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At the halfway mark on the agreed timetable to "turbocharge" the Australian economy, that commitment has gone down just another bit of summit nonsense.

Fewer Federal Reserve officials now expect the central bank to raise interest rates more than once this year.

In the most recent incident, police said, midnight bandits liberated 350 avocados from an orchard on the north island.

If you can sit through this bombastic epic fantasy – and can give a coherent plot synopsis afterwards – then you surely deserve the title of nerd.

Here's what to watch for when the Fed releases its statement and economic projections.

The Australian Taxation Office has shared with Fairfax Media the main areas that will spark its attention where people over-claim deductions.

The flood of interstate migrants is now reducing to a mere trickle.

Former detective Roger Rogerson once said the people he shot never ended up in hospital - they went straight to the morgue. But not this time.

As a gay man and as someone who remembers the past invisibility of my sexuality in the media, I am astounded at the worldwide outpouring of grief and support for the victims of the Orlando massacre.

A vigil will be held at Federation Square on Thursday night, in honour of the victims of the Orlando shooting.

James Packer's Crown Resorts will split its international business off from its Australian operations

Each year about 12.4 million Australians claim more $30 billion in deductions against their income, now the ATO is cracking down.

Lucy Turnbull, chief of the Greater Sydney Commission, says the WestConnex motorway project is a "rational" response to the city's road congestion.

Every so often elections matter. The last one mattered big-time for carbon emissions.

The Brexit battle reached new levels of absurdity on Wednesday, in a naval face-off on the Thames between rival flotillas commanded by Nigel Farage and Bob Geldof.

NSW coach Laurie Daley will decide during the next few days whether to start late call-up Tyson Frizell or shift Greg Bird into the run-on side for State of Origin II.

Josh Dugan remains on track for an early return from elbow surgery but it's unlikely to come in time for Origin II next week.

Wade Graham's State of Origin dream has been dashed after the Cronulla Sharks back-rower was banned over a careless high tackle charge at the NRL judiciary on Wednesday night.

The most coveted footballer in the AFL's new women's league, Daisy Pearce, has threatened to retire from playing if she can't play for her beloved Melbourne Football Club.

A very special V from the S explains why all those stories about preference swapping deals between the parties are, to use a technical term, largely bullshit.

Australian businessman Matthew Ng, dubbed the country's first Chinese political prisoner by his supporters, has been granted early release from prison 18 months after his landmark transfer from the mainland.

Oscar Pistorius has walked on his stumps in court as part of his defence team's argument that the double-amputee athlete, convicted of murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, is a vulnerable man who deserves leniency when he is sentenced.

Not that such brazen fund-raising is such a bad thing – in theory.

Sunshine Coast ratepayers will learn their average rates bill hike on Thursday, which is likely to double last year's meagre 1.5 per cent - or $20.35 - increase.