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Police have charged Kevin James Corbett, 48, with murder over the stabbing death of a woman in Narrogin on May 18.

Greens Senator Scott Ludlam has said it is "remarkable" that Senator Stephen Conroy's department is looking into greater transparency over the use of section 313 of the Telecommunications Act .

Sierra Club Organizing Director Bob Bingaman speaks at the "Australian Our Land, Our Water, Our Future: Beyond Coal and Gas" conference.

Ford Australia says it will close its Australian manufacturing plants in October 2016, with the loss of hundreds of jobs.

We've noted before just how popular cycling holidays have become in recent years as active and adventurous travelers look for new ways to explore their favorite destinations.

Australian shares fell 1.5 percent in late morning trade on Thursday, after Wall Street retreated over worries that the U.S. Federal Reserve may consider winding back its economic stimulus programme, and weak data from China.

GINA Rinehart is still Australia's richest person with a net worth of $22.02 billion, according to the 2013 BRW Rich 200 list.

Director Baz Luhrmann brought "The Great Gatsby" home on Wednesday for its Australian premiere, with box-office success for the Sydney-produced film bolstering hopes for the resurgence of the local film industry.

The upcoming tour for the Adelaide-based ASQ will be the final season for two of its long serving members.

The barrister for an English tourist charged with sexually assaulting a young woman he met at a trendy nightspot near Bondi, in Sydney, Australia, said the act was consensual and the pair were "interacting in a way that suggested they have an interest in each other" prior to the incident.

The romance of train travel is alive and very much kicking, thanks in no small part to the world's really special journeys - the Orient Express, South Africa's Blue Train and the Ghan in Australia.

Marine researchers at Queensland's Sunshine Coast in Australia are using satellite trackers for the first time to monitor two sea turtles that have been returned to the ocean today, reported ABC News.

YOUNG, progressive Christians are being warned they risk voting for the ultra-conservative policies of the controversial Rev Fred Nile without realising at the coming Federal Election.

The state government of Queensland will introduce legislation on Tuesday that will attempt to save 25,000 very hungry cattle by opening the door of parts of five national parks and eight National Reserve System properties so graziers could get through the next wet season.

Wallabies winger Digby Ioane is in doubt for the start of the British and Irish Lions Test series after undergoing a knee operation this morning.

Sydney, May 22 : A frantic search is on for a 25-year-old Indo-Canadian man who went missing in a national park in Australia.

King & Wood Mallesons Australia managing partner Tony O'Malley has resigned from his position and will retire as the firm's partner in December.

THE grandmother of a Top End girl taken by a crocodile is learning how to wrangle the reptiles in the hope of teaching other people about the dangers of the salties.

British actor Tony Robinson is in Townsville Qld, to talk up the history in the region for his show Timewalks .

Despite the growing awareness of mental health, some patients in regional and rural Australia have to wait for months to see a fly-in, fly-out psychiatrist.