The most recent 250 top stories.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose family's ties with the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro go back decades, mourns the loss of a "remarkable leader", sparking a flurry of criticism and humour at his favourable tone.
Topics: death, communism, forms-of-government, government-and-politics, canada, cuba
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Steve Smith says the new faces in Australia's winning XI brought a new energy to the ailing side following an excellent consolation victory over South Africa in Adelaide.
Topics: cricket, sport, adelaide-5000, sa, australia, south-africa
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Melbourne City will head into the FFA Cup final full of steam after seeing off Wellington Phoenix 2-1 at AAMI Park.
Topics: sport, soccer, a-league, melbourne-3000, vic, australia, new-zealand
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| UpdatedAustralia wins the third Test against South Africa by seven wickets after a disciplined bowling effort and brisk chase in Adelaide.
Topics: cricket, sport, adelaide-5000, sa, australia, south-africa
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| UpdatedA baby monkey has been found after being stolen from a wildlife park south of Sydney, but two other pygmy marmosets are still missing.
Topics: animals, law-crime-and-justice, animal-welfare, wollongong-2500, helensburgh-2508
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| UpdatedSoren Kjeldsen and Thorbjorn Olesen combine to win a first-ever golf World Cup for Denmark with a four-shot triumph at Kingston Heath.
Topics: golf, sport, melbourne-3000, australia, vic, denmark
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| UpdatedWA Health Minister John Day has confirmed a worldwide shortage of meningococcal vaccine has caused wait times to blow out in Western Australia.
Topics: meningococcal-disease, vaccines-and-immunity, perth-6000
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WA Premier Colin Barnett says he is "extremely disappointed" by the City of Fremantle's decision to abandon its Australia Day celebrations in favour of an alternate event two days later, calling the move "a disservice to our country".
Topics: australia-day, government-and-politics, fremantle-6160, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA Cirque Du Soleil performer escapes serious injury after falling 3 to 5 metres and landing on her head during a show in Brisbane.
Topics: accidents, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedAlice Springs-born director Warwick Thornton, famous for his work on Australian film Sampson and Delilah, is back in Central Australia with acting greats Sam Neill and Bryan Brown to tell the nation a tale of frontier-era violence.
Topics: film, arts-and-entertainment, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, alice-springs-0870, nt
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| UpdatedTasmanian crop growers who have to pollinate crops by hand hope a Senate inquiry will clear the way for bumblebees to do the job instead.
Topics: agricultural-crops, invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, pest-management, pests, states-and-territories, tas
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A local company left out of pocket when a key contractor for the Clipsal 500 car race went into administration is refused payroll tax relief by the South Australian Government.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedBowling coach David Saker says Australia may need to call on forgotten pacemen James Pattinson and Pat Cummins sooner rather than later.
Topics: sport, cricket, adelaide-5000, sa, melbourne-3000, vic, sydney-2000, nsw, australia, south-africa
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| UpdatedFormer prime minister Tony Abbott is calling for a "big new push" on budget repair and has suggested the Government revisit some of the measures he announced in 2014.
Topics: abbott-tony, budget, federal-parliament, money-and-monetary-policy, government-and-politics, australia
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the European Union and Turkey must honour their commitments to each other, as a row between the bloc and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues.
Topics: world-politics, foreign-affairs, refugees, germany, european-union, turkey
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| UpdatedThree women aged in their 70s and 80s have serious injuries after being pushed onto train tracks in Melbourne's south-east by a knife-wielding man, in an attack one witness describes as "crazy".
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, glen-huntly-3163
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| UpdatedAustralia cruises to a seven-wicket consolation win over the Proteas in Adelaide. Look back at how the action unfolded in our live blog.
Topics: sport, cricket, adelaide-5000, sa, australia, south-africa
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| UpdatedHundreds of new paramedics will be hired as part of a $500 million plan to improve Victoria's ambulance service and better response times.
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, state-parliament, emergency-incidents, melbourne-3000, vic
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There are claims administrative problems within northern Tasmania's largest in-home care provider are causing sick, disabled and elderly Tasmanians to miss out on vital care.
Topics: disabilities, welfare, community-and-society, healthcare-facilities, health-administration, deloraine-7304
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| UpdatedThe death of Fidel Castro is reigniting many important and still-unresolved debates about his particular place in history, and about the revolutionary ideas he seemed to epitomise.
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Global share markets continued their trek upwards at the end of the week, but the most significant move was a fall in oil prices ahead of this week's OPEC meeting, which one way or another will deliver a big swing in prices.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, oil-and-gas, australia
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| UpdatedUS President-elect Donald Trump condemns the growing push to force recounts in three states pivotal to his November 8 victory as "ridiculous", claiming Green candidate Jill Stein using the recount campaign to "fill her coffers".
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedA light plane crashes at Wangaratta Airport, about 250 kilometres north of Melbourne, but both the pilot and the passenger walk away with no obvious injuries.
Topics: air-and-space, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, wangaratta-3677
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Perth residents are warned to take care as smoke haze from several bushfires burning in the South West covers the city.
Topics: bushfire, environmental-health, environment, perth-6000, wa
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Police lay additional charges in connection with a wild police chase that started in Melbourne's north on Friday.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, thomastown-3074