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Former country policeman Troy Grant enjoyed an unlikely and rapid political ascent, but the self-proclaimed "son of regional New South Wales" will step down as Nationals leader just two years after being sworn into the role.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, nationals, parliament, state-parliament, nsw
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| UpdatedA dust storm strikes the Northern Territory town of Katherine without warning, coating parts of it in red soil.
Topics: weather, storm-event, katherine-0850
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull criticises the "elite media" in the wake of the US election result for focusing on polls and commentators' opinion instead of the voices of the public.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, turnbull-malcolm, information-and-communication, australia
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| UpdatedA riot at the Melbourne Youth Justice Centre has ended peacefully after 17 hours, as emergency services hand control of the juvenile jail back to the department.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, antisocial-behaviour, crime, state-parliament, parkville-3052, vic, melbourne-3000
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Asylum seekers who were sent back to Vietnam during the federal election campaign have been jailed in their home country, a Melbourne-based Vietnamese advocacy group says.
Topics: immigration, refugees, federal-government, parliament, federal-parliament, government-and-politics, australia, vietnam
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| UpdatedChinese President Xi Jinping tells US President-elect Donald Trump that cooperation is the only choice for relations between the two countries, in their first interaction since the election.
Topics: world-politics, foreign-affairs, international-aid-and-trade, china, united-states
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| UpdatedThere are signs of green shoots in WA's economy, with some big recruitment agencies and job seeking websites reporting an uptick in the number of mining jobs on the market.
Topics: mining-industry, wa
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| UpdatedThree boys are arrested following a dramatic pursuit which ended when police swooped on the car on West Gate Bridge during the evening rush hour.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, port-melbourne-3207, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedThe WA Government resorts to a video featuring children driving toy cars in its latest attempt to show Perth motorists how to merge in traffic.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, government-and-politics, perth-6000
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| UpdatedAustralia is fighting for survival in the second Test after another solid day for the tourists in Hobart, still 120 behind South Africa with two wickets down.
Topics: cricket, sport, hobart-7000, tas, australia
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A koala "on a mission" to visit an accountant in the regional Victorian town of Leongatha, is stopped in its tracks by a concerned Victorian MP.
Topics: human-interest, animals, leongatha-3953
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Was the earthquake in New Zealand caused by the increased gravitational pull of the "supermoon"? Probably not.
Topics: earthquake, new-zealand
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As the true extent of a fatal earthquake in New Zealand becomes clear, Christchurch locals all too familiar with quakes are banding together and "taking it in their stride".
Topics: earthquake, disasters-and-accidents, new-zealand
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Tasmania's State Emergency Service says while flood warnings are in place in northern Tasmania, it will not be a repeat of the devastating June event.
Topics: floods, emergency-planning, cressy-7302
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| UpdatedNew Zealand Prime Minister John Key flies over the destruction caused by last night's earthquake, as aftershocks kick up dust from the landslides below.
Topics: earthquake, new-zealand
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| UpdatedA collision on the football field meant Neil Sachse never walked again, but he hopes a new cycling event will raise important funds for spinal research.
Topics: medical-research, health, human-interest, charities-and-community-organisations, community-and-society, charities, sa, tanunda-5352, adelaide-5000, vic, footscray-3011, melbourne-3000
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The brother of accused murderer Garry Reginald Dubois has told a court blackmail may have been a motive for the alleged murders of the Barbara McCulkin and her daughters.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, laws, courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, brisbane-4000, warwick-4370, qld
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The Greens will refer an ACT Government decision linked to the sale of the Brumbies' Griffith headquarters to the territory's mooted integrity commission, but the Government says its position was in line with Treasury advice.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Billionaire retailer Gerry Harvey rejects shareholder claims of a lack of transparency over his franchisees' financial accounts at the company's annual general meeting.
Topics: retail, company-news, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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Western Australia's major tourism body launches its pre-election pitch, calling for both parties to give a four-year $80 million commitment to destination marketing.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, government-and-politics, elections, wa, perth-6000
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Though daunting, the challenge of a Donald Trump presidency is pregnant with possibilities.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, relationships, us-elections, united-states
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government is funding a new legal service to help young people interacting with the youth detention royal commission.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, royal-commissions, youth, darwin-0800
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Researchers uncover a strange way that asbestos-related tumours grow, which could pave the way towards better treatments.
Topics: asbestos, health, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedNewly crowned World Rugby women's sevens player of the year Charlotte Caslick sets herself the goal of becoming a triple Olympian.
Topics: rugby-7, rugby-union, sport, australia
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| UpdatedA US immigration expert says Australia should not be "dumping" its refugee problem on America and says the Obama administration may rush the resettlement of the Manus and Nauru detainees before Donald Trump is sworn in as president.
Topics: immigration, refugees, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia, united-states, nauru, papua-new-guinea