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There are reports homes have been lost in a fast-moving, out-of-control grassfire burning near Queanbeyan in southern New South Wales.
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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson and new Queensland recruit Steve Dickson are interrupted during a media conference at a Sunshine Coast shopping centre and told to leave the "private property".
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A potentially lethal drug that can "bring down elephants" and is 10,000 times more potent than morphine is discovered at a Brisbane mail centre, sparking urgent police warnings.
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The Bureau of Meteorology says Queensland may see its first cyclone of the season, to be named Alfred, form in the Gulf of Carpentaria on Sunday.
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Retired Vice-Admiral Robert Harward, believed to be favoured by Donald Trump to replace the ousted Michael Flynn as national security adviser, turns the job down due to a "personal issue".
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Russia, Hillary Clinton, Michael Flynn and fake news. Donald Trump's aggressive media conference was wide-ranging — here's some of the key things he touched on.
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Accidental carbon monoxide poisoning is suspected as the cause of death for three family members found dead at the bottom of a concrete water tank in the New South Wales Southern Tablelands, police say.
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Former Queensland premier Anna Bligh is appointed as CEO of the Australian Bankers' Association, an industry group representing 25 banks across the country.
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The housing affordability debate is increasingly becoming the home of dangerous ideas that would do little to help first home buyers and much to destroy the Australian economy, writes Michael Janda.
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George Christensen reportedly threatens to quit the Coalition, citing Federal Government inaction in a dispute between a foreign-owned sugar mill and cane growers in his north Queensland electorate.
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Severe thunderstorms hit greater Sydney, with damaging winds and two-centimetre hailstones reported in Penrith.
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Sydney doctor Elizabeth Oliver was taken aback when a patient of hers said she earned "easy money". Now she has laid out her case for why she is worth more than the $37 the "frozen" Medicare rebate provides.
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Patients are getting stuck in emergency rooms and elective surgery wait times are the longest they have been in 15 years, an Australian Medical Association report shows, labelling the system virtually stagnant and "woeful".
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A new $10 note design is unveiled by the Reserve Bank of Australia, featuring similar characteristics to the $5 note released in September.
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As a child, former AFL player Daniel Motlop snacked on the backsides of green ants. Today he's working with an Adelaide Hills distiller to hero the "little packets of flavour" in a new variety of gin.
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It will likely be 18 months before the man accused of the deadly Bourke Street rampage faces a Supreme Court trial, with prosecutors telling the court there are more than 1,000 witnesses.
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A legal challenge by Uber that would have seen its drivers exempt from paying GST has failed after a Federal Court ruled they were a "taxi" service.
