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There are calls for more bike infrastructure after a survey shows the number of people cycling in South Australia dropped by 20 per cent over the past six years.

The car believed to be involved in a hit-and-run that left a 13-year-old girl fighting for life in Melbourne's north is seized by police, who say the driver has one "last chance" to come forward.

The WA Government's failure to fix an Aboriginal community's contaminated water supply, which is unsafe for babies and pregnant women, forced an interstate charity to step in with a fix.

When Queenslanders go to the polls this month they will have to number every box, but how exactly do preferences work? Let Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Nickelback show you how.

Ergon Energy says the worst storm to hit the Bundaberg region in a decade has damaged 200 power lines, and more than 15,000 people are still without power.

Hobart airport resumes normal operations following a helicopter crash next to the runway yesterday afternoon that killed a 57-year-old man.

The car believed to be involved in a hit-and-run that left a 13-year-old girl fighting for life in Melbourne's north is seized by police, but the driver remains at large.

It was a tip-off that led police to uncover one of WA's worst cases of child sexual abuse and exploitationa 13-year-old girl raped by her own father and offered up for abuse by strangers he met on the internet.

Students returned to western Sydney's Banksia Road Primary School this morning, one day after a car ploughed into a classroom, killing two eight-year-old boys and plunging the community into mourning.

Hobart's Glenn Campbell is proud that the delicate job of bending and shaping neon tubes is still done by hand.

Although the last known Tasmanian tiger died in a Hobart zoo in 1936, they have been reported sightings in northern New South Wales.

Socceroos striker Tim Cahill is no closer to knowing whether he will be part of the match day squad to face Honduras in the first leg of the qualifiers after arriving late on Monday night.

Sky News might have sacked former Labor leader Mark Latham in March, but he still appears online thanks to a Canadian online media venture that has been at the centre of controversy involving the so-called "alt-right."

A key witness in the prosecution of Rolf Harris on sexual abuse charges was a fantasist, an English court has been told, as the Australian entertainer and convicted pedophile seeks to clear his name.

Plus tip told to cut down rubbish, and citizen jurors reach decision.

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The gunman who killed 26 people in a rural Texas church on Sunday escaped from a psychiatric hospital while he was in the Air Force.

And all those mug punters tearing up their tickets in tears after the big race should spare a thought for the ultimate Cup tragic, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. His racing operation, Godolphin reported a loss of more than $91 million last year.

​Weight Watchers's improbable rally has fresh momentum.

A day after the mass killing at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, a conspiracy-theory video suggesting the shooter's motives popped up as one of the top search results on YouTube.

Aerial skiers race down massive ramps, fly off jumps, perform multiple twists and somersaults, and land on rock-hard snow up to 20 metres below themyet some have never broken a bone.

One day, one family, three sons, all dead. Former Australian government minister Ros Kelly said we owe it to Sydney mother Fanny Seabrook to keep 1.7 million stories alive.

Carl Sargeant was found dead in his house just days after he vowed to clear his name of what he said were "shocking and distressing" but non-detailed allegations against him.

A Wagga Wagga teenager has been charged with the murder of local chef Allecha Suzette Boyd, 89 days after she suddenly disappeared from the Riverina area.

Wallabies prop Scott Sio says the passion of recently departed scrum coach Mario Ledesma has rubbed off on Australian players as they look to once again get on top of Wales like they have done so often in recent years.

Donald Trump will arrive in Beijing on Wednesday with the red carpet rolled out by his hosts for a "state visit plus".

A torrent of 'Westminster sleaze' allegations have forced prime minister Theresa May to call for a "new culture of respect" in the UK's halls of power.

And all those mug punters tearing up their tickets in tears after the big race should spare a thought for the ultimate Cup tragic, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. His racing operation, Godolphin reported a loss of more than $91 million last year.

Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls has promised a pop-up Globe Theatre for Brisbane is elected.

The world is a very different place in 2017.

The US Air Force failed to report the Texas church gunman's 2012 domestic violence court-martial to the FBI, allowing him to pass background checks to buy guns.

Singapore was suffocating Corey Brown. His family had been there, then they hadn't. Skype can do only so much. The phone bills were piling up. The rides drying up. Then they told him it was time to come home.

England paceman Steve Finn is out of the looming Ashes series against Australia because of a knee injury.

Harvey Weinstein employed private investigators to spy on his accusers and keep tabs on reporters investigating his past, according to a report in the New Yorker.

US President Donald Trump has arrived in South Korea, the closest he has come to the frontlines of the nuclear stand-off with North Korea

The owner of a controversial 'pop-up' tip in Hume has been issued an order to clean up the site or face heavy fines.

Some of the drugs contained in this kit could render a person unconscious or cause death if not administered correctly.

The militant group claimed responsibility for an attack on a television station in Kabul, in which gunmen disguised as police killed a security guard and opened fire on staff, the latest assault on media workers in Afghanistan.

For the first time in history, Australia's biggest race was a family affair, with the winner and second-placegetter being trained by a father and son from the other side of the world.

Perth man Thomas Harman will be released from a Bali jail within days after he was sentenced to three and a half months' prison for stealing a pair of Gucci sunglasses.

Social Services Minister Christian Porter has criticised community sector employers for hiring staff in permanent positions knowing that their government contract had an end date.

A horse has been put down on veterinary advice as a result of injuries sustained in a fall at the Melbourne Cup meeting.

The Queensland Electoral Commission is trialing drive-through polling booths in the coming state election.

Here is a guide to Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's decision to axe Queensland's support for the $900 million loan sought by Adani for a rail line.

A woman locked herself to the steering wheel of a car parked across train tracks in a protest against the treatment of refugees on Manus Island.

Aidan O'Brien, the "Master of Ballydoyle", has conquered almost every major challenge in racingbut the Melbourne Cup remains elusive after Johannes Vermeer's narrow defeat to Rekindling.

Joseph O'Brien is used to making headlines and he did so again at Flemington on Tuesday when he became one of the youngest trainers to win the Melbourne Cup when his first runner in Australia, Rekindling, became the first northern hemisphere three year old to win Australia's greatest race.

There are three common responses to an affair, says therapist Andrew G Marshall – and choosing revenge rarely ends well

In other city suburbs, the vast majority receive a public education.

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