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Live: Ashes first Test, day one
SHANE Watson has lost his wicket just before lunch to leave the opening Test evenly balanced. Join our live blog! More Cricket news
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Cop vs cyclist. Cop 1, cyclist 0
UPDATE: A Perth cyclist who filmed a confrontation with a police officer who swore and threatened him says he will consider pressing charges. More WA News
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Tourist stalked by attacker on first night in city
A YOUNG tourist had just arrived to Sydney and was lost looking for her hotel when a man pushed her into a laneway and sexually assaulted her last night. Now she is too traumatised to speak. More National News
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Jakarta embassy braces for protest
JAKARTA Police say demonstrations are likely to occur in front of the Australian Embassy today, amid ongoing fallout over the phone-tapping controversy. More World News
Read MoreRUSH HOUR: The stories you need to know today
THIS morning, a woman has been sexually assaulted in an inner city laneway in Sydney and sleazy older men are going to new lengths to prey on Schoolies.
Death by ... caterpillar. Weird ways Australians die
YOU are more like to die being struck by a marauding cow, by bumping into someone or by caterpillar bite than you are by crocodile attack or earthquake. Annual death statistics are out today.
Curb welfare, repair budget
AUSTRALIA'S $100 billion a year welfare bill must go under the scalpel, a new report says.
King-hit Aussie surfer lands in WA
UPDATE: BALI king hit victim Matt Scarff has arrived in Western Australia for vital medical treatment flanked by his sister Anna.
Federal police target MPs phones
THE revelation that federal police have targeted MPs mobile phones will have a "chilling effect", South Australian Senator Nick Xenophon says.
NDIS faces Budget blowout
THE National Disability Insurance Scheme faces a budget blowout with care plans costing 30 per cent more than anticipated.
New laws to veto mine licences
PREMIER Barry O'Farrell has announced new legislation which would give him the power to cancel mining licences which were the subject of recent ICAC inquiries.
Court asked for manslaughter guidance
NSW Attorney-General Greg Smith will seek a guideline judgment on manslaughter sentences following the one-punch killing of Thomas Kelly.
Albo's attack on airport's big Max
FORMER deputy PM Anthony Albanese has launched a scathing attack on the head of Sydney Airport, Max Moore-Wilton.
Sandy Hook, the game. Shame!
A SYDNEY man is under fire for after developing a video game where players can recreate the Sandy Hook massacre in which 20 children were killed.
Street Watch: Potts Point sexual assault
POLICE are searching for a man in connection with a sexual assault in inner Sydney after a woman reported she was grabbed and dragged into a laneway.
'Tortured and beaten to death'
THE alleged murder of a seven-year-old boy by his mother and her boyfriend was harrowing, senior NSW police said.
'I shop at Woolies like everyone else'
A RETIRING judge has delivered a parting shot at Campbell Newman, who accused him of living in an ivory tower.
Threat to make traffic even worse
IF you think Brisbane's traffic is a nightmare now, a new issue has been identified that could make it even worse. And it happens at the click of a mouse.
The joke that ended up in court
IT WAS supposed to be a joke between two legal figures at a coffee shop, but it resulted in charges of attempting to pervert the course of justice.
Camera sleazes stalking schoolies
WHERE there're schoolies there're toolies, and the older predators are employing new tactics to infiltrate the end-of-school festivities.
Chopper used in dramatic surf arrest
A MAN who was allegedly trying to break into a car was nabbed in a dramatic surf arrest after a chase involving a jet-ski, a dog and the police helicopter.
Hospital cuts likely before Christmas
REDUNDANCIES of hospital security guards in Brisbane's south are expected to be rolled out as the State Government moves the service to private sector.
Lake search for missing man
UPDATE: A MAN who jumped into a lake to retrieve his boat in northeast Victoria is believed to have drowned.
Donors give 240 a second chance
A SURGE in organ donations has given 240 Victorians a second chance at life in the past 10 months.
Hip hip, hooray for new zoo baby
HIPPO happiness has hit Werribee Open Range Zoo with the birth of a baby born to proud mother Brindabella.
Rebel MP to fight deception charges
UPDATE: DISGRACED Frankston MP Geoff Shaw has lost his bid to be placed on the courts diversion program and has had all 24 charges reinstated.
Woman fleeced by pretend psychic
A MELBOURNE woman who lost almost $90,000 to a bogus clairvoyant was among many Victorians swindled out of thousands of dollars by scammers.
Melbourne Central station closed
TRAINS will not stop at Melbourne Central this morning due to a burst water main above platforms.
MPs fire up over cannabis penalties
A CANNABIS crackdown is looming, as proposed changes to the law reducing the amount a user can carry without facing criminal charges gain support in Parliament.
Pay stoush delays uni results
UNIVERSITY of Adelaide staff will delay releasing student grades for a week because they are frustrated with unproductive pay negotiations.
Arson suspected in Taperoo fire
POLICE believe an arsonist was responsible for a fire inside a home unit at Taperoo early this morning.
Teenager hit with bottle, robbed
A TEENAGER was hit in the head with a bottle and robbed by two people in the city last night.
SA 'should double its debt level'
SOUTH Australians should support the State Government doubling its debt to invest in urgently needed infrastructure, one of the state's most influential business figures says.
Infant's suffering 'amused father'
THE father of a baby girl who died from more than 50 injuries found it amusing she spent the week before her death in a vegetative state, a court has heard.
King-hit Aussie surfer lands in WA
UPDATE: BALI king hit victim Matt Scarff has arrived in Western Australia for vital medical treatment flanked by his sister Anna.
Woman tourist injured in SW crash
A GROUP of Singapore tourists was injured when their car rolled in Nornalup, 420km south of Perth, yesterday afternoon.
Volunteer firefighter killed in blaze
A VOLUNTEER firefighter has been killed in a blaze at Quindanning, near Williams, about 160 kilometres south-east of Perth.
McGowan wins the night, but only just
IF there is such a thing as a winner from tonight's Leaders' Debate - then Opposition leader Mark McGowan was probably just a nose ahead.
Man dies after campsite attack
A MAN has died in hospital two days after being bashed, allegedly by two itinerant men camping by the Swan River.
Foraging, surfing in Heston's plans
GOURMET ESCAPE: The father of molecular gastronomy, Heston Blumenthal, says he has never seen anything like Australia's 'food explosion'.
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