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Police were called to a home in Britannia Avenue in Beeliar about 4.15pm on Sunday following reports of a family altercation.

Multiple fire crews have been called to a northern Sydney public school after its hall went up in flames on Tuesday afternoon.

The sharks can use their fins to walk in shallow water while hunting, but beachgoers can relax - the sharks are less than a metre long and prefer small fish.

Hundreds of CVs have already landed in the inbox of the Wanderers but the club will likely look for a local coach to replace Markus Babbel.

Australia faces a lost decade of growth, ANZ has warned, that will keep a lid on living standards and hurt plans for budget surpluses.

The world needs new leaders and "despite my prime minister's appreciation of coal it is a fossil he is holding", Lynette Wallworth tells world leaders.

The widow of a man who was killed along with his guide dog when he was hit by a car last year has appealed to anyone with information about the crash to contact police.

Distilled from a true story, Just Mercy is a gripping death row thriller which frames Kafkaesque shortcomings in the US criminal justice system.

Grace Brennan's idea to connect struggling, drought-stricken rural businesses to big consumer markets through social media has paid bigger dividends.

Though the mercury in Brisbane dropped to around 25 degrees overnight, moisture in the atmosphere left it feeling above 30.

Choppers are set to take to the air on Tuesday in mercy mission for starving animals.

A mysterious new virus has left four people dead and more than 200 sick as cases spread to Japan, South Korea and Thailand. What is it?

From calming lullabies to high-energy dance tunes this all-female band group is changing the face of children's entertainment one nursery rhyme at a time.

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To qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, Tiger Woods must be one of the top four American golfers. Currently he is only the fifth-best from his country.

The Adelaide 36ers are disappointed that a group of players, including star import Jerome Randle, were involved in a street scuffle after their road loss to Cairns, but the NBL club will take no disciplinary action.

The company's plans to "surgically remove" the Marconi wireless used to send emergency messages from the ship will infuriate MPs moving to protect the wreck.

Josh Hazlewood wants to use his longest stint of white-ball cricket to push his way into Australia's Twenty20 World Cup squad after missing last year's ODI tournament.

International credit ratings agency Moody's cited the government's inability to address political upheaval as a reason for the downgrade.