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Three dogs that savaged a jogger in Sydney's west should be destroyed, police say.

A 12-year-old boy has died after being pinned under heavy machinery on a property in Logan, south of Brisbane.

Emergency services will on Monday recommence a search for a diver missing off Queensland's north coast.

A search for a missing bushwalker in the Kosciuszko National Park area has concluded for the day.

Replacing Ted Baillieu with Denis Napthine as premier has breathed fresh life into the Victorian Liberals, deputy party leader Louise Asher says.

The brother of a Perth-born man jailed in Saudi Arabia on terrorist-related offences has met with the Australian embassy in Riyadh.

Julia Gillard has rung the death knell for live odds during sporting matches, but some want the prime minister to crack down harder on gambling ads.

Police in the NSW Hunter region are trying to identify three men involved in an armed robbery where an operator was threatened with a knife.

Cardinal George Pell will be the final witness in the Victorian parliamentary inquiry into child sex abuse when he gives evidence on Monday.

Federal School Education Minister Peter Garrett says each school will receive a boost in funding to lift the reading and maths skills of indigenous pupils.