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Belgian-born Abdelhamid Abaaoud has been identified as the alleged mastermind of the Paris attacks, a french official has told the Associated Press.

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More than half of Australian voters would back an increase in the 10 per cent goods and services tax if adequate compensation could be paid to the poor and other taxes are trimmed, according to the latest Fairfax Ipsos poll.

Follow all the latest news as it unfolds across Europe and the Middle East.

Opposition leader says he will return 'in the next few days' after being advised not to arrive late at night.

Mitchell Johnson's reign as Australia's spearhead and "go-to" man appears over, as speculation intensifies the veteran fast bowler is on the cusp of retirement.

At 34, paceman is violating Ian Chappell's dictum that if a player is thinking about retirement, he is already gone.

The job of drought-proofing Melbourne is being passed whole-heartedly to the desalination plant in Wonthaggi, with the state government promising that water in Lake Eildon will be used for the north of the state for as long as drought conditions persist there.

Australia are unlikely to do New Zealand "any favours" in deciding how long to bat for, and how big a lead they accumulate, on the final day of the Perth Test.

Police have released photos of a man's tattoo in attempt to discover the identity of a cyclist critically injured in Ballarat on Monday night.

Meet the head of Australia's new Muslim political party.

Woolworths has started its Christmas marketing campaign and there's not a celebrity chef, singing bird or Fresh Food People slogan in sight.

Christophe Lecourtier says his hometown was attacked because France is 'at war'.

Travel stocks slumped overnight in Europe following Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris.

Radical Islamists such as those from Islamic State want to attack and destroy Western cultures and societies such as Australia, the nation's top spy chief says.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has warned that another terrorist attack in Australia is likely "in the current environment" but said Australian authorities were doing everything possible to keep us safe.

Court hears that Australian was guilty of negligently driving a motorcycle in an accident that cost a man's life.

One of the key planks of Brisbane's push to become a digital powerhouse, a vibrant community of disruptive businesses, is poised to swell.

Hundreds of Brisbane residents have bowed their heads in silent remembrance of the 129 victims of the Paris terror attacks.

Former Australian player Dirk Nannes ripped into his countrymen for "horrendous sportsmanship" after they failed to acknowledge Ross Taylor's mammoth 290.

Horror and hysteria is understandable. Western countries are generations removed from the violence which is a banal reality throughout most of the world (and which we have been visiting upon the rest of the world for more than five hundred years now).

Principals will be paid more to run the state's most disadvantaged public schools, in what has been described as a ''seismic shift'' in policy.

The Royal Commission is being called to investigate the forced sterilisation of children, amid concerns young people with a disability are at much of higher risk of being sexually abused.

Is Islamic State trying to lure the West into a full-scale invasion and fulfil a prophecy of an end-of-days battle with the crusaders?

Eastern Australia will swelter for much of this week with Sydney set for a scorching 39 degrees on Friday - about 15 degrees above average.