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It was not until five years after Nhial Yoa was attacked with a machete at a party that his journey to "professional footballer", "brand ambassador" and "youth mentor" gathered pace.

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Two men were arrested and several women will be given infringement notices after police broke up a protest in the Hawkesbury region on Monday.

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A prison officer was hospitalised with facial injuries after being assaulted at the Hakea maximum security jail in Perth.

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Cartoonist Ron Tandberg has died after a short battle with cancer.

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Lord Mayor Robert Doyle is facing a fresh allegation of sexual harassment by a second Melbourne City councillor, Cathy Oke, who has told an independent investigation that he tried to kiss her while they were in his office.

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On Monday afternoon the Bureau of Meterology said there was a significant risk of a severe tropical cyclone impacting northern WA later this week.

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Sydneysiders responded to the near-record heat with the highest water use in 15 years, with another belter likely to build by the end of the week.

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Former Geelong premiership coach Mark Thompson is under investigation by Victoria Police and had his Port Melbourne home raided on Friday.

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A crime scene has been established at the Carrara residence after a man suffered gunshot wounds.

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Malcolm Turnbull knew or ought to have known that the claims he made about Labor's housing policy were likely to be wrong.

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It will be alleged the man assaulted a female driver, who had children in the car, and verbally abused another family at a boat ramp.

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A 26-year-old woman stole a car and fled from police in Melbourne's south-east on Monday morning, triggering a 40-minute long police pursuit that only ended when multiple e police cars boxed the stolen car in on the Monash Freeway.

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Victorian Liberal leader Matthew Guy says there is no use trying to ignore the problem of 'ethnic gangs'.

Domino's Pizza workers appear set to be paid default award rates, at least temporarily, after the workplace tribunal delayed their vote on a new pay offer.

After its first major test of 2018, is the energy grid prepared for another heatwave?

A man accused of raping women he met on dating app Tinder has been refused bail, after a court heard he yelled at one of his alleged victims in the street while out of custody.

The consumer watchdog has reported a surge in the number of Australians complaining about being fobbed off by businesses that sold them faulty products. 

A Parkerville man has been fined $5000 for offences his company committed while contracting for and carrying out the fit-out of two commercial buildings in Belmont and Jandakot in 2013.

"People are donating these items to support our mission but if other people get to them before us then we don't get to sell them."

Penrith's top of 47.3 degrees was more than just a local record, and the hot weather is set to stick around.

Employers are far more happy with graduates from smaller universities than those from the bigger "group of eight" institutions.

The S&P;/ASX 200 Index rose 8 points on Monday, advancing for a fourth straight session, to a fresh decade-high level on gains in healthcare and financials stocks.

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The S&P;/ASX 200 Index has advanced for a fourth-straight session to 6130.4 points.

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A tanker carrying Iranian oil was ablaze in the East China Sea on Sunday after colliding with a cargo ship.

The inner-city park will get more grass and seating as part of the final stage of $21 million in restoration works.

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Some commuters will pay up to 29₵ more per trip, but authorities say fares will still be cheaper than they were in 2014.

Motorists travelling south on Kwinana Freeway are being advised to drive with extreme caution, with smoke from a bushfire limiting visibility.

Complaints about calls from telemarketers jumped 20 per cent from 2016 to 2017.

Businesses are upset at the roll out of green bins.

Police are concerned about the increasingly violent behaviour of a lone gunman who shot a 21-year-old Sydney pizza shop worker and is thought to be responsible for armed robberies at four other takeaway outlets.

The woman who allegedly drove from Batemans Bay to Canberra high on ice before crashing near Braidwood denied bail.

DFAT spends $100,000 on tour for European journalists

Australian nurse Tammy Davis-Charles, who is suffering eye cancer, has had her appeal against an 18-month jail sentence on surrogacy charges rejected by a Cambodian court.

Sixty per cent of commuters have avoided the Hoddle Street area since its closure on Monday, seeking alternative routes of using the 24-hour bus service on the road, according to the state government.

Bobby Stuart Allan was murdered in Rivett last December.

A NSW pizza shop owner says he punched a man - who died in hospital a day after the blow - because the victim had earlier "stiff-armed" one of his employees outside a coastal pub.

Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi says she wants to "get on with the job" after returning to her duties following a four-month hiatus as she awaited the outcome of her appeal against her disqualification from office.

Prominent Liberal ministers have launched a stinging attack on NSW Young Liberals president Harry Stutchbury.

New Slow Down, Move Over (SLOMO) laws designed to protect roadside workers "miss the mark" in their current form and will be almost impossible to enforce, according to the WA Police Union.

The opposition has seized on the documents to claim the government was "lying".

The popular recreation spot was closed to swimming and other activities on Friday.

A former IT engineer from the United Kingdom, Brad Bradshaw is a long way from home as he watches over coffee beans roasting at his purpose built shed in Western Australia's great southern region.

Michael Wolff is accustomed to angering the Manhattan power elite, now his formula has been applied to presidential politics.

A man has been found stabbed to death at a house in the state's north.

Radical transparency site WikiLeaks has gone after author Michael Wolff following the publication of a controversial book that puts the Trump White House in an unflattering light.

Construction growth in Australia moderated slightly in December, but still expanded for an 11th month in a row.

Late last year, Wannanup resident Sally Finlay said she was told her autistic son who had attended the Halls Head College Targeted Learning program, would have to find alternative education because the program would not be offered in 2018.

London: More than 24,000 attempts have been made to access pornographic websites in the UK's Houses of Parliament since the general election last June, according to official data.

Radio broadcaster and magazine publisher Pacific Star Network has announced it will merge with sports content and entertainment business Crocmedia.