A highly experimental, nearly $700,000 "bubble curtain" will be installed next week hoping to protect cuttlefish and their eggs in the Upper Spencer Gulf from South Australia's toxic algal bloom.

The Canterbury Bulldogs can secure a top four finish on the NRL ladder and earn a double-chance in the finals with a victory over the Penrith Panthers. Follow live.

A man who bashed a Brisbane bus driver has been spared jail time over the "deplorable and grotesque" attack, but will remain on remand in a "surprise" development.

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