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A man has been killed in a collision on the Centenary Highway at Ipswich.

Mainland China may have more than 1.3 billion people, but it only has one stand-up comedy cluband it was started by a Melburnian.

After the financial losses suffered in the wake of Cyclone Debbie that tore through north Queensland six months ago, growers say they would be happy to just break even.

Yarra Trams says the Andrews government's proposed West Gate Tunnel will increase the risk of tram-to-car collisions and passenger falls on its services by pumping thousands more vehicles onto North Melbourne and West Melbourne roads.

In a steep Wollongong hillside, Karenni refugees farm food in a community garden, growing their confidence, cultivating a community and keeping their culture alive.

Sporting clubs across the ACT are dedicating this weekend's round to improving sideline behaviour at junior games.

I work for a mental health team at Bankstown in Sydney's south-west. Here's why I think the Government's plan could help some of the addicts I see.

The remains of all three missing US marines are recovered after they were killed in a US military aircraft crash off the Queensland coast earlier this month.

The Cowboys come from behind to beat the Tigers at Campbelltown after the Raiders take care of the Knights. Look back at the scores and stats.

Bundaberg father-of-four Moe Turaga says he is living proof modern-day slaves have invisible chainsand he is now trying to help others avoid the heartbreak he suffered on a farm in rural Victoria.

Calls for a stronger voice in Parliament and a treaty with Indigenous people have been endorsed by the descendants of Gurindji families, who led an historic protest 51 years ago that sparked the national land rights movement.

Australian Christian Lobby boss Lyle Shelton accuses same-sex marriage advocates of "bullying" behaviour after packages containing white powder and addressed to the ACL caused a mailing centre to be evacuated.

A group of men who prosecutors labelled the "Patrick Slater slayers" are jailed for life over a fatal mob attack near the Perth Esplanade train station during Australia Day celebrations last year.

As South Australia's car industry winds down ahead of the closures of Holden and Toyota, another production plant in the automotive components supply chain is shedding dozens more workers.

Almost 50 years after she disappeared, a plaque is unveiled to honour the missing beauty contestant at the bus stop where she was last seen, give her family a place to grieve and educate a younger generation about the case.

Settle back for some Friday night NRL action as the Raiders take on the resurgent Knights, before the Cowboys look to avoid a banana skin in the form of the Wests Tigers. Follow it live in our NRL ScoreCentre.

Metropolitan Sydney could see 36-metre long B-triple trucks on the roads for the first time, if a recommendation by a western Sydney council is accepted.

A competition for budding international student storytellers is providing a platform for them to reflect on the opportunities and challenges of finding a place in Australia.

Invoices and financial reports were falsified by a private school business manager in South Australia as he stole nearly $1 million because of his gambling addiction, a court hears.

It took several days for the officers to learn of the theft, after being told by a member of the public on Thursday that the station had been robbed.

A Melbourne man who stabbed James Russouw, an audio engineering student and former high school captain, in the neck and set his car on fire is found guilty of the murder nine years later.

Kambalda miner Mincor has been fined $65,000 for safety breaches that saw a worker left teetering on the edge of a 19 metre drop.

Regional shires have slammed as a 'disgrace' the state government's excuse of a cost blow-out for its decision to dump sewerage system upgrades in four WA towns.

The digital revolution may have had an impact on how young people read, but when a good book comes along young people will read it.

Grocon, the lead developer for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games village, says "it is the right thing to do" and pay subcontractors who lost more than $1 million when one of its contract builders went broke.

A new species, The Governor's Wife rose, has been planted in the grounds of NSW Government House to recognise the women who have stood behind the State's governors.

A Tasmanian newspaperman's last assignment saves a huge collection of photo negatives which had started to degrade in inadequate storage.

West Coast are focused on one thing, beating Adelaide at Subiaco Oval on Sunday despite their destiny being largely out of their control, according to coach Adam Simpson.

Highly venomous snakes are among a horde of 100 native reptiles seized by wildlife officers in Western Australia's Goldfields after foiling a bid to sell them on the black market.

A one-punch attack in a post-match out-of-control brawl lands Canberra futsal player Kerim Hidic in jail.

Police in Western Australia say that a controversial work-for-the-dole program is contributing to crime in the State's remote communities.

Powerful stories of the positive impact of Fairtrade have been shared by the largest delegation of the project's certified producers ever to visit Australia.

A Canberra mother and son face court charged with the murder of an 81-year-old family member found dead in her Red Hill home in 2015.

Building cladding is checked on thousands of Adelaide CBD buildings and 77 of them are listed for more detailed checks, including the about-to-open new Royal Adelaide Hospital.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews' fire reforms appear doomed after a key Upper House crossbencher declared he would not vote for the Government's plan to change the Country Fire Authority and Metropolitan Fire Brigade.

The parents of Matthew Leveson have shown photos of their son's skeletal remains after telling a court how the ordeal had devastated their family.

A video in which LGBTI Queensland police officers describe their experienceslaunched as part of Wear it Purple dayis not connected to the current campaign around same-sex marriage, one says.

A juror leaves a courtroom in tears after a former teacher at St Edmund's College in Canberra, Garry Leslie Marsh, is found guilty of molesting a 13-year-old student in the early 1980s, having groomed him after his parents split up and even befriending the family.

Antique clocks, a canoe, building insulation and hundreds of avocados turn up as South Australian police investigate a string of recent break-ins.

Three students and a lecturer are injured in an attack by a baseball bat-wielding student in an Australian National University classroom, in an incident that has been described by the vice-chancellor as "shocking" for everyone involved.

An investigation into the suicide death of 18-year-old Newcastle girl Ahlia Raftery finds the local mental health service failed to provide her with safe and adequate care.

Environmentalists who have lost another appeal against Adani's $16 billion Carmichael coal mine in Queensland's Galilee Basin say the decision is "just another step in the most significant environmental campaign of our generation".

The childhood activity of tree climbing is taken to new heights as arborists compete in the Queensland Tree Climbing Championships.

Malcolm Turnbull says he cannot remember anyone but Tony Abbott being "too drunk to get into the chamber", after Mr Abbott revealed he missed a crucial 2009 vote because he was out cold after a boozy dinner with Peter Costello.

When images of bloodied feet swept across the internet earlier this month, author John Birmingham was inspired and started writing.

Michael Atkins has no credibility as a witness and it is futile to recall him to the inquest into his boyfriend Matthew Leveson's death, a coroner says.

A paroled rapist receives Victoria's harshest possible punishment for the brutal murder of his neighbour, Victorian mother Karen Chetcuti, near Wangaratta in January last year.

Respected Northern Territory cattleman Henry Burke settles into his new role with Australia's second-largest cattle company after 32 years with the country's largest.

The Warringah Rats from Sydney's Northern Beaches are playing for their first club rugby title in 12 years. But this season it's not just about the Shute Shield trophy.

Former Saint John Ambulance officer Daniel Symons is found guilty of nine of 11 charges of sexually pursuing two underage South Australian cadets, including asking them for nude photos.