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Geelong's best player at the MCG was a man who hadn't played an AFL game in more than 10 years.

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George Osborne says there is an explanation for the power vacuum in British politics.

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The video also shows a black bear, deer, mountain lion, and black bear cub.

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Fair Work inspectors were ordered to withhold information about new provisions for unions.

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The government is looking for scapegoats, monstering energy companies to breach their fiduciary duties.

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Fortescue Metals Group said on Friday chief executive Neville Power will step down in February.

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State authorities have intervened in the operations of a retirement village run by a convicted criminal.

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Myer investors have punished the department store and pushed its share price to an all-time low.

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Who says having debt three times your income is "over-indebted"?

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Brain-eating amoeba might be the only way to explain the government's energy policy.

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Sydney coach John Longmire believes the Swans' effort to come back from their poor start to the season took its toll on Friday night, leaving them "buggered" in their heavy defeat against Geelong.

Some of the world's most stunning images from around the world.

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More MPs tell Fairfax Media they will vote for "voluntary assisted dying" legislation.

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The Turnbull government wants "dramatic reductions" in private health insurance price rises over the next three years, with a major new reform package set to make deep cuts to the medical device sector and entice more young people into cover.

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The nation's most powerful doctors' group is ramping up its campaign for same-sex marriage despite an internal conservative backlash, with seven former Australian Medical Association bosses joining the cause and urging a "yes" vote on health grounds.

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North Korea has launched another missile, sending Japanese citizens to shelters briefly and prompting an emergency UN Security Council meeting.

NASA's Cassini spacecraft plunged into Saturn on Friday, ending its groundbreaking 13-year Saturn mission.

When news of Tom Lonergan's late withdrawal broke, the faith of even the most ardent of Geelong fans would have been stretched to breaking point. What happened in the next few hours was for the true believers.

Ambitious councillors are already scoping out their path to the mayoralty, with deals underway with independents and minor parties after the weekend's elections failed to deliver a majority in many councils.

Six NASA-backed research subjects will emerge from their Mars-like habitat on Sunday and return to civilisation.

So much for our ailing economy. Did you see that 264,000 additional jobs have been created in the first eight months of this year, with 88 per cent of them full-time?

Ipswich's former mayor and two executives may face charges, but the state government says an administrator is not needed.

The governing body behind some of Queensland’s most prestigious private schools has sought to downplay the consequences of a data breach at its flagship girls’ school.

A late flourish wasn't enough against a determined Brisbane defence, with the Broncos winning at home and setting up a preliminary final against the Storm in Melbourne.

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Staunch conservative allies of Trump erupted in anger and incredulity after Democrats announced the president had agreed to pursue a legislative deal that would protect thousands of young undocumented immigrants from deportation

A man is locked in a tense stand-off with police after barricading himself in a unit on Surfers Paradise's main strip and threatening his own safety.

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Amid the fracas of a wage fraud scandal tearing through Caltex, more than 200 franchisees and senior executives jetted into Tokyo in late March for a three-day conference at Tokyo's swish Hilton Odaiba, overlooking Tokyo Bay.

The referees are back in the headlines after another contentious decision denied Penrith the opportunity to score a certain try in Friday night's 13-6 semi final loss to Brisbane at Suncorp Stadium.

Harry Himmelberg's attacking flair that will help replace GWS leading goalkicker Jeremy Cameron.

Canberra Raiders assistant coach Dean Pay is interviewing for the Warrington Wolves head coach job.

Brendan Jones' second round at the ANA Open in Japan was delayed after North Korea launched a missile.

Can the Wallabies fix their set-piece problems in time for Argentina Test at Canberra Stadium on Saturday?

Wallabies lock Adam Coleman says he has no regrets about a "life-changing" move to Canberra.

Wallabies centre Kurtley Beale looms as the man to end Australian rugby's woes on Saturday night.

It was the first day of summer in 1983, the beginning of the end of the career of then High Court justice Lionel Keith Murphy.

The Canberra teenager has won $18.3 million compensation after she suffered a "severe penetrating traumatic brain injury" in a car crash at Curtin.

The ACT's work safety watchdog last week issued an improvement notice after staff administered insulin to students in an ACT school.

Victims of family violence and sexual assaults will soon be able to confront the person who harmed them in an extension of the ACT's restorative justice program.

Like any good 30th birthday celebration, Floriade is going all out this year.

A trial will be run through the Canberra Sexual Health Centre and the Interchange General Practice.

New data shows we're more tolerant of migrants than most nations, but worried that immigration is making it harder to find jobs and putting pressure on services.

An ANU student was diagnosed with tuberculosis in August last year. By November, the university finally passed on the names and contact details of staff and students who could have been affected.

The father and uncle of IS fighter Mohamed Elomar buckled to temptation and pressure when they paid a $1 million bribe for construction contracts in Iraq in 2014, a court has heard.

Grassroots campaigns in Canberra are calling for support on same-sex marriage.

Parents and friends groups have folded and fundraising events have been cancelled as Canberra schools are gripped by a volunteer crisis.

A man swiped a plastic polar bear and three fake penguins from a Christmas display at a Canberra shopping centre to fund his drug habit.

Police are investigating after reports of an explosion on an Underground train in south-west London.

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A week in photos from award winning Sydney Morning Herald photographers.

'It's time to address the elephant in the room. Every day a break in occurs in Mosman Park, and we all know it's due to the housing commission.'