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Paul Gallen and Lucas Browne have traded final barbs on the eve of their heavyweight blockbuster, each declaring the other a tainted drug cheat in yet another spicy appetiser after an expletive-laden build-up.

A Sydney high school teacher who had denied engaging in sexual acts with a student has now pleaded guilty to three charges of intercourse with a 14-year-old boy.

The United States is reviewing reports of a handful of potential cases of severe side effects among people who received Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, as well as those that led to a pause in its use, a top US public health official says.

The federal government is under fire from within its own ranks for a "clumsy" video on consent released as part of a new sex education campaign.

Australia's COVID-19 vaccination program is expected to undergo a "big reset" with details to be announced on Thursday.

A semi-trailer full of chicken guts has lost its load on a Queensland highway creating a slippery, stomach-churching mess.

Tasmania is stepping in to vaccinate some 12,000 of the state's aged care and disability workers against coronavirus amid a lagging national rollout.

Scott Morrison has announced a royal commission into veteran suicides after a long-running campaign by former soldiers and pressure from all sides of parliament.