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Supporters of marriage equality gathered in Tony Abbott's Sydney electorate to call on the Liberal Party to allow their members to have a conscience vote.

The coalition says it still reserves the right to go to a joint sitting of parliament if it wins office but is stopped from scrapping the carbon tax.

Inmates at a high security prison in Queensland sleep on temporary beds and in common areas when there are more than 300 prisoners at the facility.

Family members of a truck driver critically injured in a Melbourne freeway crash say they are devastated by the accident.

Labor launched a co-ordinated blitz against the coalition on Saturday, warning voters Tony Abbott will hurt super savings if elected prime minister.

Students at Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School have a new a multimillion dollar arts facility built for their needs.

Dozens of cows have a died at a Queensland research centre run by the government department that overseas animal welfare.

Police are looking for a gang of robbers who kicked a man onto train tracks at Sydney's Redfern station after stealing his wallet and phone.

The homicide squad is investigating the suspicious death of a baby boy in inner-Melbourne.

The coalition says the federal government's decision to cut two people-smuggling related federal police positions in Jakarta is "astonishing".