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A man who tried to rob a medical centre in Caroline Springs had two young children in tow.

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Fremantle's fruitful off-season might have hit its first hurdle, with the club confirming that key defender Michael Johnson was "allegedly involved" in a weekend incident in Leederville.

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Bill Shorten will announce a new emphasis on local employment on Tuesday, as Labor moves to protect Australian jobseekers from being replaced by overseas workers brought in by employers under skilled migration visas designed to fill holes in the labour supply.

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Latest twist in the tale of South Perth has residents horrified, and the state government's chief architect unimpressed.

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A Sydney crime figure has been shot dead outside a house in Earlwood in Sydney's south overnight in what police say was a targeted shooting.

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Two police officers have shown their softer side after being called out to a noise complaint at a backyard wedding reception near Port Kennedy.

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The campaign by the big miners against Brendon Grylls' mining tax continues with a new resources industry-commissioned report claiming it would cost 7200 jobs.

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The ABC and "élite media" are to blame for distracting people from the government's focus on economic growth, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said, at pains to emphasise that he is in touch with the concerns of real people.

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The plane went down several kilometres from the carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov.

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The ship responsible for spilling oil that washed up on Fraser Island may never be found, the Queensland government says.

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But the change is unlikely to spark a full cabinet reshuffle before Christmas.

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Shares are set for a cautious start as bonds and the US dollar continue their sharp post-election adjustments.

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A former Newcastle woman is facing more than 35 years in a United States jail after being accused of being involved in one of the biggest insurance frauds in Californian history.

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A third railway station will be built as part of the $588 million Mernda rail extension, one more than was promised, after the Andrews government bowed to strong community sentiment. 

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Sacked 97.3FM radio presenter Robin Bailey says she was "blindsided" by the station's decision not to renew her contract.

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The federal and Victorian governments have come to an agreement on how to spend the money that was to be used to fund the now scrapped East West Link project.

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Lord Mayor Robert was given an $80,000 donation from a chain of Chinese restaurants to help in his successful re-election campaign last month.

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Three teenagers involved in a dramatic car chase that ended on the West Gate Bridge on Monday have been charged over a series of armed robberies in Melbourne's north.

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The cause of a man's suspicious death in north Queensland is being investigated.

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Stranded Kaikoura residents battered by thunderstorms and aftershocks will be given the option to fly out of the region on Tuesday - if the weather permits.

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It must have been a strange sight: three big name New Zealand rugby league stars standing in an Australian-themed bar cheering the Kangaroos.

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Adele will say hello to Queenslanders at The Gabba next year in the first major live music concert at the venue in more than 40 years.

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A man is fighting for his life after crashing a car into a garage west of Brisbane and using accelerant to set the house on fire, police say.

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The local share market is set to open lower, with banks modestly weaker, BHP flat and energy holding in.

Veteran back-rower Sam Thaiday will undergo surgery in London on Tuesday after fracturing his cheekbone and eye socket during Australia's win over England.

The body of a man has been found at a construction site at Homebush in Sydney's west, police say.

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An Australian sitting in a big conference in Kansas City two weeks ago startled the audience with a basic fact.

Swedish assistant prosecutor Ingrid Isgren has arrived at the Ecuadorian embassy in London to interview Julian Assange over rape allegations and request a DNA sample.

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Rob Simmons says he's ready to take over Wallabies lineout calling duties and believes he and the "angry guy" that is Rory Arnold can form a mean pairing in the second-row if required.

The Daily Show's Dan Amira noticed that numbers were being spread on social media that linked back to the "70 News" site.

South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has committed his state to a referendum on whether to host Australia's first nuclear waste dump, saying he will push ahead despite lukewarm public support.

Trump's troll and Twitter loyalists have plenty of worlds left to conquer.

Oil sank to a three-month low as Iranian output rose and US explorers operated more rigs, signaling the persistence of a global supply glut.

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He was the hero of the left who became the champion of the right, held up as both saviour and betrayer - often at the same time.

Sydney's lord mayor says the light rail project is failing to live up to what was promised.

The man accused of murdering British MP Jo Cox in June was heard saying "this is for Britain" during an attack that was motivated by politics or ideology, a London jury was told at the opening of his trial on Monday.

The brand built on made-in-the-USA marketing and racy advertising at a chain of prominent retail locations, is going through a second bankruptcy.

A chorus of advocacy groups, commentators and congressional Democrats denounced Mr Bannon as a proponent of racist, anti-Semitic and misogynistic views.

With the rise of cashless payments and internet shopping, the production of coins has been dwindling for a decade. Until now.

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Australian cricket coaches and selectors will be told which players should be picked by new software being trialled from tech giant Microsoft.

Mount Isa could soon be home to Queensland's first solar powered water supply.

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Retail billionaire Gerry ''Trump'' Harvey has a message for the foreign short seller he blames for the "hearsay and rumours" that have recently plagued the company: "Piss off!"

A multi-million dollar grant has been awarded to a Queensland university to better target and fine-tune cancer treatments.

It was moment we had been waiting nearly seven decades for.

The electorate of Lockyer, between Ipswich and Toowoomba, would be the "jewel" in One Nation's crown, a political expert says.

Brendan Smyth was asleep in his hotel room in Wellington's waterfront when the 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck.

Melburnians might get a glimpse of the supermoon on Monday evening - but if you were hoping for a night of uninterrupted stargazing, you're sure to be disappointed. 

Dramatic pictures have emerged of livestock huddled precariously on tiny islands after a deadly 7.8 earthquake struck north of Christchurch on Sunday night.