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Les Kennedy There's a weirdness about the topography at Belanglo: cars stop for no reason, phones cut out.

Cate Blanchett opens up about her family, the environment and how her husband is her perfect opposite.

A pentecostal church has allegedly fleeced its own members of more than $4 million.

Aussie soldiers are fighting and dying in Afghanistan for a caretaker government here and a corrupt one there.

Australian tourist among nine people killed when skydive plane crashes at South Island airport.

Independent MP bombarded with prompts to back coalition.

Woman struck by ambulance on Parramatta Road in Camperdown last night.

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocks New Zealand's second largest city Christchurch, causing injuries and widespread damage.

A 7.1 magnitude quake has rocked Christchurch, causing injuries and widespread damage.

Australian High Commission in Wellington is liaising with New Zealand authorities to check if any Australians have been affected by Saturday's earthquake.

IF BOB Katter decides to throw his support behind a Labor government, Julia Gillard may well have Kevin Rudd to thank.

State bracing for wild weather as a belt of storms swept east across the continent .

The Ambulance Service of NSW was lucky to avoid a mass killing in its ranks, the state coroner reveals.

Catherine Freeman is still coming to terms with that win, writes Roy Masters.

In the last moments of her life, Janet Campbell must have realised she had made a huge mistake in marrying Des.

International investors are looking to snap up hundreds of millions of dollars worth of our most precious national resource.

Farmers are selling it and savvy investors are buying it, write Deborah Snow and Debra Jopson.

Despite property price growth softening during winter, new listings and sales still resilient across Sydney.

Julia Gillard may have Kevin Rudd to thank if Bob Katter throws supports behind her.

Woman says she was imprisoned in a residential centre for the disabled.