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Australians, Brits to get free prescriptions in NZ

NZ has reciprocal health agreements with the UK and Oz, National not impressed.

Australian takes historic step toward holding referendum on Indigenous Voice

Proponents hope the Voice will improve living standards for Indigenous Australians.

Cobber challenge 2023: Celebrating hardworking herding dogs in Australasia

New Zealand's best shep dogs take on their Aussie counterparts

Nato's gang of four in the Indo Pacific

NZ's defence minister is expected to have a meeting with one of China's bit hitters.

'It got its jaws around my head': Snorkeller's miracle croc attack survival

He was swimming in crystal clear' waters when the croc clamped its jaws around his skull.

Why Tina Turner fans should travel to Sydney ASAP

Jet over to Sydney before it's too late.

Watch: 'Disgraceful' - Kiwi vet's horror after live roosters dumped in sealed plastic bags

Roosters lucky to avoid becoming a snack for her dogs, who love a bit of "KFC on the run".

Sydney fire: 13-year-olds hand themselves in

Two children have handed themselves into police after the massive Sydney fire.

Revealed: The three words cop said before he tasered elderly woman who later died

When an attempt to disarm the elderly woman failed, cops deployed the Taser.

Opinion: Reputational stench could linger around PwC Australia for some time

The scandal currently engulfing the "Big Four" accounting firm has a long way to run.

Party hire boss's desire to dominate industry

The owner of a party hire business has been jailed after hiring arsonists to target rivals

Aussie icon tests positive for chlamydia

Bacteria similar to chlamydia is spreading around the Great Barrier Reef.

'Exceptional circumstances': Tasering of 95yo goes against police handbook

Police claim the woman, who has dementia and uses a walking frame, was advancing on them.

Police reveal moments before 95yo great-grandmother was Tasered

Police claim the woman, who has dementia and uses a walking frame, was advancing on them.

‘Like a movie’: Couple’s twisted sex acts exposed

A NSW couple pleaded guilty to 146 charges related to their ongoing sexual abuse of a boy.

'Absolute competition': Australia warns of battle with NZ to attract doctors

New Zealand isn't the only country struggling to attract health staff.

Australian doctor freed after being held by terrorists for seven years

Kenneth Elliott, now 88, was taken hostage by al-Qai’da-linked jihadists in Burkina Faso.

Cancellation of the Quad an omen, says China

China has taken a swipe at Australia, claiming a key alliance has been dealt a fatal blow.