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Job losses hit Defence, welfare

An hour ago Australia's defence and social welfare bureaucracies bore the brunt of Labor's cuts.

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ACT chambers calls for cuts to health, education

An hour ago A business group wants the ACT government to reduce costs in schools and hospitals.

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Sorry for woman left toothless

An hour ago ACT Health apologise for leaving a woman without teeth for 17 months.

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Ambos left without key drugs

An hour ago Paramedic interns in rural NSW are being left without access to life-saving medicine.

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Aborigines nation's 'first people'

An hour ago Abbott has promised to finalise by September a draft for amending the constitution.

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Helmet camera may hold clue

An hour ago A helmet camera may hold the clue to base jumper's fatal plunge.

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Bikers begin alliance talks

An hour ago About 200 bikers joined the annual Aboriginal Tent Embassy Australia Day protest on Sunday morning.

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G'ment seeks review of wind farm impact

An hour ago The federal government will press ahead with "an independent" study into the supposed impact on ...

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Shoppers hot for buns' early rise

An hour ago It is a retail tactic that has many shoppers hopping mad. But the big supermarkets claim the trend ...

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Celebration turns into night of magic

Australia Day and night was a family affair beside Lake Burley Griffin.

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One place where misery is welcome The pink-tailed worm-lizard seems certain to have some say (figuratively) in what becomes of Misery Point.
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True-blue surfing at the south coast Photographer Jay Cronan immerses himself in his favourite pastime with spectacular results.
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Celebration turns into night of magic