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Domestic holiday overnight spending rose by 13 per cent in the September quarter, according to the latest national visitor survey from Tourism Research Australia.

Donald Trump denounced the Scottish government as "foolish, small minded and parochial" on Wednesday after the US Republican presidential front runner lost a long-running legal battle with his mother's homeland.

There's a kind of magic we can see each day, in our own city, if we look hard enough, but it's certainly not played out in our shopping centres come Christmas.

The ACT Brumbies are confident they can buck declining crowd trends and a tight financial market to turn a $1.68 million loss into more than a $1 million profit in the next 12 months.

An unknown Australian short filmmaker is on the shortlist for an Oscar nomination.

As an experiment, I swiped right on everyone - and this is what went down.

Investors around the world are bracing for the interest rates decision coming out of the US Federal Reserve meeting on Thursday morning. Here's how it could affect you.

Inspired by the way we curate our identities on social media, musician Sui Zhen has created an alter-ego known as Susan.

Canberrans are expected to shop 'til they drop on Boxing Day with record sales forecast for the post-Christmas period.

Canberrans want the real deal when it comes to Christmas trees.

Windlab opened its new "global operations hub" in the city this week, from where it plans to manage and operate wind farms in South Australia and overseas.

Speed required for pre-Christmas job window opening for public servants. Check out who is hiring.

Australian man Joshua Terelinck has been sentenced to a jail term of two months and 15 days jail for causing the death of an Indonesian man in a motorcycle accident in Bali this year.

Collingwood's Gasometer Hotel ditches the roof for summer, St Kilda Festival announces first acts, Spiderbait book a second anniversary gig.

Long-term parking has taken on a whole new meaning at Perth Airport with scores of vehicles, including BMWs, a Jaguar, a Volvo and a Jeep, declared abandoned after their owners never returned to collect them.

Follow live scores and statistics as Perth Glory host Melbourne Victory in a rescheduled A-League match from round five.

There were no angry parents and no protest banners as Prospect Public School closed its doors for the last time after 121 years, the Herald reported on this day in 1988.

A 22-year-old woman who had four dogs that were severely flea-infested and another dog that was malnourished seized from her south Canberra home has been banned from owning an animal for three years.

A survey for the Foundation for Young Australians found up to 70 per cent of young people are studying for entry-level jobs that might not exist in the future

North Korea's highest court has sentenced a South Korea-born Canadian pastor to hard labour for life for subversion, the North's official KCNA news agency reported on Wednesday.

One fascinating aspect of federal politics next year will be how much more of a public figure Lucy Turnbull, wife of the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, becomes. She already has a prior public profile greater than any other prime ministerial partner, serving for a time as Lord Mayor of Sydney.  Add to that she has just been appointed by the New South Wales state government to head a new Sydney metropolitan planning body, the Greater Sydney Commission.

Australian scientists and engineers are among the most inventive and resourceful individuals on the planet. Any initiative that enables their ideas to see the light of day and be tested in the marketplace should be lauded for the forward-thinking policy it is.

Mercedes have no reason to suspect any confidential engine data downloaded by a departing employee has fallen into Ferrari's hands, the Formula One world champions said on Tuesday.

A few years ago we were badgered to peer out the window and witness debt and deficit as far as the eye could see (Morrison wants to break it to us gently", December 16). Now we're being admonished not to ask if we're there yet. Coalition tactics are a bad road movie.

Jack Nicklaus believes Tiger Woods will resume his chase of the Golden Bear's all-time record of 18 major professional golf titles but believes he may have trouble with the emerging young guns.