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The probe relates to a network of secondary companies accused of creating false time sheets.

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Carlton appear set to offer Dale Thomas a contract extension but Levi Casboult's future remains unclear.

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New techniques to identify and reduce the sources of sediment blanketing parts of the Great Barrier Reef have landed Andrew Brooks and his team at Griffith University's this year's Eureka Prize for environmental research.

• 57 mins ago

A clean energy target is vital if Australia is to have a reliable, affordable power supply while meeting its commitment to cut greenhouse gasses.

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Police are investigating after a bus driver was allegedly followed by a cyclist into a Brisbane depot and assaulted.

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Rio Tinto has declared its $468 million Silvergrass iron ore mine in Western Australia open, with a ceremony at the site attended by company chief executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques and Western Australian premier Mark McGowan.

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Posters attacking LGBTIQ families popped up in West End, but it did not take long for the community to fight back.

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American television giant CBS buying the collapsed Network 10 is unquestionably good for the Australian television industry, according to the boss of pay TV provider Foxtel.

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Disgraced education consultant Get Qualified Australia has been ordered to pay an $8 million penalty for "serious, extensive and deliberate" misconduct.

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Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog, IBAC, has rejected said no to Opposition Leader Matthew Guy's request to investigate him over his infamous lobster dinner with an alleged mafia boss.

More than 80 furry ferrets will slug it out in a fur-dinkum marathon obstacle course at the weekend.

Injured Wallaby and Brisbane Global Rugby Tens ambassador Karmichael Hunt says Kurtley Beale's excellent form in a gold jersey against New Zealand is all the motivation he needs to win back his No.12 position.

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The westbound lanes of the M5 are closed after a crash involving several vehicles at Kingsgrove on Wednesday afternoon.

US President Donald Trump has promised "all options are on the table" when it comes to dealing with North Korea, but Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has placed Australia's faith in economic sanctions bringing the rogue state back under control.

Refugees and asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea have been threatened ahead of the closure of Australian operations on Manus Island.

Looming electoral changes could cost Malcolm Turnbull three seats before the next election.

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Billionaire Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest has called for the head of ARU chairman Cameron Clyne.

Mr Rowe was an altar boy at St Patrick's Cathedral in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He claims Father Kevin Johnston, one of the parish priests, abused him on about 12 separate occasions.

A patient at a beauty salon in Sydney has been taken to hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest during a treatment.

Manly chairman Scott Penn will urge skipper Daly Cherry-Evans and the Sea Eagles squad to honour promotional appearances for the finals series should they qualify, claiming there is "no point" to players boycotting events in September.

Much as other teams have had no answers to the Dustin Martin question on the field. Richmond's leaders had no answer for the Dustin Martin contract question off it.

The competition watchdog has been dealt a blow after the Federal Court threw out a landmark case against private health insurer Medibank over alleged misleading and deceptive conduct.

Damien Hardwick believes this Richmond side is much better than any he has coached and he wants them to embrace the finals hype.

Three West Australian policemen at the centre of a $1.1 million Tasering damages case have had their appeal dismissed after failing to meet a payment deadline on a massive court costs bill.

Plastic bags full of miniature chocolates and children's toys of questionable quality or the undisputed best thing about the Royal Show. Whatever you think of showbags, there is no doubting their enduring appeal.

Smoke from a hazard reduction burn to Canberra's east is expected to hold over the city until midday.

Geelong champion and aspiring list manager Jimmy Bartel takes a forensic look at Carlton and what they need to kick on.

He's known for accusing China of building a "great wall of sand" in the form of artificial islands.

A WA truck driver has died after crashing their vehicle into a sea wall in WA's South West.

• ANALYSIS

Let's set the PR aside and think through the economics: Effectively, Swift is selling her tickets in an auction. But the currency is not money.

An electrical fault could have sparked the fire that tore through an Inala shopping centre, destroying businesses and causing multi-million dollar damage.

The residents of three apartments on the top floor of a Wolli Creek apartment damaged by a crane collapse are still waiting to hear when they can go home.

He is Manly's $10 million man on the cusp of leading the club back to the finals, but a candid Daly Cherry-Evans reckons a renowned NRL mind guru helped him realise he wasn't trying as much as he should, which was hurting his Sea Eagles legacy.

A man who took a wrong turn down Bourke Street Mall on Wednesday, bypassing bollards installed earlier this year, is expected to be charged with traffic offences.

• ANALYSIS

The hype was interstellar, but the content ...more terrestrial.

Who said rugby is dying? Actually, I think it might have been me.

Just one day after releasing its annual results investor presentation, Bubs Australia has revealed it wants a cash injection from investors.

The cost of connecting the WestConnex motorway to Sydney's existing road network will hit nearly $1.8 billion, a leaked government document shows.

Building materials maker Boral has lifted full-year profit by 16 per cent to $296.9 million, helped by higher construction activity in Australia and improved earnings from its US operations.

A man has denied murdering a 41-year-old Perth DJ whose body was found in his Tuart Hill home last year.

Josh Reynolds was asked to provide a few words of advice to Kieran Foran, the man who will be replacing him as a Canterbury playmaker next year.

Deputy Premier dogged by gatecrasher as she announces funding model for Cross River Rail.

A man who escaped from the Canberra Hospital has been sent back for assessment.

Australia's biggest iron ore producers are spending as much as $US10 billion on mines to keep pumping out shipments to China.

North Queensland are playing for their season while Brisbane will try to avoid a nightmare road trip in week one when they take the field in Townsville on Thursday night to start the final round of the NRL season.

West Australian drivers believe road users need more education in five areas including merging, using roundabouts and indicating while changing lanes, according to a survey by RAC.

Parramatta, the capital of western Sydney, is throwing down the gauntlet to the east, after the green light was given to a $225 million mixed-use project to revamp the rundown former Auto Alley in Church Street.

Ratings agency expects the ACT to "successfully" deliver its infrastructure plans.

Telstra shares dived 8 per cent on early Wednesday after the telco giant was forced to drop a plan to raise $5.5 billion by selling income it receives from the government-owned broadband network.