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The mother of a woman allegedly killed by her ex-partner tells the Northern Territory Supreme Court she found her daughter with her throat cut.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, alice-springs-0870, darwin-0800, nt
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| UpdatedThe Bombers end speculation by taking Canadian-born defender Andrew McGrath with pick one of the 2016 AFL draft.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, melbourne-3000, vic, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedTwo men die in an ultralight plane crash at the end of a private runway in central Queensland.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, rockhampton-4700, qld
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| UpdatedA disease "virtually unheard of in non-Indigenous communities" is still running through remote townships and needs to be urgently eradicated, the Australian Medical Association says.
Topics: diseases-and-disorders, heart-disease, health, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, indigenous-policy, australia, nt
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| UpdatedPower network operator Ausgrid says emergency crews are working to fix a blackout that has left thousands in darkness in Sydney's north-west.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, ryde-2112, west-ryde-2114, eastwood-2122, rhodes-2138
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| UpdatedOne Nation leader Pauline Hanson is ridiculed for travelling to a healthy section of the Great Barrier Reef while denying the effects of climate change.
Topics: great-barrier-reef, oceans-and-reefs, environment, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, environmental-health, mining-environmental-issues, government-and-politics, rockhampton-4700, mackay-4740, cairns-4870, townsville-4810, qld
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A Brisbane mother speaks of her anguish at her son's death, after he was allegedly subject to continuous bullying because of his sexuality.
Topics: education, bullying, sexuality, gays-and-lesbians, suicide, aspley-4034, brisbane-4000, qld
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Australia's panel of selectors will stay as is until the end of the summer, according to Cricket Australia chief James Sutherland, but new faces could be added in 2017.
Topics: cricket, sport, adelaide-5000, sa, australia, south-africa, india
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| UpdatedAfter phone talks, South Australia's Premier Jay Weatherill says the Prime Minister has assured him the Murray-Darling Basin Plan will be delivered in full.
Topics: murray-darling-basin, environmental-management, environment, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, states-and-territories, irrigation, rural, rivers, sa, renmark-5341, goolwa-5214, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedProsecutors want a Tasmanian aged care worker who took photos of himself with naked residents put on the sex offender register.
Topics: courts-and-trials, crime, aged-care, tas, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedWest Australian police are trying to make contact with a man who they believe is unwittingly in possession of a live hand grenade.
Topics: police, defence-forces, chidlow-6556, perth-6000
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| UpdatedAustralians need to promote generational change in their communities to combat men's harmful attitudes towards women, the NT Police Commissioner says, as hundreds of people march for White Ribbon Day.
Topics: domestic-violence, police, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, government-and-politics, darwin-0800, alice-springs-0870
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| UpdatedA criminal sentenced to jail on Wednesday has two extra days of freedom because a Tasmanian court fails to issue an imprisonment warrant.
Topics: courts-and-trials, state-parliament, government-and-politics, devonport-7310, tas
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| UpdatedFlorence Henderson, the wholesome actress who went from Broadway star to television icon when she became Carol Brady, the ever-cheerful mom residing over The Brady Bunch, has died.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, television, united-states
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Rio Tinto chief executive Jean-Sébastien Jacques says the mining industry must win back the trust of local communities in the wake of the scandal over consultancy payments in Africa.
Topics: company-news, business-economics-and-finance, mining-industry, markets, multinationals, regulation, regional-development, australia
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| UpdatedDisgraced sports scientist Stephen Dank fails to supply evidence to prove the reasons for his absence from his appeal against a life ban for multiple doping offences.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, doping-in-sports, melbourne-3000
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A portrait of former governor-general Dame Quentin Bryce is unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, in recognition of her work in equality and human rights.
Topics: library-museum-and-gallery, painting, government-and-politics, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedFootball is providing some redemption for men caught in a cycle of committing domestic violence in WA's north, as an annual game of bush footy opens up only to players who are not offending.
Topics: domestic-violence, wa, halls-creek-6770
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Despite all 16 NRL clubs expressing a lack of confidence in his leadership after a funding dispute, ARL chairman John Grant is refusing to resign.
Topics: rugby-league, sport, nrl, sydney-2000
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Fly-in fly-out workers and their partners are struggling with emotional and sexual disconnection, and one therapist says the problem is still not being acknowledged.
Topics: mental-health, work, relationships, family, suicide, depression, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedTasmania's Police Commissioner praises school children for joining the White Ribbon Day march, and says it is a sign youth were getting the message domestic violence will not be tolerated.
Topics: domestic-violence, hobart-7000
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Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland says he is happy with crowds and TV ratings for day one in Adelaide, and supports an Ashes day-night Test there in 2017.
Topics: sport, cricket, adelaide-5000, sa, australia, south-africa, england
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The shock value of burning Sex Pistols artefacts is likely to draw attention to questions of what punk is, and how culture should be treated in our society.
Topics: punk, history, united-kingdom
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A toddler's death from a misdiagnosed heart condition could likely have been prevented had his doctor referred him to specialists at the Women's and Children's Hospital, an Adelaide coroner concludes.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, death, adelaide-5000, prospect-5082, sa
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| UpdatedA UK academic has begun a protest campaign against sex robots, arguing they encourage people to consider women as property.
Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, science-and-technology, sexuality, community-and-society, australia