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Melbourne's Bourke Street rampage attack has already claimed five lives, but there are fears this grim toll could rise, with six people remaining in a critical condition as a mass of flowers grew near the scene of the tragedy.

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Water police are searching for a 60-year-old man who has gone missing while diving.

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Got any expired gifts card lying around? If so, gather them up and prepare for an adventure.

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The Victoria Police restrictive pursuit policy will again come under a microscope after police tailed alleged killer Dimitrios "James" Gargasoulas for hours before the Bourke Street rampage.

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The Turnbull government is making further moves toward establishing a government backed-bond vehicle for affordable housing as Treasurer Scott Morrison heads to Britain to seek guidance on Australia's housing affordability crisis and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull prioritises the issue.

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A 10-year-old girl killed in Friday's Bourke Street car rampage was a student at a private Jewish school in St Kilda East.

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Detectives investigating the vicious murder of Prabha Kumar have travelled to India to interview her husband and relatives in the latest development in the unsolved homicide case. 

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When devastating crimes, like Friday's mass killing in Melbourne shatter our sense of public safety, the immediate response is to ask "why"?

No, they're not related, but these two girls have plenty in common.

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Gladys Berejiklian is reviewing some of the Baird government's most contentious policies as part of a "reset" towards the 2019 state election.

​A man recovering from surgery after being shot by police in a Gold Coast apartment basement is expected to be charged with several offences.

The two teenagers had just attended a church gathering when they heard tyres screeching near Flinders Street station.

Meet the man who gives women hope of having a family, when other specialists said nothing more could be done and all seemed lost.

Analysts find value in smaller players, despite a rough few months for the sector.

The last time Paul Antaw's family saw him he was on his way to the Sydney CBD to stay with friends.

Firefighters have worked to extinguish a blaze south of Tharwa on Sunday afternoon, the Emergency Services Agency said.

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Trump's inaugural speech has dashed Republican hopes for a more traditional agenda, daring his own party to resist the populist tide.

Investors to be wary of recently listed companies since they are oftenj priced to perfection, one fund manager has warned

A tsunami warning has been issued after a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Sunday afternoon.

An new exhibition will highlight the fascinating lives of gladiators and ancient Rome.

Mark Kulkens' jaw tightens and he feels a tremor in his chest as he describes the images of a city in crisis.

A Queensland man is in custody after he allegedly threatened a woman at a petrol station with a gun and struck a police officer with a stolen vehicle.

A woman has been filmed banging furiously on the windows of a car and shouting at a woman wearing a niqab sitting inside, "Why you wearing a mask?"

It is due to be wet and hot in the capital this week with tops of 35 degrees forecast on Monday and Tuesday.

Families with newborns have been evacuated from the maternity ward along with a number of other patients at St John of God Hospital after a fire broke out on Sunday afternoon - the second at the Mount Lawley hospital in a matter of months.

Raiders prop Shannon Boyd labels Dave Taylor "quite a big human".

A program begun in the US links local businesses with students in an effort to foster employment in science, technology and engineering, but critics say there is a lack of evidence that it works.

Australian shares are set to rise 0.5 per cent on Monday, futures show, the first session of the Trump era.

The Justice Department has issued a fresh opinion declaring that Jared Kushner's appointment does not violate federal anti-nepotism laws.

The AFL are seriously considering moving the women's season opener between Carlton and Collingwood from Olympic Park to the Blues' famed home Princes Park.

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The self-proclaimed counterpuncher woke from his first sleep at the White House to find the streets of the capital flooded with people protesting against him.

A man will face court next month charged over a fire that destroyed a house in Brisbane's northside.

Victoria's beleagured mental health system will face scrutiny from a coronial investigation into the deadly rampage in Melbourne's CBD last week, amid claims the tragedy could have been avoided if Dimitrious Gargasoulas' apparent mental health issues had been treated earlier.

(Bloomberg) -- OPEC and Russia said they are ahead of schedule implementing their historic agreement to curb oil output and boost prices.

The initiative to force Jammeh out could set a precedent in a region where democracy advocates have spent decades pressing for fair elections.

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Premier Daniel Andrews has stopped short of announcing changes to bail laws in the wake of the Bourke Street tragedy but promised to make changes where needed, with resources and cost not an issue.

For a little girl who had just survived an extraordinary ordeal, trapped for two days beneath snow, ice and rock, it was a disarmingly ordinary question.

Australia's national leaders have joined the sombre memorial for victims of the Bourke St rampage, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull declaring all Australians stood in solidarity with mourners.

A car bomb exploded late on Saturday close to the recently reopened Italian embassy in the Libyan capital, a security official said.

Inauguration met with a tidal wave of protest, with hundreds of thousands flooding Washington DC and huge crowds in other cities across the United States.

Reclaim Australia is planning an Australia Day rally in Fremantle to protest against the local council's cancellation of the traditional Australia Day celebrations.

Axiom Mining not daunted by recent upheaval in the nickel as Indonesia has eased export bans while the Philippines ramps up moves to force some producers to close.

Tasmania is well-established as a producer of fine wine, craft beer, wagyu beef and endangered marsupials. But rugby players? 

A WA Lotto player should shout his mates and families drinks this Australia Day after snaffling a cool $2 million after becoming the state's latest division one winner.

The state government has launched a fundraiser to assist the families of those killed during Friday's rampage at Bourke Street Mall. 

More used to marching penguins, it was a different kind of movement that swept across one of the most remote places on the planet in recent hours.

He is always smiling, loves fashion and is adored by his friends.

A four-metre bull shark is believed to be the animal which mauled a scuba diver on Saturday afternoon.

Hundreds of Dunsborough residents have hit the streets again to protest against another petrol station to be built in the heart of South-West town.