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FEDERAL BUDGET - WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR:THE BIG PICTURE* Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg say it will be a "jobs budget" with the aim of boosting the recovery which has already begun after a short-lived recession* Economists expect a smaller budget deficit of around $60 billion for 2021/22 compared...

Facebook's oversight board has upheld the company's suspension of former US president Donald Trump but says the company was wrong to make the suspension indefinite and gave it six months to determine a "proportionate response".

Australia's IPL contingent will be evacuated en masse from India to other nations within 72 hours while anxiously hoping for the lifting of a travel ban to return home.

A man from Sydney's eastern suburbs has been diagnosed with COVID-19 but there's no indication where he picked up the virus.

Westpac is being sued for alleged insider trading, amid claims the bank unfairly profited from a $12 billion interest rate swap deal.

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has called for a nationwide lockdown as the country's tally of coronavirus infections surged past 20 million, becoming the second nation after the United States to pass the grim milestone.

Queensland's most endangered mammal has reached a significant milestone with conservationists saying their population has grown above 300.

Scott Morrison is refusing to back down from the India travel ban despite a torrent of criticism from high-profile figures and within conservative ranks.

Former South Sydney NRL captain Sam Burgess has been fined more than $1000 but spared a conviction after drug driving in an unregistered BMW on a highway south of Sydney.

Two men have admitted their involvement in a vicious road-rage incident that left a Gold Coast tradie fighting for his life.