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Alexa Leary is classified out of the Commonwealth Games team as Swimming Australia names first half of squad for Glasgow 2026.

Dee-Ann Kelly lost her home to fire in 2024, now she's rebuilding an Earthship, made from recycled materials in an effort to make her home more fire resilient.

Pauline Hanson says the major parties "will lose" because of an "arrogant" belief that One Nation is not able to become a mainstream force, following the party's first lower house win this century.

The notorious Unit 18, a makeshift youth detention facility within the adult Casuarina Prison, has sat empty for at least a week while other WA prisons are bursting at the seams.

In his 50s, retired bull rider Troy Dunn has taken up boxing because it's "easier" on his body.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the tax on offshore gas projects has raised more revenue than expected this year, as he prepares to hand down a budget focused on fixing a "broken" housing market and tax system.

A group of Whyalla high school students is heading to Switzerland to race a remote-control hydrogen-powered car that they designed and engineered.

Iran demands assurances that team members who served in the Revolutionary Guard, including skipper Mehdi Taremi, will be able to get visas for the FIFA World Cup.

Kira Puru is known for their triple j Hottest 100-charting energetic pop music, but this year the musician has roles in not one, but two of the biggest Australian TV shows. What's behind the pivot?

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has threatened to target US sites if its tankers come under fire, Iranian media is reporting. It comes as Washington continues to wait for Tehran's response to its latest negotiating position. Follow live.

A train carriage that has been transformed into a Wheatbelt post office is bringing a small community together.

A recently restored, hand-powered mill that revolutionised cider-making has crushed its first batch of apples in more than 100 years.

Angie is almost the age her mum was when she died from breast cancer, so getting a screening is important to her. But access to Tasmania's screening service has been difficult.

Teenagers in Western Australia's north are calling for better social media regulation to prevent "alt" accounts from spreading malicious content.

Jay Vine's awful luck continued on stage two of the Giro d'Italia with the Australian taken to hospital following a horror crash on wet roads that saw multiple riders abandon the race.

Model horses are a hobby not many are familiar with. But collectors say it should not be reduced to playing with toys.

A hockey program in Toowoomba is helping Yazidi refugees adapt to life in Australia and build a community.

The impending military sexual violence inquiry is a time for Defence to "reckon with" its past. But advocates say it will be half-baked unless defence lifts gag orders on victims ahead of hearings.

Marine scientists want to see whale carcasses towed offshore and disposed of out to sea in a process they say is safer, cheaper and more ecologically friendly.

At least 22,000km of water mains in Queensland's network are headed towards the end of their useful life span, leading to an "infrastructure cliff".