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A Queensland town struggling with water buybacks has opted for a dramatic change in tack as it fights for its future.

A 49-year-old man is sentenced to four-and-a-half years' jail for a sex attack on a young girl in public toilets at a suburban Perth oval 11 years ago.

Last year children spent an average of 12 hours a week online, compared to 10.5 hours spent in front of the TV, according to a survey of Australian kids aged six to 13.

All but one processor sign on to the dairy industry code; ACCC conducts first Victoria hearing into the dairy industry; calls for fat tax and fruit and vegetable subsidy; Gippsland abattoir not paying it's suppliers; bushfire information; water allocation for Murray River irrigators; Ruralco acquires several irrigation businesses; CSIRO has found that Australia's average wheat yield did not increase from 1990 to 2015

The RSPCA threatens to walk out of developing new poultry standards unless the phasing out of caged eggs is considered.

Thirteen young Sydneysiders facing issues including homelessness and substance abuse join Mission Australia's Sounds of the Street program to shake off their demons and record their own album titled Mess.

Australia's iconic penguin-protecting dog Oddball, who inspired a movie of the same name, has died at the age of 15.

All but one processor sign on to the dairy industry code; ACCC conducts first Victoria hearing into the dairy industry; calls for fat tax and fruit and vegetable subsidy; Gippsland abattoir not paying it's suppliers; bushfire information; water allocation for Murray River irrigators; Ruralco acquires several irrigation businesses; CSIRO has found that Australia's average wheat yield did not increase from 1990 to 2015

A ban on the sale of takeaway full-strength beer and pre-mixed alcohol is part of a raft of new restrictions being sought by police in Port Hedland.

Carparks may not be the most appealing of places, although those familiar with one in Canberra might beg to differ.

A study of the brains of former football players raises concerns about the potential risk of dementia.

Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove praises the courage of Australia's veterans and prisoners of war during a commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the seminal moment when Singapore fell to the Japanese in 1942.

A Hobart jury takes less than two hours to find Klaus Dieter Neubert, 74, guilty of murdering his estranged wife Olga as she sat in a car on a busy Hobart road.

One Nation candidates in the WA election are threatening to disobey their own party on the controversial preference deal struck with the Liberal Party.

Ruralco has announced a new suite of acquisitions, including Irrigation Tasmania, Mildura Irrigation Centre and River Rain in South Australia.

Potato farmers in Tasmania have been asked to remain vigilant after the first ever incursion of tomato and potato psyllid into Australia.

Some farmers in the state's north west say they have not been adequately consulted about Tasmanian irrigation infrastructure being built on their private land.

The state government has approved a mining lease for Columbus Metals Limited, a subsidiary of ASX listed Stellar Resources, for a tin mine near Zeehan.

A call by a Tasmanian young Liberal supporter group to banish poker machines wins rare praise from an arch political rival — but also a distancing from the Liberal Party.

The US Office of Government Ethics says the White House should consider disciplinary action against presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway for appearing to violate government ethics rules by publicly endorsing Ivanka Trump products.

In this update: The Australian share market is making solid gains and also investors digest earning reports and bank shares rally; The Commonwealth bank has announced a half year net profit of 4.9 billion dollars for the six months to the end of December; The Chief Executive of the broadcasting and publishing group Seven West Media has acknowledged his affair with a former employee during a presentation on the Company's profit result.

IN THIS UPDATE; AUSTRALIA ARRIVES IN INDIA FOR THE FOUR TEST SERIES.
MIKE FITZPATRICK STEPS DOWN AS AFL CHAIRMAN.
AND PARIS ST GERMAIN THUMP BARCELONA

IN THIS UPDATE; AUSTRALIA ARRIVES IN INDIA FOR THE FOUR TEST SERIES.
MIKE FITZPATRICK STEPS DOWN AS AFL CHAIRMAN.
AND PARIS ST GERMAIN THUMP BARCELONA

Central Queensland off-road racer Billy Geddes competing in the 2012 Finke Desert Race.

A grazier and quarry owner trades in his quiet life to compete in some of the United States' roughest off-road races.

Farmers, residents and conservationists on Queensland's Sunshine Coast say they are receiving contradictory information about plans for a multimillion-dollar land sale.

Once it's fully operational, the NDIS will be one of the biggest Government-funded program after Medicare. But where will those funds come from?

A recent IS video threatening three Muslim leaders is condemned by the Australian National Imams Council, which it says proves the terrorist group is not representative of their Islamic faith.