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Murderers and sex offenders could slip into the country if sick refugees are more easily able to seek medical treatment in Australia, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has warned.

Winger Kyle Feldt has accepted a friendly wager with North Queensland recruit Nene Macdonald to see who will score the most NRL tries after revealing the Cowboys will gamble on a new "off the cuff" attack in 2019.

The national curriculum needs to be decluttered and simplified to help Australian students excel, the federal education minister says.

Workers from 117 fields will be eligible to move to the Northern Territory under a new skilled migration agreement between the federal and Territory governments.

An Adelaide woman has become the world's oldest skydiver, taking the plunge at the age of 102.

Australia's flying kangaroo airline will operate services between Bendigo and Sydney.Qantas' Q300 turboprop aircraft touched down at Bendigo Airport on Monday, ahead of its inaugural return service, operating six days a week from March 31.

Angry customers who serve up death threats, abuse and violence to fast-food workers are being targeted in a new campaign designed to end the disrespect.

US President Donald Trump should not meddle in French affairs, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian says after Trump criticised France in two tweets following riots in Paris.