Brazil's president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has defeated right-wing senator Flávio Bolsonaro in a runoff to secure a ...

A new irrigation scheme in Tasmania's Northern Midlands has provided much-needed relief to parched paddocks this spring.

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Police are investigating after a Victoria's emergency services minister found a bullet left on his car bonnet.

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In Far North Queensland, four centres run by NPA Family and Community Services (NPA) closed after a regulatory investigation ...

Police originally charged four teenage boys following the theft of a Hyundai Tucson from Moffatdale on October 13. Police ...

Alice Springs nurse Naomi Destacamento is also nominated for Young Australian of the Year. The Territory's award winners will ...

On Friday evening, emergency services responded to a car carrying six children and two adults stuck in floodwater at May ...

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