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Detectives from the missing person squad have descended on the home of a missing woman in Melbourne's north-east.

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Upon seeing Herve's work, Le Corbusier declared, 'You have the eye of an architect,' and hired him as his personal photographer.

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As with so many ACT government deals, the problem is the look of the thing, rather than the thing itself.

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Police are negotiating with a man who has holed himself in an apartment in Melbourne's inner east. 

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Barry Hall is a Swans man but he can't help but get caught up in the Western Bulldogs' fairytale.

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Two years after mother of two Carly McBride was murdered and dumped off a lonely Upper Hunter road, she was farewelled at an emotional funeral service at Ryhope.

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The Canberra Raiders hope what they believe is a world-first membership drive helps them break the 20,000 barrier next year.

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Auditor foreshadows wider investigation into the activities of the Land Development Agency after the release of a damning report.

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A husband who threatened to kill his recently estranged wife before driving their car into Lake Ginninderra has pleaded guilty.

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Sam Williams will leave Canberra with the Raiders' blessing, coach Ricky Stuart adamant he deserves to play first grade.

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Jarrod Croker's Australian Kangaroos ambitions hinge on the results of a scan on his knee.

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Objects dipped in liquid gold, from a banana to a revolver, symbolise the trickery of the advertising world in photographer Stuart Miller's latest series.

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Two men acquitted of manslaughter of Wayne Dover.

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Friday afternoon marked the start of a long weekend for most people in the Illawarra. For Tom*, it was the beginning of the rest of his life.

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The festival of spring is on in Pialligo.

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More than 180,000 people enrolled to vote in Western Australia could be slugged with a fine for failing to vote at the recent federal election.

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The ACT's nursing and midwifery union has called on all political parties contesting the election to guarantee staff to patient ratios.

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Shimon Peres was honoured as a father, husband, leader of vision, and above all, a man of peace.

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Luke Beveridge's blend of romance and ruthlessness has paid dividends for the Western Bulldogs.

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The NSW government has given tens of millions in taxpayer dollars to help train staff at private corporations.

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After a week of storms, flooding and tornadoes, the south-east of the country will be hit by another cold front on Sunday night.

Dan Penca has waited three years for his National Rugby Championship opportunity.

An Indigenous student will soon have the opportunity to obtain an education in Rome, 163 years after an Australian boy's adventure went wrong.

One of NSW's most dangerous criminals Bassam Hamzy has been caught with a mobile phone within the state's highest security jail for the second time in two weeks.

This latest $US14 billion fine is the latest in the German bank's tumultuous history of bad behaviour.

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Firefighters have freed a four-year-old boy after his hand got trapped in a vending machine in Melbourne's outer east.

Accountant Curtis Cheng took pride in working at Police Headquarters at Parramatta as he felt he his job was making a contribution to society.

Preliminary final hero Clay Smith got a leave pass from the Bulldogs this week to make a 600-kilometre round trip and deliver a eulogy for his close friend who lost his life in a road accident.

The Lonsdale Street traders are having a special "after dark" party to celebrate fashion in the Ori building.

A new strain of the virus that causes dreaded gastro has been identified in Victoria and the researchers behind the discovery expect it could become an epidemic within months.

One of the state's top prosecutors and a leading Sydney defamation barrister are among the high-profile appointments this year to the coveted rank of silk.

Queensland's crime and corruption watchdog charged two police for using excessive force last financial year and is still investigating another 13 allegations of brutality.

What's happening and where to watch it. This is your comprehensive guide to the AFL grand final 2016.

A former chief executive of a West Australian shire who stole almost $600,000 over four years and gambled it away has been jailed for four and a half years.

Seriously ill Victorians are being put at grave risk in overcrowded emergency departments where paramedics are still regularly getting stuck in long queues, doctors say.   

My grandpop didn't talk much about his brief football career, but one story stands out.

There was plenty to keep investors on their toes in September but in the end, the benchmark index finished the month largely flat.

​Isaac Heeney, one of the AFL's brightest young stars but a grand final debutant, went extreme with the best piece of advice he got about navigating this week. He did not simply turn off his mobile phone to find peace. He broke the thing.

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Shares tumble, led down by the big banks as Deutsche Bank's growing woes sour the global mood,

Sydney's consistent competitiveness at the pointy end of the season argues a convincing case they’ve been the most successful club in the AFL for 20 years now.

Community advocacy groups have raised concerns about a lack of commitments to address housing affordability during the election campaign.

The RFU are sitting pretty on the field and off it. It appears its position of strength has left it in no mood to compromise on Australia and New Zealand's campaign for a globally aligned – and fairly remunerated – season.

The Western Bulldogs can expect first-quarter blitz from the Swans in Saturday's AFL grand final.

But there could be a cut for Christmas.

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President urges board members to delete an email in which he promises to be "ruthless in looking after the team" following an audit.

Our footy scribes have had to name their winner for the 2016 AFL grand final, the winning margin and their tip for the Norm Smith Medal.

Cameron Smith says his focus won't be on the niggling itch that is Michael Ennis.

A man has been charged after allegedly pretending to be a police officer and using a fake gun to rob a motorist west of Brisbane.

Wests Tigers general manager Mark O'Neill has resigned from his position after an investigation into allegations of inappropriate behaviour.