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From record-breaking ewe prices in the Riverina to empty paddocks in the state's north and hay deliveries on the South Coast, NSW farmers are navigating an uneven season.

A purple army of diehard Fremantle Dockers supporters is crossing the Nullarbor for Saturday's AFL grand final against Brisbane in Melbourne.

Farmers sign up to renewable projects on their land to diversify income, but large-scale projects and transmission lines remain sticking points.

Authorities are towing the dead juvenile whale, which washed ashore at a popular beach, almost 40 kilometres out to sea.

A girl has died and two other people have been hospitalised following a car crash south of Adelaide last night.

The US tech sector continues to rally while results elsewhere were mixed.

No country can manage the risks of artificial intelligence "alone", Anthony Albanese has told world leaders in a call for international cooperation to regulate the technology.

A group of volunteer searchers will begin scouring bushland in Western Australia's South West in a bid for answers to the decades-old missing persons case.

The tribunal says it had reason not to overturn Lachie Neale's appeal.

There is no evidence of runaway wage growth emerging in Australia, says RBA board member Iain Ross

State agriculture ministers met in Canberra on Friday, where they noted fire ant eradication remained "technically feasible, cost beneficial and in the national interest".

Taylor Swift announces a new song, the first since she tied the knot with NFL player Travis Kelce in what was dubbed America's royal wedding.

A British backpacker was on a Greyhound bus from Alice Springs to Adelaide when she was left at a toilet stop in the middle of the night.

The City of Greater Bendigo council has voted to keep Bendigo Cup Day as the local public holiday for another five years, despite a push from local businesses to switch to Melbourne Cup Day.

Northern Territory mango farmers have raised the alarm about the federal government's cuts to the working holiday visa program, arguing they could have a devastating impact on the industry.

Charles Spencer tells 7.30 the controversial book he authored about his late sibling's life contains one factual error, but he will not pull it from shelves, despite receiving legal threats from Piers Morgan.

Crime rates are falling in Moree, but the jury is still out on whether a police drone trial has been a factor.

The private healthcare provider accepts 21 recommendations made in an independent review of its clinical governance after a Four Corners investigation.

Queensland's education department has declined to elaborate on action taken while a coronial investigation continues into Clementine's death alongside her mother, anaesthetist Tiffany Wilkes, who allegedly took her own life.

Police say they have found dozens of people from Indonesia allegedly being held against their will in Papua New Guinea and forced to carry out online scams.

Scammers are impersonating church ministers and preying on the charity of vulnerable members of congregations in a scam spreading across the country.

High chocolate prices may be forcing consumers to change their habits.

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set for a highly anticipated summit in Washington.

Alcohol use is widespread in Australia, but a new audit suggests the harms associated with drinking are not being clearly communicated to consumers.

New data obtained by the ABC shows social housing tenants in community housing are more likely to face eviction than those who live in public housing.

An US influencer who shot to fame as the face of the "looksmaxxing" trend is charged with rape, providing alcohol to a person under legal drinking age and drugging someone for sexual intercourse.

The federal health minister has denounced the Queensland government over its refusal to sign up for Thriving Kids, a week before its first phase is set to begin.

Quest Apartment Hotels tells customers affected by a security breach in August to replace passports and driver's licences after personal information was exposed.

Australian data centre operators have raised a record $35 billion so far this year, according to a new staff note from the Reserve Bank of Australia.

The New Zealand-born, Australian-based author follows up the surprise success of her breakout novel, Sorrow and Bliss, with a bittersweet look at what happens when you meet your idol.

From obsessive practise to jazz greatness, John Coltrane built an enduring legacy, cemented by A Love Supreme, one of jazz's best-selling albums.

Montevideo is the capital of which South American country?

Kyiv has argued the bloc should be ratcheting up pressure on Moscow after Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman were removed from a blacklist.

US President Donald Trump uses a speech at the UN to portray "American power" as the solution to the world's problems, defending his ongoing war with Iran and declaring he now has to decide whether to "annihilate" the Islamic Republic.

Actor Hayden Panettiere died from an accidental overdose of several drugs including fentanyl, a coroner in South Carolina has declared.

The bombings, considered the deadliest in Sri Lanka's recent history, were carried out on churches and three luxury tourist hotels.

A Victorian residential services provider is pushing for "more structured support mechanisms" for vulnerable people during prolonged power outages as thousands in Mildura head towards a third day without electricity.

The Trump administration has made an extraordinary public intervention into Australia's debate about its proposed digital duty of care.

A young woman who had sexually explicit deepfake images shared online by 20-year-old William Yeates has told a court the impacts have been "painfully real".

A teenager linked to an aggravated home invasion in Melbourne's east that left a man with 11 stab wounds and permanent eye damage has been jailed for nearly three years.

A drop-off in foot traffic in Adelaide's CBD prompts an exchange between the state's Property Council and the city council, which are at odds on parking and residential development.

The lawyer representing the family of a teenager whose body was found on an island off the Mississippi coast says the grand jury's decision to not indict anyone does not resolve how he died.

A country shire CEO has been fired without notice and three councillors have resigned in protest, saying they were blindsided at a meeting behind closed doors.

The ABC's Four Corners program had insufficient verification and fact-checking and a culture of "limiting knowledge" about anonymous sources, its independent ombudsman has found, identifying breaches of editorial standards in two stories by sacked reporter

As Collingwood's Nick Daicos made Brownlow history, he shared his time in the spotlight with someone special — six-year-old cancer patient Logan.

A five-year-old boy was found dead in a parked car at Valley Heights, while a woman and two other children were found critically injured.

Australian children's author and illustrator Terry Denton, best known for his work on the popular Treehouse series, has died at the age of 76, his literary agency and publisher have announced.

Police are investigating after a car crashed into the front room of a house in Tasmania's north.

There is no harder job for an NRL centre than marking Herbie Farnworth, but Robert Toia will have family ties on and off the field when his Roosters face the Dolphins in Friday's preliminary final.

Purple reigns in Fremantle, the home of the Dockers who will play their first footy grand final in 13 years, and even public buses are running on "Wharfie Time".