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Four adults are expected to apply for bail next week over accusations they sexually and physically abused three young boys in the Blue Mountains over two years.

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The ups and downs on the road with Sydney's ambos.

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The council responsible for poisoning thousands of bees in an eastern suburb of Sydney is facing swarms of criticism for the drastic action.

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The national body representing the judiciary has jumped to the defence of a Victorian magistrate who criticised the state government's delay in changing the bail laws.

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Some might argue the risk far outweighs the return but Wigan are adamant the first Super League competition game played outside Europe is only a blueprint for forward-thinking NRL clubs.

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The US House of Representatives joined the Senate early on Friday morning in approving a bill to end an overnight federal shutdown, sparing Republicans further embarrassment and averting serious interruption of the government's business.

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Canberrans with serious conditions are waiting up to five years just to see a specialist. 

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The states are talking tough, but has Malcolm Turnbull managed to convince them on his hospital funding deal?

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David Grice has been jailed for a minimum of 18 months over the collision that left a 26-year-old woman dead.

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The Waratahs produced one of the more eye-catching outings of the early tournament play, while the news wasn't so good for Brad Thorn's Queensland Reds.

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The message was hardly a revelation: It will be cold at the Winter Olympics.

The ACT's minister for multicultural affairs has acknowledged the event is experiencing some growing pains.

Three men have charged following a mass brawl in Prahran on Thursday morning, which left a young man seriously injured.

The sedan had run down the embankment and was sinking with the 25-year-old driver trapped inside.

A witness has recalled a Kooringal High School student revealing he was going to be killed, just moments before he was stabbed to death.

Statistics appear to say different things depending on who's reading them.

Edward Cameron, the 27-year-old son of the late Sydney business identity John Hemmes stemming from a secret six-year affair, has been awarded $1.75 million from the estate of the father he never met.

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In an election year Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton is determined to remain neutral.

Peter Sourris travelled around Brisbane in his Bedford truck with a hand-wind projector in the 1900s. Now his grandsons are expanding the business he started.

The result is a piece of foam that captures every detail from the top of the thighs right up to the neck.

The Wallabies coach and Rugby Australia's boss have conceded the Quade Cooper situation is a bad look for the game.

David Pocock's sabbatical year has been one of the talking points of the season since the flanker returned to Australia only to have surgery to repair an ongoing knee issue. But Wallabies coach Michael Cheika had a few things to say to the critics.

A man's lung was punctured during the home invasion in Kaleen.

The Brumbies flyer grabbed his knee after just two minutes, but has been cleared of damage.

Come watch the locals take on the interstaters in the boccia Canberra Cup in Tuggeranong this weekend.

At age 19 Mahmoud Taha organised teenagers to commit robberies and was also involved in a brazen hold-up.

The new law gives domestic partners in the territory similar rights as married couples - but without the legal title.

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A week in photos from award winning Sydney Morning Herald photographers.

It's a new chapter for the restaurant, which has been closed for more than a year.

A winning Lucky Lotteries ticket worth $200,000 in Thursday's draw was sold in Tuggeranong.

The man who fought for not only a right to speak freely on the web, but also "a right to know" all the information that it offers, has died.

The Syrian war, for years, has not been just one war but a tangle of separate but intersecting conflicts with a rotating cast of combatants.

Former Brumbies flyer Robbie Coleman will end 10 months of frustration with a temporary French stint.

Locals say plans for the range remain "shrouded in secrecy" and could impact on business, livestock and even ex-soliders recovering from PTSD.

Failing to challenge assumptions leads to loss of competitive edge, writes Jim Bright

A man has reportedly been found dead in a pool of blood inside a house in Melbourne's north.

Schools in remote locations take on a central role.

Public health is improving through behavioural study.

Red Rooster, Coles Express and BWS were the targets of the robbery and attempted robberies.

What happens when you turn a hobby into a full-time job?

Fancy a career in the world of solar? The industry is about to get its time in the sun.

Police have charged the driver of a garbage truck which struck and killed a north shore grandmother while she was walking her young grandson in a pram on Thursday.

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Man would later subject 15-year-old to what prosecutors called a "horrendous" example of abuse.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has hosed down speculation the government might shelve the policy.

George Pell's legal defence team wants access to the medical records of the people who have made allegations of sexual offences against the cardinal.

The ACT has resisted signing up to a new hospital funding agreement.

Dunamis Lui will return to the field in Canberra's upcoming trial.

A young child is recovering in a West Australian hospital after being diagnosed with the potentially deadly W strain of meningococcal.

The ASX is reviewing claims made by real estate giant McGrath about its celebrity founder John McGrath's margin-lending facility.