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Construction on a long awaited link road between Sydney and the Central Coast will begin next year, Federal Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese says.

Police are negotiating with a man dressed in medieval-style armour and wielding a sword, whom is holed up in a caravan in Victoria's north.

Aboriginal deaths in custody are on the rise again, but the figures are driven by natural causes and an ageing prison population.

A 24-year-old man has appeared in court charged with murdering a man in South Perth and a string of robbery offences.

An ice addict who assaulted two police before being hit over the head with a torch was so drug-affected that he thought he was taking part in a reality TV game show, a Geelong court has heard.

Unions and business group leaders will discuss the Ford closure fallout with Julia Gillard and Wayne Swan on Friday.

Queensland Liberal backbencher Wyatt Roy, 23, says he wants coalition MPs to have a conscience vote on gay marriage.

Tasmania is tipped to be the second state to sign up to federal Labor's school funding reforms but the prime minister's indicated it isn't yet a done deal.

Sea World amusement park on the Gold Coast has installed cameras in the den of a mother polar bear to show guests how she bonds with her new cub.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard says her party still has every intention of fighting for Craig Thomson's seat of Dobell at the federal election.