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A Nationals elder" has died aged 85, prompting touching tributes from politicians across the political spectrum.
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A record amount of prize money will be handed out at this year's Australian Open, with the winners to walk away with a small fortune.
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A 10m-wide sinkhole has opened up in a popular Melbourne sports field, near where boring machines are digging in major tunnel works.
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A man has died in hospital after suffering a medical episode during his arrest over an alleged domestic violence incident.
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Anthony Albanese is in Queensland's northwest, where deadly floodwaters have devastated swathes of the region.
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The state's top cop is due to make a huge call on whether to extend a key ruling made in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.
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Australians could swelter through searing temperatures as high as 47C as a severe heatwave sweeps across the country.
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A Nationals elder" has died aged 85, prompting touching tributes from former colleagues.
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Australia's Under-19s head to Africa with a strong batting line-up, an exciting bowling attack and a squad ready to thrive in new conditions under captain Ollie Peake.
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Ratepayers will be barred from speaking at council meetings under sweeping new rules being adopted by all 128 NSW councils.
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The alleged gunmen told a farm owner they were friends from Sydney looking to shoot targets for fun" in the lead up to the Bondi Beach massacre.
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A woman and a 16-year-old boy have been held at gunpoint by a masked trio in a terrifying home invasion.
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Sussan Ley has made a shock claim about the PM's call on a Bondi royal commission, as ex-Labor MPs urge the government to change its mind.
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Matt Wright's wife Kaia has revealed new details about the Outback Wrangler's life behind bars - and her main hope for him.
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The Dragons have pulled off one of the biggest moves in the club's history by signing a representative superstar who can help make the Red V great again.
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Weeks after he was moved from hospital to prison, another update has emerged on the conditions of alleged Bondi shooter Naveed Akram.
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A police staffer has been charged with dozens of hate crime-related offences following a major probe.
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The Australian sharemarket closed flat on its first full trading day during the year, despite early gains in uranium and rare earth stocks on the back of Venezuela tensions.
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One Aussie state has recorded its highest ever poker machine losses in just 92 days - with data revealing which communities are bearing the heaviest burden.
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Opposition leader Sussan Ley has declared Josh Frydenberg would be a great addition" to parliament after the former treasurer lost his Melbourne seat in 2022.
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Australia has fallen from the Top 10 Happiest Countries for the first time ever - sparking Australian Lamb to launch an ambitious campaign to reclaim our top spot.
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The online lover of an Aussie man was set to inherit more than $2.5 million following his death, until a court made a bombshell determination.
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A former NSW Police firearms expert has unleashed on the massive failings" that have left the state vulnerable and risk of deadly shootings.
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Police have declared a critical incident after a man suffered a medical episode during an arrest over an alleged domestic violence offence in Sydney.
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A man has been charged over an alleged terrifying" stabbing at a service station in Port Macquarie.
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A Nationals MP has urged the government to adopt a bold measure to punish supermarkets over unfair pricing practices.
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Wild images have captured the aftermath of a plane crash after a suspected heavy landing at an Australian airport, before the aircraft caught fire.
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Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie has branded critics of the Brisbane Stadium development loopy" and a bunch of nimbies" while announcing the architecture team.
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Storm Hunter will never forget the sound of her Achilles snapping two years ago. But she had a dream night in Sydney to begin her Australian summer.
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The Opposition Leader has again blasted Anthony Albanese for his late" response to the Bondi Beach terror attack.
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Hybrid work is reshaping Australia's CBDs, creating a surprising divide that is quietly transforming city centres and the way businesses operate.
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New Adelaide Strikers spinner Tabraiz Shamsi has revealed the surprising story behind his quirky shoe-phone celebration after taking three wickets against Perth.
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Four teal MPs have demanded Anthony Albanese establish a royal commission into the Bondi terrorist attack that killed 15 people.
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A blistering heatwave is set to sweep through four Aussie states, sending the mercury soaring past 40C in some areas.
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The Eels have found Zac Lomax's replacement after they poached a rep star from a Queensland club for the next two seasons.
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The MP says the pressure of politics on family life has driven his surprise decision to quit parliament just months from a state election.
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A truck driver has died after his vehicle crashed and erupted in flames on a Sydney motorway, sparking traffic chaos.
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A woman has been left with glass fragments in her eyes after a group of youths carried out a shocking act on a major Melbourne highway.
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A schoolboy who miraculously survived a primary school jumping castle tragedy has been killed in a freak accident on New Year's Eve.
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More Australians have been put on high alert after a person travelled through two major airports while infectious with the deadly disease.
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The suburbs where Australians have tens of millions of dollars waiting for them have been revealed.
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Protesters have defied warnings from police as hundreds rally across the country against the US attack on Venezuela.
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Olympic swimming legend Dawn Fraser has blasted Anthony Albanese as spineless" and urged him to get off your high horse".
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More than 100,000 families will be eligible for subsidised childcare under sweeping New Year's reforms.
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A blistering heat trough threatens to push mercury beyond 40C across four states while Queensland battles flood warnings.
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Police have suspended the desperate search for two men missing at sea after separate incidents in Sydney over New Years.
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Visitors to one of Australia's busiest airports have been put on alert after NSW recorded yet another case of measles.
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Protests against the US attack on Venezuela could flood Australia's streets, as the PM urges de-escalation in his first public comments since the shocking military operation.
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Cannabis-growing nuns from California have delivered a blunt warning that Australia is fighting reality" by refusing to fully legalise marijuana.
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Olympic swimming legend Dawn Fraser has added her voice to a growing call among sporting greats for a federal probe into anti-Semitism.