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New Zealand's Black Ferns have defeated holders England in a thrilling Women's Rugby World Cup final, while Australia finished up sixth.

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As the state government hails a small bar revival following a recent liquor licensing overhaul, new statistics show almost none of the city's bars have taken advantage of provisions allowing them to trade past midnight and even as late as 5am.

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Across the country and on social networks, Vietnamese people are trading suspicions that their government is secretly giving in to an aggressive China.

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Three men have been killed and another airlifted to hospital in a critical condition after a single-vehicle crash in northern Victoria in the early hours of Sunday morning.

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Thousands of colourful Lego bricks are going to be used to create a model of Brisbane Airport's International Terminal.

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How long is too long to spend paying off a credit card debt?

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Online ticket reseller Viagogo estimated to have ripped off 600 consumers by almost $130,000.

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It's tough for Australian rugby at the moment. You wouldn't have known it at North Sydney Oval on Saturday afternoon.

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The English soldier Henry Miller, who decided the site of Brisbane, fought against Napoleon Bonaparte in 1815 at the famous Battle of Waterloo.

The future of fashion is in good hands in Brisbane with plenty of young visionaries set on forging a career in this most colourful of industries.

Hundreds of cyclists are expected to fill Brisbane's CBD as they ride to raise awareness for safety.

A Brisbane bus driver has been seriously assaulted by a teenage passenger, police say.

Corpus Christi, Texas:  Hurricane Harvey flattened buildings in the small city of Rockport and slowed to a crawl Saturday, gradually losing hurricane status but remaining strong and potentially deadly as it inundates communities with extraordinary rainfall and threatens catastrophic flooding.

While Hurrican Harvey has been downgraded, authorities have warned the danger is far from over.

An elderly Sydney man is in police custody after a disagreement between neighbours ended in a stabbing.

North Korea used a multiple-rocket launcher off its east coast on Saturday to fire three short-range missiles that could strike US military bases deep in South Korea, officials in Seoul said.

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The Turnbull government will on Monday effectively throw up to 100 Australia-based asylum seekers onto the street by immediately cutting their income support and giving them three weeks to find a place to live.

Most working Australians are too scared to ask for more flexible hours to juggle family caring responsibilities because they are worried about job security, a national survey has found.

Geelong stalwarts Andrew Mackie and Tom Lonergan will retire at the end of this season, as a sad end looms for their longtime teammate Steve Johnson.

It might be time to dismiss two long-held beliefs that have dominated football discussion: that this is Greater Western Sydney's flag to lose, and Geelong cannot challenge without Patrick Dangerfield and Joel Selwood.

Numurkah would rather be known for its footy team, its bakery or its gardens. It most definitely does not want to be known as the home of Victoria's second-largest tyre dump.

Cameron Smith is prepared to lead a boycott of the Dally M awards if the collective bargaining agreement stalemate isn't resolved despite the fact he stands to lose most from the action.

More than 18,000 reports of illegally parked cars were made in the past financial year - these claims were investigated at all hours of the day.

Shane Flanagan is adamant Andrew Fifita wouldn't have received a penalty if he was tackled in an identical fashion to Boyd Cordner, leading to a last-gasp goal that all but ended the Sharks' top four hopes.

Glitter fluttered through the winter air as thousands of Melburnians took to the city streets to rally for same-sex marriage ahead of a postal vote on the issue.

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika believes Australia deserved to beat the All Blacks given how well they played but is refusing to be a gallant loser after his side went down by six points at the death.

Anti-vax supporters have raised thousands of dollars for embattled Melbourne GP John Piesse who is facing suspension for assisting parents side-step the "no jab, no play" laws.

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It really is like trying squeeze 50 very worthy players into 22 available spots.

Christian Lealiifano is set to line up against axed South African Super Rugby side the Cheetahs in his Irish debut.

Josh Papalii says relying on other teams to lose is a "pretty frustrating" situation to be in.

Michael Cheika's valiant Wallabies have suffered more Bledisloe Cup heartbreak in the most devastating circumstances after they squandered a 17-point lead and a one-point advantage in the dying stages to fall at the final hurdle 35-29 against the All Blacks.

With a month of the flu season left to go, Australia is only 110 confirmed influenza infections away from smashing the record for the largest number of cases in a year.

At a time of forced confessions, one young photographer, Wang Qiuhang, turned his camera on himself, subversively celebrating the self rather than suppressing it.

The Melbourne Football Club go to bed on Saturday night without knowing whether a Mad Monday was on the cards this week. Instead they face something of a Mad Sunday after their surprise loss to Collingwood.

Australia's corporate watchdog has defended a decision to hand the Commonwealth Bank an advance copy of a report into its handling of life insurance claims before it was made public.

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The night matches pit Geelong against GWS and Port Adelaide against Gold Coast.

"This is what Stalin did. When he fell out with his henchmen he didn't just execute them ... they became non-persons."

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Two thirds of Catholics said they would support same-sex marriage if they voted in the postal ballot, the same proportion as the general population.

While Nathan Buckley hopes to be coach next year, the Demons were also left hoping on Saturday night - that they can yet break an 11-year finals drought.

Why did this three-bedroom Kambah home attract such fierce competition?

On an afternoon where he had the chance to get one back on his critics, Jarryd Hayne turned in another average performance, an effort mirrored by his team as they lost 26-14 to the Dogs.

Hurricane Harvey has intensified and is poised to hit the mainland United States as the most powerful storm in more than a decade,

A Queensland community legal centre will continue to examine the lawfulness of Adani's Carmichael mega mine after the Federal Court dismissed two bids to stop it from going ahead.

The man entered an area of bush and refused police demands to stop - so officers sent in police dog Magyar, who successfully detained him until officers could make the arrest.

Veteran sports broadcaster Drew Morphett has died at the age of 69.

The 4WD used for Camp Quality rally events was stolen from owner's Fadden driveway.

The former PM said he was "sober in the morning" but lamented that taxpayer money "is being blown on booze and that's not a good thing for anyone".

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A number of statues in Hyde Park have been defaced by protesters arguing for a change in the date of Australia Day.

A prominent Australian artist has issued a public call to remove the statue of the man regarded by some as the founder of Melbourne, describing him as a mass-murderer who "makes the American Confederates look friendly".