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Here's a morning news snapshot from around the region.
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Northern Hospital CEO Janet Compton resigns amid concerns about network's performance
The CEO of one of Melbourne's busiest public hospital networks has resigned amid concerns about its performance.
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MasterChef to My Kitchen Rules: Reddit users expose TV cooking show skeletons
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Bright start for Last Cab To Darwin in cinemas
The Michael Caton drama continued the bounceback for Australian films this year.
Jessica Rowe slams Eddie McGuire for making her life 'hell' amid 'mussie' drama
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Northern Hospital CEO Janet Compton resigns amid concerns about network's performance
The CEO of one of Melbourne's busiest public hospital networks has resigned amid concerns about its performance.
Australia's $3b hangover: Alcohol and drugs causing 11.5m 'sick days'
Hangovers are causing 11.5 million "sick days" a year at a cost of $3 billion to the Australian ...
University of Western Sydney defends name change to Western Sydney University and new logo
The University of Western Sydney's vice-chancellor, Barney Glover, has defended changing the institution's name and logo saying it ...
Students at Sydney University use impersonators to sit their exams
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CSIRO Healthy Diet test: Australians get a dismal score of C
Australian diets have received a dismal C report card after findings that junk food intake is three times ...
Meat-brained humans? Paleo cops a punch as researchers highlight importance of carbs for human evolution
The modern argument that the Paleo way fuelled human evolution may be archaic, according to a new study.
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Singapore Airlines premium economy class takes off on Sydney flights
First A380 featuring new class takes off on Sydney to Singapore route.
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