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But Mr McFadden was freed on Wednesday night and released to his family after Immigration Minister Peter Dutton intervened.

Carmelo Anthony took part in a light, noncontact workout on Tuesday in Las Vegas, where USA Basketball convened a three-day training camp this week involving more than 30 NBA players.

ABC managing director Mark Scott has joined video-sharing service Vine.

NBA champion Andrew Bogut has sat out another session with the Boomers as he continues to battle soreness ahead of Saturday's opening Olympic qualifying match against New Zealand.

Diamonds coach Lisa Alexander insists she has not yet settled on her preferred starting line-up, such is the enviable variety of options on what must rate as the World Cup's deepest list.

Snow has dusted the Blue Mountains just a week and a half after a bushfire ripped through the region.

Wednesday night's Bachelor finally left an indelible mark on world history, one that people will never be able to take away from Woody – he now holds a world record.

The huge amount of attention focused on the drug "ice" may be inadvertently encouraging some young people to try it, researchers say.

Lauren Jackson and Jacob Holmes will head the newly formed Australian Basketballers' Alliance for Boomers, Opals, NBL and WNBL players.

North Korea's vice premier was executed by firing squad this year after showing discontent with the policies of the country's leader Kim Jong Un, a South Korean media report said on Wednesday.

A man is in custody after a siege near a primary school in Sydney's west.

Buffett's company put on CreditWatch Negative because of "uncertainty around the funding of the acquisition".

Jacqui Lambie's revelation about her ice-addicted son presents a lesson to her peers on being real.

Islamic State has hacked the personal information of Australian Defence Force employees and their relatives, a Victorian MP, and several public servants, and urged home-grown terrorists to attack them, in a chilling online breach.

Take the challenge of 10 questions about the greatest game of all to see where you rank in the rugby league hierarchy.

Controversial land swap deal would have seen Telopea Park School lose its tennis courts to make way for child care centre.

A six-year-old girl found hanging unconscious from monkey bars at an out-of-school-hours care service near Penrith on Friday morning has left hospital.

Big names in Australian rugby have thrown their weight behind former Brumbies halfback Nic White to wear the No.9 jersey against the All Blacks on Saturday.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia chief executive Ian Narev says the forces of supply and demand that are propelling house prices in Sydney and Melbourne are likely to persist for "quite some period of time," despite recent bank moves to rein in lending to property investors.

ACT Health cancelled a scheduled contract negotiation with the ACT Visiting Medical Officers Association on Wednesday night, refusing to reschedule until their demands were met.

Primary Health Care has talked to technology giants including Google, Apple and Telstra about backing a potential spin-off of its Medical Director software division.

Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley says he hopes his club's supporters treat Adam Goodes in the same manner as Geelong fans did when the spotlight was on them last week.

Asian VIP gamblers placed more than $46 billion in bets at Echo Entertainment's three casinos in the 2015 financial year.

Next week, a marriage equality bill is likely to be introduced in the Australian Parliament. It will no doubt produce the same kind of intense discussions and soul searching as in the 18 other countries that have passed these laws.

Eating in moderation, drinking a glass of good wine every day and avoiding chasing women are the secrets of a long life, Belgians Pieter and Paulus Langerock, the world's oldest living twin brothers, say.