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The partner of the truck driver who freed two people from their vehicles after a horror crash on the Calder Freeway on Tuesday says he is a "reluctant hero".

Johnathan Thurston can expect some special treatment from the NSW defence in State of Origin I.

Business investment contracted sharply in the March quarter, as non-mining expenditure again failed to pick up the slack in the resources downturn.

Some millennials may never get to experience the joys of playing lawn bowls and spending time with their grandchildren, expecting to work until they die.

Manchester United's fifth place finish in the English Premier League may have gotten its manager fired, but the team's bottom line is just fine.

Average morning passenger loads have surged to 114 per cent, new figures show.

Penalty fares for public transport users caught without a valid myki are to be abolished from next year.

Cameron Smith has ended a near year-long feud with NRL broadcaster Channel Nine, after accepting an on-air apology from the network.

A student at Peter Moyes Anglican School is believed to have been infected by salmonella typhi, the bacteria that causes typhoid fever.

Katter says bank would be cheap option to revitalise regional towns.

The girlfriend of a man shot dead in Bacchus Marsh has appeared in court, along with the man she is accused of enlisting to murder her boyfriend.

An investigation of myki fare evasion enforcement by Victoria's Ombudsman has found "overwhelming" evidence that the system is unfair and costly, targets society's most vulnerable and wastes countless hours in fruitless court cases.

Karmichael Hunt has been given his first taste of Wallaby gold when he was announced as part of the expanded Wallaby squad on Thursday afternoon ahead of the team's camp on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.

Federal MP says education model must be urgently reviewed.

The land and river search for Sean Mitchell, missing since Friday night, resumed at first light on Thursday.

A triumphant Scott Morrison has seized on Labor's back down on promises to restore the Schoolkids bonus and reverse changes to the pensions assets test, but walked away from his claim the opposition has a $67 billion costings black hole.

More than 200 people attended the showpiece event for LJ Hooker's Advantage Auctions series at Manuka Oval on Wednesday.

Small business owners find themselves in a difficult position. Here's why.

WA researchers have uncovered a long-lost secret of Egyptian mummies which could one day be used to catch out criminals by revealing fingerprints on surfaces that might otherwise escape detection.

Disability abuse in Victoria is widespread and women are particularly targeted, an inquiry finds.

Victoria's Hazelwood coalmine could be closed or sold, owners Engie have told a French Senate committee.

A $1.5 million cache of drugs, more than a tonne of precursor chemicals and items linked to the Mongols motorcycle gang have allegedly been seized in raids across Sydney and the state's Central Coast.

A terrific racehorse was put out to pasture this week after giving his owner-breeder Don Storey a wonderful roller-coaster ride through what seemed an eternity of racing.

TMZ is reporting that Heard has cited "irreconcilable differences" in her divorce petition filed just 15 months after they wed.

CBA is the top-ranked Australian company at No.58 with a market value of $137.71 billion, according to Forbes' Global 2000 list.