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Shares poised for their first decline after seven sessions of gains.

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All Blacks loose forward Liam Messam has been ruled ineligible for the Super Rugby playoffs after failing to meet selection criteria for the Waikato Chiefs, southern hemisphere rugby's governing body SANZAAR has said.

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Three people remain on the run after stealing a car from a service station and then crashing it in Melbourne's south east on Sunday night.

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Billionaire Mark Cuban recommends you keep a six-month emergency fund in the bank.

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Former Melbourne champion David Schwarz has again laid the boots into his old club, labelling the Dees' record at Etihad Stadium "a joke" and claiming St Kilda are closer to a drought-ending premiership than the Demons.

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Girl moved to Brisbane hospital after Gold Coast accident.

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Less than two weeks after police shot a black man in Baton Rouge, police officers have been shot and killed in the Louisiana city.

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Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has made the critical step of requesting Australian government nomination in his bid to become United Nationals secretary-general, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has revealed.

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A toddler found unconscious in a backyard pond has died in a Melbourne hospital.

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Commonwealth Games security will "be tweaked" – but not yet reviewed.

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Ferries were brought to a halt and flights in and out of Sydney Airport were cancelled or delayed by a thick fog blanketing the city.

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Take a slingshot to the Republican Party convention and you'll likely go for a drive in a paddy wagon; take your semi-automatic AR-15 gun in there – and that's cool.

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A male motorcycle rider has been taken to hospital after a crash on Forrest Highway in Myalup on Sunday afternoon.

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An everyday eating joint from one of Canberra's best chefs makes Temporada one of the city's worst-kept dining secrets.

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Perth's elite Pokemon Go players gathered despite the rain at Kings Park on Sunday to share their hot tips on the game that's taken over the world – with one being to build a wildly successful account then sell it on eBay.

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Pankaj Oswal's barristers will answer allegations the Indian businessman spent more than $150 million in company money for his own benefit.

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Three police officers were killed and at least three others wounded in the latest shooting in the US involving police.

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Eddie McGuire has revealed to a leading men's magazine several regrets over his career in radio and television, but the biggest by far was the racial slur against Adam Goodes which he says was the result of being on 'massive painkillers'.

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Melbourne Express is your morning primer - a live blog with breaking news, headlines, transport updates and weather.

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will unveil a reshuffled front bench on Monday afternoon that boosts the number of Nationals MPs in the ministry and is tipped to promote younger conservative talent.

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Many inside and outside Coalition ranks feel the PM's innovation push during the election campaign left voters cold.

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An Indigenous leader has shouted down Pauline Hanson, calling her a "racist redneck" at an art fair in far north Queensland.  

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The gunman who killed three police officers and wounded three others in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been identified as an American citizen named Gavin Long, a source with direct knowledge of the investigation told Reuters.

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Yahoo's new overlords will likely slash at least another 3000 positions, according to analysts, depending on which buyer the company might attract.

Man allegedly raped one woman and beat another in separate attacks.

Local shares set to open lower as rising global tensions hit futures markets.

Tesla drivers using the Autopilot device are told they must be ready to grab control of the car if needed

UK economy likely to experience lower growth and higher inflation for a period, says BoE's Gertjan Vlieghe.

Lions shaping up to take spoon from favourites Essendon.

​Sydney Roosters will face the one that got away, James Maloney, when they meet Cronulla for the first time this NRL season on Monday and Tricolour coach Trent Robinson insists he is happy to see his former five-eighth playing well.

Victim dies in hospital after suffering serious injuries.

Authorities say the attacker, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, had sent a text message seeking more weapons and had visited the scene of the attack days before the carnage.

A man wanted in connection with a rape led police in Baltimore on a chase Sunday on afternoon that ended with a gunman rushing into a Burger King and taking four hostages, including a child, a department spokesman said.

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The lack of political donations from companies during the election should send a clear message to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

Malaysia Airlines has struck a deal to settle damages claims for most victims of its MH17 flight that was shot down over eastern Ukraine two years ago.

Police arrested a man and a woman in the French city of Nice on Sunday morning in connection with the truck attack that killed at least 84 people celebrating Bastille Day, a judiciary source said.

Nice: An Australian couple who witnessed the horrific truck attack on French riveria have told of how they feared the truck which came to halt in front of their hotel would also turn out to be a bomb.

Greater Western Sydney came to Brisbane with two items of business to take care of. The first, victory, was achieved well before half time and the second not long after.

About 150 people - and almost an equal number of dogs - attended a rally in Newtown in support of the Baird government's ban on greyhound racing.  

Just because the packet shows pictures of fruit, doesn't mean it contains actual real fruit.

In response to what it describes as a "parking crisis", the NRMA wants to mobilise its 2.5 million members to help free up unused spaces.

An administrator could be in place at the Eels by early this week. But the men who tried to wrest control from the now axed directors fear Brad Arthur may finally be fed up if a new board is not in place swiftly.

A toddler pulled unconscious from a backyard pond remains fighting for life in a Melbourne hospital.

Melbourne's top private school Brighton Grammar is deciding the punishment for students who created a "young sluts" Instagram account to share photos of girls and vote on the "slut of the year."

The good, the bad and the beautiful from all the weekend's AFL action.

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And so another cot-case nation is born. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan already has begun consolidating in the wake of Friday's failed coup, with a vengeful purge of the military and the judiciary to help drive home a ruthless bid to consolidate virtually all power in his strongman presidency.

New feature film about harrowing murder investigation.

South-east Queensland city charging forward.

Trial at 46 schools will determine how youngest students are taught.