• 7 mins ago

Champion West Coast recruit Sam Mitchell will resist taking rests in his first season away from powerhouse Hawthorn as he confronts a gruelling travel schedule for the first time in his decorated career.

• 8 mins ago

ACT first state or territory to move to make rapid fire lever action shotguns harder to get.

• 12 mins ago

A mum got the shock of her life when taking a photo of her daughter this week - there was a two-metre-long, highly venomous snake in the background.

• 12 mins ago

Only a matter of months after Jan Cameron took control of Bellamy's Australia, the company has run into roadblocks in the key China market, with the loss of sales to see earnings take a hit from the start of 2018.

• 13 mins ago

He eats Cheezels, Twisties, cheese and bacon balls... he also has a Paddlepop and you've got to hold onto the stick with the pliers otherwise he wants to eat the stick. People all come and get photos."

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• 13 mins ago

Thunderstorms, powerful rainfall and flash flooding expected across Queensland's south-east as ex-tropical Cyclone Debbie moves south.

• 15 mins ago

While some of the unproven claims attributed to the Belarusan-American businessman are bizarre, there are indications he had contacts with Donald Trump’s circle.

• 20 mins ago

 A small but vocal crowd of students filled Perth's Murray Street mall on Wednesday protesting against federal government cuts. 

• 22 mins ago

He signed away a multimillion-dollar coal licence to a union mate at a lavish dinner featuring suckling pig and a magnum of wine. He now faces a jail sentence.

• 22 mins ago

David Eastman loses last-ditch bid to stave off retrial for alleged murder of police chief Colin Winchester.

• 23 mins ago

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten have put aside their differences on a joint tour of North Queensland in the wake of Cyclone Debbie.

• 23 mins ago

Dressed in orange jumpsuits, the alleged smugglers were hauled in front of cameras in Jakarta on Wednesday.

• 26 mins ago

Reducing the number of turbines by 25 will cut $62,500 from the community enhancement fund each year while farmers will miss out on $375,000 a year.

• 28 mins ago

Sydney is in for a sodden end to what is likely to be its wettest March in 42 years as a strong cold front bumps into the remnants of powerful ex-tropical Cyclone Debbie.

• 34 mins ago

Twelve people have been killed after a truck slammed head-on into a van carrying 14 members of a Texas Baptist church.

• 45 mins ago

His last shift at Hazelwood finished at 7am on Tuesday, the last of thousands of night and day shifts at the plant since he started there in 1988.

• 47 mins ago

The FBI has arrested a veteran State Department employee who concealed her extensive contacts with Chinese intelligence agents.

• 49 mins ago

All south-east Queensland schools have been closed, and non-essential public servants ordered to go home, amid warnings the region could cop up to half a metre of rain from ex-cyclone Debbie.

• 51 mins ago

A couple have escaped a house fire in Melbourne's eastern suburbs with their two pythons wrapped around their shoulders.

• 53 mins ago

Authorities are trying to rescue about 50 people trapped by floodwaters in and around cyclone-battered Mackay.

• 56 mins ago

Grand final losses hurt for a long, long time. Friday night is a chance to ease for Sydney to ease the pain.

• 1 hr ago

Assistant Police Commissioner Mick Fuller will replace the outgoing and long serving Andrew Scipione as the state's next police commissioner.

• 1 hr ago

A man driving a ute has died after a trailer detached from a truck and veered onto the opposite side of the road in the state's west.

• 1 hr ago

Patrons of the popular Phoenix pub in Canberra's city centre are scratching their heads after the pub was unexpectedly "shut until further notice".

• 1 hr ago

Maree Weatherstone recently made a health insurance decision that is now saving her $125 a week.

• 1 hr ago

​Neighbourhoods designed to encourage people to walk to and from the shops and public transport will help reduce hospital costs and admissions linked to residents, new Canberra research shows.

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• 1 hr ago

Investors continue to buy into miners and banks, if at a more modest pace, with the ASX 200 index eyeing 5900 points, while Dulux drops sharply on a broker downgrade.

• 1 hr ago

Is the UK's break with Europe a historical triumph, or a tragedy?

• 1 hr ago

A young driver has admitted his role in the US hit-and-run death of Australian tech whiz and humorist Leslie Nassar.

Australia's surfing big guns failed to fire during the opening round of the Margaret River Pro, but defending champion Sebastian Zietz produced a piece of late magic to score a perfect 10-point wave.

Richmond's David Astbury expects fellow defender Alex Rance to bounce back after coming off second-best against Carlton's Jacob Weitering in round one.

While welcoming a recent AFL internal report recommending future joint investigations with ASADA, outgoing chief executive of the sports anti-doping body, Ben McDevitt, believes football administrators should embrace global moves to independent disciplinary tribunals.

Former Melbourne director Russel Howcroft has spoken of his profound admiration for the late Dean Bailey, and his regret at the manner in which the Demons coach departed the club.

Brisbane young gun Josh Schache is holding off on a contract extension with the Lions as he prepares for mammoth offers from Victorian clubs to lure him home, with Richmond leading the way.

The AFL will not attempt to make more money from its $2.5 billion broadcast rights agreement regardless of whether it moves to a twilight grand final in 2017.

​Corryn Rayney's sister and brother-in-law believe Lloyd Rayney was involved in his wife's death, the Perth barrister's multimillion-dollar defamation trial has heard.

A woman who allegedly smashed a car with a baseball bat while another woman cowered inside has been arrested over a separate altercation with a police car.

Plans by a waste magnate to build the world's largest waste incinerator in Western Sydney have been dealt a blow by the Environment Protection Authority, which has declared its opposition over concerns about air quality and human health impacts.

Bank of Queensland says it has seen a surge in mortgage applications in recent weeks, despite tough competition in the home loan market and stricter regulatory controls.

There is more to income inequality than the famed 1 per cent versus the 99 per cent or standing chief executive officers next to average workers.

The woman who became the richest person in Australia by developing some of the nation's vast iron-ore deposits has learned one key lesson from the last commodity bust -- hire cheaper workers.

For years, the United States pushed China to commit to limiting its fossil fuel use. The countries now look likely to switch roles.

Australian basketball has welcomed back Erin Phillips, confident the Opal's AFLW success won't prompt a talent drain to football as the AFL considers expansion.

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A convicted murderer who attempted to sue the NSW prisons boss over his incarceration in Goulburn's Supermax prison has been shot in Sydney's west.

Aconex is Australia's most-shorted stock, but only one of the 10 analysts covering it considers it a sell.

Much of the appeal of this new Australian musical about the women who work in a department store lies in the exploration of the social history of the times.

France vice-captain Yoann Maestri has been fined €30,000 ($A42,100) for criticising English referee Wayne Barnes.

Two policy makers discussed the possible need for a faster pace of rate rises than currently mapped out by the Fed.