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Wallabies coach Michael Cheika is set to experiment with his back-row following their 45-20 win against Argentina.

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Wallabies coach Michael Cheika says an exploding dumpling won't stop him from returning to Canberra.

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The Swans went on one of the great runs, after injuries, form and a short pre-season had them at 0-6.

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Even when he was a boy of 5, the internationally acclaimed birdman and artist William T Cooper – who British naturalist Sir David Attenborough described as the "world's greatest living wildlife illustrator" – loved animals.

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Security alert on a British Airways plane in Paris was a false alarm, police say.

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Geelong defender Tom Stewart and Adelaide forward Mitch McGovern were both set for tests this week to determine their availability for Friday night's preliminary final at Adelaide Oval.

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A transport expert whose views Daniel Andrews used to berate the former government over the East West Link is the latest traffic engineer to cast doubt on Labor's West Gate Tunnel.

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Greater Western Sydney recruit Brett Deledio has viewed Richmond as "just another club" this year but the Tiger army will not be seeing their former favourite son as just another player.

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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will try to persuade US President Donald Trump when they meet next week to endorse a two-state solution to the conflict with Israel and get more assertive about bringing both sides to the peace table, his envoy to Washington said.

One man has been arrested and a photographer has been hit as rival groups meet at protests in Melbourne's CBD.

Clashes between demonstrators and riot-clad police mar protest rallies in St Louis with U2 and Ed Sheeran cancelling concerts due to security concerns.

Wallabies five-eighth Bernard Foley is back to his best with the boot but has heaped praise on Israel Folau, saying the fullback has grown to a new level in what will surely go down as his most outstanding year in a gold jersey.

A six-year-old autistic boy has gone missing in Morley on Sunday afternoon.

Labor is calling for an independent inquiry into the government's decision to appoint Nigel Hadgkiss to head the building industry watchdog despite legal concerns.

Police charged 45 people with drug offences at Defqon.1 music festival in Sydney's west.

Hurricane Jose is expected to pass east of the North Carolina coast on Monday and remain off the US East Coast.

Gigantic alien artworks have descended on sites around Brisbane, courtesy of the creative team behind this year's Brisbane Festival.

London's Metropolitan police have arrested a second man over the London train attack on Friday. 

A father and son duo, who are allegedly part of a ring running an international binary option scheme that has misappropriated millions from Australians, and their lawyer have been accused of contempt of court.

North Queensland star Michael Morgan has surpassed Johnathan Thurston and Cameron Smith to be the NRL's best player at the moment, according to Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson.

Dick Bagnato still remembers the day his fishing boat nearly crashed into Sydney Heads. He believes he survived that day thanks to the Madonna.

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Mary Barra, the chief executive of General Motors, has cautioned against the growing trend of officials in China and some other countries making plans to phase out sales of petrol and diesel-powered cars.

Boyd Cordner is not surprised at what Paul Green has achieved at North Queensland even without Johnathan Thurston and Matt Scott.

Michael Cheika says he can find a way to get Karmichael Hunt back in an Australian starting XV alongside Kurtley Beale and is prepared to fly him to Argentina at the halfway mark of the team's upcoming tour, such is the value he adds to the Wallabies.

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A convicted sex offender who has faced allegations of domestic violence has been cleared to run a childcare business.

The producer of The Wolf of Wall Street settled a forfeiture lawsuit by the US Justice Department alleging the movie was funded by money siphoned from a Malaysian state investment fund.

The Roosters No.7 hasn't been the same player since NSW's series defeat as he was before winning a Blues jumper this year.

Bitcoin's meteoric summertime surge risks coming to a painful end as Chinese policy makers move to restrict trading amid growing warnings of a market bubble.

Steve Johnson says osteoarthritis injections have revitalised his troublesome knees and given him confidence for a tilt at a fairytale premiership.

In recent days, politicians have sought to twist key economic statistics measuring income, wealth and spending.

The Hamas movement has announced that it is ready to hand over the Gaza Strip to the consensus government of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

Entrepreneurs, it turns out, do not just move fast and break things, as Facebook's longtime credo put it. They are also more likely than others to cross the line.

Nick Vlastuin's nickname is Tigger. It has nothing to do with the Tigers.

A shortage of rail capacity in the Hunter Valley prompted by rising coal exports led three of the country's biggest power stations to run down stockpiles to their lowest in years.

While week two of the 2017 AFL finals lacked close games it didn't leave fans wanting when it came to big moments. Geelong and GWS both bounced back from dismal defeats in the first week of the finals to comfortably account for Sydney and West Coast respectively.

The All Blacks will take a reduced squad of 28 on their upcoming Rugby Championship trips to Buenos Aires and Cape Town, hoping to maintain energy levels for November's end-of-year tour.