between the service and a towing company with exclusive rights to clear seized vehicles.

US smart home giant Nest launches in Australia today, minus its flagship product and ignoring local retail heavyweights in favour of a unique online partner.

Police investigating the death of a homeless man in Sydney's eastern suburbs have found the knife that was used in the killing and are now searching a tip in Lucas Heights for clothing.

Students at the Australian National University who have been sexually assaulted will soon have access to a full-time on-campus specialist counsellor.

I put my face on the line with 12 of the top anti-ageing creams. These are the ones that actually worked.

A man has been charged over the alleged torture and assault of a young woman in in inner-city Brisbane earlier this month.

US President Donald Trump defended his daughter after she raised some eyebrows over the weekend by taking his place at a table with world leaders at a G20 meeting.

Call it dating exhumation. That is, the experience of men coming out of the woodwork once they hear a woman of their acquaintance is now single.

Officials won't reveal who signed Justin Jedlica into Parliament House for privacy reasons.

Where there's smoke, there's fire. But when conditions are just right, where there is fire there will also be cloud.

The ACT government's rift with Clubs ACT spreads, and advocate targets MLA's comments.

Five months into Donald Trump's tumultuous presidency, the rest of the world is getting the hang of how to deal with him.

I'm guessing the workers at the brewery no longer get a freebie six-pack at the end of a shift.

Residents in Mole Creek, Tasmania, are told they can safely drink from their tap for the first time in eight years, but that has not impressed Premier Will Hodgman, who is not a fan of TasWater.

Victoria Police closed parts of Melbourne's CBD to map out the crime scene of the Bourke Street rampage, where six people were killed and dozens injured when a car mowed down pedestrians in January.

Bars in Brisbane's Caxton Street plead for a State of Origin reprieve from new ID scanning laws to prevent a "shemozzle" of long lines and angry revellers.

The Queensland Greens has had "inconsistencies" in the handling of the disclosure of political donations, after the Electoral Commission Queensland audited a branch over last two years.

Volkswagen's Porsche brand faces a formal probe by German prosecutors as the diesel-emissions scandal spreads to VW's iconic sports-car maker.

Multinational company Accor Hotels investigates allegations it helped its staff cheat on an accreditation test for corporate regulator ASIC, and used sales tactics that included targeting grieving widowers and people with disabilities.

Trump's eldest son has offered to talk to investigators, after he acknowledged meeting a Russian lawyer during the campaign.

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A man has been charged with the murder of teenager Brayden Dillon

Federer is now the most prolific men's quarter-finalist in Wimbledon history.

"Language like this has absolutely no place in politics or in today's society," Theresa May said.

The fall of Mosul effectively marks the end of the Iraqi half of the Islamic State caliphate.

The super-ministry could be modelled on the Home Office in the United Kingdom.

Speaking from hospital in the Alps, Porte said he hoped to race again this year.

A couple who were on call overnight as residential caretakers at a UniLodge student accommodation block of units allegedly received just $108 in net pay for a year's work after rent was deducted from their combined salary.

The problem with this approach is that not everyone is or can be a home owner.

For those that thought the end of fights and shoulder charges would sap the game of its toughness, think again. Cameron Smith says Origin gets bigger, faster, stronger and harder every time Queensland and NSW take the field.

With the focus on the power struggle between the US, Russia and China, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was always going to take a back seat at the G20 meeting.

This is the type of nail-biting drama MasterChef needs to egg on viewers to the grand finale.

Answers to allegations about events during Australian Defence Force service in Afghanistan are being sought as part of an official inquiry.

Senior lawyers say Victoria should allow judge-only trials to eliminate perceptions of jury bias.

Top seed Angelique Kerber knocked out of Wimbledon by Garbine Muguruza, ensuring she will lose her world number one ranking.

The state government has been sending some sweeteners the councils' way to try and patch up the relationship, but it's not enough.

Drug companies and medical groups argue marketing events are valuable places for a busy doctor to learn. But the evidence suggests otherwise.

Electronic security systems are being added alongside new steel fencing.

"Australians want their team on the field, beating the Poms," said Turnbull.

US President Donald Trump defended his daughter after she raised some eyebrows over the weekend by taking his place at a table with world leaders at a G20 meeting.

The Federal Court has thrown a brick through investment house Perpetual's windows. And not before too long if you're sitting in the Millner family's camp!

A sharing economy platform is under scrutiny over concerns for child safety.

Australian blood products giant CSL has been accused of "willful" and "deliberate" breach of patents for drugs to help haemophilia sufferers that are owned by a US rival.

Production company CBS International has emerged as the single largest creditor to Network Ten after submitting a claim of $843 million with the broadcaster's administrators. 

A third of Australia's largest listed companies are keeping their investors in the dark about how they are managing the potentially large financial risks of climate change, asurvey has found.