Australia

The Government looks set to unwind the Medicare rebate freeze on general practice and specialist visits in the May budget.

Are you anticipating a 4-0 walloping at the hands of India? Or pining for the unlikeliest of Test series wins? Either way, here's how to react in anticipation of every series eventuality.

Australia's media has long had an appetite for crime figures. Now the story of "the mother of all crime gangs", Ellen Kelly, has been unearthed.

Volkswagen is accused of pressuring drivers to accept a software upgrade for vehicles implicated in the global emissions scandal.

Sydney FC coach Graham Arnold says the obscene banner showed by Wanderers fans has no place in Australian sport, adding his family were upset by the image.

An Australian model and his skateboarding friend are hailed as heroes in New York after they save seven teenagers who fell through ice in Central Park.

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Wildlife carers are expecting hundreds of injured kangaroos from the Carwoola blaze over the coming weeks.

A woman who was defrauded of $25,000 by a Canberra lawyer representing her son says she "ran herself into the ground" to afford the dishonest fees.

Sydney FC coach Graham Arnold says the obscene banner showed by Wanderers fans has no place in Australian sport, adding his family were upset by the image.

Many Sydneysiders were shocked to hear about Egg the pug's alleged kidnapping at knifepoint but his owner may have falsified the circumstances.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian asks the Liberal Party to look into the affairs of one of her newly appointed ministers, Ray Williams.

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The federal Attorney-General approves the prosecution launched against protesters who broke into top-secret military base, Pine Gap.

The industry is calling for greater transparency over the Government's handling of legacy mine levy funds.

A day in the life of one of Australia's best pet photographers involves patience, pet food and the ability to talk to animals.

He's been on extended overseas holidays and had medical conditions, and now lawyers say they're fed up with Clive Mensink's "excuses".

Manny Pacquiao's adviser says Jeff Horn is one of a number of boxing candidates for the Filipino's next fight.

A desert site at the top of Spencer Gulf in South Australia is perfect for a pumped hydro venture, EnergyAustralia says.

Food and drink prices at Adelaide Oval remain at "ridiculous" prices despite requests by South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill last year to keep prices down.

Police have seized cars, computers, phones, and loose change belonging to people suspected of working in the sex industry, an SA parliamentary committee hears.

Tasmania boasts some public loos with amazing views ... you just have to work pretty hard to get there.

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Liberals and Greens attack Labor's policy on salmon farming.

Sydney FC coach Graham Arnold says the obscene banner showed by Wanderers fans has no place in Australian sport, adding his family were upset by the image.

A Texas man who was killed when a plane crashed into a Melbourne shopping centre is remembered as a golf-loving "lawyer's lawyer" who was enjoying his retirement.

A Melbourne man lauded for services to the Macedonian community is charged with serious drugs offences and is being pursued over millions of dollars missing from a charity he helped found.

Perth-based mining company Fortescue Metals Group posts a big jump in profit to US$1.2 billion for the six months to the end of December.

The family of a Victorian pearl diver who died off WA's north-west coast welcomes the scheduling of an inquest five years on, saying lives continue to be put at risk.

WA's struggling economy and high level of debt is likely to dominate tonight's leaders' debate, with Opposition Leader Mark McGowan considered the frontrunner.