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Diamonds put foot down to beat South Africa
Australia flew out of the blocks to take a 2-0 lead in the series and extend their unbeaten record against South Africa to an extraordinary 48 wins.
ABC spent more than $2.5m defending legal action from Antoinette Lattouf
A Federal Court judge found the ABC breached the Fair Work Act when it removed the journalist and broadcaster from the air during a five-day radio presenting contract.
Breaking: Trio of scientists win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 'development of metal-organic frameworks'
Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi win the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of metal-organic frameworks", the award-giving body announces.
Women's World Cup live: Australia continues ODI campaign against Pakistan
After a wash-out against Sri Lanka, Australia's women's team is back in Colombo to take on Pakistan. Check out the live scores and stats in our ScoreCentre.
Myanmar's military strikes festival and anti-junta protest, killing 40
People were gathering for the festival and an anti-junta demonstration when bombs killed more than 40 people and injured about 80 others.
Labor backbencher says foreign nations should 'use or lose' Australian gas
Ed Husic calls for stronger action to prevent foreign countries that buy Australian gas from onselling it to other countries.
Court hears man 'lined up' victim with car before alleged Christmas Day murder
The defence tells a Queensland court Callum Cook will argue he acted in self-defence during an incident that left a 55-year-old father dead on Christmas Day nearly three years ago.
Breaking: Man dies in daylight shooting in Sydney's north-west
A man was found with gunshot wounds on a street in Riverstone, in Sydney's north-west. A short time later a burnt-out car was discovered nearby.
Mates take matters into their own hands to rescue trapped galah
A lifetime sailor says his experience problem-solving with limited resources helped figure out how to rescue a galah trapped in an 8-metre-tall power pole.
UK man pleads guilty to $US99m fine wine fraud scheme in New York
The scheme ran from June 2017 to February 2019, and collapsed when interest payments stopped.