Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi has cancelled a visit to the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week where Bangladesh says it will accuse her country's security forces of ethnic cleansing and call for international intervention in the Rohingya crisis.
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After 35 years, the thought of the last Canberra Cup might be an emotional one. But not for Kel O'Rourke.
All year one students would undergo a national literacy and numeracy test, under a federal government plan to improve the detection of learning difficulties.
A man has died and a second man has sustained multiple injuries after a car hit a power pole in Sydney's north-west.
A rapist recently jailed for sexually assaulting a sex worker at knife-point in 1990 had allegedly attacked another woman in the same distinctive way.
A secretive, billion-dollar start-up founded by an Australian designer, is taking its first steps out of the shadows and into the spotlight.
Of the many stuff-ups during the now-finished era of economic reform, one of the worst is the unending backdoor privatisation of Australia's universities, which began under the Hawke-Keating government and continues in the Senate as we speak.
Jack Bell was relaxed about taking more than three months off work on parental leave but knows some other men would not feel as comfortable taking that much time away.
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.
Wage fraud, wage freezes, cuts to penalty rates and companies scrapping enterprise agreements will reduce the retirement savings of millions of workers by $100 billion by the time they retire, a report has found.
All-Australian defender's desire to leave Adelaide has been fuelled in part by a meagre contract offer from the Crows.
A preliminary final against Richmond is no time for ex-Tiger Brett Deledio to be humble.
One of the mowers used during the record-breaking effort was more than 50 years old.
A Catholic priest held hostage for almost four months in the besieged southern city of Marawi has been rescued hours after a deadly battle between Philippine soldiers and Islamic State-allied militants.
Canberrans have drastically reduced their water consumption since the savages of the Millennium Drought.
A 24-year-old man has been arrested following a fatal motorcycle crash in Doncaster on Saturday afternoon.
Owner angry after finding dogs that killed her Cavalier King Charles were allowed to be returned home.
A rugby team from Brisbane has won the trans-Tasman Purchas Cup, known as the Bledisloe Cup of gay rugby.
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika is set to experiment with his back-row following their 45-20 win against Argentina.
Wallabies coach Michael Cheika says an exploding dumpling won't stop him from returning to Canberra.
Angus Taylor will be selling Canberra's status as an emerging tech capital during a visit to Singapore this week.
Canberra veterans will have to visit Centrelink to access support services after the closure of a dedicated Woden office.
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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If running a 42-kilometre marathon sounds difficult enough, imagine doing it dressed in a three-piece suit.
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.
Security alert on a British Airways plane in Paris was a false alarm, police say.
The plastics-to-fuel plant proponents formerly known as the Foy Group have managed to secure a settlement extension.
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.
Mental health experts are attributing a dramatic spike in demand for frontline services to the divisive debate surrounding the same-sex marriage postal survey.
Canberra's healthcare system will be rebuilt over the next decade to put patients at its centre.
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.
The Roosters are the last Sydney team standing in the NRL finals. Does it matter if they don't make it?
City Historian Lisa Murray: "People don't see these things. I always tell people 'Get off your phones and look up."
When then premier Steve Bracks was poised to sign off on the Commonwealth Games Village in 2003, protesters fought to ensure it was mostly low-rise.
Greater Western Sydney chief David Matthews has defended the Giants after the club drew the lowest finals crowd since World War I, dismissing the comparison as irrelevant.
We are burying Canberra's identity and building an Ikea-inspired memorial over its grave.
Calls for humanitarian response to be scaled up amid fears that Rohingya refugees could die due to a lack of resources in Bangladesh.
Richmond are set to play in front of more than 90,000 people for the second time in as many matches as the MCG braces for Tiger-mania in Saturday's preliminary final.
The opposition says the millions spent on external consultants it is a waste of money.
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.
Aung San Suu Kyi's fall from grace has been dramatic - but has it been deserved?
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.
John Leary was jailed for kidnapping and holding his own child for ransom. Now he has lost his inheritance from his mother after lying to get a larger slice of her estate.
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.
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