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Tens of thousands of people are evacuated from towns in northern NSW and south-east Queensland as "unprecedented" flooding from ex-Cyclone Debbie continues. Follow live.
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Lismore residents are in a state of disbelief, as a torrent of water rushes through the northern NSW town and floodwater tops the levee, leaving people stuck on the roofs of houses and cars.
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Residents in and around Beaudesert, south of Brisbane, are evacuated as the Logan River peaks after torrential rain overnight.
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A late-night debate in the Senate on proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act is described as "filibustering" by the Opposition.
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Politicians push back their autumn break after failing to reach an agreement on the Government's proposed company tax cuts during a marathon sitting overnight. Follow live.
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Fancy becoming the owner a working World War II tank or an entire railway carriage? Well, now is your chance as one of Australia's largest collections of war, automobile and rail memorabilia go under the hammer in southern NSW.
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Ten finalists in the National Photographic Portrait Prize share the stories behind their images before the winner is announced in Canberra.
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A large portion of Mars' atmospheric gases have been lost into space, according to a new study, helping explain how a wet, warm planet became today's cold, arid place.
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More than 100 organisations team up to urge the Prime Minister to set an Indigenous justice target and improve juvenile justice nationwide, as the Northern Territory youth detention royal commission delivers its interim report.
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The NSW Government is being accused of bungling its sell-off of disability services as it moves over to the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
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Australia's defence community must change its culture and end negative stereotypes about mental health to ensure members and veterans get the help they need, a national report has found.
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The British Government sets out how it will handle the mammoth task of converting European Union laws into domestic legislation in preparation for its exit from the bloc, seeking to ease business uncertainty about life after Brexit.
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A well-known live music venue in Canberra has unexpectedly closed, leaving patrons and bands shocked and concerned about the future of the pub.
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When Bianca Dickson checked her phone, she realised she had unwittingly captured a photo of her daughter standing dangerously close to a brown snake.
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A friend of Corryn Rayney tells WA's Supreme Court she became afraid of the murder victim's husband Lloyd when, at a meeting at his house four days before his wife's funeral, she "realised he had killed her".
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In 1977 an apparent accident by Molly Meldrum on Countdown gave the band Blondie its first hit single anywhere in the world with In The Flesh.
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A $1 billion battery and solar farm will be built at Morgan in South Australia's Riverland by year's end in a project the proponents describe as "the world's biggest".
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This week Telstra joined a global advertiser boycott of YouTube because of ads that appear next to extremist content.
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The Sheffield Shield final brings an end to another low-key season in the background of the summer of cricket.