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Police confirm on Monday that they have ‘a suspect in mind’ but declined to name him, following a shooting in Sydney
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Palmer-owned parent companies have stepped in to manage refinery at Yabulu, sidelining administrators
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My working life is more typical of an Australian woman than a man and it gives me pause when I look over the horizon to my retirement
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Are any of us truly comfortable with sex?
Peter BankiWe think we’re living in a progressive sexual culture but, when it comes to some practices – like alternative fetishes and BDSM – fears and prejudices still exist -
First, do no harm. Why doctors should boycott working in Australian detention centres
John-Paul SanggaranIt’s controversial, but any act of care cannot justify maintaining a system of suffering. By working in the system, you are effectively part of it -
Letting Abbott call the tune on tax the fastest way for Turnbull to lose his footing
Lenore Taylor Political editorThe former PM’s latest intervention was a ‘coodabeen’ election speech that recycled some of the fact-free slogans that failed him so spectacularly
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Mark Brett, acting commander at NSW police, speaks about a shooting incident at Ingleburn in Sydney
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Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Noosa Festival of Surfing in Queensland sees professional surfers, amateurs and dogs taming the waves
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The original Sydney Mardi Gras marchers of 1978 and the famous ‘Dykes on Bikes’ and lead the 38th annual parade on Saturday
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The Booker prize-winning author visits refugee camps in the Bekaa valley of Lebanon as a guest of World Vision, accompanied by the artist Ben Quilty
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A player from the Indigenous, Melbourne-based Australian rules football club strapped a camera to his head so you can join the squad in their preparations for the new season
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The juvenile bull shark was seen in the shallows of Perth’s Swan river
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Cardinal says he was ‘confused’ when he said offending by Gerald Ridsdale ‘wasn’t of much interest to me’
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Revealed: the 30-year economic betrayal dragging down Generation Y’s income