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Harry Connick Jr is well known as a Grammy award-winning musician now, but he was once a young boy whose mother believed in him.

The federal government will temporarily cover credit card surcharges after businesses warned that losing the payment option would put them under pressure.

An 18-year-old P-plater who was allegedly behind the wheel of a car that crashed into 10 Newcastle Knights fans has been granted bail after a review hearing.

Audrey McAllister was followed by a group of men after a shift.

Not only can the students attain certificates, it also gives back to the remote community, filling a gap in services offered locally.

The council says the plaza, which will require the demolition of several buildings the city has obtained since the 1980s, is necessary to create a gathering point for community events, music events and markets.

Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man at a house in Orelia, with a second man found at the property taken into custody.

Powderfinger, one of the most decorated acts in Australian music history, have confirmed they're reforming 16 years after calling it quits.

Broome locals say they are not surprised the opening of a multi-million-dollar redevelopment of Cable Beach is facing further delays.

When the internationally bestselling crime novelist first dreamt up Tell Me Something True, he saw it as a coming-of-age story rather than a crime yarn.

An Arnhem Land clan leader who once sued the Reserve Bank of Australia after his art was used on the world's first polymer bank note has died within a week of his wife.

Hobart councillor and deputy mayor candidate Louise Elliot is appealing a third suspension handed down by a code of conduct panel during the current term of council.

Turtles rescued from the Gingham Waterhole in north-west NSW have begun returning, while keepers at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo incubate more than 250 eggs laid by females brought into care.

Pat Cummins says he is proud of the Australian team's evolution since the 2018 "Sandpapergate" incident, as Usman Khawaja, who played in that Test, prepares to release his autobiography.

The United States's first execution by a military firing squad since World War II will be live-streamed, the Pentagon has said.

The company searching for private funding as IPO gets pulled just a day after it closed its books to investors.

On a Friday night in a pub during the footy finals, the ABC asked every table if they had a bet on; all but one did.

The Brisbane Lions are in an unfamiliar spot on the AFLW ladder, with their finals hopes hanging by a thread.

The Duke of Sussex opens up about his mental health challenges at points in his life, including following the death of his mother Diana, Princess of Wales.

The race to acquire Nick Blakey from the Swans appears to be down to two teams.

An insurance exemption for private practise midwives will end next year.

The Perth Mint unveils plans to release special edition Live Aid collectible coins as one of the architects of the legendary concert reflects on its legacy four decades on.

A mentally impaired man is kept in jail illegally because of a chronic lack of beds in the state’s only psychiatric facility caring for prisoners.

Tasmanian state service employees who took voluntary redundancies stretching back well over a decade could be on the hook for a tax bill after the state government self-reported a tax bungle.

The hospitality industry says the backpacker ballot will create workforce shortages, but a new migration agreement could help holiday towns in NSW.

James Spyridon Vlassakis, one of four people convicted over the Snowtown murders, has been granted parole.

Concerns about two AI companies yet to list, Open AI in the US and Firmus in Australia, are worrying markets.

A Northern Territory parliament bill seeks to mandate deposit caps and ban inducements, among a series of changes that would affect 50 online bookmakers and their customers nation-wide if passed.

If your coffee tastes different, you may not be imagining things.

Police arrest a 36-year-old man after he allegedly committed a carjacking and struck a pedestrian and two cars, including a police vehicle, in Sydney's CBD.

Pat Conroy has tried to smooth over the federal government's response to the ATO's decision to end credit card payments.

While some residents who still rely on their aerials are sad to lose channels, others say they have already switched online.

South Africa is going in with spin for the first Test in Durban, but the Australian line-up is still unclear with illness and pitch questions still to be answered.

A woman, 36, and a child, 10, from Maryborough have been killed in a double fatal incident on Thursday afternoon.

More than 6,500 people have signed a petition in support of the two-year trial, which would require pet owners to keep their dogs on a lead or in an approved carrier if riding in designated animal-friendly carriages.

A waterfront stadium was part of the original plan for Canberra, but a historian says a new proposed venue could "knock out parts" of the architects' legacy.

The government says thousands of additional blue card refusals mean a strong system, but legal academics warn it could have unintended impacts.

For two decades, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth in Inala have taken part in the Rite of Passage Ball.

The woman represented herself to seek damages against a former school grounds keeper who assaulted her on walks when she was between the ages of four and seven.

With crime and a cost-of-living crisis on its doorstep, a historic and beloved club in Footscray has been forced to close, leaving its members heartbroken.

Researchers are concerned family day care services might disappear in Australia as educators leave the sector feeling unsupported and parents increasingly choose centre-based child care.

A new class action will allege the federal government breach privacy laws by sharing thousands of ex-ADF members' medical records to an Australian university.

FirstDate is exclusively for public servants and comes as fertility and marriage rates fall in the city-state.

Global online marketplace Etsy is known as a home for the handmade, with Etsy proclaiming its mission to "keep commerce human."

Australia heads back to South Africa for a three-Test series for the first time since 2018 and the infamous Sandpapergate series.

The Gold Coast Suns' Katie Lynch would like the power of the AFLW's dedicated Pride Round to be extended across the whole code.

A police commander says it is believed the repeated arson attacks are linked to organised crime and appear to be an intimidation tactic.

What Botswana's pristine wetlands and waterways are teaching Australians about climate change, over-extraction and conservation.

A Madonna sample, a medieval castle party and Sir Ian McKellen in full Gandalf mode: welcome to Troye Sivan's new era.

Experts say people considering freezing their eggs for non-medical reasons need more evidence-based information as most will not use them and, even if they do, the procedure is not a guaranteed pathway to parenthood.