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Ahead of the first Test match in women's international cricket in two-and-a-half years, Australia and England's cricketers gear up for the added unfamiliarity of pink ball action, writes Geoff Lemon.

Fans are wishing Midnight Oil guitarist Jim Moginie a quick recovery, after the veteran Aussie rocker tripped and fell on stage, cutting short their Melbourne concert.

The WA Government's gold royalty hike may not be dead just yet, with the Treasurer confirming he is examining options to bring the controversial policy back a month after it was vetoed in State Parliament.

Companies like UberEATS and Deliveroo have taken Perth by storm as food delivery services expand rapidly, but both customers and restaurants are feeling the pinch of higher prices.

Beleaguered pastoralists are counting the cost of a horrific fire season this year with some of the blazes having been deliberately lit.

Police find fresh evidence of traps used to injure mountain bike riders in Albany.

England's batsmen are lamenting sloppy dismissals in their tour game against a Cricket Australia XI in Adelaide.

Cameron Bancroft is averaging 120 with the bat in his last three first-class games, has stared down Australia's Test bowling attack and is one of the country's most promising keepershe deserves a look-in for the first Ashes Test.

They were homeowners who invested their life savings. Now many are walking away with almost nothing. And it's all legal.

Coolah and Dunedoo are neighbouring towns, both with no visible Aboriginal community, and the reason why is complex with reports of massacres, movements and missing pieces of history.

A newly-arrived refugee has taken on teaching responsibilities at a Wagga Wagga region school hosting the youngest of Australia's largest Yazidi community, established in 2015.

Flawed testimony by a former SA chief forensic pathologist in an historic murder trial could potentially open the door for an inquiry into other convictions, following a High Court ruling.

Liberal National Party leader Tim Nicholls grew up around cars and wanted to be a race driver, but now he is in a fast lane of a very different sort.

Young people battling mental illness are learning fresh ways to cope via a surfing program in Newcastle.

A report criticises efforts to control the supply and use of drugs and alcohol in Western Australia's prisons, saying unreliable testing is leading to an under-reporting of the problem.

A report criticises efforts to control the supply and use of drugs and alcohol in Western Australia's prisons, saying unreliable testing is leading to an under-reporting of the problem.

The Cowboys co-captain and indigenous mentor Johnathan Thurston can add another achievement to his growing list of accolades, after being named Queensland's Australian of the Year for 2018.

Police warn members of the public not to approach prison escapee Blake Levi who went missing from Glen Innes Correctional Centre on Tuesday afternoon.

Lisa Scaffidi's fight to remain Perth Lord Mayor could drag out even longer after the WA Court of Appeal reserved its decision on whether her 18-month disqualification from office should stand.

A young jockey is banned from racing for two weeks after punching his horse before a race, but the RSPCA says the penalty "isn't anywhere near sufficient".

Optus secures the naming rights for the soon-to-be-completed Perth Stadium in a deal worth an estimated $50 million for WA over the next 10 yearsso how does the financial return compare?

Salmon farming giant Tassal is granted a permit to explore salmon farming off a swathe of King Island's eastern coastline, but local opinion is divided over the news.

Optus secures the naming rights for the soon-to-be-completed Perth Stadium in a deal worth an estimated $50 million for WA over the next 10 yearsbut just how does the financial return compare?

The lawyer for a woman charged over a crash at Banksia Road Public School tells the ABC it is not only a tragedy for the two young victims, but also for his client whose "thoughts and prayers are with all those affected".

The LNP leader tries to channel former Labor premier Peter Beattie's famous election stunt, scuba diving with fish in a bid to promote his party's tourism policy.

A forensic specialist using sophisticated computer software tells murder trial of links between teenager Hayley Dodd and the car of the man accused of killing her.

A motorcycle rider suffers life-threatening injuries after his bike is hit by a stolen black four-wheel drive at Mitcham, in Melbourne's east, and dragged before bursting into flames.

As debate rages over dangerous dog legislation in the territory, a Canberra woman walking her dog is attacked by two other dogs, and suffers serious injuries.

There is increasing pressure on governments to fund a vaccine for meningococcal disease B strain after a new medical study showed increasing numbers of people were contracting the condition.

Bushwalkers scouting for a potential zipline project near one of Mount Coot-tha's popular walking tracks uncover skeletal remains, with police saying the area is known to be frequented by homeless people.

A Kimberley muster pilot has been forced to take to the skies over the Ord Irrigation Scheme to round up thousands of magpie geese feeding on crops.

Queensland's Education Department admits a significant marking blunder at a state school could affect the chances of some students gaining admission to university.

An eight-week-old labrador called Sasha is stolen during a burglary in Melbourne's east, with police hoping the public can help reunite it with its human family, including a devastated four-year-old girl who had become "inseparable" from the puppy.

The NSW environmental watchdog has urged caution around the consumption of fish from a river on the south coast which has been contaminated with PFAS.

Australia and England will tomorrow make history, as the Women's Ashes turns to white clothes and a pink ball in the first ever day-night Test between the two countries.

A former regional Centrelink manager claims the Government had deliberately made it difficult to access staff members to reduce welfare expenditure.

WA Opposition leader Mike Nahan claims he has been asked by Health Minister Roger Cook not to comment on aspects of the Perth Children's Hospital due to legal action with builder John Holland.

Just 88 students out of Banksia Road Primary's School community of 570 returned to the school today, a day after a car ploughed into a classroom, killing two of their classmates.

Researchers and volunteers are being drawn in by the mystery of Australasian bitterns, also known as 'bunyip birds'.

When Karim Jabbari was offered a wall on a toilet block as a blank canvas, he saw it as an opportunity to share an important message.

Police ask Aboriginal activists, who are occupying a vacant restaurant on the lawns of Old Parliament House in Canberra, to leave as soon as possible, or risk arrest.

Electricity is restored to 5,000 customers in Bundaberg who were blacked out overnight in the "worst non-cyclonic storm to hit the region in 10 years", but some residents will spend a second night in the dark.

Bushwalkers find skeletal remains while walking near one of the Brisbane mountain's popular walking tracks.

South Australia's controversial electronic patient records system being rolled out in public hospitals would be halted if the Liberals win the March state election.

Canegrowers, Queensland Farmers Federation and Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland have launched an alliance to put downward pressure on power prices.

Environmentalists are concerned the removal of two osprey nests might drive the urban osprey population out of Darwin.

A real estate agent used "subterfuge" to hide a jewellery spending spree after defrauding clients of almost $6.5 million, a Melbourne court is told.

Marion Collier, who is suing the Country Women's Association after being sacked as a branch secretary, says she was falsely accused of defrauding $10 and is "sick of being treated like an idiot".

When Karim Jabbari was offered a wall on a toilet block as a blank canvas, he saw it as an opportunity to share an important message.