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Canberra Contractors fined $82,500 for building site death of Wayne Vickery
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Protest cost put at $25,000
TAS: The state government says protest action in a North-West forest ‘‘crossed the line’’ and has cost the ...
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Senator vows to vote against gay marriage
Tradition with blank skateboard combo
Claudia Moodoonuthi expresses her love in using traditional art techniques on skateboards.
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Sydney schools evacuated after multiple bomb threats
A number of schools across Sydney have been evacuated after receiving bomb threats, police say.
Sydney weather: Thunderstorms, possibly severe, sweep in from the west
A huge, complex low-pressure system has the potential to bring thunderstorms on Friday, some of them severe, along ...
Amanda Ridden sentenced for 'Bonnie and Clyde' crime spree
Ridden's eyes well with tears as she is sentenced to a maximum of nine years and six months.
Tony Abbott defends 'common sense' in attack on gay marriage during speech to US Alliance Defending Freedom
Former prime minister Tony Abbott has told a conservative Christian group in the United States that allowing same-sex ...
Woman has emergency caesarean after eating at Sylvania bakery linked to food poisoning
A pregnant woman who ate a hot chicken roll from a Sydney bakery at the centre of a ...
Treasury secretary John Fraser: Australia has a spending and a revenue problem
Treasury Secretary John Fraser says it is getting harder to forecast budget deficits and surpluses, and things like ...
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Canberra Contractors fined $82,500 for building site death of Wayne Vickery
Brian O’Connor AM: Problem solver, visionary, oil industry stalwart
Entertainment
The rise and rise of Anthony Doerr's novel All the Light We Cannot See
How readers built a bestseller, and how another book divides readers.
Short Cuts: Australian filmmaker Benjamin Gilmour hits out at Hollywood war porn
A new film set in Afghanistan aims to answer the likes of American Sniper and Zero Dark Thirty.
Bob Geldof was 'extremely angry' with Peaches after death
The musician's daughter died following a drug overdose in 2014.
Leonardo DiCaprio meets the Pope to talk about the environment
The Revenant star met the Pontiff on behalf of his environmental foundation.
Life & Style
What's the Zika virus, and why should Australia worry about it?
A global health warning says the frightening Zika virus could infect millions of people this year. But is it likely ...
The financial must-dos to prepare for a baby
A lot changed for Emily Shields when she had her first child 19 months ago, not least her ...
Gym bunnies are wasting their time, study suggests
Hitting the gym in the hope of burning up calories to lose weight can backfire as the body adapts to ...
Her Money: super and the self-employed
Small business owners too often fall into the trap of assuming their business is going to fund their ...
Woman shames Tinder ex who 'tricked' her into bed with warning posters
She should have swiped left.
Climate change could worsen diseases like Zika virus, experts say
Regions with "increasing average temperatures" at greater risk of mosquito-born diseases, say researchers.
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Improved access to Travelling Stock Reserve
Travel
The 22 places you're probably pronouncing incorrectly
You think you're pronouncing these 22 destinations correctly ... but you're not.
Travel deals: Get one night free stay with Crown Beach Resort & Spa, Cook Islands seven-night package
On the sheltered coast of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, Crown Beach Resort & Spa includes two hectares ...
Travel deals: Valentine's Day special luxury package at The Lodge at Kauri Cliffs, New Zealand
The Lodge at Kauri Cliffs has put together a Valentine's Night Special.
Travel deals: New five-night accommodation deal at Outrigger Koh Samui Beach Resort
Return airport transfers, a three-course dinner for two and daily breakfast are included in new deal offered by ...