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Contrary to the ad, there’s no tradition of Australians eating lamb on Australia Day for the simple reason that, until recently, we ignored the day altogether
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The 56-year-old motivational speaker will fight allegations that he attacked his wife, Andrea, on New Year’s Eve
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If you look at recent incidents of sexism in isolation, you shouldn’t. Imagine each incident is one sexist profiterole which can be made into an enormous patriarchal croquembouche
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Wayne Swan: Tax avoidance impoverishes us all. Fighting it requires challenging the powerful
Wayne SwanThere must be a debate about the ethics of tax avoidance and evasion. Board members who approve this behaviour should be forced to answer for it -
Enjoy that refreshed feeling while it lasts – analysts warn that China is in a huge credit bubble, and the jitters can’t be far away for Australian investors
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Assumptions about coal and iron ore exports helped build Australian prosperity. But with China’s economy threatening to unravel, a less rosy picture is emerging
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A motorist in Perth says she ‘had to look twice’ when she noticed a 2m-long dead shark strapped to the front of a white four-wheel-drive vehicle in Safety Bay
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Watch footage from Auckland, Sydney, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, and Taipei
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Around 1.6 million people witness the 2016 New Year fireworks display in and around Sydney harbour, Australia
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Four dogs are airlifted out of the blooded Daly region in the Northern Territory of Australia
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Australia’s minister for cities and the built environment Jamie Briggs resigns after a female public servant complained about his behaviour on a night out
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A freight train carrying 200,000 litres of highly corrosive sulphuric acid derails in Queensland, Australia
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Victoria police constable Mel Varker helps a koala distressed during the Wye River bushfires on Sunday
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Annastacia Palaszczuk to earn more than prime ministers of UK and Canada