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A Christian kids entertainer who was fired from her Canberra job for saying she would vote 'no' in the same-sex marriage survey has hit back, saying she is "not afraid to stand up for my beliefs" and should not have lost her job.

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President Donald Trump has said the United States will be forced to "totally destroy" North Korea unless Pyongyang backs down from its nuclear challenge

"I think they can absolutely do it again."

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

A young mum is fighting for her life after contracting the flu while pregnant.

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A teenage girl is dead and a young man has been arrested after they crashed while being chased by police near Ballan.

The most humiliating news for former Network Ten executive chairman, Lachlan Murdoch, was that his former employees at the broadcaster didn't want him back.

AGL could consider converting its Liddell power station to gas as generation units fail.

Tony Abbott has criticised the Turnbull government's energy policy during an interview with Alan Jones and Peta Credlin.

Some refugees were informed on Tuesday afternoon they would learn of their fate at appointments with US authorities on Wednesday.

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"Stay well clear of retirement villages," say the families of residents and former residents at Berkeley Living, a retirement village that had state authorities forced to intervene on Friday evening after staff walked out after not getting paid.

Dog days are over: The highs and lows of Des Hasler's coaching stint at Canterbury.

Community debate has raged over the burial of a dead 12 metre, 18 tonne humpback whale on Nobbys Beach.

Departing Canterbury captain James Graham says Des Hasler's sacking at the NRL club is the wrong move, the forward crediting his mentor for taking him to his footballing limits.

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Judges and magistrates would be required to take into account an offender's Aboriginal background and consider ways to reduce the Indigenous prisoner population under a radical overhaul of sentencing laws drafted by leading lawyers.

There's a reason why Latrell Mitchell is the last man into the Roosters sheds after every game. It's the same reason he's the last Roosters player signing autographs and taking photos with fans on his way out of the ground. That reason is Johnathan Thurston.

Flying instructor Jeremy Thompson had taken a student out for his flying third lesson before the aircraft suddenly nosedived.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has come out strongly in favour of same-sex marriage, describing it as one of the most important human rights issues "of our time".

Twelve months ago the Canterbury board were presented with two proposals. The first was a contract extension for the coach. The second was his termination and a blueprint to life after Hasler.

Canberra Catholic school teachers have threatened strike action if their employer won't agree how to settle disputes.

Canberra property prices continued to surge as the runaway housing markets of Sydney and Melbourne led the nation.

Complaints, improvement notices and investigation reports held by ACT Health have been released for the first time.

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The former senior public servant at Matthew Guy's penthouse lunch with developers did not know it was a political function.

ACT Planning Minister Mick Gentleman has been unable to explain an almost six-year delay to changes to planning laws.

The truth is that "iconic" has become the descriptor of choice for every second-rate publicist or journalist who cannot find a thesaurus

The Canberra Raiders are expected to seek a potential $3.6 million tax break on the club's proposed Braddon complex.

Canberra Raiders assistant coach Dean Pay is the favourite to coach the Canterbury Bulldogs.

Brace yourselves Brisbane, a sizzling spring is well and truly here.

Western Sydney University staff will strike for 3½ hours on Wednesday over stalled negotiations on their pay and conditions.

A young Noble saw something in Braddon that it took the rest of Canberra more than two decades to catch up on.

A Jakarta court has ordered the Australian government to enter mediation over a $103 million class action on behalf of 115 Indonesians who were jailed in adult prisons and detention centres while still juveniles.

A car rolled, crashed into a tree and caught fire south of Emerald, killing two women and injuring a man and boy.

Ben Hunt's major concern was his friend and team-mate Corey Oates. But he can see why Penrith fans were left angered by the call to halt play when a try was begging in their elimination final.

The incident follows escalating factional tensions within the NSW party

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi condemned all human rights violations on Tuesday and said anyone responsible for abuses in troubled Rakhine State would face the law.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has said "further pressure" will be brought on North Korea through United Nations sanctions, effectively brushing aside Trump administration remarks that the UN route has been exhausted.

"This is a borderline case and by an extremely narrow margin and I will exercise my discretion in favour of suspending the sentence," Judge McCann said.

Environmentalist Jess Miller has become the new deputy lord mayor of the City of Sydney, following a vote which pitted rival factions against one another.

A second tier of energy retailers will be able to enter the market, if a bill to allow embedded networks passes.

Three prominent doctors are lobbying members of Parliament to reject proposed voluntary euthanasia laws.

Adele Chynoweth's show takes poems and songs and makes something new of them.

ANU students have unveiled the solar car they built and funded from scratch.

"If the people have spoken against it, we won't be proposing it at the next election I can assure you," Mr Turnbull said.

A British adventurer who was canoeing alone in the Amazon may have been snatched by pirates, according to Brazilian police.

Greater Western Sydney chief David Matthews says 2017 will be a success regardless of the preliminary final result and urged neutral fans to cheer the Giants against "powerhouse" club Richmond on Saturday.

Liquor outlets in Port Hedland were forced to close on Tuesday after a spate of alcohol-fuelled violence overnight which left one person in an induced coma and another stabbed.

Former Gold Coast AFL coach Guy McKenna has made a left-field career change, taking up a recruitment role with Cricket Victoria.

Richmond defender David Astbury has described the prospect of playing in front of over 90,000 Tigers fans at the MCG on Saturday afternoon as "awesome".

Coles will not put a new wage deal agreed on with the shop workers' union to a staff vote until the workplace tribunal decides whether to throw out its existing deal that pays lower penalty rates.