• 3 mins ago

"Hot money" is set to flow out of the energy sector if the OPEC cartel fail to reach a production cap agreement.

• 7 mins ago

Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found on a footpath in Reservoir.

• 12 mins ago

Having recorded consecutive net losses in 2014 and 2015, Geelong have reversed their off-field fortunes with a $2.3m profit in 2016.

• 19 mins ago

The warning follows numerous complaints relating to misleading and deceptive conduct, unfair contract terms and unapproved charges.

• 21 mins ago

Dramatically cutting salt levels in processed foods sold in Australia could save an estimated 3500 lives each year by reducing cardiovascular disease, stroke and kidney disease, according to a new report.

• 25 mins ago

A teenager who was stabbed by his relative as he walked off a Fremantle bus has died in hospital.

• 27 mins ago

Drew Petrie will move to Perth and play for a 17th season after being drafted onto the West Coast rookie list on Monday.

• 36 mins ago

A controversial NSW government mandate is costing Sydney motorists up to $85 million a year, a report by the federal competition regulator has found.

• 47 mins ago

Politicians, chemical and veterinary industry leaders have joined a chorus of opposition to the relocation of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority from Canberra to Armidale.

• 48 mins ago

The head of Bundaberg Hospital is so confident in the abilities of a former Canberra orthopaedic surgeon, who previously had his medical registration temporarily suspended in relation to botched surgeries at Calvary Public Hospital, that he will go under the surgeon's knife.

• 54 mins ago

An addiction to drugs caused a loving daughter's mental state to deteriorate to the point where she allegedly murdered her mother, prosecutors have told a court.

• 54 mins ago

Two Perth eateries have received fines totalling more than $60,000 from the Health Department after local health inspectors busted them with dirty kitchens.

• 57 mins ago

Controversial Victorian Labor MP Cesar Melhem is under formal investigation over allegedly corrupt deals struck in his former role as head of the Australian Workers Union.

• 1 hr ago

A damning investigation has found multinational companies are claiming billions of dollars in questionable deductions while exploiting the nation's natural riches.

• 1 hr ago

John Grant's days as ARL commission chairman appear to be numbered after disgruntled NRL clubs on Monday called an emergency general meeting and signalled their intention to have him removed.

• 1 hr ago

There were no feather dusters or frilly aprons at Melbourne Aquarium's annual spring clean on Monday.

• 1 hr ago

Police are hunting a teenager who broke into a home in Perth's north-eastern suburbs and sexually assaulted a young woman.

• 1 hr ago

Collingwood has made a play for Hawthorn's highly regarded list manager Graham Wright in its search for a new head of football.

• 1 hr ago

Friends of Wayne Fowlie, who died at a Goldfields mine site in 2014, are rallying to raise the equivalent of his life insurance for his family after his policy was cancelled just weeks before his death due to a payroll error.

• 1 hr ago

Left without an AFL club for 2017 despite playing in a grand final last month, Xavier Richards was left "disappointed" but at peace according to his manager.

• 1 hr ago

A Melbourne man claims Thrifty slapped him with a late fee after he became stuck in Monday morning's traffic chaos while attempting to return a hired van.

• 1 hr ago

A man convicted of raping his little sister has been freed after the state's highest court cast doubt on the victim's trial testimony.

• 1 hr ago

Canberra product Sam Fisher has joined the Sydney Swans as a category B rookie.

• 1 hr ago

Many of Australia's coal-fired power stations will shut in coming years no matter what the government does, but a national plan will be needed to ensure the lights stay on and price rises are limited while they are replaced with cleaner models, Labor and the Greens say.

• 1 hr ago

Documents seized by the Australian Federal Police in raids on Parliament House should remain sealed and be returned to the Opposition, according to a powerful parliamentary committee.

• 1 hr ago

The Turnbull Government is confident of striking a final week deal to re-establish the construction industry watch dog, more than three years after Tony Abbott promised to deliver the policy.

• 1 hr ago

While the bushfire alert level for one part of Baldivis was downgraded to 'advice' on Monday afternoon, another 'watch and act' was issued as a fire began to its east in the neighbouring suburb of Hopeland.

• 1 hr ago

Passing through an airport is not the most exciting part of a holiday but a new virtual reality game aims to make it an entertaining experience for visitors to the capital.

• 1 hr ago

A Canberra lawyer went on trial on Monday in the ACT Supreme Court accused of fraudulently obtaining thousands of dollars in legal fees.

• 1 hr ago

A NSW Rural Fire Service volunteer has died on duty in the Palerang region at Bendethra.

• 1 hr ago

West Coast's first draft pick has drawn comparisons with Patrick Dangerfield. So why wasn't he a top 10 pick and why were draft experts surprised when the Eagles swooped on him at pick 13?

• 1 hr ago

A 29-year-old NSW woman pretended she was a vulnerable foster carer to earn millions of dollars in child care subsidies, court documents reveal.

• 1 hr ago

A stoush between a Queensland law student and Labor frontbencher Terri Butler over claims of a "racist smear" is bound for court after he bluntly rejected her apology as a "sham" and vowed to press ahead with a $150,000 defamation lawsuit.

There's a Chinese saying that stems from Sun Tzu's ancient text The Art of War: You can kill 1,000 enemies, but you would also lose 800 soldiers.

A driver charged after a woman was dragged by a car and left for dead in a gutter in south western Sydney has pleaded guilty the day his trial was due to start.

Stuck with a 2G mobile network and slow internet speeds, a group of Norfolk Islanders are agitating to get the ultimate technology boost: fibre-to-the-island. 

A former Virgin Airlines baggage handler watched a passenger aircraft's landing gear come down before making a hoax radio call that forced the pilot to abort the landing and circle Melbourne Airport, a court has heard.

Rugby has rocketed past two key rival codes in the Australian Sports Commission's latest rankings of primary school sport.

An ambitious plan to ensure every student can swim 50 metres by the time they finish grade 6 could have an unintended consequence – free lessons.

ACCC boss's admissions come as public service disputes spill over into submarine builder.

A mother and her daughter are lucky to be alive after a fire engulfed their weatherboard home in Melbourne's north.

Shocked customers at Coles in Belmont Forum watched on in horror as a customer was placed in a headlock and wrestled to the ground by staff after claims he entered the store after it closed.

Union pledges four days of disruption in December.

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ASADA has taken aim at disgraced sports scientist Stephen Dank after his appeal against a lifetime ban from sport was formally thrown out by the AFL Appeal Board on Monday.

It began with a beating at a sporting event. Now protesters and politicians are asking the country's vice-president to release his captive.

As a funding war threatens the top brass in rugby league, a powerful rugby administrator has a warning for the Australian Rugby Union.

British 28-year-old Chloe Pincho is pretty clear about the impact of backpackers paying more tax.

Australia's most wanted terrorist Neil Prakash tried to flee Islamic State by sneaking into Turkey but may have been undone by continued social media posts, Fairfax Media has learned.

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