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Premier was caught by surprise by a deal with the Federal Government to release $1.5 billion that had originally set aside for the scrapped East West Link project – saying he first learned about the roads funding in a letter delivered late on Monday night.

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It was indeed a marvellous night for a moon dance, with clear skies giving lucky Perth stargazers the best view in the country of Monday's astronomical supermoon wonder.

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Pizza, whose fate as an air-conditioned exhibit for shoppers in a mall in southern China, is moving but perhaps only temporarily.

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The new deputy premier says a cabinet reshuffle will not be held until early next year in order 'to take stock'

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Labor is insisting the current commissioner be appointed to the top job,

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The liquidators for Linc Energy have launched a legal challenge to the Queensland government's environmental protection order on its operation near Chinchilla, claiming liquidated companies should not need to comply.

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A motorcyclist is fighting for his life after his bike collided with a car on Victoria's coast.  

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Collingwood president Eddie McGuire has refused to guarantee Graeme Allan his position at the club if, as expected, he is handed a 12-month suspension by the AFL for his involvement in the Lachie Whitfield affair.

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Former Brisbane Lions small forward Josh Green has joined Essendon as a delisted free agent.

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The Fremantle Dockers says they are "disappointed" at the situation Michael Johnson found himself in and have confirmed the veteran defender is "co-operating fully" with authorities over a weekend allegation of assault.

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Sport is everywhere at work but we need to knock it off. It's bad for diversity and bad for business.

Michael Frayn's comedy presents a play-within-a-play coming apart as it goes along.

Looks like Amazon could be the next huge company to give up an employee review process that forces managers to rank employees against each other, making job performance all about survival of the fittest.

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.

A western Sydney woman says she has suffered severe burns after falling asleep on her charging iPhone 7.

Australia's ineffective political donation laws have allowed 85 per cent of all private money going to major parties avoid scrutiny, a new report has found.

A husband and wife have walked free after stealing watches and other jewellery from their customers.

The RBA is struggling to gauge the strength of the labour market and its implications for inflation while house prices on the east coast accelerate.

Tyrone Roberts wants to be a starting half at Gold Coast next season, even if NRL coach Neil Henry has already indicated he could be used as a utility.

Brisbane Lions legend Simon Black does not believe that Sam Mitchell and Trent Cotchin should be awarded the 2012 Brownlow Medal.

The "Australia first" push that has followed the election of Donald Trump is already producing unlikely alliances across party lines, with Nationals MP George Christensen echoing Opposition Leader Bill Shorten's calls for a crackdown on 457 foreign worker visas.

Sydney University's museum will be housed in a new building as it announces a $5 million donation towards the project. But art students still do not know where they will be located following the shut down of the Sydney College of the Arts campus at Lilyfield.

A law firm will set up a booth at the Strawberry Fields music festival this weekend, with Victorian and NSW police expected to catch dozens of drug users and drivers.

The wife of former Queensland MP Scott Driscoll has pleaded guilty to dishonesty offences.

Citi is getting rid of cash in its Australian bank branches, because it is no longer worth offering the service that is used by less than one in twenty customers.

Drivers between Albany and Perth have vented their anger on social media after being scammed by a man pretending to be broken down with his car on Albany highway.

How many jobs can you think of that involve the everyday risk of random assault by a stranger?

The chief executive of San Diego cybersecurity start-up PacketSled Inc. has been put on administrative leave after election night posts on social media about assassinating President-elect Donald Trump.