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US President Donald Trump got to play king in the palace of the Chinese emperors, The Forbidden City, privately dining with his host Xi Jinping.

Virginia's most socially conservative state lawmaker, who once called himself the state's "chief homophobe", was ousted from office on Tuesday by a transgender, female Democrat.

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Lessons from off-year elections can be overdrawn, but the Virginia race strongly suggests that Republicans running in swing states will have to choose a side rather than try to make an uncomfortable straddle.

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Banning cash for access would mean taxpayers would have to pay for political campaigns, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says.

More festivals, shows and art spaces could be coming to Queensland as the LNP commits to a $9 million boost for the arts if elected.

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If you like your broadband fast and you are connected to the National Broadband Network using fibre-to-the-node, then more than half of you should brace for disappointment.

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The CSIRO has launched new Future Science Platforms to make Australia a renewable energy exporter and hydrogen fuel hotspot.

Dreamworld's owner faces a new nightmare with CEO Simon Kelly walking the plank with immediate effect less than five months after he started.

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The international rules match between Australia and Ireland, to be played on Sunday, indirectly caused issues for England's batsmen on day one at the Adelaide Oval.

State of Origin and Cowboys hero Johnathan Thurston has been named the 2018 Queenslander of the Year for his work off the rugby league field.

For Indigenous painter and clan leader Djambawa Marawili, art carries a lot more meaning than aesthetics alone.

The location of exhaust stacks for the proposed Western Harbour Tunnel and Beaches Link toll road to Sydney's north east easily tops the list of public concerns about the project, government reports show.

A motorcyclist has been left fighting for life after being struck by car another hit-run in Melbourne's east.

Prosecutors say the man is an alleged Nomads boss and should spend more time behind bars.

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A woman has been hospitalised after she was attacked by two dogs in Lyons on Wednesday.

It was an illicit deal in a carpark beside Scrivener Dam that helped undercover cops unravel an interstate drug supply ring.

Changes recommended for Canberra's education system after a public school locked a child with autism in a cage are finally on track for completion following a series of delays.

Tasmanian independent Senator Jacqui Lambie has revealed her father was born in Scotland, but strongly denies any claims she may hold dual citizenship as a result.

Lena Zhu correctly spelled words such as illustrious, mediocre and irrevocable to win the junior section of the 2017 NSW Premier's Spelling Bee.

England winger Jermaine McGillvary has been found not guilty of biting Lebanon's Robbie Farah.

The speed limit on WA's notorious Indian Ocean Drive will be reduced after a spate of deaths on the stretch from Perth to Lancelin.

The first sod has been turned at the site of what will be Canberra's first Titetan Buddhist temple.

Both Labor and the LNP have promised to release their election costings, but it will be much closer to polling day.

The dispute has caught the attention of office workers who loathe the workplace trend.

Pauline Hanson says she will check with the British Home Office to ensure she's not a dual citizen.

Three south-east Queensland hospitals would get 320 extra beds under a Labor pledge announced on day 11 of the campaign.

The Australian Federation of Islamic Councils (AFIC) exercised "absolute" control of a Sydney school, which allowed it to dismiss dissenting board members and charge "extortionate" rent of more than $1 million a year, a court has heard.

Talks aimed at reviving the stalled Trans Pacific Partnership between Australia and ten other nations could add as much as $100 million to the cost of the Australia's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

The Turnbull government's hopes it can pass its landmark "super savers" scheme for first home buyers this year appear all but dashed.

Sydney has added nearly half a million jobs in the past decade but patterns of employment growth are putting the city's transport system under pressure and helping to drive up property prices.

Those supervising swimming children can't be sitting there on their phones - a child can drown in as little as 10 to 20 seconds.

A Sydney woman who stabbed her cousin to death after a violent and prolonged argument over her new Mercedes was not acting in self-defence, a jury has been told.

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Dom Clemente figured he was having a bad week when his hot water system and washing machine both "carked it" within a day of each other.

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The BMW driver who knocked a 13-year-old girl off her bike then left her for dead remains on the run.

Tim Nicholls has emulated the former premier's scuba-diving stunt as part of the LNP's $33 million tourism commitment in Cairns.