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| UpdatedThousands of people are sheltering in mosques after houses were destroyed by a deadly magnitude-6.5 quake in the Indonesian province of Aceh.
Topics: earthquake, indonesia
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Australian scientists are mapping grass pollen levels across the country from space, in a bid to develop an early warning system for asthma sufferers on high-danger days.
Topics: allergies, science-and-technology, health, brisbane-4000, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000
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Adani might be planning to start construction of its mega coal mine in central Queensland but one energy commentator says big questions remain about whether the project is financially viable or "strategically required".
Topics: rural, mining-rural, industry, mining-industry, coal, environment, environmental-impact, environmental-policy, charters-towers-4820, moranbah-4744, bowen-4805, townsville-4810, mackay-4740, cairns-4870, qld
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| UpdatedAustralian selector Mark Waugh indicates he will resist the temptation to rush star quick Pat Cummins back for the first Test against Pakistan at the Gabba.
Topics: sport, cricket, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, pakistan
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The battle for the Iraqi city of Mosul could take two more months and may not eliminate the Islamic State group threat, the commander of the US-led coalition says.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, iraq
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| UpdatedA woman who fell from the second floor of an apartment building sparks another emergency at a hospital in western Sydney, after having to be cut from a car.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, lidcombe-2141
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The MCC's world cricket committee says on-field player behaviour is getting worse and recommends the introduction of red cards from next year.
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The policing of a dozen pro and anti-Islam rallies in Victoria this year is estimated to have cost taxpayers $2.3 million, but the actual figure could be higher, Victoria police say.
Topics: police, states-and-territories, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, melton-3337, bendigo-3550, vic
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| UpdatedBritish politicians vote by 461 to 89 to back the Government's plan to begin divorce talks with the European Union by the end of March next year.
Topics: world-politics, parliament, government-and-politics, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedA workshop that has been running for five years in Tasmania, teaching the Aboriginal art of 'stringing' marina shell necklaces, is culminating in a national exhibition.
Topics: aboriginal, community-and-society
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The recipient of the inaugural Australian Mental Health Prize, nurse and advocate Kim Ryan, says more needs to be done to address the links between physical and mental healthcare.
Topics: mental-health, health, awards-and-prizes, community-and-society, university-of-new-south-wales-2052, sydney-2000, nsw, canberra-2600, act, australia
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The cost of bushfires to NSW and the ACT is likely to more than double by 2050, a Climate Council report finds.
Topics: bushfire, fires, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-planning, climate-change, nsw, act, australia
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| UpdatedThere is "only a small window of opportunity left" to wipe out the insect that has the potential to be the worst invasive species to ever cross Australia's borders, according to a report obtained by the ABC.
Topics: invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, animal-science, science-and-technology, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, federal-government, ipswich-4305, qld, australia, nsw
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The Ukrainian producer of the world's largest aircraft offers to build a plane for Donald Trump, after the US President-elect said an order with Boeing for a new Air Force One should be scrapped.
Topics: world-politics, united-states, ukraine
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Syrian rebels in besieged eastern Aleppo call for an immediate five-day ceasefire and the evacuation of civilians and wounded as Government forces close in.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, syrian-arab-republic
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A series of environmental protection orders are issued against a rogue recycling operator whose sites were exposed as a dumping ground for hundreds of thousands of old tyres.
Topics: environment, environmental-technology, recycling-and-waste-management, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, rocklea-4106, kingston-4114, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThe maximum fines for retailers who sell unsafe products, like some hoverboards, could be 10 times as high, according to suggestions from the Productivity Commission.
Topics: fraud-and-corporate-crime, business-economics-and-finance, law-crime-and-justice, australia
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| UpdatedTime magazine names US President-elect Donald Trump its Person of the Year in a choice that was "straightforward" according to its managing editor.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, print-media, information-and-communication, internet-culture, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedThere are no survivors after a plane carrying 47 people crashed into a mountain in northern Pakistan, the airline's chairman says, as recovery operations continued late into the night at the remote crash site.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, air-and-space, accidents, pakistan, asia
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Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci says the only novelty sprung on actress Maria Schneider in the film Last Tango in Paris was the butter — not the simulated rape, which he says was written into the script.
Topics: film-movies, arts-and-entertainment, italy
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Thai authorities will investigate the BBC on suspicion of insulting the monarchy in connection with a Thai-language profile of the new king, the Defence Minister says.
Topics: royal-and-imperial-matters, law-crime-and-justice, thailand, asia
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| UpdatedFormer deputy prime minister Tim Fischer urges the states and territories to come to an agreement on classifying the controversial Adler shotgun, and says it is important not to water down the core principals of the John Howard gun laws.
Topics: government-and-politics, disasters-and-accidents, federal-government, laws, nationals, australia
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British researchers discover cosmic dust for the first time on rooftops in three of the world's major cities, according to a new study published in science journal Geology.
Topics: science-and-technology, astronomy-space, united-kingdom
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The waters of Cockburn Sound south of Perth are being tested for potential contamination by toxic firefighting chemicals used at the HMAS Stirling navy base last decade.
Topics: environmental-impact, environmental-management, defence-forces, defence-industry, government-and-politics, community-and-society, environmental-health, garden-island-6168, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedA number of Victorian Year 12 students have been able to get their ATAR, subject and study scores five days early because of what appears to be a technical glitch involving the Victoria Tertiary Admissions Centre.
Topics: education, state-parliament, melbourne-3000