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As the team prepares to take on the Roosters this Sunday, Novocastrians are turning their city red and blue - in the hope of taking glory for the first time in a quarter of a century. 

The federal and Tasmanian governments have announced a $200 million support package for the Bell Bay Aluminium smelter in Tasmania.

More than 400 young people from dozens of communities across New South Wales will walk onto the stage of the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall tomorrow.

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He's not licensed to drive a car, but last year Queensland teen Byron Waller became the youngest person in history to pilot a plane around the world.

The Greens have previously chosen its leader by consensus, but held their first leadership ballot yesterday. 

Headline inflation jumped to 4% in August from 3.5% in July, driven by higher housing costs and automotive fuel prices.

An Israel-bound plane has made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after the co-pilot allegedly stabbed the pilot and attempted to crash the plane.

The federal government says more than 100,000 first home buyers have now accessed its 5% deposit scheme since it was expanded and uncapped last year.

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The proposal comes days after developer Goodman Group withdrew plans for a data centre on Sydney's Lower North Shore, amid uproar from the local community.

Israeli authorities are investigating the suspected hijacking of a commercial plane bound for Tel Aviv. 

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If you were to mention the name Andy Griffiths to many Australian kids out there, chances are, their eyes would light up.

Deputy opposition leader Jane Hume has called for cuts to federal government spending in response to the Reserve Bank's decision to lift interest rates.

Pressure is mounting on the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over what he knew and when in the lead up to the October 7 Hamas attacks.

US forces are set to pull out from their last bases in Iraq on Wednesday, more than two decades after the invasion of Iraq and the toppling of Saddam Hussein.

The Federal Government has pointed to the Middle East conflict as one of the main drivers of inflation in the economy.

The Greens party will meet in Sydney to vote on a new federal leader after the sudden resignation of Senator Larissa Waters due to ill health. 

A proposed $1.2 billion data centre in Sydney's lower north shore has been cancelled after its developer -- the Goodman Group -- abandoned the project this week.

Tuesday's interest rate rise was the fourth this year, with households bracing for a potential fifth increase in November.

Federal government departments have been ordered to bolster the cyber security defences on their legacy systems after last week's OpenAI Medicare data portal hack.

The Reserve Bank has lifted interest rates to their highest level in 15 years.  

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As the effects of climate change set in, some people are looking at different ways to grow and harvest food and understand and connect with the environment around them.