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An intellectually disabled woman was allegedly sexually assaulted after being led into a toilet block by a man in Melbourne's south-west last month.

The Tasmanian seaman is known for his bravery and sacrifice as a seaman during World War II.

Announcing its full year results today, CBA said cash NPAT was down 11.3 per cent to $7.3 billion in FY20 due to conditions created by the virus.

Four Melbourne pensioners with no income are desperately waiting on $70,000 holiday refund.

The baby was airlifted with his mother in a stable condition to the Children's Hospital at Westmead under observation.

NSW Health is advising staff and customers who attended the South Coast eatery to get tested and stay in self isolation for two weeks.

Bidders who hoped for a chance of owning a slice of Queensland politician Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen's estate have paid record-breaking prices at auction.

New Zealand health authorities have identified at least one more positive COVID-19 case in addition to the four announced last night, with up to 200 close contacts being tested.

A Los Angeles police officer accused of fondling a dead woman was sued yesterday by her family, court documents show.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has become a billionaire as he nears a decade at the helm of the world's most valuable company Here's who else he joins in the select billionaire club.

One of the three young women accused of lying on their border passes to re-enter Queensland from Melbourne has been released from hotel quarantine.

Volvo will begin contacting affected owners in writing, but there is a catch: the Swedish automaker does not expect replacement parts to arrive until after October 2020.

Two Sydney men have been charged over an international money laundering scheme allegedly involving the movement of millions of dollars through daigous.

A Sydney commuter has shared a photo of a packed bus with passengers jammed into the central aisle and less than a handful wearing masks.

The amount equates to WA's entire annual budget or every man, woman and child in the state owing Mr Palmer $12,000 each.

Former abattoir worker Craig Henry Rumsby was charged 21 years after Michelle Bright was last seen near Mudgee.

Newlywed Hala Jheir was driving home to her husband in the Beirut suburb of Gimmayzeh when 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate ignited causing a blast likened to that of an atomic bomb.

A controversial "owl dunnit" theory linked to popular 2018 Netflix series The Staircase is being debated again, with the show's key defence lawyer pointing sceptics to an owl attacking a puppy.

GOP candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene has prevailed in a Georgia primary runoff.

An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in Victoria's west, with an emergency alert being issued to the Golden Plains Shire.

US police officers at a Florida primary school arrested an 8-year-old boy after he allegedly hit a teacher.

Dan Wylie is accused of assaulting Shannon Murphy at their home in Woollahra in March.

With hundreds of thousands of masks now being procured every day, environmentalists are concerned about where they will end up.

Pharmacies have been added to the list of places where Queenslanders can get tested for COVID-19 as the Premier issued a sobering warning in light of New Zealand's fresh outbreak.

The Northern Territory government is scrambling to limit the fallout to local tourism operators and businesses following confusing comments about the state of NT's borders.

Australia has suffered its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic with 21 deaths and 410 new cases recorded in Victoria over the past 24 hours.

Discovering a vaccine that protects against COVID-19 is regarded as the best way to stop the continued spread of the pandemic.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says suggestions he consistently said 'no' to help from the ADF in the management of hotel quarantine are "simply wrong".

A woman in the US was laughing after a clerical error left her with a picture of an empty chair on her ID.

Rapper Kanye West has qualified as an independent presidential candidate for Arkansas.

20th Century Fox, one of the most recognised names in entertainment history, is officially no more.

Queensland police are searching for a man accused of breaching mandatory hotel quarantine in Toowoomba.

Ceres, the largest known object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter may be an ocean world with intriguing geologic activity, according to new research.

For eight-year-old twins Sienna and Gabriella Guise there was a touch of Christmas coming early in their Auckland family home this morning.

Warning issues for diners at the Wildginger restaurant in Huskisson on the NSW south coast.

It took six months for the world to reach 10 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus, but just over six weeks for that number to double.

New Zealand is about to go into a new lockdown after the first cases in more than 100 days.

Senator Kamala Harris has become the first Black and South Asian American woman chosen for national office by a major political party, when former Vice President Joe Biden named the former prosecutor to be his running mate this fall.

Health care workers on the coronavirus frontline in Melbourne have been relying on a Buddhist charity for crucial PPE supplies amid calls by doctors they don't have enough.

French authorities have opened a murder investigation after a 30-year-old corpse was found in a basement during renovations of a Parisian mansion that sold for about $57.7 million.

Economic damage should not automatically override the coronavirus death toll when it comes to opening state borders, the Deputy Prime Minister has warned.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it is following Russia's progress in developing a COVID-19 vaccine, but warned that progress in the fight against the virus should not compromise safety.

Much of Australia's east and south coast will see storms and rain return after the weekend deluge caused floods in parts of NSW.

It comes as two major shopping centres in Sydney's west have been deep cleaned after being visited by infected customers.

New information has been released on the death of a seven-year-old US boy who had COVID-19.

Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party's presidential ticket and acknowledging the vital role Black voters will play in his bid to defeat President Donald Trump.

The country had recorded 102 days without any community transmissions before the new cases were confirmed late yesterday, sparking long queues at supermarkets.

The global economy is waiting for the United States to get its coronavirus outbreak under control and boost the recovery, but there's little sign of that.