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The Australian Rugby Union has rejected an offer in the ballpark of $50 million from billionaire mining magnate Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest to save the code and look after the financial burden of the Western Force.

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Grieving parents condemn mindless bureaucracy crippling war veterans.

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While some considered it intrusive, many people backed the federal government's trial.

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Former Melbourne star Cameron Bruce is the latest graduate from Alastair Clarkson's AFL coaching production line at Hawthorn.

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Defence Minister Marise Payne has not ruled out returning to a combat role as part of a renewed strategy to beat back the resurgent Taliban.

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Collingwood president Eddie McGuire says the AFL club's board has still not decided whether Nathan Buckley will coach the Magpies next season.

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The golf buggy was also unlicensed and unregistered.

The Queensland government has slammed the Liberal National Party opposition for going to court to avoid revealing the source of $100,000 worth of political donations it received.

The flu is hitting Queensland hard and the state is on track for a record season, with 24,605 people struck down by the disease.

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The developer at the centre of kickback allegations involving Paul Pisasale was today spotted visiting the Brisbane mental health clinic where the former Ipswich mayor is a patient.

At a time when the NRL is rummaging for every dollar to keep clubs and stakeholders happy, how does the Rugby League Players Associations threat to boycott the Dally M Medal punish the governing body?

On the one hand he'll use the freak four-pointer as inspiration, but on the other points differential could be crucial.

Four of the world's largest companies have been under investigation by the ATO, an inquiry has heard.

While Wallabies coach Michael Cheika was the obvious target of fans' discontent, the rotten fruit could also have been reserved for another in the Wallabies camp.

The overcrowding issue in one of WA's largest prisons is becoming urgent, according to an independent government report.

"We need to send out a message about the choice between good and evil," Rabbi Feldman said.

The toy rifle was not used to threaten, harm or put students in danger, and it's understood the 15-year-old student from Falcon wanted to show friends the rifle.

Australia's largest chicken producer Inghams Group has emerged a victor from 2016's supermarket chook war, crediting the price cutting with driving demand for its birds during its first year as a listed company.

Turnbull government strips a second Melbourne council of right to host citizenship ceremonies.

Brisbane buses will soon be twice as likely to be tailed by a security car as Brisbane City Council boosts its investment in bus driver safety.

The animal's fur and skin had been burnt away in some places, and revealed raw skin.

Fremantle Docker Danyle Pearce says he doesn't want to take the matter of him being racially abused on Sunday any further but says it is unfortunate 'racist attitudes still exist in this day and age'.

A former bodyguard of Kings Cross identity John Ibrahim, who this week appeared on a list of Australia's most-wanted, has handed himself in to NSW police.

The police commissioner laid out the "plain and simple" facts of what happened on Friday night at Jade Buddha.

Changes to the ACT's compulsory third party insurance scheme will be the topic of the first citizen jury.

A budding price war in the IVF sector has led to lower treatment prices at one of Australia's largest providers  but costs for consumers could still go lower, according to one of the industry's pioneers.

'Where's he? Over in England isn't he?' was all Cheika had to say when pressed on Lynagh's comments

Children of a woman found dead in her Kew home deeply saddened by her death.

Michael Lichaa has admitted his game plan doesn't suit the coaching style of Des Hasler but insists there is no bad blood between he and the coach as he approaches his final two weeks at the Bulldogs.

There will be capped maximum fees for towing from private property in an overhaul of the tow truck industry.

The state government has traded blows with the opposition over the size of the boost to passenger capacity on buses from Sydney's northern beaches to the central city when the $514 million B-Line bus project is completed as early as mid-November.

One of two Wisconsin teenage girls charged in the 2014 Slender Man stabbing of a classmate has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.

The Turnbull government has asked the High Court to hear questions over the validity of MPs within the next month.

Paddle Pop, Magnum and Golden Gaytime maker Streets ice cream faces accusations of using "industrial blackmail" to push through cuts to staff wages and conditions.

Parramatta's inexperienced semi-finals combatants are ready to handle the headlights of September, according to grand final winner Michael Jennings.

Tokyo: NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian has raised the prospect of bullet trains for NSW, but only if a high-speed rail network crossed the state border and connected major cities.

All NRL sides named ahead of round 25.

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An extra half a million international travellers in the first half of 2017 have helped Sydney Airport remain airborne amid weak growth in domestic passengers.

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