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Afghan school bomb toll rises to 58 - The death toll from an explosion outside a school in Afghanistan's capital Kabul has risen to 58, with doctors struggling to provide medical care to a ...

Huge aged care package to come in budget - The Morrison government continues to roll out pre-budget funding announcements, but the details of what could be Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's centrepie ...

Federal Budget 2021 - what is known so far - FEDERAL BUDGET - WHAT'S KNOWN SO FAR:THE BIG PICTURE* Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg say it will be a "jobs budget" with the aim of boos ...

Most Sydney virus restrictions extended - Most current coronavirus-related restrictions across Greater Sydney will be extended for another week despite no new local cases of the virus.

Millennials in no rush down the aisle - Australians want to meet their life partner at 31, get married at 33 and have kids at 34, according to numbers collected by dating website eharmony.

Dracula's castle offers COVID-19 jabs - Visitors to Dracula's castle are more likely to find puncture marks in their arms than their necks this month, after medics set up a COVID-19 vaccinat ...

Reds after-siren try seals Super AU title - James O'Connor's rugby resurgence has flourished again, the Queensland Reds playmaker scoring five minutes into injury-time against a 13-man Brumbies ...

Boost for single parents buying first home - Single parents buying their first home may soon be able to with a deposit of only two per cent under a new federal scheme.

'Abandoned' Aussie dies of virus in India - The Australian government "abandoned" a resident to die of coronavirus in India, his daughter says, accusing it of ignoring her pleas to bri ...

Masked Mother's Day weekend in NSW - Sydneysiders are being urged to wear masks and adhere to other restrictions without cancelling their Mother's Day plans.

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