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Racegoers have converged on Birdsville for the annual cup, which has been run and won in the small outback Queensland town.

The Victoran Racing Club has unveilled a statue of three-time Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva at Flemington.

Paramedics in Melbourne have treated a 15-year-old boy for a suspected snake bite.

Anti-abortion campaigners have been rallying in central Melbourne to protest against proposed legislation to decriminalise abortion.

The University of Tasmania is set to become a world leader in pharmaceutical research, with the opening today of a $4.6 million analytical research centre.

Shares in the Tasmanian timber company Gunns rallied late this afternoon to close at $1.40.

The bacteria E Coli has been found in seven out of 13 reservoirs in the Queensland's far north.

Police hold grave fears for a bushwalker missing in the Namadgi National Park south of Canberra.

Western Australia's first Aboriginal nurse has died at the age of 78.

A research centre in Alice Springs is setting out to discover how and why desert people move around.

Sydney Swans coach Paul Roos has been named the Australian Father of the Year at an awards ceremony in Sydney.

A Brisbane judge has angrily warned lawyers for alleged Palm Island rioter Lex Wotton that he will not tolerate any more delays.

Tasmania's population is expected to start declining by the middle of the century if fertility, migration and life expectancy trends continue.