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Easing conditions reduce the threat of a bushfire burning since yesterday afternoon at Coolum on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, as authorities reopen the Sunshine Motorway but warn smoke haze may impact visibility for motorists.
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Donald Trump has arrived in Washington ahead of his inauguration as the 45th President of the United States.
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One in two people over 35 did not pass their driving test last year, falling well behind younger drivers who a master driver trainer says benefit from being "less jittery and more confident".
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A Brisbane photographer who specialises in portraits of child dancers is charged with 79 offences, including seven counts of rape, and supplying dangerous drugs to minor.
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Australia's largest aluminium smelter says it will cut jobs and production because of massive electricity price hikes, but the Queensland Government-owned power generator blames the company for failing to sign a better contract.
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New South Wales Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian confirms she will stand for the state's top job, as outgoing Premier Mike Baird says she would be "outstanding", but "I haven't backed anyone".
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Rescue workers continue the search at a luxury Italian hotel buried by an avalanche as it emerges one survivor's attempt to raise the alarm was ignored for several hours.
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A man is killed by a 3.5-metre crocodile at the notorious Cahill's Crossing in the Northern Territory, after trying to walk cross the East Alligator River in actions police have described as "foolish".
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Defending champion Novak Djokovic is dumped out of the Australian Open in the second round by world number 117 Denis Istomin.
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Australia takes a 2-1 lead in its five-game one-day international series against Pakistan with a seven-wicket win at the WACA.
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About 33,000 properties are without power in South Australia, with Adelaide being the hardest hit, after a storm front crosses the state last night.
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Former prime minister Tony Abbott categorically rejects Malcolm Turnbull's allegation that traditional cabinet processes were absent under his leadership.
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From fist bumping Michelle Obama to sharing a few dad jokes, Barack Obama has defined his presidency through pop culture. Take a look back at some of his coolest moments from the past eight years.
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The Gambia's President-elect Adama Barrow is sworn in at the Gambian embassy in neighbouring Senegal as West African troops begin strikes to back him in a showdown with a defiant incumbent Yahya Jammeh.
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A truck loaded with sand collides with a school bus, killing at least 24 children in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, police say.
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Centrelink staff working on the agency's controversial debt claw-back program have been told to ignore errors in calculations and push through debts they know are incorrect, according to an anonymous letter written by a person claiming to be a compliance officer with the agency.
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A historic high-rise building in Tehran engulfed by a fire collapses, killing at least 20 firefighters and injuring some 70 people.
