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The Aussie has surged above US75Ā¢, extending its advance so far this year to more than 4 per cent on the greenback's woes.

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order directing government agencies to provide contraception to 6 million Filipino women who don't have access to birth control and other reproductive health-related services.

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Already convicted of 22 killings of women, Mikhail Popkov has now confessed to 59 more, police told the Siberian Times.

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after crashing his jet ski into a boat at Portarlington on Thursday evening.

A 24-year-old man was caught speeding almost double the speed limit in Thomastown early Thursday morning.

Tennis fans returning from night sessions of the Australian Open face lengthy delays on some days as trains on four lines are suspended for maintenance and roadworks.

Waiting in line at a government office has to be among the more tedious life experiences, but new data could help reduce the pain.

Planning section raises concerns about the design.

New parents will be given formal training in a new program set up across Canberra's maternity wards to help them understand a crying baby is normal, and prevent future brain injuries among newborns.

Organisers are calling for stronger security at the ANZAC Day march in Yass following concerns about the Blue Mountain events.

It's an $86 million road that's turning into a headache for Queanbeyan.

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Police have been called to deal with teens 'causing trouble' at the youth justice centre.

Should Queensland have more ocean-pools on its beaches for thousands of international swimmers not ready for our strong waves and rips?

ā€‹Indonesian authorities say they grounded Tigerair Australia because the budget airline was selling tickets on flights using aircraft owned and piloted by its parent company Virgin Australia, in breach of the rules of its licence.

A woman allegedly heard her cousin being murdered after the victim rang her to say her attackers were arguing about how they should kill her.

He wears Waratah blue for a living but there's only one option for Israel Folau if the 'State of Union' concept gets off the ground - maroon.

Jazz musicians from Canberra and elsewhere will pay tribute to several past masters as well as performing their own compositions.

A woman who was punched in the face and had her car stolen in Brighton by four men says she has never been so scared in her life.

Judith Daley has lost her part pension and health benefits under reform to the aged pension.

A Cairns house is being forensically examined as police search for evidence in relation to the gruesome death of a newborn baby more than two decades ago.

A man is wanted by police for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman at a bar in St Kilda on Saturday night.

Men armed with a machete and sledgehammer have robbed a jewellery store in Melbourne's east in the third such daylight heist in months.

Brumbies coach Stephen Larkham says Wharenui Hawera is the "frontrunner" to start season at fly-half.

Throughout the years, over the course of four murder trials, Robert Xie has remained calm and composed.

A motorcyclist was killed Thursday after waiting at a red light, when a truck travelling behind her failed to stop and ran her over.

It has been billed as a fun-filled working holiday program that would put an end to Australia's oversupply of teachers, but those who have travelled to the UK to make up for a chronic shortage of teachers have described it as anything but, with underpayment and over-work rife across the industry.

The mercury is set to rise to 37 degrees on Friday. Here's how one family is staying cool.

Its shares have slumped by a third in just two days, but that isn't enough to whet the appetite of some analysts, who reckon the shares should declineĀ?another 20Ā?per cent or so to bring them back to 'fair value'.

Primary Healthcare and its criminally charged chief executive Peter Gregg faceĀ?a long and drawn out court process that could take 18 months, according to legal experts.Ā?

A national anti-gangs squad officer will be embedded within ACT Policing from February 1, the federal government announced on Thursday.

It's a frustration commonly voiced by teachers and educators: the media dedicate far more coverage to issues that are in reality the least important when it comes to effective teaching and learning.

Unions and workers are concerned ActewAGL's scheduled works on Friday would put workers and the community at risk during the expected 37C temperatures and called on the power company to reschedule work to prevent heat-related incidents.

Brisbane residents have dug deep to help slain bus driver Manmeet Sharma's family, with more than $90,000 raised to be sent back toĀ?India.

Two days after he expressed concern to Fairfax Media about his son's arrest, Mohammed Elzamtar was also arrested by the NSW Joint Counter-Terrorism Team at his Sefton home on Thursday morning.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is about to announce a "game-changing move" in her party's quest to win the upcoming Queensland election.

Almost 330,000 pensionersĀ?will receive their first reduced payments in coming days, as anger continues to grow over the politicians' entitlements scandal, and the government's ham-fisted Centrelink clawback.

The advent of strict new laws to rid rugby of the head-high tackle are already changing Super Rugby.

Justice Elizabeth Fullerton rarely walks into a courtroom - she dashes.

There's two sides to every coin and the way Queensland politicians read a new property survey is no different.

A teacher has clever retort to a Queensland politician after being unhappy with his response to the furore caused by his Facebook post.

Champion sailor and accountancy chief executive Anthony Bell never wants to see his wife Kelly Landry again, court hears.

ANZ Bank is moving a step closer towards "virtual" credit and debit cards, through new changes to automatically upload replacement cards for those that are lost onto customers' smart phones.

Secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson called U.S. intelligence findings of Russian interference in the presidential election "troubling" on Wednesday.

Record low insurance premiums for small businesses, particularly tradies, are creating a drag on earnings for big insurers

A mother wants her daughter's former boyfriend jailed for supplying the ecstasy pills that it's believed killed her.

Greg Kasarik is a drug user who is probably too honest for his own good.

A parliamentary working party on marriage equality wants a blanket exemption for non-religious celebrants removed from draft federal legislation

The evidence which the Crown said pointed to Robert Xie's guilt