For nearly 20 years, Kurt Fearnley has given it his all as one of Australia's most revered wheelchair athletes. In his last representative race, Fearnley displayed all his most important qualities as he finished with marathon gold.

The waste industry is calling for assistance to help it transition to a so called circular economy where waste would be collected, processed and then reused to make new products here at home.

While the possibility of a regime-change war still remains unlikely due to Syria's nuclear-armed backers in Moscow, it is worth examining what Australia's interests are in this conflict, writes Dr Kadira Pethiyagoda.

The Opals cruise to victory over England in women's basketball despite the ejection of Liz Cambage — and Mark Knowles and the Kookaburras add another gold, beating New Zealand.

Athletics wraps up in the main stadium ahead of Sunday's marathons, with Australia adding two more medals in the field events.

A girl held on Nauru, who has made three attempts at self-harm and is under 24-hour surveillance, wins the right to be taken to Australia for medical treatment after the Federal Government agrees to fly her out minutes before an urgent court hearing.

Vandals set fire to the surfboard-shaped clock at South Bank in Brisbane overnight, claiming their actions are in retaliation for Commonwealth Games protesters being arrested on the Gold Coast.

The Federal Agriculture Department suspends shipments of Australian sheep to an abattoir in Qatar over new allegations of animal welfare violations and breaches of supply chain rules.

Australian Chloe Hosking wins the gold medal in the women’s road race at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.

There are no surprises in the women's 800m final, as South Africa's Caster Semenya dominates the two-lap event once more, and Australia wins another pole vault medal on night nine of the Commonwealth Games.