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A new exhibition in Adelaide tackles the topic of death head on through the eyes of a palliative care worker who deals with peoples' final moments on a daily basis.

There's a $100,000 prize waiting for you if you can read minds, see the future or talk to the dead. You just have to prove it.

The Socceroos are not merely carrying our hopes of a World Cup party in Red Square next year, but of keeping the game in the national consciousness, writes Richard Hinds.

A Canberra lawyer is barred from practice after he was jailed over a dodgy deal where he charged Legal Aid and his client's mother for the same services.

A Canberra lawyer is barred from practice after he was jailed over a dodgy deal where he charged Legal Aid and his client's mother for the same services.

Many Canberra suburbs are named after past Prime Ministers and other prominent Australians, but that's not the case for the city's town centres.

The Bulldogs ended the Dragons' season with a 26-20 victory at ANZ Stadium on Sunday.

It's been a rollercoaster week for contestants ahead of living and dining room reveals.

A 20-year-old man has died after his monkey bike crashed into a fence on Saturday near Melton

Nothing but pride on the line as the Tigers and Warriors close out the regular season.

Matthew Wade hasn't done enough with the bat since returning to Test cricket late last year, according to his captain Steve Smith, with Australia's selectors pondering whether to make a 'tough call' on the wicketkeeper.

In an eleventh-hour truce, Ardent Leisure have resolved their issues to elect two Ariadne directors to the board and in doing so have cancelled the meeting slated for Monday, September 4.

Anyone looking to win a premiership next year might want to give West Belconnen Warriors captain Alana Franks a call.

Police are investigating a gun shot that shattered a window of a Penshurst house early Sunday morning, leaving a woman with a minor injury.

Santos's plan to develop coal seam gas in northern NSW has been found by an independent expert panel to lack key data that potentially underestimates impacts on threatened ecosystems and ground and surface water.

A sense of community has kept Wendy Baker at the Hartley Hall Markets for 30 years.

Matthew Boyd's football career will last another week while Tom Boyd starred with four goals as the Footscray beat Essendon in Sunday's VFL elimination final.

Twelve people suffer serious burns in an incident at the Red CentreNATS racing event in Alice Springs where fuel sprayed from a car that was doing burn-outs.

An ACT man was slapped with a traffic infringement notice after New South Wales police caught him riding 171km/h in a 100km/h zone.

Specialist teams of trained firefighters wearing ballistic gear and equipped to rush in to unfolding terrorist attacks are a key element in the fight against modern terrorism, the former chief of the world's biggest fire brigade says.

Gary Ablett might be the best ever Geelong player. But he is cetainly the best ever Suns player.

North Korea says it has carried out another nuclear test just hours after claiming to have developed a hydrogen bomb.

Brumbies skipper Sam Carter gunning for Wallabies re-call through the Canberra Vikings.

A cult survivor hopes to shed light on The Family's finances and remove the dying leader's legal guardians.

Australia's Medicare levy is riddled with loopholes and should climb with income, as do tax rates, according to a Council of Social Service position paper to be released as the Senate decides whether or not to boost the levy to pay for the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Australia is woefully unprepared for the next pandemic flu, with doctors hoping this winter's deadly outbreak will serve as a wake-up call for people too lazy to get vaccinated.

Canberra Brave have lost their second straight AIHL grand final after falling to Melbourne Ice 4-1.

The mother of the 11-year-old girl shot in the face in northern Tasmania last week says her daughter has woken from her coma in high spirits despite having bullet fragments lodged into her neck, brain, heart and lung.

Melbourne's peak spring season for selling residential properties had a power-start on the weekend as prestige homes sold strongly and buyers took advantage of increased stock levels

Labor's wiser parliamentary strategists are reminding themselves of a sage lesson in tactics.

Marist completed their first perfect season in 24 years after downing St Edmund's in ACTJR under-18 final 32-5.

I know from the headline you're thinking this story will feature a charismatic, middle-aged man.

More than 4000 participants traded their weekend sleep-in to tackle 14km, 10km and 5km courses.

Forget nail salons and burger joints: Old shops are in vogue for a new website.

North Korea's test on Sunday could sap appetite for risk assets in a week where the RBA is expected to keep rates on hold again.

A man has been charged with attempted murder after a homeless man was seriously assaulted in Sydney's Hyde Park early on Sunday morning.

Bulldogs fan who had cardiac arrest at 2016 Grand Final thanks bystander who saved him

The first week of the 2017 finals will get under way with the Roosters hosting the Broncos, the NRL has announced.

Forwards Dylan Napa and Aidan Guerra will be back on Friday night after being rested against Gold Coast and the Roosters should also be boosted by the return of winger Daniel Tupou from injury.

Ainslie's Hayden Armstrong wrote the final chapter in his own tall tale on grand final day.

St George Illawarra have blown their shot at qualifying for the NRL finals, finishing ninth on the ladder after they threw away a late lead to lose 26-20 to Canterbury.

One of the most controversial and critically acclaimed Broadway musicals, The Book of Mormon, will transfer to Sydney in February 2018.

The 18-year-old Maitland Blacks player allegedly lashed out at referee Niklas Gaal, 19, striking him on the jaw.

Beijing: North Korea's sixth nuclear test was expected. The timing speaks of Kim Jong-un's willingness to provoke China; and an attempt to seize the moment to wedge South Korea and Donald Trump.

Over the past six years Kylie Grey's salary has increased by just $4 an hour.

Former NSW education minister Adrian Piccoli will quit politics next week to head up a new education research centre at UNSW, prompting the third byelection for the Berejiklian government this year.

Daniel Widdowson has gained endorsement from refugee advocate Julian Burnside for his play.

Police have declared an emergency situation after reports a man was armed inside a property.

The Turnbull government is bracing for another chaotic week in Federal Parliament, with Labor warning "anything could happen" as it seeks to turn the screws on Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce.

Outspoken athletes are often told to 'stick to sports' but perhaps the Prime Minister will take that advice on board in the reverse.