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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has confessed on Australia Day that he's not much of a cricketer. Read more
Former Crowded House and Split Enz frontman Neil Finn is to open the Adelaide Festival with a free concert. Read more
Aboriginal activists have blocked the Australia Day parade in Adelaide. Read more
Two people are dead after a plane stalled and crash landed into the Swan River in Perth during Australia Day celebrations. Read more
A girl is in a critical condition after a ute driven by a 16-year-old flipped in regional Victoria with eight teens in the back. Read more
Donald Trump's plans for "safe zones" for refugees in Syria has sparked a warning from Russia. Read more
US President Donald Trump and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe are preparing to hold a summit in Washington in February. Read more
Stone and Wood's Pacific Ale has topped the 'hottest 100' for Australia's craft beers after a public vote involving more than 1600 brews. Read more
An emergency warning has been issued for a bushfire that started in Gwindinup and is burning towards Argyle and Donnybrook in WA's South West region. Read more
Both sides of politics have admonished the City of Fremantle for bumping its Australia Day festivities by two days but the move has been welcomed by some. Read more
The Queensland government has released Australia's first clinical guidelines for medicinal cannabis. Read more
The death toll from an avalanche that buried an Italian hotel stands at 29 after the last bodies were recovered. Read more
A flag was set alight and a protester has compared Australia Day to celebrating the bombing of Hiroshima, during otherwise uneventful protests on Thursday. Read more
A woman has fallen from a waterfall in Victoria's alpine region and suffered serious head injuries. Read more
WA Labor leader Mark McGowan says the use of an old navy photo in his campaign material is no big deal but he won't be doing Andrew Hastie-style billboards. Read more
A passer-by has discovered a man's body at the base of a cliff in Clovelly in Sydney's east. Read more
Chris Hasson's photos of his 10-year-old son Eden unknowingly surfing with a shark at a Port Stephens beach have gone global. Read more
All 15 inmates who escaped from a Victorian youth prison are again behind bars as the government promises the system will be overhauled. Read more
Australia Day 2017 has been a mix of celebrations and protests as the nation marked the First Fleet's arrival from England 229 years ago. Read more
A man and a woman have suffered serious burns linked to a gas bottle north of Cairns with police treating the matter as suspicious. Read more
After ringing in the Year of the Rooster in a blaze of auspicious red on Friday you won't want to lose your luck by cleaning the house or washing your hair. Read more
Chinese New Year festivities are expected to be a $671 million boon for the Australia economy - with the biggest celebration to be held in Sydney. Read more
A man is due to face court charged with raping two boys with another man at a business in Sydney in the 1980s. Read more
Donald Trump is set to clamp down on immigration and border security in a move that threatens Australia's refugee resettlement deal with the US. Read more
Two girls, aged 11 and 12, were indecently dealt with by a man walking a dog in a Perth park after he struck up a conversation, sparking a police hunt. Read more
Stocks of interest on the Australian share market Read more
The Australian Workers Union has elected Dan Walton as its new national secretary. Read more
A policeman has faced court accused of sexually abusing four boys while he was a teacher at a Catholic college in Perth during the 1980s. Read more
A second north Queensland police officer has been charged for allegedly using a Taser while off-duty. Read more
Seven youths who escaped from a Victorian youth detention centre remain on the run. Read more
Aussies are using more electricity this month than they did last year, with the largest increases in Queensland and NSW. Read more
A man has appeared in court accused of indecently assaulting three girls on one day at Kiama's rock pool. Read more
An Australian study has found lithium to be better at protecting the brains of bipolar patients than that of a newer and more popular antipsychotic drug. Read more
Corporate fraud lifted by 16 per cent in just six months, a survey shows, as businesses are urged to be vigilant. Read more
The ACTU has called on the Turnbull government to overhaul the tax system and borrow more money for infrastructure to boost the economy. Read more
Australian of the Year finalist Deng Adut has spoken of his mixed emotions in the lead-up to the announcement of the award. Read more
A Queensland pilot has appeared in court accused of endangering the lives of passengers after he allegedly tampered with multiple plane engines. Read more
Independent MP Billy Gordon says he's "sickened" by a Queensland government decision to appeal a court judgment against police over the Palm Island riots. Read more
A man has faced court charged over the death of his nine-year-old son in a jet ski crash at a lake in outback Queensland. Read more
Sydney masseur Anthony Theodosiou has concocted a story about a female patient inviting his intimate touches, a prosecutor has told a jury. Read more
