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Housing affordability is likely to be an issue for at least 40 years.

The ASX is set to start the day in positive territory while the greenback weakness has the Aussie dollar heading towards US80c.

Arina Rodionova is savouring another milestone after continuing her breakout season to be the first Australian through to the second round of the US Open in New York.

A researcher says it's inevitable a destructive insect that has threatened tomato and potato crops in Western Australia will make it to the east coast.

Selena Gomez's Instagram account posted several nude photos of Justin Bieber before it was swiftly taken down after it was hacked on Monday night.

Housing affordability is likely to be an issue for at least 40 years, with the demand for new homes needing bold policy, a major new report says.

Been torrenting Game of Thrones? You've just been put on notice, with the chairman of a consortium of rights holders issuing a stern warning.

Up to 900 people will lose their jobs in Ipswich, west of Brisbane, with the closure of the Churchill Abattoir and Steggles chicken processing factory at Wulkuraka, the Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union says.

ACT firefighters have helped their NSW counterparts extinguish a house fire east of Michelago.

Unlike Peter Dutton, lawyers representing asylum seekers haven’t targeted the most vulnerable humans in this country for politically motivated persecution.

Kenya's law allows police to go after anyone even carrying a plastic bag.

Plus flexible work arrangements for public servants and the Raiders quest to keep Cotric.

A report which the NSW Department of Family and Community Services fought hard to keep secret, finds it misused its power to place 22-month-old Braxton Slager in foster care, where he drowned in an unauthorised backyard pool.

Miami: The Facebook posts and WhatsApp messages promising safe haven in Canada claim to have the blessing of the Canadian government. Creole-language radio stations offer up consultants giving free and paid consultations for Haitians seeking residency across the US border.

Families urged to buy up and save money on Queensland fruit and vegetables as prices fall by more than 50 per cent. But the oversupply is not welcome news for farmers.

One person treated for smoke inhalation after the Monday night fire.

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The Federal Government hopes the trial of a new jobs program will help 30,000 mature-aged Australians get back into the workforce.

Regional winemakers are concerned they will miss out on benefits from a multi-million dollar federal investment in the industry.

Almost as soon as the water began seeping into the assisted-living center in Dickinson, Texas, Susan Bobrick knew about it.

Anurse serving a life sentence for murdering two of his patients is believed to have killed at least 86 others

Another 38-64 cm of rain is expected in the coming days.

They named her August, possibly in reference to Roman emperor Augustus and the month of her birth.

"Our boy can become president of the USA... I will get all of Putin's team to buy in on this..."

The company is embracing a new strategy in the face of industry-wide revenue problems: philanthropy.

London: Tony Abbott has taken a swipe at world leaders Angela Merkel and Donald Trump in a wide-ranging essay in which he also states the threat of Islamist extremism is greater than climate change.

The ban on transgender military personnel is "purely political" according to a civil rights group.

An Indian judge on Monday handed a 10-year jail sentence to self-styled 'godman' Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, whose followers went on a deadly rampage after he was convicted of rape on Friday.

By cutting income support to 100 asylum seekers transferred to Australia for medical reasons, the government is putting our hard-earned reputation in the world at risk.

The state government stands accused of excessive secrecy over its decision to move the Powerhouse Museum to Parramatta, with experts claiming the plan could cost $1.5 billion.

As every possible regulatory body gangs up on Commonwealth Bank – offering the public all the fun you would expect from a Royal Commission – are we really going to see a former employee of the bank head up one of these regulators?

A group of hunters were a missing man's saving grace, after they found the 73-year-old on New Zealand's South Island confused, cold, and with minimal clothes on.

This is the minimum that can be done, and the norm in Australia.

Rissalah College paid $2.4 million for two blocks in Rossmore but the land has become a dumping ground for illegal waste, including asbestos, that the Lakemba primary school has failed to clean up.

The first major sporting event hosted at the new Perth Stadium will not be an AFL game, but a blockbuster double-header by the National Rugby League to kick off round one of the 2018 season.

APRA’s decision to join other regulators in the Commonwealth Bank “culture attack” is well overdue and may be too late.

University students have rescued a stranded koala from a bare tree in the Murray River.

Launching her 2018 season, Lee Lewis says Griffin Theatre is in the business of taking risks. "It's a different way of thinking."

An Indian judge on Monday handed a 10-year jail sentence to self-styled 'godman' Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, whose followers went on a deadly rampage after he was convicted of rape on Friday.

Several Queensland locations with the "N word" in their name are set to get a new moniker.

The anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd says it has very little chance of success against Japan's economic and military might.

The season wraps up as we always suspected it would - with the Seven Kingdoms in disarray, and the army of the undead on the march through the Wall.

Dhaka: Australia are staring down the barrel of another Asian misadventure after they ran into trouble with Bangladesh's spinners and the decision review system on day two of the first Test in Dhaka.

Beau Walker became Belconnen's fifth Mulrooney Medallist in a row.

A defiant Malcolm Turnbull has insisted he will win the next election, while setting out a laundry list of his government's achievements during the nearly two years he has occupied the nation's top political job.

CBS's dramatic and surprising takeover of Network Ten has more episodes to come, with the American giant needing to convince creditors, courts and a federal regulator that its bid is the best option for the company.

The Commonwealth Bank is tipped to face further upheaval in its senior management ranks as a result of the banking regulator's move to put the bank's organisational structure under the microscope.

Global developer and infrastructure group Lendlease says it will focus on the build to rent sector.

The NRL has locked in a historic double header in Perth to open the season next year, sneaking under the guard of the AFL to secure the rights to the first football game when the new stadium opens next year.

Socceroo Milos Degenek says local discontent with the Japanese national team is so intense some of his club teammates have told him they want Australia to win Thursday's crunch World Cup qualifier.