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Victoria's highest court has ordered the state to remove children on remand from a maximum security adult prison by Friday, in a major political headache for the Andrews government.

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A motorcyclist has died after injuring his leg badly sustaining a leg injury when he collided with a kangaroo in Beveridge earlier this month.

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When Sarah Hort arrived for a passport application appointment, a surprise was in store.

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A teenage girl has been charged following an alleged assault, robbery and attempted carjacking in Bentleigh.

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A Perth boy who was forced to undergo court-ordered chemotherapy against his parents' wishes has died on Wednesday morning.

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Faysal Ishak Ahmed was told there was no bed for him at Manus Island detention centre's medical clinic just five days before he died after collapsing, hitting his head and suffering a seizure.

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A man has died after being struck by a van in Condell Park on Wednesday afternoon.

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Police have renewed calls for the public's help to find missing man Luke Deangelis who was last seen in Canberra on the morning of Christmas Eve.

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The officer is also being investigated over allegations she posted personal Facebook comments resulting in a "conflict of interest with her position as a member of the Queensland Police Service".

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Former prime minister Bob Hawke believes he has the recipe to fix the nation – think big, get better candidates, abolish state governments 

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The high profile fund manager has left his position as chief investment officer of Hunter Hall.

In the absence of their Kangaroos stars, Jack de Belin had hoped to lead by example at St George Illawarra pre-season training.

"Guarantee" is still a dirty word authorities do not want to utter when it comes to New Year's Eve train reliability.

Sexual assaults can more than double in the lead up to New Year's, in a surge driven by opportunistic predators and family violence, a Fairfax Media analysis of crime data shows.

On the fast track to obesity, one man tried eating only potatoes for a year to slim down -- and it worked!

Surfers have been rescued from the water near Rottnest Island after a shark was spotted 200 metres from shore.

A scorching end to 2016 will ensure Sydney registers its hottest year in more than a century-and-a-half of records.

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The new Labor Member for Yerrabi doesn't want the old Belconnen suburbs in her electorate to be overshadowed by growing Gungahlin.

The jury in the retrial of Lian Bin "Robert" Xie, who is accused of the Lin family murders, may begin their deliberations on Thursday

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Two Brisbane men have been arrested over the savage rape of a 20-year-old woman at West End more than five years ago.

ACCC to probe BP's plan to emerge as the top petrol retailers in the country with the $1.8 billion purchase of Woolworths' petrol stations.

A cunning thief has figured out a way to turn his loot into a gift that keeps on giving.

Israeli leader personally phoned New Zealand's foreign minister to warn him that Wellington's co-sponsorship of a UN resolution was a "declaration of war".

Multiple firefighting units and a water bombing helicopter have been called to a grass fire burning at Cooleman Ridge near Kambah.

A Sydney beauty college run by a prominent political donor has gone into administration, with up to 80 staff rocked by dismissal letters the day before Christmas Eve.

Police are using paw patrols to sniff out party animals selling or using drugs on boats.

Investors have pushed the ASX almost 1 per cent higher as rallying iron ore and oil prices lifted mining giants.

The government could better target injury prevention programs for cyclists by collecting more data, says a population health worker.

Remember when wraps seemed revolutionary? Maybe you had one on your way home from an Alanis Morrisette concert in 1996.

A new purpose-built New York-style, blast-proof and ram raid-proof building in Melbourne CBD will be the "nerve centre" of Victoria Police when construction finishes in 2020.

Plans are underway for a "food flotilla" to sail from Malaysia to Myanmar's strife-torn western Rakhine state with emergency supplies for Rohingyas.

One minute Tui Gallagher was standing on the edge of a rockpool at the bustling Maroubra Beach in Sydney's east and the next he was battling against a strong rip taking him out to see. 

Australia's spending on foreign aid is at its lowest level in eight years, with planned increases by 2020 still below commitments from the Rudd and Gillard governments more than a decade earlier.

A fourth case of the highly contagious measles has been detected in Sydney, prompting renewed warnings from health authorities after the latest patient visited multiple public sites while still infectious.

Victorians charities are spending millions of dollars each year cleaning up goods dumped outside their shops.

Public transport will be free on the night of New Year's Eve, as questions remain over whether Queensland Rail will be able to deliver reliable services.

"We must never repeat the horrors of war". With those words, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe closed a historical chapter while visiting Pearl Harbour.

Concerns about Australia's 'Millionaires Factory' have reached Scotland amid fears it will "asset strip" Britain's Green Investment Bank.

Canberra's Erin Molan said feeling cold, scared and seasick during the race had all been washed away after smashing the Sydney to Hobart race record on Perpetual Loyal.

If you think air pollution in China has been bad, just look at Mongolia.

A 14-year-old boy disappeared while swimming at Maroubra Beach in Sydney's east on Tuesday night.

A Queensland man who allegedly stole the Christmas presents out from under a family's Christmas tree on the Gold Coast has been given the unwanted gift of spending New Year's behind bars.

The first high-profile trial involving officers accused of aiding July's failed coup in Turkey has begun at a court on the outskirts of Istanbul.

Three Chinese men have been charged in the US with making over $4m by trading on information they got by hacking into top NY law firms.

A Canberra woman had her licence suspended after she was allegedly caught drink driving and speeding on the Kings Highway with two child passengers, aged eight and eleven.

A man who was repeatedly Tasered by police in 2008, sparking a corruption inquiry, is behind bars after a series of disturbing clashes with police.

Two teenagers have been arrested after a delivery driver was attacked and dragged several metres from a car window during a terrifying robbery in Melbourne's east on Tuesday morning.