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Leaked internal polling shows the WA government is in a "far worse" position than published surveys which point to a loss and the preference deal with One Nation is to blame.

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US President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order on Monday banning citizens from six Muslim-majority nations from travelling to the United States

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Such a new strategy would make it "difficult for Japan to shoot down four missiles all at the same time", said one analyst.

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First, the new order takes effect in 10 days rather than immediately.

If a surgery is botched, a patient's medication mixed up, a baby switched at birth or an inpatient takes their own life, the federal government will no longer foot the bill.

Expelled from Malaysia, North Korea's ambassador packed a television set into his luggage and flew home on Monday.

* Israeli media say Netanyahu to be questioned for 4th time

The loudest, clearest, proponents of a reduction in penalty rates take a different view about their own leisure time.

Donald Trump explodes, simmers with rage and upbraids his staff as he enters week seven of his presidency enmeshed in controversy while struggling to make good on his campaign promises.

A website purporting to be operated by a new Sydney council has been taken down.

The federal government will spend billions of dollars on Western Sydney in the years ahead, with a focus on local jobs, new roads and rail links and environmental planning as part of a  "city deal" to be finalised later this year.

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is considering a proposal for a major restructuring of the federal government that would create a US-style Department of Homeland Security.

It's a shame LNP party elders and the electors of Redcliffe never checked Scott Driscoll's bona fides with Amy Ellingworth.

Penrith Panthers general manager Phil Gould has said the club was unaware of a $50,000 abortion pay-off made by Bryce Cartwright to a woman who claimed to be carrying his child.

It might be just another game for one of Brisbane's new faces but the club captain says there's no reason why Friday night won't produce yet another masterpiece between the Broncos and Cowboys.

Kurtley Beale has a big decision to make and Michael Cheika appears to have just upped the stakes.

Melbourne owner Andrew Cox is confident the Rebels aren't on the Super Rugby chopping block, saying the Australian Rugby Union can't afford to cut them.

Banging pots in anger, several hundred people in Paris are protesting corruption in French politics as the two leading presidential candidates face legal investigations.

Billionaire Gina Rinehart has expanded her footprint in the agricultural sector, buying another cattle station in the Northern Territory.

The Dutch election is wide open going into the last full week of campaigning.

A Melbourne father-of-two and tech professional who died on Mount Everest last week has been remembered as "truly one of a kind".

Electric-powered buses almost 30 metres in length could move Brisbane commuters in the new "metro" service that Brisbane City Council announced on Saturday as their new people mover.

The sensitive topics of Papua and the impact of the worst oil spill in the history of Australia's offshore petroleum fields have been raised in talks with Foreign Minister Julie Bishop in Indonesia.

The Gabba has passed its first test as a music venue and superstar, Beyoncé has been suggested as possibly filling Brisbane's newest music venue, Sports Minister Mick de Brenni said on Monday night.

Rather than dwell on the refereeing, Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart wants his players to be better.

Ros Welch and Angela Bakker met through the arts but, for us, they have a food link.

Calvary Hospital is recording Canberra's alcohol hotspots and how much booze emergency patients are drinking in a groundbreaking trial aimed at curbing alcohol-fuelled violence.

Stirling Mortlock praised Laurie Fisher but says the ACT Brumbies must look forward in search of a new coach.

The Wests Tigers have made the stunning admission that they tried to 'look after' Greg Inglis as he battled through what turned out to be a season-ending knee injury last Friday night.

A man has been found dead inside a home west of Brisbane.

All trains between Central and Fortitude Valley stations are experiencing delays on Monday afternoon after a communication blackout.

More than half the world's turtles and two-thirds of some bird species along Australia's east coast are being found to have ingested plastics as the toll from pollution mounts.

A Washington swamp Trump won't drain: professional liars whose job is to sway public policy.

Those who think it's terrible that a government agency asked Aussie's cafe to pay more rent are advocating cronyism.

Daniel Wells looks all but certain to miss round one after being ruled out of Saturday's final pre-season hit-out against Richmond due to an ongoing calf issue.

A Canberra woman allegedly choked and beat her lesbian partner so brutally she coughed up blood during a violent four-day ordeal.

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NSW police told a Deniliquin woman whose grandchildren had been snatched by their mother on Thursday morning that she should contact their Victorian counterparts in Echuca, her lawyer has claimed.

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The former chairman of the NSW Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority has alluded to a potentially dangerous prospect for Crown Resorts.

A man who fatally crashed his mini-motorbike into a woman on a pedestrian crossing was out in the community on bail for nine months despite drink-driving in breach of his bail conditions, in can be revealed.

Foreign Minister has claimed Joko Widodo never suggested joint patrols and she had been told he was referring to cooperation on freedom of overflight and navigation.

It could have once been a stretch of the imagination of Queensland Bauxite shareholders to think that they could be treated to crop updates from the Northern NSW hippie paradise of Nimbin.

Germany accused of behaving as in Nazi times in cancelling political meetings of resident Turks that were due to be addressed by Turkish officials.

A man could serve up to six years in jail for the one-punch death of a Queensland grandfather.

Allegations that an unknown number of potential Marines, as well as current and former service members, shared compromising photos of colleagues on social media.

The Gatwick Hotel has consistently provided a kind of safety net for Geza over the years. Despite several stints in jail he could find a room there when his criminal record barred him from other rental properties.

Canberra Raiders on track for biggest first-up home crowd in 15 years as code war heats up.

The AFL's new ruck rule change is likely to get a further change before this week's games with a tweak of the rule that would see play on called when a player is inadvertently hit by the ball at a boundary throw in put to clubs.

For the first time in the state's history, the Western Australian Electoral Commission have introduced a new method of voting which allows people to cast their ballot online.