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Cardinal George Pell, Australia's highest ranking Catholic, has returned to Australia after being charged with historical sex offences.

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One of the legacies of the Abbott era could cost Australia $500 billion over the next decade.

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Australia's top-performing pension fund over the past three years is betting infrastructure assets will offer among the most reliable returns over coming decade

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Shares are set to open higher, tracking Wall Street, which posted strong gains on Friday after jobs data.

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Malcolm Turnbull, an avowed republican, will also meet the Queen during his first visit to Britain as PM.

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Hostplus wants approval to invest 12 per cent (up from 10 per cent) of the fund's capital in infrastructure.

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​A mid-winter escape to the Gold Coast has extra meaning for Nathan Buckley as speculation ramps up about his AFL future.

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A man has faced a Perth court charged with murdering 27-year-old father of two Axel Boreski over the weekend.

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Donald Trump has outlined plans for a joint cyber security unit with Russia to protect against election hacking.

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Local sharemarket set to open higher as it looks to halt a three-day slide.

The younger brother of one-punch victim Thomas Kelly was targeted with hazing and death threats, leaving the teen broken months before he took his own life, his parents say.

A man claiming to be an inmate at Sydney's Parklea Correctional Centre has labelled the prison a "dead set joke" in a video showing him wielding a knife and a substance he claims is the drug ice.

President Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump jnr, was promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton before agreeing to meet with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign, according to three advisers to the White House briefed on the meeting and two others with knowledge of it.

Five people have died and a man is fighting for his life after a series of crashes across south-east Queensland on the final day of the winter school holidays.

The terrifying attacks have rocked the family who run the milk bar and are closing down the business.

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The government cracks down on health debts, and house sitting rules for young couples.

The minimisation of genocide was going well for more than 65 years, until a 2011 civil war triggered a chain reaction of increased conflicts and casualties.

Israel isn't known for its fondness of the UN, but one resolution has drawn an unusual response.

"Price reduced for quick sale". The suburban post office that has sparked a High Court challenge against a federal minister and threatens to topple the Turnbull government is on the market.

Paris: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has expressed his disappointment that G20 leaders failed to condemn North Korea's provocative ballistic missile tests.

A container deposit scheme could have unexpected consequences for Brisbane City Council's bank accounts and ratepayers, the council says.

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Treasury will continue to flounder and its influence wane until it switches its goal from smaller government to more effective government.

If West Coast misses out on finals this season, they can blame a string of poor second-half performances.

President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Donald Trump had asked him detailed questions regarding allegations that Moscow had interfered in last year's US election.

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The moment the Magpies' executive and board had hoped would not arrive is upon them.

Park Orchards has a median weekly household income of $2660, which is $250 more than that of half of Toorak's households.

Depression was the furthest thing from Susan Bryant's mind when she found out her husband had killed himself.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrived in Mosul to declare it liberated from Islamic State, three years after the city's abrupt fall to the jihadists alerted the world to the group's growing strength, territorial ambitions and barbarity.

Australian GPs are prescribing antibiotics at up to nine times recommended rates, a new study has found.

Most incidents of hostility towards Muslims involve the targeting of women, often in public with their children, and three out of four times no one intervenes, new research suggests.

A stunning two-goal final term from Fremantle debutant Ryan Nyhuis has propelled the Dockers to a nailbiting win over North Melbourne, the Kangaroos' fifth loss in a row.

Police are negotiating with a man who has barricaded himself with a suspected hostage inside a house in Kent Street in Moe, in Victoria's east.

Juliana Payne has taken over the chief executive role at the influential industry association, Restaurant and Catering Australia.

On August 23, British backpacker Chris Porter went to the pub with a mate, had a feed and a couple of beers and headed back to the hostel to bed.

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The French spy involved in planning the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbour has been tracked down 32 years after she fled New Zealand.

Customers of ING Direct may soon be able to ask their "digital assistant" to check their bank balance, or tell a "chatbot" on Twitter to freeze a credit card that has gone missing.

Charities – like lots of businesses – have been suffering in the current economic climate.

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Administrators of collapsed vocational education company Acquire Learning are investigating $25 million in loans to shareholders and a business run by managing director John Wall.

Melbourne's top four hopes remain alive after seeing off a brave challenge from Carlton at the 'G.

Doctors in NSW emergency wards have no consensus approach to handling rising levels of drug-induced psychosis and violence, a coroner has found.

Teenage midfield star helps Dees claim a crucial win over the Blues, faces scrutiny over incident with Carlton fan.

A white car may hold the key to solving the callous murder of Sydney teenager Brayden Dillon, who was shot at close range in the head in his own bed. 

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Australia's dominant hardware chain is expected to take advantage of the demise of rival Masters.

Taxpayers will be on the hook for millions of dollars because transport authorities under Gladys Berejiklian pushed past probity concerns about extending the lease on a RailCorp-owned site in Leichhardt.

The end of cheap credit will cause major shifts in investor behaviour, undoing some of the habits learnt over a decade of central bank largesse.