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ABC 720 Perth Afternoons presenter Jane Marwick has announced she is leaving the station.

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Southieast Queensland has three new theme park concepts in the pipeline as tourist numbers to the southeast corner of the state swell by an average of 8 per cent in 2015-16.

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Wesley Boyd- also known as 'the Mad Bogan'- is collecting donations to aid the fight against Alzheimer's after his mother passed away from the disease.

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The Turnbull government has struck an 11th hour deal with the Greens to tax backpackers' incomes at 15 per cent, ending a week of farcical politicking over the controversial tax.

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Asylum seeker Hamid Kehazaei's condition did not improve despite the best efforts of medical staff at the processing centre clinic on Manus Island, an inquest has heard.

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Changing its game plan has paid off for Optus with the telco winning more than $25 million in the second round of public funding for new and upgraded mobile sites in regional and remote Australia. 

Thought it was a particularly wet and cool spring this year? Well, you are not wrong. According to the Bureau of Meteorology this was the tenth wettest spring on record in Victoria and the coolest spring in Melbourne since 2003.

It's the first day of summer and off to a hot start, with temperatures set to hit a top of 33 in Brisbane City.

Byron Bay murder suspect Sara Connor has denied she was covered in blood when she tried to hail a motorcycle taxi to report her missing bag, saying the driver refused to pick her up because she didn't have any money.

A Canberra lawyer on trial in the ACT Supreme Court accused of dishonestly accepting money from a client's mother is now representing himself.

Two men accused of importing cocaine had it shipped to one's grandmother.

Motorists in the Parliamentary Triangle fed $46,000 into parking meters per day last year.

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten praised Brisbane taxi driver Aguek Nyok, saying he demonstrated the "spirit of Australia" when he rescued 11 passengers from a burning bus.

WA is still waiting to claim it's latest multi millionaire after a winning ticket sold from Garden City worth $2.1million has yet to be claimed.

A sneek peek at the performance of Nervous at an unusual and iconic Canberra location.

In a Brisbane bayside suburb where there is "less than six degrees of separation", the discovery of a man's body in the bottom of an underground pit has hit hard.

A man has been arrested after the stabbing death of a French tourist in the Northern Territory outback overnight.

Feeling a little overwhelmed by all the options to give this Christmas?

Crown Towers opened its doors to visitors today.

He was one of The Canberra Times' most prolific letter-to-the-editor writers but has decided to hang up his pen.

Victoria's youngest research fellows live in remote towns with patchy internet, but have just managed to publish their first book.

Circus 1903 is bringing elephants back to the circus.

Meet the two men battling for a Brumbies contract.

One Nation has ended the parliamentary year with a deepening rift, after Pauline Hanson led two of her senators in voting against embattled colleague Rod Culleton, in the lead up to the fight for his political life.

NGA Play - a new space at the National Gallery of Australia designed especially for little art lovers - is now open to the public.

Two major Middle Eastern airlines refute reports they plan to fly to Canberra.

666 ABC Canberra is losing its sixes.

Complaints about cancelled music festivals have soared amid the recent collapse of high profile events. Consumer Affairs Victoria received more than 160 complaints about music festivals in 2015/16 compared to just 20 in the previous years.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull won't be banned from attending next year's Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, after the organisation's board overruled moves by members to protest the government inaction on same-sex marriage. 

Canberra's summer tipped to be hotter and drier than average.

A blackout at one of the nation's biggest mines has sparked a plea from BHP

The judge to hear David Eastman's planned six-month retrial for the alleged murder of senior AFP officer Colin Winchester has been named.

Most public servants earning below average wages after three-year "siege of attrition" by Coalition.

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Australia's most celebrated architect, Glenn Murcutt, has slammed planned changes to Parliament House that will block public access to the building's famed grassy slopes, labelling the security upgrade a knee-jerk reaction.

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Several schools across Australia and New Zealand have been evacuated after receiving threatening phone calls on Thursday morning. Police suspect a hoax.

A severe storm warning has been issued for south east Queensland, with damaging winds and large hailstones likely.

Two of the clubs which have received financial help from the NRL could hold the key to John Grant's future.

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People are scared and Labor politicians are nervous. Over the last 12 months, law and order has evolved from a distraction to an increasing problem for the Andrews government.

A covert push for John Quayle to become ARLC chair became overt on Thursday morning when multi-media's Matty Johns declared on Triple M radio that the "Canon", after a 20-year absence as boss, should replace John Grant immediately.

Ruby's debating team has come all the way from Norfolk Island, defeating 27 other schools to make it to the State Championships on the mainland.

The Andrews government has been accused of "childish and pathetic" tactics after complaining it is being dudded under a federal plan to eliminate mobile phone black spots.

There is a cherry shortage this year, but don't panic. It may not be as bad as you think.

Donations made to candidates in the lead-up to local government elections would be revealed online in real-time, under new laws introduced on Thursday.

The closure of Australia's cheapest electricity generator in Victoria could see power prices rise in nearby states, experts warn.

The Department of Immigration and Border Protection has refused Bhajan's application for permanent residency, saying her disability would make her a "significant health burden" to the Australian community.

Pub tsar Justin Hemmes​ has snapped up the Tennyson Hotel in Sydney's Botany Road, Mascot for $37.5 million - a record price for a hotel sale at a public auction.

The imminent announcement comes as hundreds of police officers are being taken from the front line.

An incendiary fake news report distributed via Australia has added fuel to Indonesian jitters ahead of another huge demonstration on Friday.

A man has been charged after allegedly standing naked on his property in front of teenage girls at Gladstone.