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THE Australian Christian Lobby has likened same-sex marriage and the Safe Schools program to Nazi atrocities.
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A TAIWANESE woman has been caught with a kilogram of methamphetamine in her luggage at Perth Airport, Australian border officials say.
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UPDATE: DIVERS on a charter vessel discovered a human arm on the ocean floor near Coral Bay as the search for two missing fishermen continues.
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