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Children born via c-section appear to lag behind their peers – who were delivered naturally – in school tests.

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A dramatic reshaping of Australia's media industry is imminent after plans to scrap media ownership laws received endorsement from crucial Senate crossbenchers.

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Australia is a nation that turns sportsmen and women into national icons. We lionize them and treat them as heroes. But there is another type of hero, the whistleblower, who, until now has been smeared, abused and even sacked for exposing misconduct, fraud and corruption.

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A third Melbourne council has voted to dump Australia Day out of respect for Aboriginal people months after councillors rejected a similar move.

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Myanmar's de facto national leader, facing outrage over ethnic violence, won't attend the upcoming UN General Assembly.

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World Cup officials will go back to basics for officiating at the end of season tournament, stripping back the use of video technology and reverting to just one referee on the field.

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More than a third of the homeless people sleeping rough are in Melbourne's middle and outer suburbs.

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Wallabies centre Tevita Kuridrani says the chance to win the biggest tournaments in the world convinced him to re-sign.

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Israel Folau has weighed in on the same-sex marriage debate, saying he will not vote 'yes'.

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Build-to-Rent will be a game changer for the Australian housing market with an estimated $300 billion worth of residential assets that could be owned by institutional investors

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Australia may not to meet its Paris emissions reduction targets, environment groups and the Greens are warning.

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Long after they were ousted at the ballot box, Denis Fitzgerald and Roy Spagnolo continue to wield influence over Parramatta.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has warned people not to post pictures on social media that show the unique barcode on their same-sex marriage survey forms.

A hot and windy day is lifting fire risks to extreme in parts of Sydney and elsewhere in the state in a burst of early season summer-like weather.

Queenslanders are showing signs of financial stress, with many residents unable to afford a night out, leisure activities or raise money.

Ipswich City Council votes next week on a full forensic audit of their controversial council-owned companies which cannot be accessed by Right to Information.

You can’t say malicious things to others that hurt someone’s career and expect to get away with it.

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Listening to Wayne Byres, the chairman of the financial regulator APRA, being grilled in a parliamentary inquiry on Wednesday, it's hard to escape a keen sense that it thinks that there isn't too much fundamentally wrong at the Commonwealth Bank despite having launched an unprecedented prudential inquiry into it.

The Myer family will offload a premium St Kilda Road office to tap strong investor interest as Australia's commercial property sector nears a cyclical peak spurred by falling vacancy rates and rising tenant demand.

Fuel giant Caltex is likely to face "enforcement action" from the workplace watchdog as the entire industry was put on notice to clean up persistent issues of underpayment for vulnerable workers.

Three people are in hospital with stab wounds after a series of home invasions and carjackings in Perth's southern suburbs.

A security guard who was stabbed five times at a Brisbane school originally thought his attacker was a cleaner.

Simon Lloyd has emerged as the front runner to take over as Geelong's head of football next month with the Cats forced to restructure its department following the impending departure of Steve Hocking.

ACT politicians have been warned to speak in English or provide a transcribed copy of their speech.

It isn't often you get an ASX board member openly boasting about their decision to exercise options and pick up a big wack of stock in their company, but let's indulge former QBE chairwoman Belinda Hutchison on her decision to take the plunge on Geoff Wilson's charity venture, Future Generation Investment Company.

The Turnbull government should set up a new body to oversee whistleblowing allegations against big corporates, protect whistleblowers against reprisals, and offer them bounty-style financial rewards for coming forward, according to a federal inquiry.

The Canberra man is accused of sexually assaulting his wife in their family home.

Independent candidate Mark Bennett was declared the new mayor on Wednesday, after the distribution of preferences saw him leap ahead of Liberal Zac Miles, who won 40 per cent of the popular vote.

Canberra Community Clubs has released a discussion paper with suggestions for reducing gaming harm.

The world of celebrity gossip media in Australia may just have been dealt a fatal blow by a massive defamation damages award.

The family of a 22-year-old woman who died in a fiery car crash over the weekend says they are "at a loss" as to why she was in the $200,000 vehicle at all.

Matthew Duncan will have to blow into a breathalyser to start the ignition on his car after his disqualification ends.

The ACT government says the almost $850,000 being spent is "necessary and important".

When Jarrad McVeigh reported to training in late 2002, Paul Roos knew he had a 200-game player. The former Sydney coach underestimated his man.

The latest proposal for the club's Braddon club site includes 11 separate buildings ranging from two to nine storeys.

After Peter Rowland Catering was placed into administration last month its 79-year-old patriarch did a rare thing. He faced the music.

A drug and alcohol counsellor charged with corruption offences had a receptionist at his rehabilitation clinic provide a clean urine sample for a drug user whose case was before a court, a magistrate has been told.

Fremantle's pesky goal-sneak Hayden Ballanytne will play on in 2018 after the Dockers offered the 30-year-old a new one-year deal.

Nathan Cleary has seen the video highlights. That flick pass. The step. The acceleration. And he knows what his dad Ivan, Tigers coach, is getting. And he would love nothing more than closing the book on Benji's Broncos chapter on Friday night.

A bluegrass cover of one of Toto's most iconic hits has skyrocketed a local WA band into the limelight for their "five minutes of fame".

Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's godson has been attacked and verbally abused after attempting to stop a man removing banners supporting the Yes vote.

Josh Dugan claims he's worked hard to clean up his image since leaving Canberra and is adamant he isn't reverting to his wildchild ways after his latest indiscretion.

A new national park will not be created in Canberra's north.

Canberra will control Cassini's 'final breath' as it plunges into Saturn's atmosphere on Friday.

Geelong will turn to Daniel Menzel to be an "X-factor" in Friday night's semi-final against the Sydney Swans and understand they cannot endure another miserable start if their season is to remain alive.

DAL was sent to prison after he was found guilty of committing sexual offences against his own daughter in 1975. He is understood to have re-offended against his young nephew on the drive home from prison - hours after being released.

Polygamy has a profound effect on Bill O'Chee's family, which is why he won't support any change to marriage laws.

Tyrone May could wish for fame, fortune or finals from his NRL career, but family will suffice. Just enough money for the boy from Mount Druitt - still is from Mount Druitt - to buy his clan a new house.

Labor's first televised attack ad has some wondering if the unofficial campaign has begun, but the Premier says we'll all know when it actually starts.