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A recent study finds about one-third of people can, if prompted, 'remember' events that never actually happened to them.
Topics: psychology, research, perth-6000, university-of-western-australia-6009
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Malta has the most progressive transgender legislation in the world, and eight-year-old Willa Naylor was instrumental in completely transforming it.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, human, rights, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, children, malta
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A man charged with murdering his wife more than 15 years ago north of Brisbane will spend Christmas behind bars after being denied bail in Brisbane's Supreme Court.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, margate-4019
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| UpdatedOn Thursday, the eighth film in the Star Wars saga premiered in Australia — so there isn't going to be a better time to test your knowledge of the technology featured in the franchise so far.
Topics: film-movies, science-fiction-films, actor, australia
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| UpdatedA coroner investigating the fatal drug overdose of a Canberra man recommends the ACT Government track prescriptions in real time to stop patients "doctor shopping".
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedNAB apologises after accidentally sending the account details belonging to 60,000 overseas customers to an incorrect email address.
Topics: banking, business-economics-and-finance, industry, consumer-finance, consumer-protection, australia
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| UpdatedThe federal and NT governments agree to extend the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory by four months.
Topics: royal-commissions, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, youth, darwin-0800, alice-springs-0870, nt
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| UpdatedFederal Labor MP Terri Butler settles a defamation suit with a Queensland university student, agreeing to a "modest payout" over comments she made on the ABC's Q&A program.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, race-relations, community-and-society, federal-parliament, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedA parliamentary inquiry established nearly two years ago to investigate housing affordability makes no recommendations, drawing strong criticism from the Opposition.
Topics: government-and-politics, housing, housing-industry, australia
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The US Electoral College will vote next week to elect the next president. But America already chose Donald Trump, didn't it? Not quite.
Topics: us-elections, world-politics, united-states
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A mentally ill man whose conviction for murdering a taxi driver was quashed pleads guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, mandurah-6210, wa
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| UpdatedDisgraced former Queensland minister Gordon Nuttall fails in a bid to have the Government's claim on his superannuation entitlements mediated behind closed doors.
Topics: courts-and-trials, prisons-and-punishment, corruption, law-crime-and-justice, state-parliament, brisbane-4000, sandgate-4017
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| UpdatedA combination of cooking oil, food scraps and wet wipes are creating massive fatbergs in Brisbane's sewerage network.
Topics: recycling-and-waste-management, environment, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedTen thousand disabled workers who were underpaid at government-funded workshops across the country are able to claim compensation from the Commonwealth, following a Federal Court ruling.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, discrimination, disabilities, federal-government, melbourne-3000, canberra-2600, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia captain Steve Smith praises the performances of Test newcomers Matthew Renshaw and Peter Handscomb, who helped the hosts reach a dominant position against Pakistan at the Gabba.
Topics: cricket, sport, brisbane-4000
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The Federal Court has ordered internet companies to shut off access to copyright infringing file sharing websites including The Pirate Bay — but in reality will the blocks actually work?
Topics: piracy, laws, copyright, computers-and-technology, australia
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| UpdatedPeter Handscomb reaches his maiden Test century after Australia lost four wickets in the first session on day two of the first Test against Pakistan at the Gabba.
Topics: cricket, sport, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThe Supreme Court judge presiding over the case to stop a report into illegal police bugging being published declines to remove himself from the trial after being questioned about possible bias.
Topics: police, courts-and-trials, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedAn environmental group loses its last avenue of appeal against the Western Australian Government's plans to build the controversial Roe 8 highway extension, which goes through a wetlands area.
Topics: federal---state-issues, courts-and-trials, environmental-impact, perth-6000, beeliar-6164, fremantle-6160, bibra-lake-6163
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| UpdatedThe WA coroner delivers a damning assessment of the treatment of an Aboriginal woman who died in custody, releasing shocking CCTV footage of her final hours and saying her life could have been saved.
Topics: death, black-deaths-in-custody, south-hedland-6722, perth-6000
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The Australian Payments Clearing Association releases new figures showing Australians lost $521 million to card fraud in the 2016 financial year.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, consumer-finance, consumer-protection, banking, fraud-and-corporate-crime, law-crime-and-justice, australia
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| UpdatedA boat suspected of being involved in a major drug smuggling operation is escorted into Hobart after being intercepted in the Great Australian Bight.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, crime, law-crime-and-justice, hobart-7000
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An Adelaide man is jailed for 12 years over a string of summer bushfires he lit, which threatened lives including those of his neighbours.
Topics: courts-and-trials, arson, prisons-and-punishment, crime, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000, sa, onkaparinga-hills-5163, mclaren-flat-5171
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| UpdatedThe republic, same-sex marriage and Indigenous recognition are all causes in which Malcolm Turnbull believes — yet each remains out of his reach, writes Michelle Grattan.
Topics: federal-government, federal-parliament, turnbull-malcolm, republic, community-and-society, sexuality, australia
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| UpdatedEconomic analysts warn Australia has a one-in-two chance of having its credit rating downgraded next week, but the Federal Treasury has not modelled the potential impact of that happening.
Topics: building-and-construction, industry, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia