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After being bullied for years for her red hair and freckles, Ali Roebuck found it hard to love the features that made her stand out. But a simple photo changed her mind.

A 17-year-old girl suffers life-threatening injuries after a police pursuit at Morphett Vale, in Adelaide's south, earlier this morning.

Once the staple of the late night (and often bleary-eyed) reveller, the pie floater has forged its place in the South Australia's history and earned a spot with the National Trust as a heritage icon, but just how did it come about?

Indian mining giant Adani is promising to hire thousands of Townsville and Rockhampton residents to work on its massive Galilee Basin coal mine, but who exactly will qualify?

A young Tassie man is sharing his journey with bodybuilding and cystic fibrosis to help spread understanding of the condition.

In the 1960s, a fountain at Elizabeth, in Adelaide's north, was constructed for the Queen to unveil when she visited. After being ripped out years later, the long-lost fountain from Elizabeth's heyday as a manufacturing powerhouse returns just as Holden hits the road.

Kids love them, but for parents sleepovers can be anxiety-filled events, so should you just say no?

Three decades ago, Hans Tholstrup was told it would be impossible to cross Australia using only solar power. Now, he says, the simple fact is: "We can take a human being across a continent on just sunshine."

DNA has verified that a captive population of stick insect is genetically the same as the "extinct" Lord Howe Island species, as the island prepares for a controversial pest eradication program.

Cardinal George Pell is expected to return to the Melbourne Magistrates' Court today for a brief hearing as he fights historical sexual offences.

Spain's Constitutional Court ordered the suspension of Monday's session of the regional Catalan parliament, throwing its plans to declare unilateral independence from Spain into doubt.

The Prime Minister's new anti-terror measures infringe significantly on civil liberties and curtail traditional freedoms.

A controversial late penalty saw Australia squander a lead against Syria, with the result throwing fresh doubts over Australia's chances of advancing past the play-off stages, and their ability to cause any sort of damage in the World Cup itself.

The first of potentially four games that stand between Australia and the 2018 World Cup kicks off tonight in Malaysia.

Another day, another headline about the (relatively) young deprived of home ownership in our most desirable cities.

Having had a bit of luck in business over the years, I now have the good fortune to have a small private aeroplane to get me around.

Low wage growth, higher electricity and gas bills and out-of-cycle mortgage rate increases have been blamed for a slump in consumer spending in July and August - the worst since 2010.

Are the two global giants doing enough to stem fake news, or is it an impossible problem to solve?

Her case was one of hundreds investigated by the Queensland Ombudsman in 2016-17, including an erroneous death certificate and a council seeking to destroy a barking dog.

Taumalolo's decision is being lauded as "brave" and "courageous". Let's call it for what it is: weak.

Trivia and word buffs: test your knowledge with today's superquiz and Target.

A Sydney fitness model has won a legal battle with an elite dating agency after she demanded a refund following an unsuccessful meeting with a potential suitor.

Helen Dalton she is 'not across' her party's policy to repeal the National Firearms Agreement struck after the Port Arthur massacre

Kazuo Ishiguro, the author of The Remains of the Day, has won the Nobel prize for literature.

Graham White not only gave the Australian navy ten years of his labour - that service will now cost him his life.

Melbourne overcame a sluggish start to defeat Adelaide 99-97 in a gripping NBL season opener on Thursday night.

Former British PM Ted Heath allegedly sexually assaulted seven men and boys, one just 10 years old, police were told in an investigation into historical sex abuse claims.

A man who died at Perth's Fiona Stanley Hospital after having an adverse reaction to an anti-inflammatory drug would likely still be alive if blood test results had been seen by doctors, the WA coroner finds.

Details of a long-rumoured restructure to the NSW police force surfaced on Thursday, including a merger of 18 metro local area commands that will leave at least nine commanders without a job.

Australia's population recently had its biggest jump in nine years, but the counters presenting that impressive figure have a few hefty blind spots.

Yet another developer in South Brisbane has been criticised for failing to deliver on a promised green wall.

Former Ipswich City Council CEO Carl Wulff and a woman believed to be his wife are charged with official corruption as part of an ongoing Crime and Corruption Commission investigation.

Queensland is destroying tree cover at the rate of 10 square kilometres a day, harming biodiversity while stoking doubts about federal data suggesting emissions from land clearing are in decline.

Brokers upgrades give Qantas and Virgin buying support and the supermarket giants hold their ground in a lacklustre session for the ASX.

The governor of Bali has urged countries, including Australia, to lift their volcano-related travel warnings after 70,000 tourists cancelled their October travel plans.

LNG exports are forecast to reach $35 billion in value next financial year, despite the major east coast gas producers' recent agreement to ensure domestic supply.

A phone call in the middle of the night had Dane van Niekirk fearing she'd lost her WBBL contract.

Once prodigy jockey Brodie Loy says fatherhood turned his life around as the 20-year-old finds his feet in Canberra.

The Queensland government will consider what the New South Wales ICAC study showed about the removal of developer donations as it considers a ban on Monday.

Traces of VX nerve agent were found on the shirts of two suspects accused of killing Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a chemist has told a Malaysian court.

Detectives from the gangs crime squad stormed Alex Mendieta's offices on Thursday.

A man who died at Perth's Fiona Stanley Hospital after having an adverse reaction to an anti-inflammatory drug would likely still be alive if blood test results had been seen by doctors, the WA coroner finds.

Australia have held onto a slender fourth-quarter lead to edge the Silver Ferns 57-54 in their opening Constellation Cup netball Test in Auckland.

Michelle Heyman hopes her journey will help others feel comfortable in their own skin.

Sydney FC could spend at least two seasons playingat Leichhardt Oval as early as next year, should Allianz Stadium jump the queue in the state government's stadium plan.

Michelle Guthrie likes to spends Fridays away from the office, preferring to work from home.

It's considered the sport of kings but the Australian polo team will have one of the most talented princes in their ranks when the squad take to the field at the World Polo Championships later this month.

There was no hiding Sam Kerr's dejection after high profile stars were snubbed for the Player of the Year award at the expense of an 18-year-old playing in the second division.

Sydney Swifts star Paige Hadley hopes to bury her injury demons to clinch a Commonwealth Games spot.

New year, new players, new court. What can we expect from the Canberra Capitals this year?