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a number of shots were fired at the Westwood Wheels and Tyres business on Westwood Drive about 2.15pm.

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St Kilda have emerged in a two-way battle with the Western Bulldogs to feature in Good Friday football next season, with North Melbourne virtually assured of hosting the stand alone game for the second year running.

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It was a comfortable enough margin in the end as the Victorian Parliament's lower house voted 37 to 47 on Friday morning in favour of controversial voluntary euthanasia laws.

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This is not over yet. That was the steely warning amid the jubilation on Friday from supporters of voluntary euthanasia for terminally ill Victorians.

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Highly rated rugby league convert Haneen Zreika has been selected with the first pick in the AFLW rookie draft by GWS, after the Giants overlooked her in Wednesday's national draft.

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​Canterbury coach Dean Pay has stepped in to ensure Michael Lichaa will stay at the Bulldogs.

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World Cup stars will be given the chance to return to pre-season club training later than usual.

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Cooper Cronk wants to play on - and the Roosters are in the box seat to land the most coveted signature in the NRL.

Michael Hooper says the Wallabies' heartbreaking loss in Dunedin against the All Blacks feels like an eternity ago, which is why he is keen to get a gauge on how far the team has progressed in the two months since.

Five burning questions ahead of the Wallabies last Bledisloe Cup match in Brisbane on Saturday.

Former Wallabies captain Nick Farr-Jones has lit the fuse ahead of Saturday's Bledisloe Cup Test by questioning whether Australia has the mental toughness of previous national teams required to beat the All Blacks.

Western Bulldogs recruit Josh Schache has declared he has learnt to be mentally stronger and is ready to play his best football now he is back home with family and friends.

Shane Mumford said it would have been a "selfish" decision to play on next year and is proud to have achieved more than what the "fat kid from Bunyip" could have dreamt about.

It was the lowest point of Nick Olive's career.

Just four days out from the event, the venue announced the show would not go on.

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Not just for Canberra transgender athlete Hannah Mouncey.

France will start their World Cup campaign in Canberra and hope Johns' advice will help.

The Raiders were in Boorowa on Friday to reconnect with country rugby league roots.

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Canberra back-rower Elliott Whitehead has secured his NRL future on the eve of the rugby league World Cup.

A new-look side will play the Chiefs in their final hitout before the Super Rugby season starts.

Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart says everyone at the has to be better next season.

The vessel was found two to three nautical miles offshore. Police will guard the scene overnight, with a full recovery operation to begin on Saturday.

Ed Jones from the Perth Observatory said the meteor shower can be seen with the naked eye - and Friday night's display above WA could be the best for local skywatchers.

Liberal MP Heidi Victoria says she abstained in the vote on the state's assisted dying bill on Friday because she received threats during the campaign over the legislation.

Daniel Duhovic had never met Paul Hogan when a series of text messages convinced him to fire a shotgun in his face.

Pat Seears defends David Dawes as a longtime friend and an honest man.

An Australian teacher has been shot and killed in a daylight street robbery while walking home in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.

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A week in photos from award winning Sydney Morning Herald photographers.

Mr Spokes owner Jillian Edwards detailed stressful negotiations with the Land Development Agency.

Former Labor prime minister Paul Keating has reacted angrily to the passage of Victoria's Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill through the state's lower house, branding it "deeply regressive" and an abrogation of "the core instinct to survive".

Billy Hartung is one of four out-of-contract Hawks in limbo after trade period

CBA chair Catherine Livingstone has defended the board's past decisions on disclosure and executive pay, under intense questioning over the money laundering compliance scandal that has rocked the bank in recent months.

The Immigration department says the union's proposal would drain its cash reserves.

A Virgin flight en route to Brisbane was forced turn back to Melbourne airport after a bird, believed to be an eagle, reportedly struck one of its engines not long after takeoff.

The new Queensland train that was derailed late on Thursday afternoon appears to have been pulled offline by the shunting engine.

"Honestly, the sex workers that I've met are the kindest, most hard working, compassionate, loving people, you know? And they need a better – they need to be looked after better."

As the weather warms up, it's time to put away the winter jackets and pull out the summer gear.

Doctors wear stab-proof vests, nurses carry duress alarms and security guards have body cameras. This is the new reality as Victorian hospitals try to tackle rising reports of violence against their staff.

While many of its neighbours have been torn down, a dated government office block has been turned into a four star hotel.

The inaugural head of Victoria's new Office for Women in Sport and Recreation, Bridie O'Donnell, says the AFL made the wrong decision in deeming transgender athlete Hannah Mouncey ineligible for the AFLW draft.

Nia Sims, who has a rare auto-immune condition, says she feels like she's "on the cusp of history".

Australian euthanasia pioneer Philip Nitschke says the passage of Victoria's assisted dying bill will bring "comfort" to many people.

Australian shares clinched a two-week rally with another advance on Friday, with the S&P;/ASX 200 closing above 5900 for the first time since May.

Shares stumbled early only to push higher through the session to extend their two-week rally, wth the ASX 200 closing above 5900 points for the first time in over five months.

Celebrity chef George Calombaris has been fined $1000 for punching a man at Sydney Football Stadium in May.

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Country's lending boom has created a 'systemic financial risk', warns People's Bank governor.

Now disgraced Hollywood producer caused headaches when he pulled out of an event meant to honour him. Not least $125,000 in lost funds for the ACT Government.

Perth's rapidly expanding urban sprawl will lead to extreme infrastructure costs and traffic congestion if the state does not develop more inner-suburb housing, a new report has found.

One of John Landy's earliest childhood memories is of a grass blue butterfly sunning itself on a leaf.