• 2 mins ago

Eastern suburbs socialite Elizabeth "Lizzie" Buttrose has had allegations she threatened to injure her son dismissed during a brief court appearance.

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A man and a woman who were woken by three balaclava-clad men who broke their Canberra apartment, assaulting the pair and fleeing the scene, have recovered.

• 8 mins ago

Jadon Wilder's offer was simple - inviting anyone going through a rough patch to drop a line with him on his boat. He couldn't have predicted the heartfelt responses his offer received.

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Up to 100 more public servants to be axed at troubled agency.

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Wests Tigers have sacked coach Jason Taylor a day after their 46-6 defeat to the Raiders in Canberra.

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The impact of class size on education quality is a highly contested issue in Australia. Smaller class sizes tend to be popular with teachers, education unions and parents.

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The much-awaited public transport link to Canberra Airport started on Monday morning.

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The vote will be key to the future of Asia's newest democracy amid concerns the half-island nation's oil and gas revenues are rapidly running dry.

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A West Australian Coles supermarket manager has been slammed by the retail workers union after asking staff to work for four hours on a Sunday without pay to clear a storeroom.

• 30 mins ago

Three specialist beehives are being installed in Canberra as part of efforts to boost bee populations in Australia.

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• 31 mins ago

Blunder has hit exposed the mobile phone number of hundreds of federal politicians, their staffers and even former prime ministers.

• 31 mins ago

The police officer was taken to hospital in a serious condition after being hit by an oncoming car.

• 32 mins ago

A record wheat crop is expected to add half a percent to Australia's economic growth this year.

• 40 mins ago

The receivers of collapsed electronics chain Dick Smith have launched legal action against eight directors and executives.

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Three NRL clubs are facing fines totalling $350,000 after being issues with breach notices relating to head injuries at the weekend.

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Employers and union officials now face up to ten years' jail and companies will be fined as much as $4.5 million if they give or receive secret payments designed to corrupt a union official.

• 54 mins ago

An 83-year-old man was injured when an alleged thief broke into his home early Monday morning and demanded money.

• 56 mins ago

A defence barrister has sought to question the memory of the man who has accused his former Catholic school teacher of sexually abusing him while at Daramalan College in the 1980s.

• 57 mins ago

What would happen if Christ came to Canberra to make his way to Mount Ainslie – what would we witness, feel and experience? That was the prompt for this art exhibition.

• 57 mins ago

Former minister Jane Garret has failed to rule out a tilt at the Labor leadership in the future, as she revealed how community support had given her strength to battle breast cancer.

• 59 mins ago

This exhibition at Photoaccess by 19 artists explores relationships between the organic and the technological in the tending of the earth.

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Arizona police have arrested four suspects in an apparently anti-Semitic act of vandalism that made headlines across the US in December.

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Shares in New Zealand's biggest listed construction company fell 12 per cent after it cut its earnings guidance.

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Mount Buller and Mount Stirling ski resort senior management spent more than $85,000 of public money on international family travel, entertaining friends and staff bonuses and prizes, an investigation by the state's probity watchdog has found.

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The five-year-old daughter of a man accused of stabbing his wife to death at their Gordon home saw her father stand on top of her mother on their bed as he brandished a knife, the girl's aunt has told a court.

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The pager message of June 2, 1995 read: "Hi Gordy, it's 5.30pm. Call me at home when you get a chance. Love your sick chicky babe."

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Former WA Treasurer Mike Nahan might be less than 24-hours away from becoming Liberal leader, but already a number of senior party insiders said he won't lead the party to the next election.

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A Queensland teenager who acted on a foolish boast to swim in a croc-infested river seems to have learnt his lesson, vowing he won't try the dangerous stunt again.

• 1 hr ago

A man accused of murdering a woman in a Kew apartment eight months ago has also been charged with assaulting and robbing a man of the drug ice about a week before the woman's death, according to court papers.

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Collingwood knew they'd be tested by the Western Bulldogs on Friday night, but unfortunately for Nathan Buckley the canine-related trouble started a weekend early.

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A 20-year-old man has been charged over the death of a woman in Broome on Saturday.

The mercury barely dipped below 20 degrees overnight in Melbourne and the pain is set to continue throughout Monday with the humidity high, thunderstorms looming and another warm night ahead.

A gourmet food distribution business in Perth has been accused of discriminating against an employee by telling her to quit after she became pregnant with her second child.

A midwife ignored a Queensland mother's request for a caesarean because "women say a lot of things when they're distressed with pain", an inquest has heard.

Rebels launched a major offensive that brought them close to the heart of the Old City of Damascus, and government forces responded with intense bombardments of rebel-held areas.

A Sydney mother is honouring her daughter's last wish to highlight the need for Australia's first dedicated hospice for adolescents and young adults – By hoping to raise funds from the sale of her award winning images.

Australia's starkly sex-segregated workforce will remain that way for at least another decade, as young men and women defy expectations and increasingly self-select into traditionally gendered fields of study.

Turf experts rule that the Gabba is unsafe for a game to be played on after concert damage.

In an "abundance of caution", Regional Express says it is removing a certain type of propeller gear box and shaft from its planes.

Australia has one of the highest levels of part-time work anywhere in the OECD.

FBI Director James Comey and NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers will appear before the highly anticipated House Intelligence Committee open hearing on alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 elections.

A man used a claw hammer to smash an associate's skull "like an egg" after a failed Queensland drug deal, a court has heard.

Russia's parliament has called for an investigation into American media operating in its country in response to what it says are attacks on Russian media in the US, particularly state-funded broadcaster RT News.

A Perth woman is devastated after an unknown person severed the roots of the decades-old, 30-metre lemon-scented gum tree her father planted in their family home.

North Queensland have added much-needed forward depth by signing Melbourne prop Jordan McLean on a three-year NRL deal.

"At a time of high unemployment, it is unacceptable that employers exclude locals from access to job opportunities in preference for temporary overseas workers."

A Supreme Court judge has blasted Eddie Obeid and his sons for bringing an "unreasonable" and "irresponsible" lawsuit against the corruption watchdog.

When Italian luxury label Ermenegildo Zegna purchased a stake in the historic Achill Farm located in Armidale, northern New South Wales, no-one could have guessed how hard the subsequent three years would be.

The head of Australia's corporate watchdog has again sounded the alarm over Sydney and Melbourne's housing markets, saying they're in the midst of a price bubble.