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Acting Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says a city like Darwin, which was bombed in World War II, can't afford Labor's "naive" attempts to shake up foreign policy. Read more
A deputy US marshal has been shot dead while trying to arrest a man already wanted for attempting to murder police in Georgia. Read more
A neurosurgeon planning to carry out the first human head transplant hopes to perform the operation in the UK. Read more
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has complained of the unprecedented security effort for a US president's unofficial residence required outside Trump Tower.. Read more
A man has died while scuba diving off the Tasmanian coast. His death follows three other deaths on the Great Barrier Reef since Wednesday. Read more
Former Survivor II: The Australian Outback contestant Michael Skupin has been convicted on four counts of possessing child pornography in the US. Read more
A shot was fired in a Melbourne park on Saturday morning as a car allegedly attempted to ram two police officers. Read more
A motorcycle and a ute have collided at Hervey Range, west of Townsville, killing the rider. Read more
Melbourne's Catholic archbishop has urged governments to support a redress scheme that provides abuse survivors with equal access and treatment. Read more
The South Australian government has moved to end complicated preference deals in voting for the state's upper house. Read more
Pacemen Neil Wagner and Trent Boult steer New Zealand to the verge of victory over a collapsing Pakistan in the first Test in Christchurch. Read more
South Australian police have finalised the investigation into the Pinery bushfire in 2015 and say no charges will be laid. Read more
New exploration for oil and gas in Arctic waters has been blocked by the Obama administration but an incoming Trump government could reverse the ban. Read more
As co-host of The Project, could comedian Peter Helliar follow in his co-host's footsteps and win the biggest prize in Australian TV, the Gold Logie? Read more
The PM has stressed Australia's credentials as a multicultural society after Peter Dutton blamed the Fraser government for issues with radicalisation. Read more
A bushfire is advancing on houses on an island southwest of Brisbane with residents told to evacuate Read more
Police and locals are searching for a nine-year-old boy who has not been sighted since being struck by a jet ski. Read more
A man has been charged for urinating on a woman at a Spiderbait concert in Melbourne earlier this year. Read more
Four people have died in a single car roll-over near Penola in South Australia. Read more
US President-elect Donald Trump has agreed the importance of the Western military alliance in a phone call with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. Read more
Turkish police have arrested another 73 academics over alleged links to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen. Read more
China's Shenzhou 11 manned space capsule has returned to earth after two astronauts spent 30 days aboard the Tiangong 2 space laboratory. Read more
An inquiry into military mental health has heard an SAS trooper who tried to take his own life was intimidated in his hospital bed by colleagues. Read more
A pilot has been found alive after his helicopter crashed near the Daintree Rainforest in far north Queensland. Read more
The former Anglican dean of Newcastle says child sex abuse allegations against him are "incorrect", and that senior clergy never even asked him about them. Read more
Asbestos-contaminated mulch was spread around a project in Aubin Grove in Perth's south and then removed without residents being told, a whistleblower says. Read more
A court found now-senator Malcolm Roberts wrongly sought a $30,000 tax deduction for an MBA degree. Read more
Gillian Triggs has referred to the end of her tenure as Australian Human Rights Commission president in a speech in Sydney. Read more
A Gold Coast man behind a massive interstate cannabis running operation has been jailed for at least eight years. Read more
A man who jumped from a train into Melbourne's Yarra River is in a serious condition in hospital. Read more
Labor frontbencher Linda Burney has slammed "paternalistic" government policy she says is aimed at silencing Aboriginal leaders. Read more
A report by a sanitation charity says the lack of toilets in the world's cities, where populations grow too quickly, is a major health issue. Read more
People sexually abused as children by Catholic clergy in the Melbourne archdiocese will now get up to $150,000 in compensation, double the previous cap. Read more
Donald Trump has had his first foray into international diplomacy in a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe calling it a "very candid discussion". Read more
Candian rockers Alexisonfire really did mean to break up, but they're also pretty happy about their return, which involves an upcoming Aussie tour. Read more
A devastated mother wants police to charge a witness who allegedly saw her daughter being murdered by her former boyfriend and did nothing. Read more
A dog has been eaten by a crocodile on the Fitzroy River in Western Australia's Kimberley, leaving its owner distraught. Read more
A proposal for a national parks network using unused land in WA will create 212 Indigenous ranger jobs, tourism opportunities and budget savings, planners say. Read more
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Cauldron Energy has received $2.5 million from an unidentified Chinese investor. Read more
