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Cambodia has offered amnesty to a small number of Australian families who have paid for surrogacy services, but says the practise is banned and won't continue there.

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A Queensland woman is still in awe after she and her partner had a close encounter with a whale shark.

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Several people have died after a boat capsized in the Kaipara Harbour on Saturday afternoon.

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Taxpayers have spent almost $10 million in six years to compensate youth justice staff for violence and stress endured while working at Victoria's two main juvenile detention centres.

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The Department of Fire and Emergency Services has issued a watch and act warning for part of Nunile in the Shire off Toodyay in the Wheat Belt.

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A woman is recovering in hospital after she was dramatically rescued from a sinking car in Victoria's north east.

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Bowral Veterinary Hospital evacuated as fire engulfs neighbouring tyre store.

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Hundreds of cannabis plants and production equipment have been found during a police raid.

A body has been found after a house fire at Hughesdale in Melbourne's southeast on Saturday.

A man has died after being pulled from the water at Mettams Pool on Saturday morning.

The heroic taxi driver that helped save passengers from a burning bus has been honour and given a weekend away with and upgrade from his maxi-taxi.

A fifth person has died due to Monday's extraordinary "thunderstorm asthma" crisis and six people remain in intensive care units, four of whom are critically ill, the health department says.

Damaging winds and large hailstones heading towards central Queensland coast

Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for five decades defied US efforts to topple him, died on Friday, state-run Cuban Television said. He was 90.

Fidel Castro, whose Cuban revolution turned his Caribbean island into a potent symbol of the world's greatest ideological and economic divides of the 20th century, has died, Cuban state media announced early Saturday. He was 90.

Guns drawn, the two teams run at each other from opposite ends of the field.  Some manage to find large objects to hide behind to escape the approaching crossfire. Others aren't quite as lucky.

A 24-year-old woman is in hospital with serious facial injuries after being assaulted at Petrie in Brisbane's north.

The signalisation of Canberra's most dangerous intersection is about to get underway, but be warned, it's likely to get worse before it gets better.

The ARLC chairman could find out his fate the day before Christmas should the NRL clubs press ahead with their planned rebellion over funding.

Having spent the past fortnight installing solar panels, Carlton's top draft pick Sam Petrevski-Seton will now look to add some electricity to a midfield recruiting chief Steve Silvagni says has craved speed.

A new type of shark spotting technology is to be trialled at City Beach this summer.

Children as young as 16 have been kept almost exclusively in their cells in the maximum security Barwon prison, with no access to outside areas and fresh air, and no visits from their families, sources within the prison have revealed.

Police appeal for public help to find stolen monkeys

Essendon has not wasted time in cashing in on its number one draft pick, on Saturday encouraging fans to bid for hats bearing the 18-year-old's autograph.

• ANALYSIS

The police decision to end Friday's pursuit of the boy as he approached Bendigo was taken with only one thing in mind: risk.

We Say No More lyrics

Victoria was the first state to announce a ban on free plastic shopping bags eight years ago.

Ever had the urge not to return a library book and add it to your personal collection instead? For the first time, Canberra readers got that chance.

Geelong and Adelaide are set to secure respective father-son prospects Sam Simpson and Ben Jarman at Monday's AFL rookie draft.

A man has been rushed to hospital after being pulled from the water off Rockingham. 

Emma Quayle runs the rule over each AFL club's new cohort of young talent.

Witnesses reported landing gear problems to police shortly after the plane took-off

"Be dreamers. Be proud. Be home-owners."

If Jason Taumalolo has his way he will be living in sunny California and suiting up in the menacing silver and black of the Oakland Raiders while Valentine Holmes is a fan of the New York Giants and wouldn't mind the hustle bustle of life in Manhattan.

Quirks, whispers, bits and pieces from the backrooms and sidelines of the national draft.

Perth's run of hot weather will come to an end tomorrow, for a while at least.

A retirement fund for NRL players would be the cornerstone of a raft of initiatives designed to safeguard the futures of the game's stars.

When you see the size of the crayfish these blokes are catching, it's a wonder they didn't sink their boat on the way back.

Police Minister Lisa Neville has decried the "deplorable" behaviour of a 15-year-old boy who drove maniacally in a stolen car during a high-speed chase, as the incident again thrust the issues of youth crime and police pursuit policy into the spotlight.

A mother in Melbourne's east has been left devastated after her son's disability-accessible car was stolen in a brazen daylight theft on Saturday morning.

Pauline Hanson is copping flak for taking her senators to a healthy part of the Great Barrier Reef in an effort to disprove claims the icon is dying.

The Spirit rover photographed intriguing finger-like rock formations at the Home Plate plateau, a 100 square metre area in the Gusev crater near the Martian equator.

A man has died following a house fire in Greenfields, Mandurah.

Will Skelton was shocked when he found out he would captain the Wallabies XV that took on the French Barbarians, but says he enjoyed the humbling experience, even if the result didn't go the Australians' way.

On the night of the thunderstorm asthma, hospitals were inundated with people suffering respiratory difficulties. George Braitberg recounts what is was like to be at the frontline of efforts to fight a crisis unprecedented in scale.

If the Irish media are to be believed, the All Blacks are right up there as some of the dirtiest people alive.

More than 70 schoolies arrested on the Gold Coast during first week of celebrations.

Two drivers have been killed in separate collisions on Queensland's roads.

Perth's world famous YouTube stars "How Ridiculous" have done it again.