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A 21-year-old man is under police guard after allegedly setting fire to a bank in suburban Melbourne, with witnesses describing hearing an explosion before victims, some badly burned, fled screaming from the building.
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Security concerns have been raised over plans to install Chinese-owned technology on a powerful supercomputer used by government agencies and Australian universities.
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It is much easier to get a liquor licence in New South Wales, with new figures showing authorities have refused just one application in six months.
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US President-elect Donald Trump picks three conservative loyalists with hard-line views on immigration and counter-terrorism to lead his national security and law enforcement teams, including US Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney-general and Representative Mike Pompeo as CIA director.
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull calls on fellow world leaders to make a commitment to open economies and free trade at the APEC Summit in Peru, after failing in his bid to make the point to the US President-elect in New York.
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The election of Donald Trump has thrilled the pro-life movement in the US, and may strengthen it here, too. What young women don't realise is that their "right to choose" in Australia is not as safe as they might think.
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Benham Satah, a 30-year-old Kurdish Iranian detainee on Manus Island was the main eyewitness to the murder of his roommate, Reza Barati, during a riot in 2014. He now fears for his safety.
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The ABC's recently appointed Indigenous affairs editor discusses the emerging Indigenous middle class and urges a rethink of what it means to be Aboriginal in modern Australia.
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A senior member of the German's Chancellor's party says she will run again, and is "absolutely determined, willing and ready" to strengthen the international "liberal order".
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With final votes counted and preferences distributed, Shooters, Fishers and Farmers candidate looks to win the NSW seat of Orange in the NSW by-election held last weekend — but the Nationals have asked for a re-count.
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Sydney man Michael Meakin is sentenced to a maximum of 24 years' jail for murdering Nicholas McEvoy with his van, after he drank 21 beers and got into a pub fight in Sydney's west in 2014.
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An animal rights activist attempts to capture Premier Mike Baird in a net during a clash between protesters and department staff as Ballina rolls out its first shark net.
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A new report on vulnerable children in New South Wales shows that in three out of four cases where a child was killed last year, social workers had already met with their families.
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Authorities return to the scene of a helicopter crash in far north Queensland where a pilot was earlier rescued, following reports there may have been a passenger on board.
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Tarek Assaad, 30, the brother of murdered Sydney gangland figure Hamad Assaad, is arrested on gun charges when detectives.
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A man in his 60s dies while diving off Port Douglas in far north Queensland, just two days after a pair of French tourists suffered fatal heart attacks while snorkelling east of Cairns.
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Taronga Zoo is now home to three baby short-beaked echidnas, known as puggles, for the first time in 30 years.
