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When Dig Deep won this year's Karrakatta Plate at Ascot Racecourse, the lifelong dream of having a city winner came true for part-owner and racing enthusiast Tony Leighton....

A resurgence in some capital city property markets over recent months shows no signs of slowing down, but the real hot spots to watch aren't in Sydney and Melbourne....

Cairns Psychic medium Alison Maiden tours the Cairns Post office after reports it was haunted. What she discovers is spine chilling....

Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Wednesday....

Students of 31 languages will soon be assessed at VCE by two standards depending on whether they are native speakers, following a dip in numbers this year....

Police have been cleared of using excessive force against a hostage-taker shot dead during a siege in Perth....

The wife of a Sydney retiree sentenced to 12 years in a Vietnamese prison writes an emotional letter to the Prime Minister, questioning whether the Government's "weak" response would have been stronger if her husband was a white Australian....

Many developers punt the latest consumer toys but are slow to prepare their building designs for the drone and self-driving car technologies....

Hot winds and lightning strikes are forecast to sweep across NSW on Thursday, raising the risk of more devastating bushfire damage....

Jim Edmonds is turning to his daughter, Hayley Edmonds, amid his relationship drama with estranged wife Meghan King Edmonds....

Hot winds and lightning strikes are forecast to sweep across NSW on Thursday, raising the risk of more devastating bushfire damage....

A property developer rejects allegations he was trying to secure support for his projects when he transferred $15,000 to a councillor, telling a corruption inquiry he was simply helping a friend pay off his credit card debt so he could run for State Parli...

Julie Stevanja was the young, glamorous face of a thriving fashion favourite with a $30 million personal fortune in 2017....

The announcement by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was unscheduled but not entirely unexpected. Following a legal review by the State Department, Israeli settlements in the West Bank were "not, per se, inconsistent with international law". This...

Students of 31 languages will soon be assessed at VCE by two standards depending on whether they are native speakers, following a dip in numbers this year....

Whale sharks could be swallowing 137 pieces of plastic an hour because the surface waters where they feed are so contaminated, an Australian study has found....

Chris Waller understands Mister Sea Wolf and Sea Of The Seas might not win a group 1 but the $1 million The Gong is a good race for both of them....

Sky News host Peta Credlin says 'dam-phobia' has permeated almost every level of government with no...

Sky News host Peta Credlin says 'dam-phobia' has permeated almost every level of government with no "big, new water storages built for years".Ms Credlin said given a choice between "keeping water in a swamp" or "keeping a town ...

Sky News host Peta Credlin says 'dam-phobia' has permeated almost every level of government with no "big, new water storages built for years". Ms Credlin said given a choice between "keeping water in a swamp" or "keeping a town...

At least three senators in the Marshall Islands are on the brink of losing their seats as vote counting continues....

It must rank as one of the scariest numbers in the housing market, yet it's rarely mentioned....

Police have been cleared of using excessive force against a hostage-taker shot dead during a siege in Perth....

Jose Mourinho has been appointed as the new Tottenham head coach until the end of the 2023 season....

Three police constables in Fiji have been charged in relation to pouring boiling water on a suspect....

Jane Muir launching book on the history of Manjimup businesses since early 1900s....

Shepparton police detectives are at a Murchison caravan park where a suspected live hand grenade has been discovered. Detective Senior Constable Jacob Sinclair said police executed a search warrant on the caravan park about 3.10pm. "Inside the......

Former Salesforce executive vice president and general manager, APAC, Mark Innes, will take charge of Google Cloud's ANZ business....

Shares in Australian poker machine giant Aristocrat Leisure shot higher after it revealed its booming online video game business had delivered $1.8b in revenue....