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| UpdatedAs Test cricket continues to produce more angst than joy for Aussie fans, the Big Bash is poised to push its way to the forefront as summer's main attraction.
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Some property developers planning to build in a rezoned industrial area near Melbourne's CBD will have to reapply for permits after the State Government announces new planning restrictions.
Topics: states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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Labor has unveiled part of its vision for Tasmania's west coast, with incentives for mining, and a tourism masterplan including hydro power pipeline hot tubs.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, alp, regional-development, queenstown-7467, tas
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| UpdatedIndustries from health care to the legal sector face being disrupted by the latest advances in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), an expert warns, prompting a renewed warning in the wake of Donald Trump's US election victory.
Topics: computers-and-technology, unemployment, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThe global markets' initially gloomy view of a Donald Trump presidency changes drastically, with traders intoxicated by the Republican's victory.
Topics: markets, industry, australia, united-states
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Indigenous women from across the country vow to empower themselves and each other at a national forum in Canberra.
Topics: indigenous-policy, government-and-politics, indigenous-culture, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, women, federal-parliament, parliament, activism-and-lobbying, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedLegal Aid's decision to fund an appeal for a father who pimped out his daughter to other paedophiles is labelled "amazingly stupid" by the Corrective Services Minister Joe Francis.
Topics: child-abuse, sexual-offences, judges-and-legal-profession, perth-6000
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Police are searching for a man who held a woman at knifepoint during an attempted carjacking at Melbourne's Chadstone shopping centre.
Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, chadstone-3148, malvern-east-3145, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedThe United States and Australia have agreed to a one-off refugee resettlement deal for people on Manus Island and Nauru. This is what we do and don't know about the agreement.
Topics: refugees, immigration, federal-government, foreign-affairs, australia, nauru, united-states, papua-new-guinea
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Flash bombs and chemical spray are used to subdue a group of detainees in the latest incident at Banksia Hill juvenile detention centre in Perth.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, canning-vale-6155
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Colombian Government and FARC, the country's largest rebel group, agree on a revised peace deal to end a 52-year war weeks after the surprise rejection of an earlier deal by voters in a referendum.
Topics: terrorism, world-politics, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, colombia
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| UpdatedA year on from the Paris attacks, the crowd outside the Bataclan Theatre seems equal parts excited and anxious — life has returned to normal but not everything is the same.
Topics: terrorism, community-and-society, death, france
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| UpdatedCricket Australia head declares a future for games in Tasmania despite poor ticket sales
Topics: cricket, sport, hobart-7000, tas
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| UpdatedThe NSW Rural Fire Service downgrades its emergency warning for a fire burning in the western Sydney suburb of Londonderry to watch and act.
Topics: emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, fires, londonderry-2753, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedAustralia's string of poor results puts pressure on Steve Smith, but Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland says the embattled Test skipper has a bright future.
Topics: sport, cricket, hobart-7000, tas, australia, south-africa
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| UpdatedA surge of migrants are crossing America's south-west border from Mexico amid fears around Donald Trump's controversial immigration plan, but morale is dropping among border patrol agents.
Topics: refugees, government-and-politics, us-elections, immigration, united-states, mexico
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| UpdatedMitchell Starc says the Australian team needs to learn how to score "ugly runs" after yet another batting collapse destroyed hopes in Hobart.
Topics: cricket, sport, hobart-7000, tas, australia
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| UpdatedBefore a trip to doggy heaven, 18-year-old whippet Walnut is joined by hundreds of people and their pups for a final walk along an English beach.
Topics: community-and-society, animals, human-interest, united-kingdom
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Emergency services are called after a riot at Melbourne's Youth Justice Centre overnight, the latest in a series of disturbances at youth detention facilities in Victoria this year.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, police, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, parkville-3052, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedKey South Australian MPs head to the Riverland to assess the destruction of crops and consider what support can be offered to storm-hit growers.
Topics: storm-disaster, disasters-and-accidents, states-and-territories, storm-event, weather, government-and-politics, berri-5343, renmark-5341, cadell-5321, monash-5342, barmera-5345, sa
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| UpdatedThe United States and Australia have agreed to a one-off refugee resettlement deal for people on Manus Island and Nauru, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull confirms.
Topics: refugees, government-and-politics, federal-government, immigration, australia, papua-new-guinea, nauru, united-states
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Little Mob, an Aboriginal-focused playgroup on the outskirts of Hobart, is helping children develop cultural connections and improve their education.
Topics: aboriginal, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, hobart-7000, tas
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| UpdatedThousands of Queensland children are being pulled out of the classroom to be home-schooled by their parents, with figures more than doubling over the past five years.
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Farmers in the Northern Territory are planting bananas again after being forced to pull out every plant they had a few years ago.
Topics: rural, farm-labour, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, agricultural-crops, bananas, agribusiness, environment, nt, australia
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The summer weight loss dialogue that begins around daylight savings each year is so very boring. It's time to ditch the diet talk and ban the term "bikini body" from entering your lexicon.
Topics: feminism, women, womens-health, shame, diet-and-nutrition