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Homicide Squad detectives continue to investigate the death of a woman whose body was found inside a car on the Mitchell Freeway.

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The Turnbull government insists its refugee deal with the United States is going ahead.

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Human bones found in remote Tasmanian bushland may belong to a Swiss tourist who has been missing for more than six years.

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A man has died after falling from the balcony of a Fremantle pub overnight.

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LNP members voted down a move to call on the Turnbull Government to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord at the LNP state convention in Brisbane on Sunday.

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Australian schools are monitoring what students do on their mobile phones using technology that can also disable their cameras.

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Bernie Vince did another strong shadowing job on former teammate Rory Sloane but the Melbourne midfielder is set to receive attention of his own for a big hit on Crow Richard Douglas along with an elbow to the face of Eddie Betts.

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The vessel was spotted on Sunday morning after becoming stuck on a reef.

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A 50-year-old man has been stabbed to death during a "domestic incident" involving another man at a home in western Sydney.

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Australia's librarians are pushing back against plans to make the State Records Office part of the State Library of WA - a move they believe could compromise the integrity of WA's public records.

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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has taken a not-so-diplomatic swipe at US president Donald Trump for praising the French first lady's body shape.

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Paul Manafort, US President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, recently filed financial reports showing that he earned nearly $17 million for two years of work.

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A time capsule inside a wall in a Rozelle home reveals a heartwarming story.

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Nepean Hospital's robotic surgery is saving head and neck cancer patients from disfiguring procedures.

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A pedestrian who was struck by a car in Melbourne's north has been taken to hospital with serious head injuries.

It was still more than two degrees below zero at 8.30am, with a persistent frost and some fog in parts.

Snail facial anyone?

Police are searching for two brothers who went missing several days apart.

Both incidents happened within three hours of each other, during the early hours of Sunday morning.

When the penal colony was first established there were only a handful of police constables, and they were all convicts.

Three men have been stabbed at a bar in Sydney's south after another man who was evicted from the premises allegedly returned with a knife.

Brazilian authorities have not addressed the longstanding issues that led to the Zika epidemic in the country, leaving it vulnerable to another outbreak of the virus, according to a Human Rights Watch report released this week.

US officials interviewing refugees held in an Australian-run offshore detention centre left the facility abruptly, three detainees told Reuters on Saturday, throwing further doubt over a plan to resettle many of the detainees in America.

Luke Hunter, president and chief conservation officer of the global wild cat organisation Panthera, received an email last week from one of his group's partners in Tanzania. When he opened the attached photos, Hunter said, "My jaw just dropped."

Reddy Go's promise of a cheap, convenient and eco-friendly means of transport is undermined by teething problems.

Evidence is strong that political donor Chau Chak Wing had links to the Chinese Communist Party's United Front Work Department.

It's a decision many parents agonise over – where to send their children to school. The choice can seem endless. More than half of Victorian parents are bypassing their local school in search of a better education. Others insist that their closest school is still the best. We asked eight families how they chose.

Where do we go when we die? Well a small number of us will end up back at universities.

Sydney is once again a red and white town after Lance Franklin turned in one of his best derby performances to continue the Giants' run of outs.

Adelaide have reclaimed top spot on the AFL ladder with a bruising 46-point win over Melbourne in Darwin.

It was the ABC that created one of the more heated debates at the LNP state convention in Brisbane on Saturday.

The NSW Waratahs' season from hell has ended in excruciating circumstances after they were thumped 40-11 by the Western Force to bring a close to one of their worst years on record.

The Brumbies were brave, but they fell to the Chiefs to complete a New Zealand clean sweep in Super Rugby.

Nathan Buckley was quick to admit that the "footy gods" had smiled on his club, with Collingwood taking a 15-point win over the Suns after the home team lost their captain in the first half.

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They are the four women who stood up to Eman Sharobeem as she allegedly rorted taxpayer funds for the needy. Workers who spoke out about their boss at two not-for-profit community groups for newly arrived immigrant women – despite what some perceived as her bullying, manipulative behaviour and indifference from boards and government departments to their complaints.

There were fears Sydney would experience its coldest day in two years on Sunday morning, but thanks to a change in air temperatures, the city will enjoy a slightly below average day.

Younger brother of accused Bourke Street killer Dimitrious Gargasoulas charged with eight new offences

The United Nations says about 52,000 Venezuelans have sought asylum this year.

Geelong coach Chris Scott says Patrick Dangerfield is heading towards legend status.

At three months old, Edward is understood to be the first baby to attend a cabinet meeting in Australia.

AFL players are bombarded by negative, personal and vitriolic feedback on social media, but there's an app that's helping them wrestle back control of their online lives.

Alan Jones is set to make a shock return to coaching by taking charge of a Barbarians team that will play the Wallabies in October.

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Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne says he wants Australia to become a major arms exporter on par with Britain, France and Germany

"We're trying to come up with a solution to remedy the problem, but it has been ignored."

The Australian Vaccination Skeptics Network plans to air the controversial film Vaxxed at a secret screening in Canberra.

"We don't want to have to leave Googong just to use a heater."

The llama walks take place almost every weekend, and sell out in a matter of hours.

Can the Brumbies end a Kiwi disaster and will Christian Lealiifano play in the Super Rugby finals?

The drone is capable of delivering up to 1.5 kilograms of goods, and could carry anything from milk to medicines.