A music teacher who shared extreme" child abuse fantasies and preyed on students has argued his jail sentence should be cut by years" because it's excessive, a court has been told.
Experts say Australia is fast losing its status as the lucky country, with a series of crises and widening inequality thrusting young people onto a dire path.
While the Prime Minister and Chinese Premier were giving their post-meeting remarks, a scuffle involving a formerly detained journalist occurred behind the scenes.
Attendees to a Sydney's famed Vivid event have been left wanting after its biggest show was cancelled just half am hour before it was due to get underway.
A nationwide outage sparked chaos at one major Aussie airport, with international travellers left queuing for a kilometre as technicians scrambled to fix the issue.
The re-ascension of Donald Trump to the US Presidency could have serious knock-on effects for one Australian state's economy, its treasurer has warned.
Just when you thought the housing market could not get any worse, one real estate agent has just listed a property he says is the worst he's ever shown.
Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for controversial former Victorian premier Dan Andrews to be stripped of his King's Birthday Honour.
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