Brendan Trembath
Brendan Trembath is a senior reporter for ABC Radio programs AM, PM and The World Today. You can find him on Twitter at @BrendanTrembath
Woolworths defends replacing Australian-made cosmetics products
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Supermarket giant Woolworths has defended replacing top-selling Australian-made cosmetics products with lines from overseas.
Topics: corruption, law-crime-and-justice, company-news, business-economics-and-finance, australia, china
Church leaders say reduced religious programming contravenes ABC charter
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Religious leaders are preparing to meet with ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie tomorrow, warning cuts to the national broadcaster's religious programming contravene its charter.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, abc, australia
Drones to trial delivering blood, organs to remote NSW communities
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Australians in remote communities in need of vital medical supplies including blood and organs may soon be able to receive them by drone, according to leading neurosurgeon Charles Teo.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, doctors-and-medical-professionals, nsw
Twitter kills off video sharing app Vine
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Twitter, which has a global audience of more than 300 million people, is killing off its video sharing app Vine, as the social media giant faces a drop in both stock prices and users.
Topics: company-news, business-economics-and-finance, social-media, internet-culture, information-and-communication, australia
NSW considers 'no body, no parole' law
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The New South Wales Government is turning up the heat on convicted killers who refuse to reveal the location of their victims' bodies.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, murder-and-manslaughter, nsw
Pine Gap's role in drone strikes putting Australia in danger, expert warns
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An expert on Pine Gap raises concerns about the spy base's role in supporting drone attacks on suspected terrorists overseas, and what the ramifications could be for Australia.
Topics: terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, government-and-politics, defence-and-national-security, nuclear-issues, security-intelligence, treaties-and-alliances, foreign-affairs, alice-springs-0870, nt, australia
Costly medical devices to blame for steep health premiums, private health insurers say
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Australia's private health insurance industry has blamed rising health premiums on the high cost of devices such as pacemakers and replacement hips and knees.
Topics: health-insurance, insurance, health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia
Presenters back boss in Fox News sexual harassment case
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Fox News presenters are lining up to defend Roger Ailes after former anchor Gretchen Carlson alleges she was fired after rebuffing years of unwanted sexual advances.
Topics: sexual-offences, media, human-interest, united-states
South Sudan's leaders call for ceasefire to avoid a return to civil war
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South Sudan's government said on Friday alone at least 271 people were killed. There are fears the escalating clashes will lead to another civil war.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, foreign-affairs, south-sudan
Japan's Abe to address pacifist constitution 'calmly' following landslide win
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition wins a landslide victory in an election for Parliament's Upper House, despite concerns about his economic policies and plans to revise the nation's post-war pacifist constitution for the first time.
Topics: elections, world-politics, japan, asia
Remains of 33 Australians return home from Malaysia
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Two planes bearing the remains of 33 Australian who were buried in military cemeteries in Malaysia and Singapore will land at a Royal Australian Air Force base north-west of Sydney this morning.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, history, death, defence-and-national-security, australia, malaysia, singapore, asia
Jailed ex-soldier hired for 60 Minutes 'kidnapping' unable to afford $500,000 bill
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Former Australian soldier Adam Whittington, jailed in Lebanon and facing kidnapping charges, cannot afford a $US500,000 offer for them to be dropped, his family says.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, international-law, lebanon
60 Minutes employed former Australian soldier 'sharing cell with Al Qaeda agents'
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The former Australian soldier arrested in Lebanon three weeks ago during a failed attempt to recover the children of Brisbane woman Sally Faulkner is only being fed every second day and is sharing a cell with accused terrorists, his friend says.
Topics: terrorism, family-law, law-crime-and-justice, lebanon, australia
Cinemas allowing people to use their phones 'the end of civilisation'
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In a bold attempt to get more younger people into cinemas, one of America's largest cinema chains is considering allowing customers to use mobile phones during films.
Topics: theatre, film-movies, company-news, australia
Highs and lows of Australia's steelworks industry
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How did Australia's steel industry go from underpinning the country's economic growth for most of the 20th century to being all but extinct?
Topics: steel, history, business-economics-and-finance, australia
Sweden has set up a phone number that lets anyone chat to a random Swede
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Sweden becomes the first country to have its own phone number, setting up a hotline to connect callers around the world with a random Swede.
Topics: human-interest, travel-and-tourism, sweden
Any exposure of particulate matter air pollution harmful, researchers warn
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Researchers reach the grim conclusion that any type of particulate matter (PM) air pollution — including from cars, mining or even sea salt - is detrimental to human health.
Topics: environment, pollution, air-pollution, australia
Holiest of times for water worshippers in Sydney
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Hundreds of followers of an ancient Middle Eastern faith descend on a river in western Sydney for one of the holiest weeks in their calendar.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, sydney-2000, regentville-2745
'Bricks cheaper to ship from Spain than from Perth to Sydney'
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The chief executive of one of Australia's biggest makers of bricks has criticised coastal shipping costs, saying it is twice as much to ship a brick from Perth to Sydney than one all the way from Spain.
Topics: building-and-construction, business-economics-and-finance, nsw, australia
Outback Queensland hotspot for youth unemployment: data
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Outback Queensland records the highest youth unemployment level in the country, new analysis of jobless data shows, amid warnings rates remain stubbornly high across the country.
Topics: unemployment, community-and-society, australia, qld, nsw
Students taught to 'Take 3' items of rubbish when leaving beach
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More than 100,000 students are taught the "Take 3" message, which is to take three pieces of rubbish when leaving a beach or waterway.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, oceans-and-reefs, education, tuggerah-2259
Bob Carr calls for Australia to take in fewer immigrants
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Former foreign minister Bob Carr says Australia's "third world-style" population growth rate provides a case for cutting immigration by up to 50 per cent.
Topics: population-and-demographics, immigration, australia
Hanging sheep carcass shortlisted for religious Blake Prize
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A sheep's carcass hanging from a steel hook has made the short list for one of Australia's oldest religious prizes.
Topics: contemporary-art, religion-and-beliefs, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
Suicide prevention foundation provides health checks for tradies
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A suicide prevention organisation established in Canberra 13 years ago after the deaths of three young building industry apprentices is now helping men on worksites across the country, from the Pilbara to Wollongong.
Topics: suicide, work, mental-health, building-and-construction, wollongong-2500
Fierce stand-off in Australian defence force war games
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In the Tasman Sea two submarines are stalking a fleet of warships, as part of a two-week-long war game and it's debateable who's winning.
Topics: navy, defence-forces, defence-and-national-security, army, australia
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