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A $50 million program to eradicate foxes in Tasmania was quite likely based on faked evidence.
Malcolm Turnbull has named Susan Kiefel as the next Chief Justice of the High Court.
A man has been shot by police after allegedly threatening and abducting a three-year-old girl.
There are 334 million $100 notes in circulation, so why is it that most of us rarely see one?
The mass coral bleaching event in the Great Barrier Reef has resulted in the largest die-off of corals ever recorded.
The Brexit vote, Syria's refugee crisis and the US election inspired Dictionary.com's 2016 word of the year.
Gone are the days when you could fire your shotgun at whim and be fat if you wanted to be, writes Ben Pobjie.
The creators of an Indigenous counting book for children have smashed a crowdfunding campaign and are generating overseas interest.
A diver has serious hand injuries after an apparent shark attack at Queenscliff in Victoria.
South Australia will spend $432 million on changes to its child welfare systems, in the wake of scathing findings by the Child Protection Systems Royal Commission.
The time-honoured tradition of rolling down Parliament House's landscaped sloping lawns may be resigned to history in a…
Host Tom Gleeson sets out to find Australia's hardest quiz champion, pitting four contestants against each other in a battle of attrition.
To celebrate its 10th anniversary podcast, The Real Thing will play two unique live shows.
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Western Australia's Herbarium is the state's permanent plant library and is constantly adding new species to its records.
Think you know your sport? Test your knowledge of the sporting week that was in ABC News' quiz.
A team of scientists has identified the main threats facing pollinator species worldwide, and how they can be addressed.
Santa Claus is outsourcing his reindeer this holiday season to help deliver pizza in snowy northern Japan.
The harvest is underway a little earlier than usual at the Northern Territory's largest pineapple farm.
Why are some countries better at fostering innovation than others?
Australian artists are making themselves heard around the globe during a time of fierce competition online.
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