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​British and Irish Lions boss Warren Gatland admits losing a mid-week game or two "isn't the end of the world" as his Test selection focuses on claiming their second ever series win on New Zealand soil.

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The Department of Fisheries initially said only 3000 fish had died as a result of the event.

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The man 'liked' a post accusing another man of anti-Semitism and racism has been convicted of defamation.

• 19 mins ago

EPA approves Water Corp plan to double the amount of treated sewage being injected into city aquifers.

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As she approached the newly unveiled bronze statues of Australian diggers on Canberra's Anzac Parade, Diane Melloy was moved to tears.

• 22 mins ago

The old adage to 'sell in May and go away' proved prescient in 2017, with the S&P;/ASX200 dropping over 3 per cent.

• 24 mins ago

A Perth man who fatally 'coward punched' a stranger at a Mandurah pub has pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Wednesday morning.

• 24 mins ago

Media shy former Premier Colin Barnett has broken his silence after ringing a Perth radio station to defend the state's handling of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

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An assault in the foyer of Box Hill Hospital has left one employee, believed to be a surgeon, in a critical condition.

• 37 mins ago

"Given that [Ms Bishop] is probably the only female on the list of Australian foreign ministers, were there decorations including flowers?"

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• 38 mins ago

Washington is still waiting to see how Trump will approach the Russia probes being mounted by Congress and former FBI chief Robert Mueller.

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• 49 mins ago

Shares and the dollar receive a small boost from better than expected Chinese data, but the ASX remains on track for a dour monthly performance.

• 51 mins ago

WA Police have confirmed the man was killed as a result of the blaze.

• 56 mins ago

Queensland's Land Court has recommended rejecting the expansion of the controversial coal mine.

• 1 hr ago

Islamic State issues a chilling call to its followers to use online classified websites to lure unsuspecting people to their deaths.

• 1 hr ago

Should the Blues lose the Origin opener to Queensland, the witch hunt will start and the result will not be pretty

• 1 hr ago

He was almost dumped from the team because of comments he made on Mitchell Pearce.

• 1 hr ago

Customers have been left without basic banking services as the major bank suffers what appears to be a nationwide outage.

• 1 hr ago

The apparent end of the housing boom looks set to hit the employment market, with analysts betting the number blue-collar jobs being advertised will soon drop off.

• 1 hr ago

​Former Springboks five-eighth Peter Grant concedes he may be forced into retirement if the Western Force are axed from the Super Rugby competition.

• 1 hr ago

Hawthorn forward Ty Vickery is expected to retain his spot for Thursday night's crunch match against Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval.

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• 1 hr ago

Cronulla have appointed Dino Mezzatesta as the NRL club's new chairman to replace Damian Keogh.

• 1 hr ago

Queensland's Triple J favourite Georgia Potter from Brisbane is Queensland's first-ever Carol Lloyd Award winner.

• 1 hr ago

The Queensland government has stepped in to slash an expected increase in regional electricity prices by more than half.

• 1 hr ago

The experienced Filipino crewmen aboard a giant coal carrier were killed by an unknown person or persons.

• 1 hr ago

A labour activist researching working conditions in a Chinese factory that makes shoes for Ivanka Trump's label has been detained by police.

A man exposed himself to 3 women on Northbourne near Haig Park in Braddon.

Akon Guode is the first Victorian woman to be jailed for the controversial offence of infanticide.

The world owes many contemporary discoveries about breast cancer to Perth's Arlene Chan.

Extra trains will be run between Sydney and the Blue Mountains to reduce severe overcrowding in carriages at weekends and allay fears some tourists will stop visiting the world-heritage area.

The corporate watchdog is investigating whether there were "unexplained or unusual" profits made trading shares in Australia's five biggest banks on the day of the budget.

Indian migrants are being warned about an elaborate phone scam in which perpetrators call from what appears to be a legitimate federal government phone number.

A new video has emerged of Myanmar soldiers kicking, beating and threatening to kill six ethnic villagers as they were handcuffed on the ground.

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Victims of a disastrous townhouse development in Melbourne's outer suburbs claim they suffered financial losses and physical and psychiatric injuries as a result of the inaction of the Victorian Building Authority.

Catholic priest retired more than 25 years after the alleged sexual offence.

After losing her most glamorous retail partners amid the controversies and boycotts that have marked her father's move into the White House, Ivanka Trump has gone downmarket. At its heart, Ivanka Trump is now a celebrity brand, not a designer fashion house. It's the messy discount rack, not the gleaming glass jewellery case.

Domino's Pizza has announced delays to its nationwide review into wage fraud allegations across its stores

Sonny Bill Williams will sit out the Auckland Blues Super Rugby clash with the Queensland Reds in Samoa on Friday to give the All Blacks centre more time to recover from a knee injury ahead of clashes against the British and Irish Lions.

The viability of building an epic undersea internet cable from Asia or the United States into the Sunshine Coast will be examined in a business case set to be presented to potential investors.

The British and Irish Lions have arrived in Auckland to a Maori welcome followed by a rapturous reception from travelling supporters.

New Zealand's central bank said risks to the nation's financial system have receded after house-price inflation slowed.

While a rate hike in the US next month is all but assured, investors are wary of making bets about a September one too.

An Australian girl was killed in a bombing at an ice-cream parlour in Iraq.

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Morten Boe counts himself as very privileged in his line of work.

Bets and an odd obsession with soil quality were hallmarks of the property marketing 100 years ago.

The stoush between actor Paul Hogan and the Commissioner of Taxation, Chris Jordan, has escalated.

"Disgusting behaviour by a 'professional driver'," WA Police posted.

Ben Saunders was a worthy winner of the Simpson Medal after his impressive haul of six goals playing for WA in their historic win over Victoria last weekend.