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Replay: third Ashes Test, day three
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ANOTHER supremely dominant performance by Australia sees England trailing by 369 runs at stumps on day three. More Cricket news
Read MoreMedicare overhaul aims to cut costs
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LABOR'S Medicare Locals could be scrapped with a review into the $1.8bn health program charged with identifying whether they are a wasteful bureaucracy. More National News
Read MoreMan 'punches police horse in head'
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A MAN who allegedly punched a police horse in the head will avoid tough new penalties for intentionally injuring an animal. More SA News
Read MoreCyber bullies stalking public servants
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SCARED bureaucrats are being granted anonymity and silent phone numbers to stop angry Australians abusing them on social media. More National News
Read MoreAussie held over 'arson, assault'
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A 47-YEAR-OLD Victorian man has been arrested by Thai police after clashing with the manager of a motorbike rental company in southern Thailand.
Holden workers call for action
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UP to 1000 manufacturing workers will rally outside the Liberal Party headquarters in Melbourne before delivering a formal demand for urgent action to save jobs.
Labor accused of $20b NBN waste
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MALCOLM Turnbull has accused the former Labor government of wasting $20b on the NBN rollout, but says the money lost could be more than twice that amount.
170 firefighters save Toodyay homes
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PICTURES: PRAISE for fighfighters as homes and lives are spared amid out-of-control Toodyay blaze.
Gay marriage vote likely - Turnbull
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MALCOLM Turnbull says it is "likely" the coalition government will allow a conscience vote on gay marriage before the next election.
Country Road in racial snub storm
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CLOTHING brand Country Road is backpeddling today after it snubbed a customer complaint and sparked a social media storm over the skin colour of its models.
Hot tip on blue bottle stings
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TO PEE or not to pee. A team of scientists is preparing to find out once and for all the best relief for a bluebottle sting.
Drownings on rise among men
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YOUNG men in their 20s "showing off" in front of mates at the beach accounted for the highest number of drowning deaths on our state's beaches.
Teens lured into terrifying web of abuse
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ONE was lured into a sex cult formed by her parish priest and school chaplain. Another was sexually abused by a priest who flew her to his church for sex.
I want this Porsche, not that one
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WOMAN tells Family Court she needed a Porsche more than her ex-husband because she had a back complaint and it was easier to get into than her other Porsche.
Newman buckles to $100 casino notes
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THE Newman Government has buckled to pressure from big casino operators, and will allow $100 and $50 notes to be pumped into poker machines.
300 arrested in nightclub crackdown
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ALMOST 300 people arrested at hot spots across Queensland as part of operation targeting alcohol-fuelled violence.
Snipers target six million feral pigs
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MARKSMEN have culled more than 30,000 animals in north Queensland in the past two years as rare turtles threatened.
Sinister racket behind grand theft auto
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CAR theft is costing Queenslanders tens of millions of dollars but exactly who is behind it and what areas and vehicles are most at risk?
Flood report key in dam class action
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AUSTRALIA'S largest class action by victims of the 2011 floods will come down to conflicting interpretations of the flood inquiry findings.
Employees working like slaves
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A COMPANY that unloads containers for Woolworths lost its contract after it was accused of paying workers $3 an hour.
Tollway stoush over market site
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A LENGTHY legal stoush threatens to leave hundreds of Melbourne wholesale market stall holders without a place to do business.
Holden workers call for action
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UP to 1000 manufacturing workers will rally outside the Liberal Party headquarters in Melbourne before delivering a formal demand for urgent action to save jobs.
Aussie held over 'arson, assault'
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A 47-YEAR-OLD Victorian man has been arrested by Thai police after clashing with the manager of a motorbike rental company in southern Thailand.
Big jump in early bird births
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MOTHERS are giving birth in their bedrooms and on the roadside as more babies are born before arriving at hospital.
Toddler finds snake in backyard
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A CURIOUS toddler has frightened his mother by finding a snake slithering through his backyard.
'Tiny' cut to hurt student funding
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OVERSEAS students will be lured interstate and SA's market share will fall because funding for the body that attracts them has been axed, a study warns.
Light and laughter at the Carols
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THEY may be far from their homeland but for Adelaide's multicultural community, Carols by Candlelight was the chance to kickstart a new festive tradition.
Four short years for Holden workers
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ON Wednesday, Damien Griffiths stood with his work mates on the lawns at Holden to hear his employer of 13 years was closing its Australian operations.
Teen dies in crash after carols night
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RETURNING home to sing Christmas carols, Molly Kneebone shared her talents one last time with friends and family - before she was tragically killed.
Man 'punches police horse in head'
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A MAN who allegedly punched a police horse in the head will avoid tough new penalties for intentionally injuring an animal.
Beekeeper burned in fire at Yundi
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A BEEKEEPER has sustained serious burns trying to put out a grass fire near Mt Compass this afternoon.
170 firefighters save Toodyay homes
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PICTURES: PRAISE for fighfighters as homes and lives are spared amid out-of-control Toodyay blaze.
200 arrests in Operation Unite
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WA POLICE arrested more than 200 revellers this weekend as part of the national Operation Unite crackdown on loutish behaviour.
Volunteer firefighter killed in blaze
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A VOLUNTEER firefighter has been killed in a blaze at Quindanning, near Williams, about 160 kilometres south-east of Perth.
McGowan wins the night, but only just
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IF there is such a thing as a winner from tonight's Leaders' Debate - then Opposition leader Mark McGowan was probably just a nose ahead.
40 arrests from Operation Unite
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POLICE arrested more than 40 people and issued over a 100 infringements overnight as part of a trans-Tasman crackdown on alcohol-fuelled violence.
4m great white spotted off Rotto
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A FOUR-metre great white shark has been spotted off Rottnest this afternoon.