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Thousands of extra older Australians will be given money to pay for care at home, as part of a $550 million aged care funding boost.

Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion has savaged Labor's pledge to scrap a controversial work-for-the-dole scheme, claiming the move will rip $1 billion out of the portfolio.

More than 40 people have been injured in an explosion at a Japanese restaurant in northern Japan.

US President Donald Trump has gone after Saturday Night Live and NBC for what he says is the "real scandal of one-sided coverage".

The death of a woman in South Melbourne is being treated as suspicious by homicide detectives.

An elderly woman has been found weak but alive days after she went missing in a national park in Western Australia.

Police have been called to a Queensland theme park after activists protested animals held in captivity, the third time a tourist attraction has been targeted in two days.

A second man has been charged with murder after the body of WA woman Kym Jasmine Taylor was found in bushland in Perth's southeast.

A man has been left with serious facial injuries after a brawl between two groups erupted in Melbourne's southeast overnight.

The National Retail Association (NRA) is urging retailers to be vigilant against shoplifting raids, estimating losses across the country at more than $3 billion annually.