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National News

  1. Work-for-the-dole scheme 'failing'

    The Federal Government's remote work-for-the-dole scheme is devastating Indigenous communities, with financial penalties causing insurmountable debt and social division, a report finds.

  2. Dodt maintains lead

    Andrew Dodt holds his lead after the second round at the Australian PGA Championship, with Ashley Hall and Adam Scott among the chasing pack.

  3. Melbourne protest aftermath

    A man says within hours of attending a protest in Melbourne against a visit by an Ethiopian politician, members of his family were arrested.

  1. Rudderless driving

    Kevin Rudd racked up nearly $2,300 in insurance bills after a string of accidents involving his taxpayer-funded private car.

  2. Google joins platypus hunt

    Scientists create an app that allows Australians to gather information about one of our most unique and elusive animals, the platypus.

  3. IMF recommendations to Australia

    The IMF says Australia should borrow more to boost infrastructure spending to protect against a global economic downturn.

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Australian Capital Territory

  1. Low numbers on Singapore Airlines leg

    Singapore Airlines struggled to fill its planes in the first week it flew between Canberra and New Zealand, data reveals.

  2. Digital portrait award

    An Australian artist's chance encounter with a man outside a 7-Eleven store in the United States leads to him winning this year's Digital Portrait Award.

  3. Disability variety show

    Dozens of performers perform in the opening night of a show to celebrate the talents of people with disabilities.

New South Wales

  1. Google joins platypus hunt

    Scientists create an app that allows Australians to gather information about one of our most unique and elusive animals, the platypus.

  2. Stabbing murderer jailed

    Michael James Quinn, who was left a quadriplegic from self-inflicted wounds, will spend at least 15 years behind bars for the 2013 murder of his ex-girlfriend in Wollongong.

  3. Sydney penguin rescue

    A lucky little penguin is recovering at Taronga Zoo after an adventurous morning in which it was trapped in a stormwater drain in Sydney's inner west.

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Northern Territory

  1. Mother's search for answers

    Aaron Hyde says he was stripped naked and forced to spend long periods in isolation in the Northern Territory's Don Dale youth detention centre when he was just a teenager.

  2. Slain tourist's wife out of hospital

    The wife of a French tourist killed in the NT outback has left hospital.

  3. Melbourne man held over French tourist death

    Police are holding Melbourne man Pande Veleski in connection to the stabbing death of a French tourist in the Northern Territory outback, the ABC understands.

Queensland

  1. Dodt maintains lead

    Andrew Dodt holds his lead after the second round at the Australian PGA Championship, with Ashley Hall and Adam Scott among the chasing pack.

  2. Police officer fined $900

    Suspended Gold Coast police officer Christopher Hurley is convicted of assaulting a motorist.

  3. Signs of heat stress

    Soaring temperatures can severely stress our bodies. Find out how to recognise the signs.

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South Australia

  1. Disabled people march to be heard

    Disability advocates, dressed in purple as a sign of pride, march down King William Street in Adelaide to celebrate their differences.

  2. TDU models shut down

    The SA Government withdraws its support of podium models at the TDU, replacing them with junior cyclists.

  3. Did we really evolve from fish?

    Adelaide palaeontologist Professor John Long is travelling to Antarctica in search of fossils to prove humans evolved from fish.

Tasmania

  1. Macquarie Harbour bacteria increase

    Salmon producer Tassal records an increase in a bacteria near its Macquarie Harbour salmon pens.

  2. Bellamy's shares tumble 40 per cent

    Bellamy's shares have plunged on news Chinese regulations were crimping sales and depressing prices.

  3. Uber launches in Hobart

    As Uber launches in Hobart, a divide exists between new drivers and cabbies fearing for their livelihoods.

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Victoria

  1. Fine payment

    A Federal Court judge knocks back an attempt by Hocking Stuart Richmond to draw out the payment of a fine for misleading and deceptive conduct.

  2. Melbourne protest aftermath

    A man says within hours of attending a protest in Melbourne against a visit by an Ethiopian politician, members of his family were arrested.

  3. Solutions for the disabled

    Mandy McCracken is riding a bike again after losing her lower arms and legs, following a unique 'Makethon' event in Melbourne this week.

Western Australia

  1. Baby murder trial

    The former boyfriend of Tamara Thompson testifies in WA's Supreme Court she did not want the baby daughter she is accused of murdering.

  2. Work-for-the-dole scheme 'failing'

    The Federal Government's remote work-for-the-dole scheme is devastating Indigenous communities, with financial penalties causing insurmountable debt and social division, a report finds.

  3. Pork-barrelling denied

    The WA Premier denies his government will use a forecast $11 billion raised from the part sale of Western Power to pork-barrel marginal seats.

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