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A man has been rushed to a Queensland hospital in a suspected Ebola scare. UPDATE: Gold Coast University Hospital now says it is “exceedingly unlikely” that the 27-year-old man being treated has the Ebola virus but the patient will remain isolated. EARLIER: According to AAP, a 27-year-old man was taken to Gold Coast University hospital […]

Police have pulled a body and a firearm from the Lockhart dam after a woman and her three children were found shot dead in their home. UPDATE: The man’s body and the firearm were recovered from a dam where police divers had been searching for Geoff Hunt. Hunt, a sheep and grain farmer went missing […]

Award-winning journalist Leigh Sales is returning as host of ABC's 7.30 on Monday night after maternity leave.

Radio announcer Robin Bailey’s husband Tony Smart has died following a battle with depression. Bailey is a host on 97.3FM in Brisbane and a regular on the Today Show. The Australian Radio Network released a statment on behalf of Robin: “Yesterday we were saddened by the terrible news that Tony Smart, husband to Robin Bailey […]

A day after her tell all interview with Sunday Night former magazine journalist and mother-of-two Amanda Goff says she didn’t go public with her job as a high-class escort on a whim. The 40-year-old, who has worked at InStyle, Prevention and New Idea magazine, revealed her secret identity of Samantha X – a sex worker […]

Fiction or not? 'Fifty Shades of Grey' readers are more likely to have abusive partners, eating disorders, multiple sexual partners and binge drink.

“My freckles”, “the dark circles under my eyes”, “my small breasts”, “love handles”, “my uncontrollable curly hair”: these are some of the responses dropped into a box at an art installation that asks people to “Name something you find beautiful about yourself.” The exhibition, called Franchise: The Ideal Woman, promotes a phrase that you might […]

Pictures drawn by children held in detention are to be submitted to the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention.

Opposition leader Bill Shorten has spoken out about police investigations that cleared him of an allegation that he raped a 16-year-old girl during the 1980s. Mr Shorten decided to put the matter into the public domain in the hope that he could put it behind him, saying “there is absolutely no basis to the claims.” […]

John and Diane Foley, the parents of US journalist James Foley who was beheaded in a gruesome video released on Tuesday by Muslim extremists Islamic State, have praised their son for his fearless approach to his profession. “He was a courageous fearless journalist,” Diane Foley said, speaking to media outside the couple’s home in Rochester, […]