One of three men charged with the manslaughter of Wayne Dover outside a Queensland nightclub in 2013 has been acquitted.

Newcastle will host the V8 Supercars 500 championships for the next five years, with the first race to take place next year.

Voters can now start choosing between a record 141 candidates running in the ACT election.

A parliamentary inquiry will investigate the use of text messages during the 2016 election campaign.

Samuel Terrance McGovern, named by police as a wanted man, has been arrested in Hobart and will be extradited to Sydney.

The federal cabinet has come to a compromise deal on its plans to increase the rate of tax backpackers and other working holiday-makers pay.

A young man is presumed missing in the Dandenong Ranges east of Melbourne, with emergency services searching near the Sherbrooke Falls.

Three federal politicians are calling on members of the public to help reveal the tricks of the trade in the "dangerous" poker machine industry.

Samsung has urged buyers of its top loader washing machines to continue coming forward due to a recall sparked by numerous fires started by the machines.

A man has been charged after he allegedly hit a marked police car before speeding off, dumping his car and hiding in grass.

Former prime minister and keen surfer Tony Abbott has called for tougher measures to protect those in regional NSW from shark attacks.

More than half of Australians would be concerned if a relative married a Muslim, while many think practising Muslims pose a threat to society, a study finds.

Colombia's government and FARC rebels have signed an historic peace accord to end a half-century conflict.

A 29-year-old has pleaded guilty to defacing the NSW Police Wall of Remembrance in central Sydney.

A teenage surfer whose leg needed stitches after he was bitten by a shark off the northern NSW coast is recovering in hospital.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have clashed over trade, taxes and foreign policy in their first face-to-face presidential debate.

The Supreme Court trial over the CFA pay dispute has been delayed again - with Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria seeking access to more than 1000 documents.

A drug addict who allegedly spent two weeks on the run after ramming police cars in Melbourne is applying for bail.

The son of a murdered Melbourne crime boss has admitted accidentally shooting himself in the groin.

A man matching the description of a prisoner on the run has been sighted 20km north of where he escaped from a NSW correctional centre.

The NSW and federal governments will make disaster relief available for flooded parts of NSW as locals brace for more rain.

Missing Sydney nurse Mary Wallace was strangled by a convicted rapist with a penchant for choking women, a court has heard.

A friend of a man whose body was burnt in a suitcase could have raised the alarm about him many times before he died, a jury's been told.

Tony Abbott says Russia should own up to its role in the downing of MH17, as its military claims it has new evidence clearing rebels of blame.

A family has made a lucky escape after an excavator has flipped and crashed through their holiday apartment wall on the Gold Coast.