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National News

  1. McGrath goes number one

    The Bombers end speculation by taking defender Andrew McGrath with pick one of the 2016 AFL draft.

  2. RHD in Indigenous communities

    The AMA sets out to eradicate rheumatic heart disease by 2031, calling its prevalence in Indigenous communities a "national failure".

  3. Panel changes possible in 2017

    Australia's panel of selectors will stay as is until the end of the summer, according to Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland, but new faces could be added in 2017.

  1. Mining must win back trust

    Rio Tinto chief executive Jean-Sébastien Jacques says the mining industry must win back the trust of local communities in the wake of the scandal over consultancy payments in Africa.

  2. Dame Quentin Bryce portrait

    A portrait of former governor-general Dame Quentin Bryce is unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.

  3. CA boss likes Ashes day-nighter

    Cricket Australia boss James Sutherland says he is happy with initial figures from the Adelaide Test, and likes the idea of an Ashes day-nighter in 2017.

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Australian Capital Territory

  1. Dame Quentin Bryce portrait

    A portrait of former governor-general Dame Quentin Bryce is unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.

  2. Tadpoles transform classrooms

    Tadpoles are transforming into frogs in classrooms across Canberra, much to the delight of students and teachers alike.

  3. Historic gun donated to War Memorial

    Gun used by Australia's first VC recipient donated to War Memorial.

New South Wales

  1. McGrath goes number one

    The Bombers end speculation by taking defender Andrew McGrath with pick one of the 2016 AFL draft.

  2. North-west Sydney blackout

    Power network operator Ausgrid says emergency crews are working to fix a blackout that has left 30,000 homes and businesses without electricity.

  3. I won't resign: Grant

    Despite all 16 NRL clubs expressing a lack of confidence in his leadership after a funding dispute, ARL chairman John Grant is refusing to resign.

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Northern Territory

  1. Victim's mother testifies in NT court

    The mother of a woman allegedly killed by her ex-partner tells the NT Supreme Court she found her daughter with her throat cut.

  2. RHD in Indigenous communities

    The AMA sets out to eradicate rheumatic heart disease by 2031, calling its prevalence in Indigenous communities a "national failure".

  3. White Ribbon Day march

    Six hundred people march at White Ribbon Day events in Darwin and Alice Springs, to stand against the scourge of violence continuing to threaten the lives of women.

Queensland

  1. Plane crash kills two

    Two men die in an ultralight plane crash at the end of a private runway in central Queensland.

  2. Pauline Hanson visits reef

    One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is ridiculed for travelling to a healthy section of the Great Barrier Reef while denying the effects of climate change.

  3. Bullies blamed over suicide

    A Brisbane mother speaks of her anguish at her son's death, after he was allegedly subject to continuous bullying because of his sexuality.

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South Australia

  1. Panel changes possible in 2017

    Australia's panel of selectors will stay as is until the end of the summer, according to Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland, but new faces could be added in 2017.

  2. Basin plan 'on track'

    SA's Premier and the Prime Minister have phone talks about the future of the Murray-Darling.

  3. CA boss likes Ashes day-nighter

    Cricket Australia boss James Sutherland says he is happy with initial figures from the Adelaide Test, and likes the idea of an Ashes day-nighter in 2017.

Tasmania

  1. New greyhound racing roles

    New roles created to oversee Tasmania's greyhound racing industry are a slow step in the right direction, the RSPCA says.

  2. Carer took lewd photos

    Prosecutors want an aged care worker who took photos of himself with naked residents put on the sex offender register.

  3. Criminal free due to court error

    A criminal sentenced to jail on Wednesday has two extra days of freedom because a court fails to issue an imprisonment warrant.

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Victoria

  1. McGrath goes number one

    The Bombers end speculation by taking defender Andrew McGrath with pick one of the 2016 AFL draft.

  2. Stephen Dank non-submission

    Disgraced sports scientist Stephen Dank fails to supply evidence to prove the reasons for his absence from his appeal against a life ban for multiple doping offences.

  3. Chinese national jailed

    A Chinese national was speeding and took "a completely unnecessary risk" when he slammed into a car in Victoria's north-west, killing a young girl and her grandmother, a court hears.

Western Australia

  1. Man with live grenade

    WA Police are trying to make contact with a man who they believe is unwittingly in possession of a live hand grenade.

  2. Bush footy tackles domestic violence

    Football is providing some redemption for men caught in a cycle of committing domestic violence in WA's north.

  3. Hard Santa truths

    An academic paper suggesting parents rethink the ethics of the Santa story they tell their children raises ire.

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