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Victoria Police is preparing a coroner's report after the second fatal quad bike accident near the Victoria-New South Wales border in as many days.

The Redlegs celebrations continue as their colours take top spot in a time-honoured tradition and TV ratings suggest 71 per cent of the state's televisions were tuned into the SANFL Grand Final on Sunday.

Defence has quietly doubled its post-service commitment for new recruits in a bid to grow the pool of people it can call in a crisis.

All four major banks and the bulk of money market traders believe the Reserve Bank will raise interest rates next week and governor Michele Bullock did nothing to dissuade them during a speech in Sydney.

A new report reveals movies by female screenwriters are often overlooked for financial opportunities even though they make studios more money than those written by their male counterparts.

The NRL grand final is set to go ahead without pre-match entertainment after negotiations with Australian artist Tones and I collapsed.

The man has told the court he agreed to help scare Christopher Jarvis, but he ended up being involved in an alleged murder.

A war of words has erupted over a suggestion from the ACT Greens that co-locating data centres with Canberra's public pools should be considered.

The SA government admits that the condition of a Murraylands road is unacceptable despite recent attempts at running repairs.

The locations of close to a dozen new stations have been mapped out as the state government considers potential metro and heavy rail extensions in parts of Sydney.

The Brisbane Lions head to the AFL tribunal to challenge Lachie Neale's ban for striking Hawthorn's Jack Ginnivan, in the hopes of freeing the dual Brownlow medallist for the grand final.

The Melbourne Cricket Club says it wants footy fans who threw bottles at umpires during the preliminary final to be banned for life.

The US wants army bases in Greenland.

A private investigator has told the state's corruption watchdog that Jean Nassif wanted to investigate one of his enemies because the fugitive developer "hated him".

The way a hospital identifies its patients has changed, in the wake of the deaths of six children during a freak jumping castle incident in Tasmania in 2021, an inquest hears.

A $50 million expansion of the Royal Children's Hospital is nearing completion, but hospital sources say 20 new beds will not be operational because no additional funding has been provided for extra staff.

The Trump administration's strikes on alleged "narco-trafficking" vessels amount to extrajudicial murders that violate international, maritime and humanitarian law, a United Nations report says.

In 1966, a Brisbane-bound flight from Mount Isa ended in a disaster that left and indelible mark on a Queensland community and sparked one of Australia's biggest aviation crash investigations.

A native vegetation ruling grounds a South Australian rocket launch complex despite having state and federal government planning approval.

Lawyers for former cyclist Rohan Dennis have argued for Judge Ian Press to be recused from his case of driving while disqualified but the judge says it was "just happenstance" he was appointed to preside over the case.

A former NSW Police officer is on trial for allegedly sexually touching three younger male colleagues and sexually assaulting one of them before resigning from the force.

Nearly half of Tasmania's community support organisations said they've had to cut services due to cost pressures, new data shows.

The technical assessment, conducted by the Games Independent Infrastructure and Coordination Authority (GIICA) and marine engineering firm WaterProof, has also not been released publicly.

The investment pledge would provide 50 more beds, a multistorey car park and a full fit-out of the clinical services building including a helipad, paediatric ward and operating theatres.

A group of rebels once known as Iran's "merchants of chaos" have moved on strategic islands in the Red Sea and are now putting one of the richest and most powerful nations in the Middle East in a tricky spot.

Fancy being on a local council, but can't stomach doing campaigning?

Former Sydney police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon will argue he acted in self defence on the day he is accused of murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, with his defence team telling a jury the couple was killed during two struggles involving a police pist…

The underpayments came from worker-employee agreements which disadvantaged staff, along with errors in Goodwin Aged Care's payroll system.

Days after the president escalated his attacks on American media outlets, Donald Trump's words at a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new helicopter pad on the White House lawn went largely unheard.

A man has told the criminal trial of Alan Jones that the broadcaster allegedly touched his bottom at an event.

Defence Minister Richard Marles says Australia is helping the US investigate how F-35 jet fighter parts were mistakenly diverted to Hong Kong, but that no technologically "sensitive" components have been lost.

A lot has changed since last year's United Nations General Assembly while conflicts in the Middle East, Sudan, Myanmar and the Congo continue, raising the question of the UN's efficacy to end global conflicts.

Diamonds goalkeeper Sarah Klau is named in Australia's squad for the Constellation Cup, despite being sanctioned by the sport's national governing body.

The death of a child brings "profound" grief.

A lot went into Nick Daicos winning the Brownlow Medal, as he set new records in claiming the AFL's highest individual honour.

Western Australia's education minister announces smart glasses will be banned from all state schools.

The rate at which babies are being born before arriving at hospital has doubled in regional areas since 2001, in outer regional and remote areas it has more than tripled.

A request to use council land to build a transitional campsite for homeless people raises broader questions about homelessness policy in New South Wales.

A push to allow Australians to use their super to make it easier to buy their first home is being floated by Shadow Housing Minister Andrew Bragg, as the Coalition works through its policy on how to help people enter the housing market.

The Queensland Fire Department enacts an emergency Seek Shelter warning in Teelah in the South Burnett, as a dangerous bushfire poses a risk to homes.

Residents of six rural properties are returning to their homes after evacuating overnight while firefighters worked to control a bushfire south-west of Stanthorpe.

Awlad Hossain, whose wife Rehana Parvin is suspected to have been murdered, is accused of bribing Bangladeshi officials to have his name removed from police records.

Police are investigating whether men present at the time an 11-year-old boy was shot in the head at a north-west Sydney home had links to organised crime, the ABC understands.

Australia's only remaining grower-owned sugar mill needs a multi-million-dollar loan to survive.

The UK government says the launch of a heavyweight torpedo, jointly developed by the US and Australia, "marks a major advance in the future of submarine technology".

Two men are in a serious condition after sustaining head injuries following a home invasion in Sydney's west.

Two men have been hospitalised, with one in a serious condition after being allegedly stabbed in the back of his head, following a home invasion in Sydney's west.

Irrigators and One Nation are calling for environmental water in the Murray-Darling Basin to be made available for agricultural production this season.

Lindsay Clancy's lawyer asks the court to investigate the lone juror's phone use and truthfulness when questioned by the judge.

A 13-year-old Kalkadoon and Pitta Pitta cowgirl is heading to two youth world finals in the US, with the Mount Isa Rodeo committing $10,000 as it steps up support for the next generation of outback riders.