Australia

The Southern Stars fall eight runs short of New Zealand's revised total after the Aussies lose three wickets in the final over of their chase.

Dan Vickerman, a veteran of 63 Tests for the Wallabies, dies aged 37.

Captain Erin Phillips' long-range goal gives Adelaide a thrilling three-point win over Carlton and keeps the Crows' unbeaten streak going.

Federal sports minister Greg Hunt says a government inquiry into the Essendon doping saga is possible after the 'Justice for the 34' group presented him with new information.

ANZ's move to cut credit card interest rates by up to 2 per cent is cold comfort for the bank's customers, Choice says.

Survivors and veterans of the Bombing of Darwin 75 years ago have been honoured for their role in preserving freedom and rebuilding peace.

Brumbies co-captain Christian Lealiifano reveals he is in remission after a successful bone marrow transplant, and is targeting a return to rugby.

The NSW Rural Fire Service releases the final damage toll for the Carwoola fire, saying 11 homes were destroyed and 12 damaged.

When residents returned to the Carwoola fire ground, what they found there was a landscape transformed.

More than 12,000 insurance claims are lodged following the hailstorm that hammered parts of Sydney and Wollongong on Saturday.

Police charge a man with the murder of his partner, who was fatally stabbed overnight in Sydney's west.

The NSW Rural Fire Service releases the final damage toll for the Carwoola fire, saying 11 homes were destroyed and 12 damaged.

A 15-year-old is arrested over a home invasion and an assault on an 87-year-old woman in Alice Springs.

Three men in Kakadu National Park are lucky to have emerged unharmed after their small boat overturned in crocodile-inhabited waters, forcing two of them to swim across the South Alligator River, police say.

Survivors and veterans of the Bombing of Darwin 75 years ago have been honoured for their role in preserving freedom and rebuilding peace.

An overnight update to Suncorp Bank's mobile app causes some customer accounts to show incorrect amounts.

A Queensland man bitten on the leg by a shark remains in a critical but stable condition following emergency surgery.

The Towitta murder mystery that took place in regional SA during 1902 gripped the nation, and the case remains as compelling as ever 100 years later.

Captain Erin Phillips' long-range goal gives Adelaide a thrilling three-point win over Carlton and keeps the Crows' unbeaten streak going.

Boutique arts and music events in South Australia face what organisers say can be a "complex regulatory environment".

Nostalgic athletes from around Australia descend on Evandale for the National Penny-Farthing Championships.

The State Government moves to ban super trawlers from Tasmanian waters and wants the Federal Government to follow suit.

The garden former Hobart home of the father of Australian landscape painting John Glover is open to celebrate his 250th birthday.

The Southern Stars fall eight runs short of New Zealand's revised total after the Aussies lose three wickets in the final over of their chase.

The Victorian Government launches a multi-million-dollar campaign to counter racist attacks, abuse and discrimination.

Federal sports minister Greg Hunt says a government inquiry into the Essendon doping saga is possible after the 'Justice for the 34' group presented him with new information.

Labor pledges local jobs while the Liberal Party emphasises its political record, as the parties make their formal pitches for WA's vote.

Police believe a 20-year-old man whose body was recovered from the ocean this morning north of the Western Australian town of Augusta may have fallen off rocks.

Police in Western Australia's north are concerned about an increase in children committing sexual assaults, a trend child advocates say is being seen nationally.