Remember Collingwood's Ashleigh Brazill? Well now she plays for ... Collingwood. Even for the conglomerate the 2017 Magpies have become, this was something else. Brazill, an internationally capped netballer, on Collingwood's books as a Super Netball star, was picked up at pick 35 in the AFLW draft on Wednesday by, well you guessed it, Collingwood.
Brad Fittler says there "wouldn't be many stronger" for the NSW role given his experiences as a player and coach.
Former Kambala principal Debra Kelliher is claiming that emails circulated about her in the wake of her departure made her out to be a "tyrant".
Fancy swallowing a balloon to help you slim down? Veteran weight-loss surgeon Dr Tony Kierath is suggesting you do just that - albeit a specially designed one.
Strathfield in Sydney's inner west has missed out on a link to a $3.5 billion light rail line after the state government opted to extend the second stage to suburbs north of the Parramatta River before ending it at the Olympic Park precinct.
Former Rio Tinto boss Tom Albanese has been accused of deceiving investors over a Mozambique mine.
​Messages between two women charged with murdering autistic Perth teenager Aaron Pajich culminated in the youngest saying she couldn't rest until a victim's blood was "gushing out and pooling on the floor".
 Beijing: Chinese president Xi Jinping has sought to downplay China's image as an emerging superpower, setting out a 30-year timeframe for the country to become a "global leader" with international influence.
The best photos from the international wire agencies.
Nearly 15 years later, the Cold Case Serious Crime Squad investigated the offence and South Australian Police arrested the 34-year-old former WA resident for the attack on Tuesday.
A trade deal for Bryce Gibbs to finally join Adelaide fell over at the last minute due to a mix-up over future second round draft picks.
CSL says 88 per cent of shareholders have agreed to vote for the company's remuneration report.
Brambles will overhaul pay for its senior executives in the face of an investor backlash.
The former Panthers lower grades coach will have to hit the ground running to whip the Titans into shape after a shocking season that saw them finish second last and sack coach Neil Henry in the wake of a fall-out with their star player.
Two men who blasted a policeman in the head with a shotgun want sentences cut on appeal.
Residents who breach the regulations could face up to $5000 in fines and a penalty of $500 a day if the offence continues.
Almost half of Aussie young women think their gender is the biggest barrier to leadership.
Crackdown would have imposed a values test, tough English language test and a four-year waiting period for permanent residents wanting to become Australian citizens.
Queensland kids under five will get free flu vaccines from next year to help ease the burden on the state's hospitals.
Most people look up into trees to spot koalas, but one of the cute and furry marsupials was found on Wednesday morning in an unlikely place - floating on an oyster bag in a lake on the NSW south coast.
Do you expect to live for another 20, 50 or maybe even 100 years?
A man who filmed the "revolting" gang rape of a semi-conscious, intellectually impaired 16-year-old girl has been sentenced to at least five years in prison.
A man has died after being hit by a truck in Melbourne's CBD.
Isabel Huntington heard a knock at the front door on Tuesday night. She wasn't expecting to see what she did when she opened it.
Young man was "angry at the world" when he allegedly shot Protective Service Officer with a gel gun.
The colours of budgerigars spurred our top science prize winner to be a geneticist.
Whitehorse Council's plans to put a height limit on Box Hill's skyscrapers has been knocked back.
Even the best energy policy will save consumers little, experts have warned.
The fraud allegations made by the US regulator against Rio Tinto, its former chief executive, Tom Albanese and finance director Guy Elliott raise serious questions about the board - not just about their competence but about their public characterisation of what went on.
Bill Pulver has rubbished the allegations raised in Monday night's senate inquiry into the Western Force's axing.
It is simply the end of era – and one that lasted much longer than Fatty ever thought it would have.
NSW Opposition leader Luke Foley has ridiculed suggestions Allianz Stadium is a potential deathtrap.
The Queensland government will better manage fatigued workers in emergency situations in the wake of a review into the response to Cyclone Debbie.
The chief executive at Seqwater, the body managing south-east Queensland's $10 billion water grid, has resigned after being discovered accessing the sites at work.
World Cup boss Andrew Hill says Andrew Fifita's high-profile defection shouldn't stop him from playing Origin.
The known death toll from Melbourne's thunderstorm asthma disaster has climbed again – with one extra case coming to light.
The Brad Abbey-Clay Priest player swap looks set to be finalised in the coming days.
Two of NSW's most exclusive private schools failed adequately to address allegations of sexual abuse involving students, the commission finds.
Hundreds of Victorian doctors and medical staff are pressuring their super funds to quit investing in coal and oil for the sake of human health, just like they quit investing in tobacco five years ago.
ayne Swan has launched another extraordinary attack on the mining giant, labelling it Australia's "worst tax dodger".
Ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has warned that housing affordability for a new borrower, measured as the proportion of household income needed to meet mortgage repayments, has deteriorated.
Allegations from whistleblowers that Crown Casino tampered with poker machines and turned a blind eye to illicit drug use have been tabled in federal parliament.
The Turnbull government begins the sales job for its energy policy.
In the past three years, so many students have started choosing science subjects for their HSC that Kirrawee High School has run out of laboratories.
A man was shot in the groin and shoulder and two cars set alight in what appears a targeted attack.
Declassified files have revealed new details of US government knowledge and support of an Indonesian army extermination campaign in the 1960s.
A stoush has erupted within Australia's peak medical body, after a tweet from its federal president about euthanasia.
The Australian share market finished marginally higher on Wednesday but managed to extend a nine-session rally as the index approaches six-month highs.
The Herald's economics editor was among 46 people, mostly academics, inducted into the academy in 2017.
A hot run on the ASX has added over $100b to the sharemarket over nine sessions and shattered a five-month trading range. Is the global bull at the door?
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