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The NSW Premier is being urged to take immediate action to prevent the closure of a central-west coal mine that could put up to 15 per cent of the state's energy supply in doubt.

More than 22,000 Australians identify as Pagan or Wiccan, and their reasons for seeking alternative spirituality are equally diverse.

With more industries now engaging casual labour, will it give workers more flexibility and variety, or are businesses just looking to cut out the costs of a permanent workforce?

Health Minister Roger Cook has revealed the WA Government is investigating ways to impose a minimum floor price on takeaway alcohol in a bid to curb alcohol-related harm.

Winter rains are in decline across southern Australia, and while it is too early to say beyond doubt it is due to climate change, scientists say it is not just about climate variability.

If you haven't already familiarised yourselves with the Matildas' star striker Sam Kerr, do so. You'll be hearing a lot more of them both.

Despite a cool start to spring, the Bureau of Meteorology predicts a warmer-than-average season, with temperatures in Brisbane to reach the mid-30s and Ipswich could soar to 38 degrees.

A Victorian police operation involving the bomb squad causes the partial closure of a major road in Malvern, in Melbourne's south-east and is expected to cause delays.

Ngarrindjeri man Dr Christopher Wilson's PhD project involves a 30-kilometre-long survey of the River Murray's banks between Mypolonga and Monteith, documenting everything from what people were eating thousands of years ago to the region's complex colonial history.

An Adelaide start-up that has created a foldable and waterproof splint for fractured bones strikes a distribution deal in South Australia and is now looking to go global.

There is a new player in northern Australia's cattle game that has some big irrigation plans for a property near Broome.

How did Byron Bay transform from a tiny coastal industrial town to a global tourist destination pulling almost 2 million visitors each year?

DNA screening for the virus that causes cervical cancer is the most effective method for detecting pre-cancerous cells, even in women vaccinated against the virus, Australian researchers find.

Stories of the Indigenous heritage of thousands of Australians have been buried and forgotten deep in the country's archives, but are now beginning to be unravelled.

Australian public servants practice attacking and defending cyber attacks as part of the inaugural cyber security war fames in Canberra.

The Matildas continue their sensational run of form, with a Sam Kerr brace inspiring a 3-2 win over BrazilAustralia's third straight victory over the South American giant.

A contentious bill to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill Victorians will be introduced to Parliament on Wednesday, with a conscience vote expected by the end of the year.

A Christian school in Melbourne has been found to have breached the Equal Opportunity Act by not allowing a Sikh boy to keep long hair and wear traditional headwear.

Noreen Fynn's terminally ill husband, euthanasia campaigner Clive Deverall, took his own life earlier this year. Now she's lending her own voice to the campaign for voluntary euthanasia.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian breaks ranks with her ethnic churchwho have warned of "radical gay sex education programs" in schools if same-sex marriage is legislateddeclaring she will be voting "Yes" in the postal survey.

A 17-year-old driver is arrested after his teenage passenger is killed in a crash, as he allegedly tried to avoid police near Ballan, west of Melbourne.

A West Australian man who knocked back a $350,000 offer for his 1970 Ford Falcon has defended the decision saying that letting it go "would be like selling one of my children".

The Matildas are chasing a clean sweep of their series against Brazil when they meet in the second and final match in Newcastle. Follow all the action in our live ScoreCentre.

Des Hasler's tenure as Canterbury head coach is over, with the Bulldogs announcing the decision to part ways is effective immediately.

A contentious bill to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill Victorians will be introduced to Parliament on Wednesday, with a conscience vote expected by the end of the year.

Cricket Tasmania is in talks with England all-rounder Tom Curran, who appears set to join the Hobart Hurricanes for the Big Bash League.

AGL is considering splitting the artificial Lake Liddell in half to allow for pumped hydro power generation to replace its coal-fired power station.

The coaches of SANFL clubs Sturt and Port Adelaide hope more than 40,000 fans turn up to Sunday's grand final at Adelaide Oval.

His long, blond locks made him a cult figure as a substitute fieldsman at the SCG Test this year, but Mickey Edwards now wants to make a name for himself with New South Wales.

Tasmania's Liberal Premier Will Hodgman rejects suggestions "radical gay sex education" will be taught in Tasmanian schools, contradicting claims spread by his own colleagues.

A regional council in South Australia votes in favour of using the word "massacre" to describe the killing of Aboriginal people on a clifftop almost 170 years ago.

The general manager of AGL, which runs the Liddell power station, says it can find better places to invest time, money and resources than Australia's oldest coal-fired power station.

Despite security reports which stated drugs were being thrown over the fence to an inmate at Villawood's detention centre, the security manager says he did not know the inmate was using ice when he died.

Community collaboration to stem crime in Bourke in western NSW is being hailed with violent offence rates the lowest they have been in decades.

Mickey Edwards in NSW training gear at the SCG in Sydney on September 19, 2017.

The pilot of a light aircraft and their sole passenger escape serious injuries after an emergency landing in a Sydney park which ended with one wing snapping off.

A new road was laid in the remote Indigenous community of Bidyadanga a few weeks before it was dug up to install seweragethen repaired at a cost of $50,000.

A Perth bar owner wants to employ topless waitresses, but just because there's a market doesn't mean we should exploit it, writes Caitlin Roper.

Fresh security concerns are raised over the same-sex marriage postal vote, after a Melbourne woman said she found a pile of surveys in a garden bed in the city's inner north.

Latrobe City Council criticises the push to consider the historical value of the Hazelwood Power Station after it was nominated for protection.

Court documents reveal the criminal histories of Paul Maris and Adrian Attwater, who were found guilty over the violent rape of Lynette Daley on a remote beach in 2011. Ms Daley bled to death, and Attwater was found guilty of her manslaughter.

Former WA Police commissioner Owen Leitch threatened Shirley Finn and told her "watch what you say" two days before the Perth brothel madam was shot dead 42 years ago, a coronial inquest is told.

Matt Scott may make a stunning return from a knee reconstruction after being included in North Queensland's extended squad for the NRL preliminary final against the Sydney Roosters.

Avalon mother Lanell Latta, who was fatally stabbed in her northern beaches Sydney home yesterday, is remembered as a "beautiful spirit", as her son is formally refused bail for her alleged murder.

An exhibition at the Melbourne Science Gallery explores why humans are both attracted to and repulsed by bloodand it is not for the faint-hearted.

One of Australia's most famous Aboriginal musicians, Dr G Yunupingu, is remembered as someone who overcame great shyness due to his blindness to skyrocket to international stardom.

It was on election day her terminally ill husband, Clive Deverall, the former head of WA's Cancer Council, took his own life. Now Noreen Fynn is taking over his campaign for voluntary euthanasia.

The makeover of the old Royal Adelaide Hospital site includes plans for a contemporary art gallery, which is predicted to become a popular tourist attraction in the city.

A Melbourne court releases confronting CCTV vision of an asylum seeker from Myanmar setting fire to a bank at Springvale, in Melbourne's south-east, in an "act of retribution" for being kept waiting.

The glider pilot, who was flying with a student when the plane appeared to nosedive into a field, is identified as experienced local instructor Jeremy Thompson.