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16 Sep 2026, 11:17 GMT Paul Johnson

Former Labor leader Bill Shorten issues an extraordinary warning on what he sees as the danger of AI advancement.

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16 Sep 2026, 09:03 GMT Tamsyn Buckle

Changes to a law allowing the transfer of government land into Indigenous ownership have passed NSW parliament, creating a new barrier to land claims that a peak body has described as a "regression."

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16 Sep 2026, 08:53 GMT Alex Brewster

Queensland police will be given expanded powers and penalties for domestic violence offenders, increased under legislative changes expected to be introduced to parliament this week.

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16 Sep 2026, 08:38 GMT Michael Doyle

There will be a full-time Australian rider in motorcycle racing's premier class for the 43rd consecutive year, with 21-year-old Senna Agius signing to race for KTM Tech3 next year.

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16 Sep 2026, 08:35 GMT Jordanna Schriever

An Aldinga Beach man has been jailed for more than 12 years for sexual offences involving children.

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16 Sep 2026, 08:27 GMT Lachie McLeod and Cath Adams

Seven months after she went missing, Yvonne Whear's car has been found submerged in a river less than 10 kilometres from her home in northern NSW.

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16 Sep 2026, 08:21 GMT Lucy Murray and Natasha Clark

A crocodile handler who worked with the four-metre reptile allegedly attacked at Perth Zoo says it would have ripped his head off if given the chance.

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16 Sep 2026, 08:14 GMT Sandy Powell

A man who drove over a family's tent in a Tasmanian campground early on New Year's Day in 2022 has been jailed.

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16 Sep 2026, 08:09 GMT Coco Veldkamp, Eden Hynninen, and Charlotte Wilkes

Family violence workers say they are relieved an event featuring former AFL star Ben Cousins has been cancelled after community backlash.

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16 Sep 2026, 08:01 GMT Michael Janda

The artificial intelligence boom could push the global economy into "good deflation" as economic growth surges, but that could result in interest rates exceeding 7 per cent, according to a major technology investor.

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16 Sep 2026, 07:54 GMT

A Davis Cup tie has come at the perfect time for Alex de Minaur as he searches to recapture a spark after nearly a decade on tour.

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16 Sep 2026, 07:48 GMT Eden Hynninen

Family members of a 71-year-old man who died after his motorcycle reportedly struck a pothole on a regional Victorian highway say they are heartbroken over the "sudden and devastating loss".

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16 Sep 2026, 07:23 GMT

A former co-director of a company that oversaw Ann Marie Smith's care was captured on a listening device admitting she has a drug problem after she was asked to leave her workplace to seek help, court documents show.

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16 Sep 2026, 07:17 GMT

The inquiry into corruption on major Victorian infrastructure projects will hold an opening hearing next Wednesday, two months out from the state election.

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16 Sep 2026, 07:15 GMT Christopher Testa

A coronial inquest investigating the suspected death of Joanne Butterfield, who has not been seen since 1998, has heard evidence from two men who lived in the area where she was last seen.

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16 Sep 2026, 07:07 GMT Bec Pridham

A disability advocate says three men being left in a Tasmanian hospital for months because they can't secure extra NDIS support to manage at home is "inhumane and unfair".

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16 Sep 2026, 06:37 GMT Bryn Wakefield and Liam O'Connell

The state government introduces legislation to repeal a requirement for a coal mine to house its workforce in a nearby town.

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