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James Packer fended off a massive vote against Crown Resorts remuneration report. It is a feat he will not be able to repeat next year.

A major crash involving seven cars and three trucks brought traffic to a standstill on the Monash Freeway and injured one woman.

Clare Wainwright is $24.5 million richer after waiting more than a month for National Australia Bank to correct its mistake.

Wallabies fullback Israel Folau has claimed a record third John Eales Medal, edging out Kurtley Beale for the top gong in Australian rugby.

Gold Logie-winning actor Samuel Johnson is the 2018 Victorian Australian of the Year for his work raising funds for cancer research.

A group representing some of the nation's biggest superannuation funds says shareholders need greater powers to ensure their concerns are heard at company AGMs - including on environmental and social issues.

Employment Minister Michaelia Cash is clinging to her job after Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull declared she had "acted entirely properly".

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The jokes may be more Dame Edna Everage than Oxford Street, Sydney, but every Tuesday night local drag queens Shalita Buffet and Christina Knees-Up put on a risque-ish one hour show in Broken Hill's Palace Hotel where some of the movie Priscilla, Queen of the Desert was shot.

In an ideal world, the Knights would like Sione Mata'utia to lead their team for the next decade. But concern about their co-captain's history of concussions has prompted Newcastle officials to defer contract talks.

​A woman has been charged with murder after the body of Victorian father Jade Goodwin was found buried in a shallow grave in Melbourne's outskirts.

A search and rescue is underway for a man after the boat he was on sank off the coast of Mackay on Thursday afternoon.

Hawthorn and Collingwood will open their seasons with a blockbuster round one clash at the MCG.

A Perth teenager is in a critical condition after being hit by a bus near Bibra Lake Primary School on Thursday afternoon.

Pressure on the Manly Sea Eagles over alleged breaches of the salary cap continues to mount after the National Rugby League's integrity unit this week commenced formal interviews of club officials.

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika has promoted Alaalatoa to the leadership role.

Josh Hodgson went from seeing his family every day to knowing nobody on the other side of the world.

Three men have been charged with murder after an alleged argument between housemates at a suburban Melbourne home.

They're one of the tightest bromances in rugby league, but that won't stop them from head hunting each other.

Parramatta legend Luke Burt says Mitchell Moses has taken his game to a new level since joining the Eels.

Canberra will host an AFL season-opener for the first time when the Giants play on March 25 next year.

Former Wallabies grand slam winning coach Alan Jones believes Australia can win the next Rugby World Cup, but has warned the country runs the risk of losing players unless the code talks itself up.

David van Gend, a Coalition for Marriage spokesman, said he wouldn't "shy away" from traditional teachings.

Fremantle Dockers' latest recruit has already shown where his loyalties lie, declaring during his first press conference wearing purple that it was "Freo or bust" for the former Giants half-back.

A further five ACT Health buildings have potentially deadly cladding, a report has revealed.

The ongoing push by Chinese authorities to tackle pollution levels through restrictions on industrial production has caused iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group to lower its price guidance for fiscal 2018.

Levity was in short supply as Michaelia Cash sat pinioned in a parliamentary committee room, subjected to the pitiless gaze of five television cameras.

Greens' Lidia Thorpe says someone has been digging for campaign dirt in her traumatic past.

Timing was everything for explorers Burke and Wills as they approached Cooper's Creek on 21 April, 1861.

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On the verge of being a premiership player just over two years ago, Billy Hartung is looking for a football lifeline after being delisted by Hawthorn on Thursday.

Alistair Coe accused the Greens of "overlooking integrity" because of their "tight coalition" with Labor.

Survivors of child sexual abuse will receive a maximum of $150,000 compensation, but but only a small number will receive that much and some who served jail time will miss out under the federal government's long-awaited national scheme.

Canberra developer Geocon is continuing investigations into unidentified noises in the Belconnen tower.

Independent Speaker Peter Wellington took the unusual move to speak out on a subcontractors bill.

A parliamentary committee into Canberra's billboards has recommended a government review of the laws.

At Lune, they go through 310 kilograms of French butter a week to make their croissants.

Joseph Zavone will join the Griffith school in January.

The report has highlighted the "inadequate supervision of apprentices" as an important issue in Canberra.

Power outages and hailstones the size of golf balls were recorded in the Scenic Rim, while two people on the Gold Coast were taken to hospital for reported shocks.

Plans to build a train line to Ellenbrook appear on track after the state government on Thursday began the process of selecting the most appropriate route the line will take.

The Turnbull government has been accused of turning its back on Indigenous people following reports it has rejected the proposal for a constitutionally enshrined Voice to Parliament.

The council had leased the property to the man since the late 1980s.