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V/Line was warned about unsafe practices linked to the Murray Basin Rail Project months before a worker was crushed to death, the transport union claims.

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The blue card system is resulting in some Indigenous children being removed from their communities, a not-for-profit says.

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Victorian schools are creating secret electronic dossiers that  record a child's every misstep and even contain observations about their parents. 

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Trivia and word buffs: test your knowledge with today's superquiz and Target.

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People at risk of domestic violence will continue to be barred from finding out about their partner's prior criminal convictions.

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Before he played his first game, he was destined to be a star. Before he turned 21, he was one. Travis Cloke was a giant of the game.

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Labor frontbencher Linda Burney will take leave from Parliament after her son was found dead in the family's Sydney home on Tuesday night.

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Only one in three rate Australia's broadband as good.

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"If you are lucky, the notes themselves would someday be worth more than some spare change," Einstein supposedly said.

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When news Perth teenager Aaron Pajich was missing first broke, the two women accused of his murder sat in a bedroom in the middle of the night and read articles about him together.

Australia's inflation rate was 0.6 per cent in the September quarter, missing economists' expectations of a 0.8 per cent rise.

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The developer of the Bronte RSL site has lost a court case to increase the size of its redevelopment.

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Medical students have defied their seniors by throwing their support behind voluntary assisted dying.

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Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has been hit with another class action lawsuit brought on behalf of asylum seekers.

Aged care facilities across Australia will be subjected to "relentless" unannounced spot-checks by federal authorities under tougher Turnbull government rules designed to stamp out appalling abuse and neglect.

Despite the warning, all ACT political parties backed legislation to allow the guarantees to be offered in the ACT.

The state's anti-corruption watchdog has launched a probe into a car crash involving Premier Daniel Andrew's wife, which left a teenage cyclist seriously injured almost five years ago.

A university student has pleaded guilty to illegally importing specimens from animals protected by law.

Labor and its union allies are attempting to shut down an investigation of Bill Shorten's role in donations by his former union, with the Australian Workers Union launching an urgent federal court challenge and the opposition accusing the Turnbull government of a "smear" campaign.

The Australian sharemarket trod water for another day, with miners leading the gains while Wesfarmers sank after updating investors.

The figure is a near-doubling of engaged signals for the agency's clients.

Canberrans who want to own more than one gun could be forced to fill out more paperwork.

A 46-year-old man has been fatally injured in a tree cutting incident in Perth's north.

Newcastle Knights premiership winner Mark Hughes has detailed how he and his former teammates from the 1997 grand final win over Manly cheated death while scaling Mount Everest.

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Two years ago Fairfax Media threw the lid off Bill Shorten's political and union past.

But this trip to Canberra Stadium will be something the Lebanon winger cherishes for the rest of his life.

The Canberra Liberals have given notice of 'no confidence' motion, alleging Canberra has become "the corrupt capital".

The territory government has lost a vote over calls for an overarching "environmental plan" for the Red Hill nature reserve and surrounds

Retiree Sam Bruno had put his brand new unit in Balga on the market just a fortnight before when a thief pulled up three Yukkas, and in the process broke his reticulation system.

Jakarta: The US has now claimed an "administrative error" was the reason why Indonesia's military chief was told he could not board a flight in an incident that caused a diplomatic furore.

A maverick shareholder, dressed in priests' robes and wooden cross, asked the assembled Fletcher investors to vote for absolution or exorcism for the board's corporate soul after the latest embarrassing downgrade.

Investors in Wesfarmers got seriously spooked on Wednesday when the release of its quarterly sales numbers showed Coles sales growth had slowed to a crawl. And - believe it or not - a large contributor to this was cheap vegetables.

Canberra parents have organised a sex education evening aimed at starting conversations with teenagers.

Radek Sali, the former Swisse chief executive who sold the vitamins company for $1.67 billion two years ago, has launched an advertising agency he says will help other companies target the burgeoning Asian consumer market.

Tania Klemke had refused to part with the pit bull as he had "taken a bullet" for her during a home invasion.

The Canberra Liberals sought to link Labor's non-attendance to a letter sent in July by Unions ACT.

A 1.7-kilometre stretch of King Street could now be open for late-night trading, coming into line with City of Sydney regulations.

The controversial Sirius building on the edge of the Rocks is one step closer to demolition after the NSW government again declined to place the brutalist former social-housing block on the state's heritage register.

Police believe a wanted New South Wales man could be in the Ipswich area after he went missing on Monday afternoon.

Chinese president Xi Jinping has stamped his authority on China's elite power group, breaking with tradition by failing to appoint a successor.

Heart disease and reflux can have similar symptoms.

Tom Banks will have the prefect chance to impress Wallabies coaches in Sydney on Saturday.

A new exhibition celebrates the relationship between the Canberra Glassworks and the Kingston Powerhouse site.

The Australian Taxation Office is still not compliant with mandatory cyber security standards because of its repeated IT outages, Tax Commissioner Chris Jordan says.

Two hundred people gathered at the National Gallery on Wednesday for the annual Pink Lady luncheon.

But his current focus is on taking his Samoan heritage to the World Cup semi-finals.

Coles is promising to bounce back in 2018 after cheap fruit and vegetables contributed to the supermarket's sales growth falling to its slowest rate in eight years.

The cycle scheme has cost ratepayers almost $13 million since it was introduced, but data shows it is growing in popularity and costs are coming down.