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Comedian Josh Thomas has received widespread acclaim for his show, Please Like Me, but he says the biggest it gets the more nervous he feels.
Topics: television, arts-and-entertainment, comedy-humour, australia
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| UpdatedSkipper Steve Smith says Australia must work on all aspects of its game after suffering a 177-run loss at the WACA, the team's fourth Test defeat in a row.
Topics: sport, cricket, perth-6000, wa, hobart-7000, tas, australia, south-africa
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National RSL president Rod White agrees to stand down amid claims he shared in millions of dollars worth of consultancy fees.
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Wall Street rallies on a growing chance of a Hillary Clinton victory, after the FBI said it would not file criminal charges against Democrat presidential nominee because of her use of a private email server.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, markets, currency, stockmarket, futures, united-states, australia
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Another injury blow to the Socceroos before their World Cup qualifier against Thailand, with scans confirming knee injury for Tomi Juric.
Topics: sport, soccer, socceroos, soccer-world-cup, australia, thailand
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Australian captain Steve Smith says there is plenty of improvement needed after his side lost to South Africa in Perth.
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Corbin Middlemas and Brett Sprigg wrap up all the action and take a look at the stories from week five in the National Basketball League.
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| UpdatedLabor MPs will vote against legislation to ban all refugees and asylum seekers in offshore processing from ever coming to Australia, but Peter Dutton says the bill won't be amended. Follow live.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, political-parties, australia
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| UpdatedAmong the hundreds of New Zealand citizens being deported from Australia under a crack-down on migrants with criminal convictions, around half are believed to be of Pasifika origin.
Topics: emigration, immigration, crime, pacific, australia, new-zealand
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South Africa will take a 1-0 lead into the second Test in Hobart after putting in a dominant display at the WACA Ground.
Topics: sport, cricket, wa, perth-6000, hobart-7000, tas, australia, south-africa
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Magpie season is reaching its end and the injury toll is being counted. The birds can cause serious wounds, as one boy's family discovered.
Topics: animal-attacks, australia
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Labor Senator Penny Wong voted against the same-sex marriage plebiscite.
Topics: parliament, gays-and-lesbians, federal-parliament, australia
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A bikram yoga class in Melbourne gets warmer than expected after a fire starts in an underground storage area.
Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, ascot-vale-3032, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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Kagiso Rabada's man-of-the-match performance in South Africa's WACA win suggests the 21-year-old is ready to step up in the absence of Dale Steyn.
Topics: cricket, sport, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has opened the door to changes to Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, but one Liberal backbencher says fiddling with the act could alarm minority groups.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, laws, liberals, race-relations, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedCanadian author and social activist Naomi Klein hits out at Australia's climate change policy on Q&A, while also comparing the Government's proposed refugee policies to Donald Trump.
Topics: climate-change, environment, community-and-society, immigration, australia
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| UpdatedRefugee and criminal lawyer Deng Adut is a contender for 2017 Australian of the Year having just been named the New South Wales winner.
Topics: awards-and-prizes, human-interest, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government's plan for a plebiscite on whether to legalise same-sex marriage has been defeated, ending chances of a public vote on the issue.
Topics: federal-parliament, parliament, federal-government, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, gays-and-lesbians, marriage, australia
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| UpdatedSydney FC says it will ask the FFA to remove the fourth official's pitch-side table, after Michael Zullo collided with it on Saturday night.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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A Stroke Foundation report finds the nation's stroke care system has made little improvement in the past four years, with one in five patients being discharged from hospital without proper medication or a care plan.
Topics: health, diseases-and-disorders, stroke, sydney-2000, australia
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| UpdatedJoe Burns and Callum Ferguson are in Australia's squad for the second Test against South Africa after Shaun Marsh was ruled out with a broken finger.
Topics: cricket, sport, perth-6000, wa, hobart-7000, tas, australia
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Few will forget Temba Bavuma's performance at the WACA in the first Test of this summer, as the diminutive crowd-favourite becomes South Africa's X-factor in a memorable victory.
Topics: cricket, sport, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedOne Nation senator Rod Culleton's position in the Upper House hangs in the balance of High Courts interpretations of whether his conviction is valid.
Topics: federal-parliament, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, parliament, australia, wa
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Australia's multi-year construction boom engineered by the Reserve Bank to stimulate the property market is coming to an end, private sector data shows.
Topics: housing-industry, building-and-construction, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia looked unbeatable to start the first Test at the WACA, but that changed in a flash as South Africa dominated basically every moment after day one.
Topics: cricket, sport, perth-6000, wa, australia