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National News

  1. Proteas not even at full strength

    The Proteas wiped the floor with Australia and they didn't even have some of their best players available. Who did South Africa leave out and where do they fit in a side looking to whitewash Australia Down Under?

  2. Low point for Australia

    Skipper Steve Smith admits Australia's crushing Test loss and series defeat to South Africa marks a low point for him and the team.

  3. Construction worker pay rise

    The construction union says a new 5 per cent per annum pay increase deal with Lendlease is warranted by the booming east coast housing construction sector.

  1. Resettlement deal could take months

    It could be months before refugees on Manus Island and Nauru accepted by the United States under a new resettlement deal land in America.

  2. Parkville move being considered

    The Melbourne Youth Justice Centre will be fortified while the Victorian Government works on a long-term solution to problems facing the state's juvenile jails.

  3. Children in care

    We have decades of evidence showing the widespread abuse and neglect suffered by children in the out-of-home care system.

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Australian Capital Territory

  1. Man allowed to practice law in ACT

    A man who admitted to taking drugs and spending time in a US jail after lying on a visa application will be allowed to practice law in the ACT.

  2. Car catches

    An aspiring Uber driver makes a lucky escape after his car catches fire on a main arterial road in Canberra.

  3. High Court's new black

    A creative team from Queensland is the force behind the new handmade judicial robes.

New South Wales

  1. Sydney terrorism arrest

    Police charge a 22-year-old arrested in Wattle Grove, alleging he travelled to Syria and encouraged others to do the same.

  2. Children in care

    We have decades of evidence showing the widespread abuse and neglect suffered by children in the out-of-home care system.

  3. Inquest into refugee suicide concludes

    A coronial inquest finds an Iraqi man who died after setting himself on fire had experienced a life of "extreme tragedy".

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Northern Territory

  1. Arnhem Land pearling history

    A crew retrieves a delicate dinner set, a handheld shaver and a poignant glass lantern from a shipwreck.

  2. 'Frenzied attack'

    An Alice Springs man stabbed his ex-partner to death in a "frenzied attack" while she spoke on the phone to her step-daughter, the Northern Territory Supreme Court hears.

  3. Katherine dust storm

    A dust storm strikes the Northern Territory town of Katherine, coating parts of it in red soil.

Queensland

  1. Emma Driscoll convicted

    The wife of former Queensland MP Scott Driscoll is convicted of three charges of providing false or misleading documents.

  2. High Court's new black

    A creative team from Queensland is the force behind the new handmade judicial robes.

  3. Fraser Island oil spill

    The type of oil that washed ashore polluting Fraser Island off Queensland's coast last month is identified as being from a large trading ship, the State Government says.

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South Australia

  1. Gestational diabetes study

    Women who conceive babies in winter are more likely to develop gestational diabetes during pregnancy, a study into 60,000 South Australian babies shows.

  2. SA Speaker attacked by vandals

    Vandals throw rocks and threaten South Australian politician Michael Atkinson after he calls police to report graffiti at two Adelaide train stations.

  3. No referendum before election

    A state-wide referendum on whether South Australia should store high-level nuclear waste will not be held before the 2018 state election, Premier Jay Weatherill says.

Tasmania

  1. Proteas not even at full strength

    The Proteas wiped the floor with Australia and they didn't even have some of their best players available. Who did South Africa leave out and where do they fit in a side looking to whitewash Australia Down Under?

  2. Low point for Australia

    Skipper Steve Smith admits Australia's crushing Test loss and series defeat to South Africa marks a low point for him and the team.

  3. Proteas seal series win

    Australia loses the Test series 2-0 after a stunning capitulation on the fourth morning of the second Test results in an innings defeat to South Africa.

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Victoria

  1. Parkville move being considered

    The Melbourne Youth Justice Centre will be fortified while the Victorian Government works on a long-term solution to problems facing the state's juvenile jails.

  2. Victoria 'short-changed' on infrastructure

    Victoria is still being short-changed by the Federal Government over infrastructure funding despite the Commonwealth's decision to release $1.5 billion originally set aside for the scrapped East West Link project, the state's Public Transport Minister says.

  3. Street art celebrates Italian migration

    For famed street artist Alice Pasquini, flying to Australia to create a 10-metre-high public painting is not just work, it is a chance to celebrate the Italian migration story that shaped this country.

Western Australia

  1. WA fire emergency

    An emergency warning is issued for an out-of-control bushfire burning between Albany and Esperance on WA's south coast.

  2. Warneke appeal leave granted

    A man jailed for the killing of Josh Warneke in Broome wins the right to have his application for leave to appeal against his conviction fast-tracked.

  3. WA NDIS 'has serious shortcomings'

    A Perth lawyer whose brother is part of the WA NDIS trial says it has serious policy shortcomings.

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