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The first council in the country to abandon Australia Day citizenship ceremonies has passed a motion putting pressure on the Turnbull government to accept 20,000 Rohingyan asylum seekers refugees because "leadership has to start somewhere".

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Families who were shut out of respite care have been granted a last-minute reprieve.

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A 24-year-old woman will appear in after allegedly robbing a bottle shop, causing a disturbance and spitting at police in Brisbane's south.

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Australia's record of 26 years without a recession flatters to deceive. The gaudy numbers mask serious flaws in the country's economic model.

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Queenslanders are urged to prepare for storm season after an intense cell brought record-breaking rain and a swathe of destruction to the city of Bundaberg.

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LONDON: England prop Kyle Sinckler will miss the November internationals against Argentina and Australia after being handed a seven-week suspension by the RFU for eye gouging.

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Police are investigating after the memorial near where the body of the murdered mother-of-three was found was vandalised.

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The graphic homophobic sign takes aim at media, government and the LGBTI community.

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Adelaide have confirmed that Jake Lever has requested a trade home to Victoria, finally making official a decision that has been the subject of speculation for months.

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Port Adelaide are "rapt" that former Brisbane Lions skipper Tom Rockliff has chosen them as his preferred destination, with the opportunity to play in finals one of the key factors in his decision.

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The Australian market looks set to open higher, as market optimism turns positive after overseas stock markets rose overnight.

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A resurgent US dollar will sink the Aussie in coming months, despite the chance of an RBA rate rise in early 2018, strategists predict.

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The recent rain left cyclists losing traction on the newly painted surface on the Goodwill Bridge.

A 26-year-old woman is lucky to have escaped unharmed after a man allegedly twice tried to drive his white 4WD into her while she was riding a bike in the opposite direction, police say.

Spain's King Felipe VI says Catalan authorities have deliberately bent the law with "irresponsible conduct" and the Spanish state needs to ensure constitutional order and the rule of law in Catalonia.

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Sydney health authorities are on high alert after two people were diagnosed with the measles after visiting multiple public spaces.

​House hunters are steering away from Sydney and Melbourne and turning their attention to Brisbane, according to property data group CoreLogic.

The French parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a controversial national security bill that significantly expands the state's power to fight terrorism.

Plus almost 60 per cent of marriage survey forms returned and lizard searchers hit Googong.

27 years after East and West Germany became one state, the optimism about their union has all but died.

Westpac, ANZ, American Express and an AFL footballer – this case, which came across our desk just the other day, certainly entangles some interesting folk.

President Donald Trump is visiting Puerto Rico to reassure the island struggling to recover from a devastating hurricane.

High-powered guns lie on the carpet among piles of bullets. Another firearm sits in the hallway on a bipod, used for stability when firing at targets

The Trump administration on Tuesday ordered the expulsion of 15 diplomats from Cuba's embassy in Washington following last week's US move to pull more than half of its own diplomats out of Havana, a State Department official said.

Stephen Paddock's arrival at the Las Vegas hotel wouldn't have surprised anyone. Four days later, more than 59 people would be dead at the music festival outside his hotel room.

Britain will limit sales of sulphuric acid and outlaw the sale of such corrosive substances to children after a spate of assaults and its possible use to make bombs, interior minister Amber Rudd says.

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People caught repeatedly looking up terrorist content online will be jailed for up to 15 years, the British Home Secretary Amber Rudd has announced.

Brexit talks have failed to make enough progress to allow negotiations to proceed to discussing a future trade relationship, senior EU leaders say.

A gunman armed with at least 23 firearms unleashed a hailstorm of bullets on a country music festival in Las Vegas, killing at least 59 and wounding a further 527. Here's how America's worst mass shootings unfolded.

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Western Australia and Queensland have key weaknesses in the mining approval and infrastructure project process, which is making them susceptible to corruption, a new report finds.

Three American scientists have won the 2017 Nobel prize for physics for their pioneering role in the detection of gravitational waves.

Australia's shoreline is proving a viable hydro resource for renewable energy.

Police have used stun guns to detain a man during a security breach at Melbourne Airport.

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As local retailers worry about the arrival of Amazon destroying their business, the taxman will need to start worrying about how Amazon is going to work to minimise its tax bills.

Brisbane forward Sam Thaiday took to Instagram on Tuesday night to express his disappointment over his perceived poor treatment by the Kangaroos hierarchy.

Most Australians, like me, don’t really care what two people do in their private time. However, they do resent having it shoved down their throats.

One party wants to give all Queenslanders the power to vote on legislation and the other wants to fight for shooters, fishers and farmers.

A new conservation management plan aims to preserve the integrity of one of the world's great buildings.

The bushfire season is not over, and neither is the recovery in Bundaberg after trees were uprooted, roofs destroyed and trampolines sent flying.

Unprecedented severe heat is becoming more common in our cities, but the mercury could top 50-degrees on our worst days in the future.

Brisbane-based Queensland Investment Corporation has expanded its international presence with a $US3.17 billion ($4 billion) deal with its joint-venture partner, Forest City Enterprises (FCE), in 10 US regional shopping malls on behalf of a client.

The pink-tailed worm-lizard is classified as a vulnerable species.

Workers have started work on the removal of Fluffy asbestos from the Edgar's Inn building in Ainslie.

The imported ice had an estimated street value of about $10 million.

Renee Douros, founder of Planted, says adding some greenery to your space is proven to increase your wellbeing.

Five people questioned after police found what appeared to be a ready-to-detonate bomb at an apartment building in one of Paris's poshest neighbourhoods.