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| UpdatedFederal Labor will vote against the Government's proposed lifetime visa ban for refugees and asylum seekers who try to reach Australia by boat.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, immigration, community-and-society, australia
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Human Rights Commission President Gillian Triggs backs proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act, as the Prime Minister prepares to announce a parliamentary inquiry into the legislation.
Topics: laws, rights, law-crime-and-justice, race-relations, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedStrong winds and rough seas are hindering search efforts for a fisherman missing in waters off Fraser Island.
Topics: maritime, disasters-and-accidents, missing-person, hervey-bay-4655, qld
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| UpdatedOn the day before the US goes to the polls, voters in New York's Times Square give their verdicts on the election race — and who should be the country's next president.
Topics: us-elections, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedA photo of a shirt emblazoned with the words "Rope. Tree. Journalist. Some Assembly Required" worn by a man at a Donald Trump rally over the weekend goes viral.
Topics: us-elections, elections, government-and-politics, social-media, internet-culture, journalism, united-states
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An electronic patient records system crashes at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, throwing medical care into chaos, as extra staff are called in to help deal with the workload.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health-policy, health, unions, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, woodville-5011, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedAustralia's biggest bank by market capitalisation, Commonwealth Bank, reports its cash earnings for the September quarter at $2.4 billion.
Topics: banking, company-news, business-economics-and-finance, markets, money-and-monetary-policy, australia
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Italian authorities investigate the theft of a 17th-century painting from an earthquake-damaged church, as officials rush to recover works of art from collapsed buildings amid concerns of further lootings.
Topics: earthquake, disasters-and-accidents, visual-art, italy
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| UpdatedA young Afghan woman who went to the police station to report being raped alleges she was then raped by the district police commissioner in his office.
Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, police, afghanistan
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| UpdatedThe Victorian Government will spend almost $2 billion upgrading arterial roads in Melbourne's outer west, Premier Daniel Andrews says, with work to start in 2018.
Topics: states-and-territories, parliament, government-and-politics, footscray-3011, werribee-3030, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedA man is taken into custody after a woman suffers life-threatening stab wounds in the Perth suburb of Balga, with a source telling the ABC her injuries may have been caused by an axe.
Topics: assault, police, balga-6061, perth-6000
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| UpdatedSupermarket giant Woolworths is being urged to honour the spirit of its agreement with SPC Ardmona amid reports it may walk away from the $70-million deal.
Topics: food-processing, retail, industry, business-economics-and-finance, regional, states-and-territories, parliament, shepparton-3630, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedScientists working to save the critically endangered swift parrot are making other discoveries along the way, including how fast they can fly.
Topics: birds, conservation, environment, hobart-7000
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In the USA's Deep South, one man's death becomes a symbol for his family of all that is wrong with the American Dream — and why Donald Trump appeals to the working poor.
Topics: health-insurance, us-elections, poverty, united-states
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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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| UpdatedPremiership-winning Cronulla Sharks player Ben Barba tests positive for cocaine and is released from his playing contract and banned for 12 NRL games.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, drug-use, cronulla-2230, sydney-2000, nsw
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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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Blunt-spoken Janet Reno, who served eight years as the first woman attorney-general of the United States and authorised the deadly 1993 raid on the Branch Davidian cult compound in Texas just weeks into the job, dies age 78.
Topics: community-and-society, death, law-crime-and-justice, united-states
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| UpdatedCooler weather has helped New South Wales firefighters battling blazes near Kempsey and in the Hunter Valley and Port Stephens region but fears soaring temperatures and strong winds may cause fires to flare.
Topics: bushfire, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-planning, fires, kundabung-2441, nsw, kitchener-2325, cessnock-2325, kearsley-2325, karuah-2324, sydney-2000
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Iraqi Kurdish forces, backed by US-led coalition air strikes, enter a town held by Islamic State militants north-east of Mosul, weeks after it was first surrounded.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, iraq
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| UpdatedLabor MPs unanimously vote to oppose the Government's plan 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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| UpdatedSo who is going to win? It is the question on everyone's lips as this volatile presidential election campaign comes to a close. There's no clear answer, but Zoe Daniel breaks down what we know.
Topics: us-elections, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states
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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