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More than 72,000 students have registered for the fifth annual Prime Minister's Spelling Bee as cricket legend and father of two Pat Cummins shares why childhood literacy hits so close to home.
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A major air and sea search has ended after four women were reported stranded on rocks at a popular beach, with police still investigating their whereabouts.
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An off-duty police officer has been charged after he was allegedly caught drink driving with a child in the car during a morning RBT.
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Queenslanders are being warned to brace for aftershocks after millions were rocked by the largest onshore earthquake in 50 years.
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This is the untold truth behind Australia's most audacious prison break and the escapee's haunting conversations with Ivan Milat.
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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has flagged big changes to red tape reform, saying too many Aussies are burning cash' as they wait for approvals to build.
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Shane Warne's legacy lives on three years after his tragic death with a health check named in his honour helping thousands.
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Two police officers, who were in relationship, found themselves being hunted by a man with a crossbow in a nightmarish" attack at a rural commune.
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A major air and sea search is underway for four women feared to have been washed off rocks in Lake Macquarie, south of Newcastle.
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A major air and sea search is underway for four women who it is feared were washed off the rocks at Lake Macquarie, just south of Newcastle.
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Violence has erupted between transgender activists and police as women protest for sex-based rights in Melbourne's CBD.
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Three girls are in custody for allegedly stripping and beating another teen girl, all while recording it.
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A controversial vegan activist has just one week to secure $30,000 to leave Australia, and she is calling on her fans to help.
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Southeast Queensland has been rocked by a 5.6 magnitude earthquake near Brisbane.
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A year before the chilling alleged double murder in Melbourne, signs went up around a local park about the accused killer and his dogs.
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The Albanese Government has made no secret of its support for a new road user tax scheme - now the first details of the plan are emerging.
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Despite Australia's birth rate struggling to recover to pre-Covid levels and it's clear impact on an issue the government is desperate to fix - one thing is off the table.
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Transgender activists and a women's rights rally will face off in Melbourne today and some neo Nazis have threatened to throw it all into chaos.
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Southeast Queensland has been rocked by a 5.6 magnitude earthquake near Brisbane.
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The Treasurer has put a price tag on what one of the nation's biggest failures is costing each of each.
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A young pilot told the Outback Wrangler to get f--ked, get vaccinated, and go fly his own helicopter' after his boss chewed him out for pulling out of an unsafe mission.
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A football coach has been sacked following a derogatory and sexist comment he made online about influencer Tammy Hembrow.
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A violent Melbourne home invasion has been captured on camera as armed gunmen seriously injured a resident.
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Australia's sharemarket continued its run higher on Friday as local company profits outweighed worrying signals from our biggest trading partner.
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Police have swarmed a high school after students spread gun threats on social media.
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The Treasurer has put a price tag on what one of the nation's biggest failures is costing each of each.
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Swifties have been warned of scammers trying to cash in on Taylor Swift's new album with fake pre-orders, leaked downloads and dodgy merch.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has paid tribute to Australia's Pacific War veterans, saying their courage remains a beacon to us still" 80 years after victory.
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The federal government has launched compliance action against 30 childcare centres in the wake of shocking allegations of sector-wide child safety failures.
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Workers locked out over a pay and conditions dispute are set to return to work after Fair Work ordered their employer to end the lockout.
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A new law floated by Melbourne's Mayor that would involve new fines for pedestrians has been mercilessly ridiculed.
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Police have swarmed a high school after students spread gun threats on social media.
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Hollywood star Chris Hemsworth's fitness app has closed its Aussie office, leaving staff out of work as operations shift to the United States.
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The man at the centre of an alleged firearms incident at Sydney Airport later told police: I know I'm going to get bail like always".
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The Chinese community has flocked to the case of a young woman who was allegedly drunk when she crashed her $1 million Rolls-Royce into a Mercedes in Sydney.
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There are forecasts for up to 200mm of rain along parts of the east coast next week as a three-pronged weather system takes aim at the east coast.
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Harrowing footage has captured the moment a knife-wielding man attacked two police officers at a home in Melbourne.
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Footage of a security guard's final moments after a fight erupted between him and a patron outside a pub has been played in court.
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Members of a local RSL are up in arms over an apparent ban on shirts bearing an iconic Australian tribute.
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Hospitals in one state have admitted 34 schoolchildren with flu in the past week alone as health officials reveal an alarming reason for the surge.
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Major changes have been announced after Australia was rocked by a series of high-profile charges against alleged childcare predators.
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A major international airline will shut down all of its operations within two days as a major strike looms, impacting flights to and from Australia.
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The Liberal Party has revealed its next candidate for Kiama after the shock resignation of long-time MP and convicted rapist, Gareth Ward.
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A farmer previously jailed for sexual offences has won an appeal after his trial was deemed unfair.
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The boss of Australia's biggest bank has come out swinging as a $15 billion bloodbath hits more than 10 million Aussies.
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The teenager who fatally stabbed Queensland mother Emma Lovell will spend nearly two years less in custody after a shock ruling.
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Urgent reforms on working with children checks - including a banned in one, banned in all" approach - could take up to a year to fix, with the delay slammed as unsatisfactory".
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Police have dismantled an alleged co-ordinated" supermarket theft syndicate involving students stealing up to $10m worth of goods.
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Chilling CCTV has captured the moment two masked attackers set the front of a Penrith home on fire in an alleged midnight attack.
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Chilling new details have emerged of a homeless man's movements after he allegedly murdered a pregnant woman and her partner.