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| UpdatedSouth Africa captain Faf du Plessis says he was disappointed at the booing he received from the Adelaide Oval crowd after making a superb hundred on day one of the third Test.
Topics: cricket, sport, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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| UpdatedPolice are waiting to question a man who was shot and dumped at a Brisbane hospital.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, health, police, coopers-plains-4108, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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| UpdatedHarry Ascroft and Roy O'Donovan both score in Central Coast's 2-0 home A-League win over Perth Glory.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, gosford-2250, nsw, australia, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA century from under-fire captain Faf du Plessis is enough to prevent South Africa from posting a low first-innings total on the first day of the third Test in Adelaide.
Topics: cricket, sport, adelaide-5000, sa, australia, south-africa
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| UpdatedUnited States President-elect Donald Trump's pledge to dump or renegotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership on his first day in office is a gift for the Chinese in their drive to control the world economy.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, globalisation---economy, international-aid-and-trade, trade, government-and-politics, world-politics, china, united-states, australia
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Self-driving and smart vehicles will be tested on south-east Queensland roads in the largest trial of the emerging technologies in Australia.
Topics: automotive, industry, road-transport, ipswich-4305, qld, australia
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| UpdatedThe Government has reached a confidential settlement with computer giant IBM for costs after the census website crashed earlier this year, leaving millions of Australians unable to lodge their forms.
Topics: government-and-politics, information-and-communication, internet-technology, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia's Adam Scott and Marc Leishman are five shots back after the opening round of the World Cup of Golf.
Topics: golf, sport, melbourne-3000, australia, vic
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Woolworths says it is confident it can resolve a dispute with its US partner over the sale of the failed Masters hardware chain.
Topics: company-news, food-and-beverage, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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On this episode: Tickled pink Australia’s bowlers have some early success with the Pink Ball. The AFL has changed the GWS Giants with brining the game into disrepute. Spain holds a one shot lead at The World Cup of Golf in Melbourne.
Topics: sport, cricket, australian-football-league, golf, australia
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| UpdatedWe asked Crowded House fans to share their memories of the band's historic farewell concert at the Sydney Opera House in 1996. Here are our favourite responses.
Topics: music, arts-and-entertainment, human-interest, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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Having just spent $200 billion over the best part of a decade to become the world's biggest exporter of LNG, Australia is now looking down the barrel of having to import gas for domestic users.
Topics: oil-and-gas, business-economics-and-finance, company-news, markets, australia
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South Africa captain Faf du Plessis was just shining the ball the same way every other team does, but he needs to be more subtle, according to former Australia paceman Dirk Nannes.
Topics: cricket, sport, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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Firebrand Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie has unleashed a spectacular public spray against the first female boss of the National Farmers' Federation.
Topics: agribusiness, tax, australia
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A woman who fraudulently claimed more than $3 million in childcare benefits through her family day care centre is found guilty in the NSW District Court.
Topics: fraud-and-corporate-crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, corruption, child-care, albury-2640, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedJacqui Lambie is involved in a heated public dispute with National Farmers' Federation president-elect Fiona Simson over the backpacker tax, just hours after the Senate voted in favour of the Tasmanian senator's 10.5 per cent proposal.
Topics: government-and-politics, parliament, federal-parliament, rural, tax, australia
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| UpdatedShareholders of Cabcharge were calling for a 'please explain' at the company's AGM today confused about who's in the driver's seat. CEO Andrew Skelton speaks to Ticky.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedLocal shares ran out of steam today breaking a two day rally. Evan Lucas from IG Markets speaks to Ticky.
Topics: markets, business-economics-and-finance, stockmarket, australia
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| UpdatedAs the Federal Government scrambles to repair its budget deficit, calls are growing for new ways to raise revenue. A growing number of experts, including 'rockstar' French economist Thomas Piketty, are calling for a blast from the past. inheritance taxes.
Australia got rid of them in the late 1970s and early '80s, but political reality means a new inheritance tax could be dead on arrival.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedThe Anglican bishop of Newcastle, Greg Thompson, tells a royal commission a priest said in the 1970s he would "get ahead" in the church if he offered sexual favours.
Topics: royal-commissions, anglicans, child-abuse, sexual-offences, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, newcastle-2300, muswellbrook-2333, wagga-wagga-2650, australia, nsw
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Defence Department Secretary Dennis Richardson says the election of Donald Trump has drawn into sharp focus the importance of the 65 year old ANZUS alliance which he warns shouldn't be taken for granted.
Topics: defence-forces, australia
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The effectiveness of women in the Australian Senate is being limited because they are given less time to speak and are more negatively interrupted than their male colleagues, a study finds.
Topics: federal-parliament, parliament, federal-government, government-and-politics, women, australia
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| UpdatedDefence Department Secretary Dennis Richardson says the election of Donald Trump has drawn into sharp focus the importance of the 65-year-old ANZUS alliance, which he warns should not be taken for granted.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, world-politics, us-elections, australia, united-states, new-zealand
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| UpdatedThe Senate rejects the Coalition's backpacker tax proposal, throwing its weight behind a 10.5 per cent rate.
Topics: federal-government, federal-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, tax, rural, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia's reshuffled opening pair showed excellent grit to survive the late session after a clever Proteas declaration. Look back at how it all unfolded in our live blog.
Topics: cricket, sport, adelaide-5000, sa, australia