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Johnny Japangardi Miller helped solve Australia's "unsolvable problem''.

Power company found directly responsible for 2009 fire which killed 40 people, levelled hundreds of homes, and caused millions of dollars worth of damage.

A Swedish-born former ice hockey player who was gifted his first set of clubs from an uncle who used to be an NFL kicker heads up an international smorgasbord at the top of the Australian PGA leaderboard on the Gold Coast.

Elizabeth Waters worked tirelessly to promote good health in children, families and communities.

The last time Phil Simmons, Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh walked off the WACA in 1997, they would not have dared think they would be back together in Australia 18 years later still searching for the West Indies' next Test victory in this country.

The Commonwealth's $117 billion sovereign investment fund will consider buying a slice of the Port of Melbourne, potentially leaving at least some the asset in public hands.

Local Labor members in the seat of Wills are fed up with branch stackers and candidates being parachuted into the area, a nominee to replace retiring MP Kelvin Thomson has said.

Megan Latham's future as the head of the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption is in the balance - and Mike Baird is facing another difficult political test.

Sydney: Matthew Brabham will attempt to follow in his famous family's tyre tracks with an Australian-backed entry for next year's Indianapolis 500 motor racing classic.

It's been a painful journey for Marysville residents, but finally, after nearly seven years, there's a sense of closure in town, a long-time resident says.

Canberra cyclist provides insight into what it's like getting an Olympic medal upgrade.

Two-time Super Rugby champs to play traditional rivals Queensland and NSW in pre-season trials.

A Mexican official says two bodies found in a burnt-out van belonging to missing Australians Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman had gunshot wounds, suggesting the victims were killed by gunfire before being set on fire.

Western Sydney Wanderers coach Tony Popovic is disappointed his side won't have the backing of the Red and Black Bloc in Saturday's crunch match with Brisbane Roar but acknowledges they have every right to proceed with the planned boycott.

Electricity prices are expected to be stable in Victoria for the next three years in what could be some much-needed good news for consumers.

Stone Temple Pilots former frontman Scott Weiland has died.

The former England all-rounder admits his own Test career took years to take off and says the young Australian just needs to be given time.

Sundrop Farms is part-way through constructing a 20-hectare glasshouse facility to grow tomatoes for Coles, powered by solar thermal energy and desalination and $100m from private equity firm KKR.

Sylvia Choi was arranging via a messaging app to buy the drug MDMA three days before she attended the Stereosonic music festival and later died, police say.

Road rage caused a man to allegedly run over a speed camera in Coolbellup on Wednesday, causing damage up to $100,000.

It's a court finding that you would expect many people who lost loved ones or property in the deadly Murrindindi fire will be grateful to hear. The overall finding, that the origin and cause of the fire was a failed power line near an old sawmill, might cause some anger in the community, but it probably won't cause too much surprise.

A 45-year-old man has been charged with stabbing a younger man to death just hours after police left a central Queensland home overnight.

The merger between Vocus Communications and M2 Group has been given a green light from New Zealand's Commerce Commission.

More open-air events under shady marquees will distinguish the ninth Peninsula Summer Music Festival, rolling across lawns, wineries and churches around Mornington from January 1 to 10.

The Paris summit continues, so here are a few things from day 4.