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Brain-eating amoeba might be the only way to explain the government's energy policy.

Jamie Lee Curtis is returning to the Halloween role she created four decades ago.

Chickens are productive pets producing eggs, turning compost and delivering fertiliser. So how can you keep your hens healthy and happy?

When 12-year-old Stella Jackson decided to enter the Young Archie competition, she had no hesitation choosing the man who's been her plastic surgeon since she was born as her subject.

Assistant coach Willie Peters complained of being bullied before exchanging blows with another member of Trent Barrett's staff.

More MPs tell Fairfax Media they will vote for "voluntary assisted dying" legislation.

Nick Kyrgios has fought back to keep Australia's Davis Cup hopes alive against Belgium.

An improvised bomb has exploded on a London train during peak hour.

Cheryl Salisbury was a lynchpin of the Matildas for 15 yearsnow she will be the first woman to receive the PFA's highest honour, the Alex Tobin Medal.

The Cats, down in estimation, confidence and personnel, summon up one of the great counter-intuitive finals wins against the Swans.

It's a sad truth that Londoners have become used to terror attacks, and they expect them on the Tube.

China's suspension of exports from Australian beef processors will be raised in meetings in Beijing.

A culture has developed whereby it's acceptable to vilify, mock, abuse and shame anyone who stands in the way or even raises questions about whether we should legalise same-sex marriage.

Geelong's best player at the MCG was a man who hadn't played an AFL game in more than 10 years.

Fair Work inspectors were ordered to withhold information about new provisions for unions.

George Osborne says there is an explanation for the power vacuum in British politics.

The video also shows a black bear, deer, mountain lion, and black bear cub.

The government is looking for scapegoats, monstering energy companies to breach their fiduciary duties.

Fortescue Metals Group said on Friday chief executive Neville Power will step down in February.

State authorities have intervened in the operations of a retirement village run by a convicted criminal.

Myer investors have punished the department store and pushed its share price to an all-time low.

Who says having debt three times your income is "over-indebted"?

Six NASA-backed research subjects will emerge from their Mars-like habitat on Sunday and return to civilisation.

Sydney coach John Longmire believes the Swans' effort to come back from their poor start to the season took its toll on Friday night, leaving them "buggered" in their heavy defeat against Geelong.

Former defence minister David Johnson, who once declared he would not trust government shipyard ASC to "build a canoe", now believes the Adelaide-based company should play a major role in the construction of Australia's most high-tech warships.

North Korea has launched another missile, sending Japanese citizens to shelters briefly and prompting an emergency UN Security Council meeting.

The Turnbull government wants "dramatic reductions" in private health insurance price rises over the next three years, with a major new reform package set to make deep cuts to the medical device sector and entice more young people into cover.

The nation's most powerful doctors' group is ramping up its campaign for same-sex marriage despite an internal conservative backlash, with seven former Australian Medical Association bosses joining the cause and urging a "yes" vote on health grounds.

I imagine to be gay right now must feel similar to being a woman in the 19th century, when a bunch of men with mutton-chop whiskers spent decades earnestly outlining reasons why you should not be allowed to vote.

When she was 12 or so, an Australian schoolgirl sent a postcard with her name on it off to the Planetary Society, where it was digitised and put on a mini-DVD to travel the solar system on the Cassini craft. Now it's crashed into Saturn.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft plunged into Saturn on Friday, ending its groundbreaking 13-year Saturn mission.

When news of Tom Lonergan's late withdrawal broke, the faith of even the most ardent of Geelong fans would have been stretched to breaking point. What happened in the next few hours was for the true believers.

After spending a year in jail, the Kiwi international turned his life around. Earlier this week, he graduated from Wollongong University.

Ambitious councillors are already scoping out their path to the mayoralty, with deals underway with independents and minor parties after the weekend's elections failed to deliver a majority in many councils.

Police are investigating after reports of an explosion on an Underground train in south-west London.

Broncos seal a spot in the prelim with a hard-fought 13-6 win over the Panthers at Lang Park.

So much for our ailing economy. Did you see that 264,000 additional jobs have been created in the first eight months of this year, with 88 per cent of them full-time?

Ipswich's former mayor and two executives may face charges, but the state government says an administrator is not needed.

Canberra trainer Matthew Dale expects the magnitude of this spring will hit him when he gets to the races.

A late flourish wasn't enough against a determined Brisbane defence, with the Broncos winning at home and setting up a preliminary final against the Storm in Melbourne.

Staunch conservative allies of Trump erupted in anger and incredulity after Democrats announced the president had agreed to pursue a legislative deal that would protect thousands of young undocumented immigrants from deportation

A man is locked in a tense stand-off with police after barricading himself in a unit on Surfers Paradise's main strip and threatening his own safety.

Amid the fracas of a wage fraud scandal tearing through Caltex, more than 200 franchisees and senior executives jetted into Tokyo in late March for a three-day conference at Tokyo's swish Hilton Odaiba, overlooking Tokyo Bay.

The Matildas star famous for her post-goal backflips has been shortlisted for FIFA's Player of the Year award

The referees are back in the headlines after another contentious decision denied Penrith the opportunity to score a certain try in Friday night's 13-6 semi final loss to Brisbane at Suncorp Stadium.

Follow live action as the Panthers and Broncos try to earn a spot in the preliminary final.

The governing body behind some of Queensland’s most prestigious private schools has sought to downplay the consequences of a data breach at its flagship girls’ school.

Good on him for expressing his views, but I can't resist.

A huge defamation payout has put the smile back on Rebel Wilson's face, but court documents reveal her early years in Hollywood were a struggle financially.

The Old Canberrans will look to sharp-shooter James Day ahead of a tough test with Goulburn.