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The world watched as Prince William grew from a tow-headed schoolboy to a dashing air-sea rescue pilot to a balding father of three.But as he turns 40 on Tuesday, William is making the biggest change yet: assuming an increasingly central role in the royal family as he prepares for his eventual accession to the throne.
How the bones of a 36-year-old Aboriginal woman ended up in a duffle bag at the base of Brisbane cliffs more than three years ago remains a mystery to authorities.Mother-of-10 Constance Watcho had no fixed home and was known to the community who slept rough, counsel assisting Sarah Lio-Willie told a pre-inquest conference on Tuesday.
Cambodian villagers on the Mekong River have caught what researchers say is the world's biggest freshwater fish ever recorded, a stingray that weighed in at 300kg and took about a dozen men to haul to shore.Christened Boramy - meaning "full moon" in the Khmer language - because of her bulbous shape, the four-metre long female was released back into the river after being electronically tagged to allow scientists to monitor her movement and behaviour.
The Kremlin says it does not know the location of two Americans captured while fighting in eastern Ukraine, but that they were mercenaries and could be sentenced to death in Russian-backed breakaway territories.Americans Alexander Drueke, 39, and Andy Huynh, 27, went missing this month while fighting near Kharkiv.
Iran is escalating its uranium enrichment further by preparing to use advanced centrifuges at its underground Fordow site that can more easily switch between enrichment levels, a United Nations nuclear watchdog report shows.The move is the latest of several steps Iran had long threatened to take but held off carrying out until 30 of the 35 countries on the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Board of Governors backed a resolution this month criticising Tehran for failing to explain urani
An Osaka court has ruled that Japan's ban on same-sex marriage is not "unconstitutional", dealing a setback to LGBTQ rights activists in the only Group of Seven nation that doesn't allow people of the same gender to marry.Three same-sex couples - two male, one female - had filed the case in the Osaka district court, only the second to be heard on the issue in Japan.
The NSW government will spend a record $112.7 billion over four years on bolstering infrastructure across the state in a bid to better connect residents and cut daily commute times.
New research shows the key voting blocks who turned their back on the Morrison government at the May election.
NASA has fuelled its huge moon rocket for the first time and carried out a critical countdown test despite a fuel line leak.This was NASA's fourth crack at the all-important dress rehearsal, the last major milestone before the moon rocket's long-awaited launch debut.
St John’s Pro-Cathedral, the Convent of Mercy and the girls’ school in Perth circa 1862. State Library of Western Australia In a wealthy country like Australia, a time with no government schools seems unimaginable. But back in the 1840s, when the Sisters of Mercy opened the first seconadary school in Western Australia, there were only a few tiny private schools. Many children, particularly girls, received no formal education. Women religious, or nuns, made education more accessible. Their way of
One person is dead, and at least five injured, after a tornado struck unsuspecting beachgoers on the weekend.
The state's rules for qualifying for a provisional driver's licence have been questioned after the tragic weekend accident.
The Queen and the Prince of Wales are the only royals whose birthdays will be marked by the flying of Union flags on UK government buildings amid changes made following the row over the Duke of York.Andrew has been cut from the list on the Government's website but so have the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Cornwall, the Earl and Countess of Wessex and the Princess Royal.
European shares have opened higher, recovering slightly from last week's 17-month lows as the selloff paused, but major central banks' rate hike plans and global recession risks kept investors cautious.World stocks have edged higher so far this week, recovering from last week's sharp selloff which saw global equities tumble to their lowest since November 2020 as expectations for central bank policy tightening to combat high inflation prompted investors to ditch risky assets.
The death of a 29-year-old Aboriginal man who moved into a house with a support worker to live more independently after years of being cared for by his family will be the subject of an inquest.Steven Thelander, who had cerebral palsy, epilepsy and type 1 diabetes, had been cared for by his family on North Stradbroke Island in Moreton Bay, off Brisbane for most of his life, a pre-inquest conference was told on Tuesday.
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Sydney's Circular Quay will get a dramatic overhaul with a New York-style "high line" walkway featuring in a long-term term plan to overhaul the iconic harbourside gate to the city.The long-awaited design includes a public green space, new ferry wharves and the high line walkway along the Cahill Expressway, overlooking Sydney Harbour under the NSW government's vision.
A pastoralist fighting to stop a gas fracker exploring its Northern Territory cattle station says the company is causing "havoc" and will eventually force the stock from its paddocks.Rallen Australia is attempting to overturn a court order granting Tamboran Resources subsidiary Sweetpea Petroleum access to Tanumbirini station in the gas-rich Beetaloo Basin.
South Australia is bracing for a rise in COVID-19 cases in coming weeks following the arrival of the latest Omicron variants.5 cases have already been detected in SA, with new modelling suggesting those numbers will increase significantly, along with a small rise in hospitalisations.
The NSW government has unveiled a big-spending budget as it prepares for an election to secure a rare fourth term in power.Treasurer Matt Kean on Tuesday said his first budget in the role was all about "reform to support families and build a brighter future for everyone.