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US President-elect Donald Trump said pharmaceutical companies were "getting away with murder" in what they charged the government for medicines, and promised that would change, sending drugs stocks sharply lower on Wednesday.

• 4 mins ago

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

• BREAKING
• 5 mins ago

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

• 9 mins ago

A WA drug dealer has been jailed for 22 years after murdering and dismembering his mate over a debt.

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The jury in the retrial of Robert Xie has said they are unable to reach a unanimous verdict after eight days of deliberations, prompting Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Fullerton to issue a direction requiring them to reconsider the issues.

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An Australian father and his young daughter who sailed into a fishing harbour on the NSW south coast after weeks at sea on a small home-made catamaran may have been in the country for several days until they were recognised from missing person's posters, according gto a child recovery expert.

• 17 mins ago

Feel unsure how to refer to trans and gender diverse people? You're not alone, but this new guide might help.

• 29 mins ago

Fresh from a year that delivered major political shocks and proved tougher than expected, Australian business leaders are taking a cautious approach to 2017.

• 30 mins ago

Another out-of-control bushfire is threatening homes in the Perth Hills.

• 32 mins ago

Men armed with machetes and sledgehammers have robbed a jewellery store in Melbourne's east.

• 41 mins ago

Police have clashed with protesters at the Roe 8 building site, after the fences guarding the area had been pushed down, a woman set up in a tree platform and more people chaining themselves to machinery.

• COMMENT
• 41 mins ago

It's the double whammy that worries economists, that Trump's populist pose assigns less value to economic expertise, while also creating the conditions under which it's most likely to be needed.

• 48 mins ago

Two northbound lanes have reopened on the Pacific Motorway at Coomera after a serious traffic incident.

• 49 mins ago

Cars have been stolen by two violent gangs during late-night attacks in ritzy bayside suburbs.

• ANALYSIS
• 54 mins ago

There was anticipation about which Trump would appear before the hacks. Alas, those expecting the worst weren't disappointed.

• 58 mins ago

Taxpayers picked up the bill for a $4000 five star "working dinner" that included seven bottles of fine wine hosted by Immigration Minister Peter Dutton at a prestigious luxury hotel in Washington D.C.

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Dreamworld has opened another two rides as its slow recovery from October's tragic Thunder Rapids disaster, which claimed four lives.

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has repeated threats to kill municipal mayors involved in drugs as the number of Filipinos killed in his deadly crackdown tops 6200.

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Queenslanders are being urged to be on the lookout for a "wee problem" as a heatwave grips parts of the state.

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Former senator Rodney Culleton has mounted an eleventh-hour effort to save his parliamentary career, seeking to appeal a Federal Court decision that rendered him bankrupt and demanding Senate President Stephen Parry immediately withdraw his declaration of a vacancy.

• 1 hr ago

Almost 330,000 pensioners 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.

• Live
• 1 hr ago

Industrials and energy stocks push the ASX higher, while the Aussie dollar is a winner following Donald Trump's first press conference since his election.

A courthouse in Melbourne's south-east has been evacuated after an unspecified threat.

St Kilda veteran Leigh Montagna has anointed the unassuming Jarryn Geary as the "front runner" to become the Saints' next captain.

Industry group has dropped all references to Australia Day amid growing calls to change its date.

Home owners are being urged to check their evaporative coolers after the devices caused house fires at four properties in outer Melbourne suburbs over the weekend.the weekend.

The police should be collecting and publishing information on the racial profile of suspects who are stopped and questioned, according to the Liberal candidate for the plum seat of Brighton.

Shares in troubled Bellamy's have lost further ground on broker downgrades after the baby formula supplier on Wednesday confirmed chief executive Laura McBain would leave the company and warned of lower annual earnings.

Shane and Sharon have made the list for top baby names in Victoria. Just kidding. That was 50 years ago.

A 10-year-old boy has died after the car he was travelling in veered off the road, hit a drainage channel, and rolled in the Goldfields on Wednesday night.

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

Our pick of what to do around Canberra this weekend.

A Queensland police officer has been fined and disqualified from driving after she was caught drink driving while off duty on Boxing Day.

The travel plans of hundreds of Australian holidaymakers are uncertain with Tigerair cancelling all flights in and out of Bali.

A former MI6 officer who produced a dossier making lurid allegations about Donald Trump is "terrified for his safety" after he was unmasked by an American publication.

Industry group has dropped all references to Australia Day amid growing calls to change its date.

Police believe they have found the human remains of a killer who sparked a major police hunt after fleeing a Claremont psychiatric hostel in 2014.

A fire swept through a group of factories in Melbourne's west overnight, destroying a jumping castle hire company and causing damage to at least two other businesses.

Tigerair has been forced to cancel more of its Bali flights as it continues to work with the Indonesian Government to comply with new administrative guidelines.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has sidestepped talk about a preference deal with the Liberal National Party at the upcoming Queensland election, saying she's confident the party can win government in its own right.

Authorities are searching for a rogue quokka spotted at a Canningvale waste facility after escaping Rottnest Island on a rubbish barge.

About 1000 people have been evacuated in the northern Argentine province of Jujuy after intense rains caused a mudslide that killed two women and injured at least five other people.

A Movie World roller-coaster remains closed after 20 people were left stranded after the ride stopped on Wednesday.

The last straw for Daniel Saffioti came in 2014 when NBN installed a fibre pillar right in front of his house – but refused to connect him.

Around 25,000 homes are without power in Perth and parts of the South West after light rain and dust on the insulators caused a massive power outage.

A de-registered builder that failed to finish work on a number of Perth homes, has been fined almost $20,000 after submitting a forged document to State Administrative Tribunal which contained information about a contract that didn't exist.

A second man has been charged following a hit-and-run incident that left a man dead on the Gold Coast on Boxing Day.

A man charged over the alleged torture and armed robbery of another man on the Gold Coast last week has been granted bail.

One of the men accused of kidnapping the son of motor racing champion Gregg Hansford has pleaded guilty to extortion and other charges.