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A group of teenagers were looking for someone to "roll for drugs" and had targeted Jack Beasley and his friends before the 17-year-old was fatally stabbed, a court has heard.

Lightweight single-use plastic bags will be banned in NSW next week with a swathe of other disposable items to follow suit in a bid to stop billions of bits of plastic litter entering the environment over the next 20 years.

An incredible day of goal-laden drama in the Premier League has ended with Manchester City champions, Burnley relegated, and Tottenham in the Champions League.

With Nicho Hynes back running the show from halfback, Cronulla have returned to the NRL winners' list by defeating Gold Coast 25-18 at a rainy CBUS Super Stadium.

Modern Aussies have little interest in traditional funerals - they're more for being farewelled at a beach or bowlo before being pressed into a jewel, rocketed into space in a firework or tattooed into someone's skin.

Scott Morrison has stepped down as leader of the Liberal Party after conceding defeat, saying he accepted responsibility for the result.

Anthony Albanese is set to become Australia's 31st prime minister after Scott Morrison conceded defeat at the federal election.

Austria is relaxing its blood donation rules, which at present stop many gay and bisexual men as well all trans people from donating, Health Minister Johannes Rauch has announced.

The federal election winner will take on a digital economy struggling to attract tech talent and a world on alert for a Russian cyber offensive.

The Liberal and Labor leaders have hit the ground running in the western and southern ends of the country in the final full day of campaigning ahead of the federal election.