australia news
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Today's campaign: Malcolm Turnbull suspends campaign to tour flood-affected areasElection 2016: Prime minister to visit storm-hit areas of New South Wales as Bill Shorten awaits word on offer to join him -
Eastern Australia storms: woman rescued but one more missing in Tasmanian floodsWoman rescued after a car was swept away at Evandale, south of Launceston, but search continues for fellow passenger, along with two more people missing since Monday
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While political campaigns in the US and UK are inciting great rancour, Australians are approaching their federal election with something more like resignationAs political debate rages abroad, the age of cynical reason continues in Australia
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Hip-hop is my spear, my freedom ride, my tent embassy. Hip-hop is my act of defiance@IndigenousX host Corey Webster, the hip-hop artist known as Nooky, discusses how he uses hip-hop as an act of defiance and an agent of change
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Art and access to justice combine in the Northern TerritoryAfter facing severe funding cuts last year, clients of the Environmental Defenders Office of the Northern Territory offered their art to be auctioned to raise money for the office. The second annual art auction is happening now
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Aboriginal art for auction to raise money for legal services – in picturesA selection of Australian Indigenous art is being auctioned to raise money for the Northern Territory office that represents Aboriginal people on environmental matters, often representing their interests in major development projects. This is a selection of the work for sale
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Sydney's coastline rocked by weekend of wild weather – videoStretches of beach have been swept away, buildings have collapsed into the ocean, suburbs have flooded and residents have been evacuated as a monster storm made its way through New South Wales over the weekend.
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Australian coastline battered by storms and floodwaters – videoHuge swells and strong winds batter the New South Wales coastline in Australia, causing flooding and dangerous conditions in Sydney and the surrounding areas
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Shark attack witness: 'heroic guys stayed in water' to help surfer who lost leg – videoWitnesses describe a great white shark attack in Perth on Australian surfer Ben Gerring
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Australian MP admits shooting and eating an elephant – videoShooters and Fishers party MP Robert Borsak admits to shooting and eating an elephant while on a hunting trip in Zimbabwe
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Richard Di Natale views coral bleaching while snorkelling – videoThe Australian Greens leader examines the state of the Great Barrier Reef at Lizard Island
Q&A;: Barnaby Joyce and Tony Windsor trade blows on mining and national broadband network