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Inland track build blows out to $31.4 billion

An independent review into the major Inland Rail project has revealed it faces serious problems and recommends some work should stop to control costs.

Pitching farming as original 'start-up' to inspire kids

Students around Australia are learning some interesting facts about agriculture and food, such as how cauliflowers like to have a haircut before harve...

Man charged with DV offences after NSW fatal car crash

Police investigating a car crash that killed a woman and three young boys in the NSW Riverina have charged a man with domestic violence-related offenc...

Plea for platypus return after animal spotted on train

Police have urged two members of the public to return a wild platypus after they were allegedly seen taking the animal on a Brisbane train.

Liberal opposition to voice 'business as usual'

Liberal leader Peter Dutton has announced his party will oppose the Indigenous voice to parliament despite the risk of division in its ranks.

Irwin pushes to outlaw social media croc-botherers

The son of the late Steve Irwin is leading a push to penalise those who enter crocodile-infested waters for the sake of social media posts.

Bob Irwin pushes to outlaw social media croc-botherers

The father of the late Steve Irwin is leading a push to penalise those who enter crocodile habitats for the sake of social media posts.

Bruce Lehrmann files defamation case against the ABC

Bruce Lehrmann has launched his third defamation lawsuit over media organisations' coverage of rape allegations against him, this time targeting the A...

No trace of man's remains at Adelaide landfill site

Search teams have spent the past few days scouring an Adelaide landfill site for further remains of alleged murder victim Geoffrey McLean without succ...

NSW the latest to ban TikTok on government phones

NSW will join other states and territories in banning TikTok from government devices after the Commonwealth prohibited the app on official phones and...

Terrorist guilty seven years after Curtis Cheng murder

A man who helped supply the gun used in a terror plot that led to the murder of police accountant Curtis Cheng in 2015 has been found guilty after fou...

Cleo Smith rescue 'greatest story in WA police history'

Western Australia's police commissioner has hailed the work of his officers to bring Terence Darrell Kelly to justice for kidnapping Cleo Smith.

Picklum returns to Bells Beach a much-changed surfer

Plenty has changed for Australian surfer and world No.1 Molly Picklum since she was a first-round elimination a year ago at Bells Beach.

Australia and NZ to discuss AUKUS participation

Defence Minister Richard Marles is heading to Wellington for talks on security, as New Zealand examines joining part of the AUKUS agreement.

Cops 'failed' in fatal stand-off with mentally ill man

A cop who oversaw a colleague mocking a mentally ill man before police fatally shot him said mistakes were made but maintained the officer did a great...

'Kind soul' remembered after fatal Cradle Mountain fall

The family of a Launceston man who died in a fall while climbing at Cradle Mountain has remembered the 38-year-old as a kind, loving and generous soul...

Indigenous leaders call out Dutton's position on voice

Indigenous leaders have called out the Liberal Party's position against a First Nations voice, labelling it dishonest, ignorant and out of touch.

Libs lose their voice and say 'no' to Indigenous vote

The Liberal Party will oppose an Indigenous voice in the constitution, but support a revised referendum to recognise Indigenous people and a legislate...

Charges against Guy Sebastian's neighbour withdrawn

An order has been made to protect singer Guy Sebastian from his older neighbour, but criminal charges have been dropped.

Hundreds of penalties against Qld police may be invalid

Disciplinary actions against Queensland police officers are being reviewed after a court decision testing a technicality of internal processes.