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Michelle Payne has become the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup, riding Prince of Penzance to a surprise victory.

Rumours of Rupert and Jerry relationship confirmed with a very public kiss.

Queen agrees to Malcolm Turnbull’s doing away with Aussie knights and dames.

Women of the NSW Parliament take over gents to protest gender toilet inequality.

WATCH: The moment cyclonic gusts swept through a Brisbane backyard, hoisting the kids' tramp up in to the air like a piece of rice paper.

Former Australian PM raises eyebrows, saying Christian instinct is “leading much of Europe into catastrophic error”.

Former prime minister Tony Abbott’s address to the 2015 Margaret Thatcher Lecture at Guildhall in London, 27 October 2015

Studio 10 bares all for demonstration of breast self-examination, winning the approval of viewers.

Special contributor TESS LAWRENCE says with Malcolm Turnbull as prime minister it is time for Opposition Leader Bill Shorten to disappear… completely.

Wait a minute. Are you telling me the NSW premier appeared for an interview... out of a DeLorean?

Australia's money has been given a fun facelift to make it more recognisable for its users.

The National Broadband Network debate rages on. With this month's launch of the first NBN satellite, what is the project's progress and what is the difference between FTTP and FTTN?

Cop this, sunshine. Goat rejects police requests to give himself up quietly and is thrown in jail.

With Future Day just about here, self-balancing scooters - aka ‘hoverboards’ - have been banned from British public spaces.

The Metropolitan Police have pulled back their round-the-clock watch of the Ecuadorian embassy in London but say the WikiLeaks founder will still be arrested if he leaves.

UNSW issues general security alert after alleged 4chan gun threat.

UK may support European Union ‘secret plans’ to detain and deport hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers.

Pauline Cafferkey was flown from Glasgow to be readmitted to an isolation unit in London due to an ‘unusual late complication’ in her illness.

Forget roping in the kids to do the dishes, doing them yourself might actually be good for stress.

A bad weekend for Kate. Now she has been kicked out of a Qantas lounge for inappropriate clothing.

Following the latest US college shooting spree, a frustrated President Obama says effective gun laws are possible, sighting Australia and the UK as examples.

Terrified campers at popular Inskip Point escaped with their lives after massive hole opened up underneath them.

The number of New Zealanders held in Australia’s controversial migration detention centres is second only to Iranians.

“With the heaviest of hearts, we share this utterly tragic news. While in transit to our show yesterday, our Stage Manager, Shane, and Touring Drummer, Mick, were involved in an horrific car accident which killed Shane and seriously injured Mick.”

Wipeout! China’s famous bore was wilder than expected.

“Ding dong, Tony is dead,” declares Last Week Tonight host John Oliver from Emmy Awards red carpet, thanking Australia for all the laughs.

Bizarre weather captured by traveller in Costa Rica. "It's like the Lord is gonna come through those clouds any moment."

Hail stones as big as cricket balls pound the NSW coast, covering towns and beaches in white.

If you are thinking of developing your career overseas, then London is an ideal choice. You’ll discover a world-class city that caters to all interests.

Malcolm Turnbull snatches prime ministership from Tony Abbott; committing to freedom, the individual and the market, saying Australia needs a vision in exciting times.

VIDEO AND FULL TRANSCRIPT: “We need advocacy, not slogans. We need to respect the intelligence of the Australian people.” – Malcolm Turnbull on announcing his challenge to Tony Abbott for the top job.

Discover what a nursing career with Bupa can do for you.

OPINION: Change of heart: a refugee policy we can all applaud. Now, what are you doing USA and Britain?

OPINION: I am deeply ashamed of my country’s bigoted response to the greatest humanitarian crisis of our time.

RSPCA says fleece removed from massively overgrown Australian sheep sets a new baa-ber shop record.

Tony Abbott unrepentant for saying Islamic State are worse than the Nazis, saying at least the Nazis “had a sufficient sense of shame to try to hide it”.

Search for “really cute” Australian father of a ‘pregnant’ woman traveller, Natalie Amyot, after a one-night stand revealed as elaborate social media marketing campaign.

"I'm pregnant, so I didn't want to get too anxious. I wanted to stay calm,” says holidaying Queenslander after being bitten by what she believes was a shark.

NSW police are considering having child sex-offenders chemically castrated.

The OED says that, based on written evidence, the pavlova dessert was in fact invented in New Zealand, but this declaration won't end the debate.

A British tourist, lost in the Queensland bush, were rescued with a simple SOS message written in the sand - after a two-day survival ordeal.

Australia's Welfare 2015 shows housing costs is having a profoundly negative impact on Australians' standard of living.

Half of all Aussies are under 37 years old, baby boomers choose to live at the sea-side, gen-x'ers sold out to the suburbs and young'ens enjoy city life.

Inspiring Australian model Madeline Stuart will be the second model with Down Syndrome to grace the catwalks of New York Fashion Week.

Video: The koala craziness continues! This is funny and scary all at the same time.

Australians eat three times more junk food than the recommended daily intake, according to a new report.

Australia's carbon plan sends shudders through neighbours, but there may be hope through international pressure.

Video: Eagle attacks drone near Melbourne.

The Australian government is considering a referendum to establish if Australians are accepting of same-sex marriages.

Cute images of a furry little jumping koala has social media ooh'ing and aah'ing but, another type of jumping koala is not that cute and is known as a Drop Bear....