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National News

  1. Wanderers held by Mariners

    For the second week running, Western Sydney lets a lead slip through their fingers, this time held to a 1-1 draw with Central Coast.

  2. Melbourne Cup barrier draw

    The key players for Tuesday's Melbourne Cup all fare well at the barrier draw for the $6 million race that stops a nation.

  3. Sydney FC tops the table

    The impressive Sydney FC beats the previously-unbeaten Newcastle Jets 2-0 to stay top of the A-League ladder with four wins from four.

  1. Prized Derby for Cummings

    Prized Icon lands a historic victory in the Victoria Derby, with James Cummings becoming the fourth generation of his fabled family to win the race.

  2. LGBTIQ community remembers

    Canberra's LGBTIQ community pays tribute to the victims of the Dreamworld tragedy at an event celebrating diversity in the capital this weekend.

  3. Oceanographer stakes Cup claims

    Oceanographer surges into Melbourne Cup calculations with a fast-closing victory in the Lexus Stakes at Flemington.

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Australian Capital Territory

  1. LGBTIQ community remembers

    Canberra's LGBTIQ community pays tribute to the victims of the Dreamworld tragedy at an event celebrating diversity in the capital this weekend.

  2. 11yo allegedly touched indecently

    A 30-year-old Canberra man is charged with committing an act of indecency against his former partner's 11-year-old daughter.

  3. Canberra's award-winning underpass

    A pedestrian crossing beside Lake Burley Griffin is continuing to turn heads, challenging the 'creepy underpass' stereotype.

New South Wales

  1. Wanderers held by Mariners

    For the second week running, Western Sydney lets a lead slip through their fingers, this time held to a 1-1 draw with Central Coast.

  2. Sydney FC tops the table

    The impressive Sydney FC beats the previously-unbeaten Newcastle Jets 2-0 to stay top of the A-League ladder with four wins from four.

  3. Japanese experience 'horrific'

    Former motorcycle world champion says his stint in a Japanese prison after being accused of assault was the worst 12 days of his life.

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Northern Territory

  1. Darwin reclaims the night

    From a feminist bonfire to a moment of silence, the march continues in Darwin.

  2. NT justice system

    The Hamburger Report into adult and juvenile justice in the NT sets out 172 recommendations to correct the "gross over-representation" of Indigenous people in prison.

  3. Mine to defend secrecy of bond alone

    The Northern Territory Government will not fight an application to reveal the dollar figure of the environmental bond for the McArthur River Mine.

Queensland

  1. Queensland proposes wildlife reserves

    Queensland proposes creating a new category of environmental protection for private land that would allow landowners to guard against mining and coal seam gas.

  2. LGBTIQ community remembers

    Canberra's LGBTIQ community pays tribute to the victims of the Dreamworld tragedy at an event celebrating diversity in the capital this weekend.

  3. Toddler found wandering

    Police in far north Queensland locate the mother of a toddler who was found alone in far north Queensland this morning.

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South Australia

  1. Turnbull's SA visit

    Malcolm Turnbull begins a three-day tour of regional and remote South Australia today, with power prices and cashless welfare cards on the agenda.

  2. Nuclear decision delayed

    SA Labor uses its state convention to put-off a decision on whether it will endorse a high-level nuclear waste dump in South Australia.

  3. Special Olympics to be held in Adelaide

    Special Olympics Australia chief executive officer Corene Strauss says the country needs to "step up" and support people with intellectual disabilities.

Tasmania

  1. From scientist to playwright

    How a near-death experience during a gas leak inspired a scientist to follow her passion and write a musical about her life's work — Antarctica.

  2. 'Good mate' ice written up

    It's ironic that for many inmates taking part in a writing project with the theme "a good mate", the subject matter they chose was the drug ice.

  3. Electrocutions threaten species

    Australia's largest bird of prey is 11 deaths closer to extinction, with a power company detailing how many birds died after flying into powerlines.

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Victoria

  1. Melbourne Cup barrier draw

    The key players for Tuesday's Melbourne Cup all fare well at the barrier draw for the $6 million race that stops a nation.

  2. Prized Derby for Cummings

    Prized Icon lands a historic victory in the Victoria Derby, with James Cummings becoming the fourth generation of his fabled family to win the race.

  3. Oceanographer stakes Cup claims

    Oceanographer surges into Melbourne Cup calculations with a fast-closing victory in the Lexus Stakes at Flemington.

Western Australia

  1. Search for escaped prisoner

    West Australian police are searching for a prisoner who has escaped from authorities in Perth's southern suburbs.

  2. Grylls dons election boxing gloves

    WA Nationals leader Brendon Grylls promises "blood nose politics" and pledges to crash or crash through with his plan to fix the budget and solve the state's GST shortfall with a mining tax.

  3. Make or break time for Marsh

    Chairman of selectors Rod Marsh admits the allrounder's spot remains a worry, but he hopes Mitch Marsh will ease the pressure on everyone by scoring a Test ton.

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