At least two conservative Senators say they will try to amend Dean Smith's bill to allow conscientious objections to gay marriage if the results of the nationwide postal survey return a 'yes' result on Wednesday.
Police have made a breakthrough in the investigation into a fire that caused $20 million in damage to the Liverpool Council chambers more than seven years ago, revealing that it may have been triggered by someone angry about a minor, council-issued fine.
In a Supreme Court case to be heard on Wednesday, lawyers will deploy a novel strategy that they say could pierce the sweeping shield created by federal law that protects gun companies from litigation and has thwarted countless lawsuits after their weapons were used to commit crimes.
Hardware giant Bunnings has sold four newly-built stores to CBRE Global Investors in a $180 million deal that recalibrates values in the sought-after sector.
We complain about the cost of it but most Australians are living more prosperous, even opulent lives than any generation before us. The problem is we can only continue living the high life for so long.
Physical retail stores in Australia had a "good future" regardless of the arrival of Amazon, according to the chairman of the retail property group Vicinity Centres, Peter Hay.
A shooting group is calling for volunteers to support One Nation and Katter's Australian Party at the upcoming election.
In this kind of market, it makes sense to have a Plan B. But the market has taken a dim view of Vita Group founder Maxine Horne injecting a little botox into her Telstra retail shop operator.
Qantas chairman Leigh Clifford has thrown cold water on speculation he is preparing to hand the controls over to outgoing Wesfarmers boss Richard Goyder, saying that he and his chief executive Alan Joyce are "not going anywhere".
Melbourne's unpredictable weather is continuing its four-seasons in a week kind of theme with wild thunderstorms and possible flash flooding predicted in parts of the state.
Elderly and bedridden residents will lose their homes before Christmas as a scandal-ridden retirement village prepares to close.
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Seventeen days of the state election campaign have passed and both the Premier and Opposition Leader have been dodging questions on hot topics.
A case of serendipity twice over led to a crowd gathering to mark the final resting place of Forbes Strachan at Toowong Cemetery on Saturday.
It is understood Sedman was an inmate at Casuarina Prison, and is believed to have been involved in a series of armed robberies in Perth in the mid-2000s. He has been given a security rating of "medium" by WA Corrective Services.
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The couple appeared on the front page of The Canberra Times in 2013 when the ACT government passed the nation's first same-sex marriage laws.
Part of the exam asked students to analyse a newsletter written by a fictional principal who despised excessive packaging.
Bunnings Warehouse Fyshwick to close down once Majura Park site opens, according to workers.
The same sex marriage survey had a higher turnout than for practically any voluntary ballot measure undertaken in a Western democracy in modern history.
The ACT government received about $1.6 billion in revenue in the three months to September.
The former NSW premier is a tough campaigner, but past associations will be difficult to shrug off.
Israel Folau's stunning year has been recognised with a nomination for World Rugby's Men's Player of the Year award - a gong no Australian has ever won before.
The final design for the "Sydney Modern" expansion, to be released on Wednesday, is a blueprint for turning the flagging Art Gallery of NSW into one of the world's great museums of art, the state government says.
The former prime minister made the comments at a book launch in Canberra on Tuesday.
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Peter Poulet has called on Parliament to approve legislative changes which will elevate good design to the forefront of the state's planning system for the first time.
Only a fraction of ACT schools asked for help in supporting gender and sexually diverse students this year.
The Australian National University has been hired to help the Education Directorate better plan future school needs.
It took three fire crews more than an hour to bring the fire under control, with thick plumes of smoke visible for several kilometres.
Shane Leslie Darcy sat behind a stack of crates and watched his homeless victim sleep in Sydney's CBD before he crept up to the man and slashed his neck with a box cutter.
US Attorney-General Jeff Sessions is entertaining the idea of appointing a second special counsel to investigate a host of Republican concerns.
Cloud over plan to head off the risk of blackouts and energy price spikes.
Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart has put his senior players on notice, throwing down the gauntlet to the youngsters.
"Not only will we seek to expand into new products such as cheese, but we will also be better positioned to take advantage of export opportunities and promote the WA dairy industry to a much wider audience."
South Australian police have dropped charges against Port Adelaide ruckman Paddy Ryder, issuing him with a written caution.
An eight-year-old boy found unresponsive in a car in Melbourne's west in scorching temperatures had climbed into the rear of the vehicle and hid without his mother knowing, police said.
The brother of a man who shot dead controversial businessman Michael McGurk will face trial on accessory to murder charges next year after he failed to convince a judge that the case against him was weak and unfair.
A Canberra man accused of rape skipped the country part-way through his ACT Supreme Court jury trial.
Despite new housing developments, Canberra's south hasn't seen an increase in youth outreach funding.
First published in The Age on April 19, 2014
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Two young men charged over a crime spree that included the death of a motorcyclist will be kept in youth detention.
Paul Keating has called for a return to soaring imagination in public policy development, saying the country was in danger of missing the turns and thus failing to capitalise on the huge opportunities of the global digital age.
After a male ADFA cadet allegedly raped another cadet in her room, gossip spread about the woman, a court heard.
Increasing competition for rental homes has become one of the key knock-on effects of Sydney's crushingly expensive housing market.
A devastating food labelling error that led to the death of a 10-year-old Melbourne boy has prompted the Victorian government to make it mandatory for hospitals to report cases of anaphylaxis.
The Berejiklian government's overhaul of the Planning Act marks a "missed opportunity" to promote greater community input and address the long-term threat from climate change, environment groups say.
The Bell Tower beat out Horizontal Falls and Albany's ANZAC Centre for the top tourism gong.
Royal Dutch Shell has completed its long-awaited exit from Woodside Petroleum's share register in a $3.5 billion deal.
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