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| UpdatedAdelaide's main arterial route, South Road, is reopened to traffic, five days after a damaged tram overpass forced the closure of a 1.6-kilometre section used by up to 45,000 drivers a day.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, road-transport, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa, glandore-5037
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| UpdatedVeterans often face a distinct set of challenges when trying to enter the civilian workforce, but companies are increasingly seeking out former Defence personnel for employment opportunities.
Topics: veterans, defence-and-national-security, work, community-and-society, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedSixteen people, mostly teenagers, die and many are injured when a bus crashes while returning to Hungary from a ski trip in northern Italy, police say.
Topics: accidents, community-and-society, italy
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| UpdatedThousands of people turn out in Sydney to support women's rights and equality in solidarity with American women planning a march in Washington DC to voice their dissent against the Trump presidency.
Topics: women, us-elections, community-and-society, sydney-2000
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New South Wales police say despite a number of reports of possible sightings of missing Tasmanian Bernard Gore they have not been able to find the 71-year-old and they are increasingly concerned for his welfare.
Topics: missing-person, community-and-society, tas
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| UpdatedVictoria's chief of police defends the force's handling of a car pursuit which ended with a man driving into a Melbourne mall yesterday, killing four people and injuring 30 others.
Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, state-parliament, government-and-politics, community-and-society, disasters-and-accidents, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedPost-inauguration women's marches in Australia and New Zealand launch a global human rights event expected to attract over 2 million people worldwide.
Topics: community-and-society, human-interest, human, world-politics, new-zealand, australia, sydney-2000, united-states
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| UpdatedItalian firefighters pulled out three children from the avalanche-hit Rigopiano Hotel on Friday evening, who were later taken to Pescara Hospital.
Topics: avalanche, disasters-and-accidents, death, earthquake, community-and-society, italy
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| UpdatedThe family of a chef who first sounded the alarm after a massive avalanche struck an Italian hotel, is reunited after rescuers pulled his daughter alive from the rubble.
Topics: avalanche, disasters-and-accidents, death, earthquake, community-and-society, italy
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| UpdatedAdelaide's main arterial route is set to remain closed for at least another day but in the meantime, one plucky pair take advantage of the situation by turning the strip into their own private tennis court.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, road-transport, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa, glandore-5037
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| UpdatedAt any given moment in a clattering Darwin workshop, locksmith Ben Simmons can be found cracking open an old rusting safe brought in by a hopeful treasure hunter — and just once in a while he strikes gold.
Topics: community-and-society, history, recycling-and-waste-management, darwin-0800
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Islamic State militants destroy one of the most famous monuments in the ancient city of Palmyra, the Tetrapylon, and the facade of its Roman Theatre, Syrian antiquities chief Maamoun Abdulkarim says.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, history, community-and-society, archaeology, syrian-arab-republic
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| UpdatedThe Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry in Northern Ireland recommends children who were transported to Australia in the 1940s and '50s be given compensation for the trauma they suffered.
Topics: child-abuse, community-and-society, children, welfare, immigration, northern-ireland, australia
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| UpdatedFive people, including a child and a baby, are dead after a man deliberately drove into pedestrians in central Melbourne. See how the incident unfolded.
Topics: crime, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, vic
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Tasmania's Government urges its federal counterpart to delay expanding Centrelink's troubled debt recovery to pensioners until the system is working properly.
Topics: federal-government, welfare, community-and-society, tas
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| UpdatedHang the bunting, raise the flags, polish the silverware — it's inauguration week in the US where President-elect Donald Trump will become POTUS and a new era in American politics will officially begin, writes Zoe Daniel.
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, community-and-society, world-politics, united-states
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As protesters prepare to descend on Washington for Donald Trump's inauguration, one woman is lending her voice, and music, to the cause.
Topics: world-politics, music, community-and-society, united-states
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| UpdatedThe South Australian Government cannot rule out the possibility cheap steel or cement was used in the construction of the South Road tram overpass and says it could be months before a long-term fix is found for the damaged bridge.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, road-transport, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedFederal MP Bob Katter says he will introduce legislation to Parliament to restrict the sale of inauthentic Aboriginal art by creating a licensing scheme and logo, similar to the Australian Made brand, that could only be used by Indigenous artists.
Topics: federal-parliament, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, indigenous-culture, community-and-society, laws, qld, mount-isa-4825, townsville-4810, australia
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| UpdatedNew South Wales premier-in-waiting Gladys Berejiklian is likely to be the state's next premier, but she is already facing pressure from the Deputy Premier to scrap council mergers in regional areas.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, local-government, community-and-society, queanbeyan-2620, nsw
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The NRL says its education process is not to blame for the latest controversy to hit the game.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, doping-in-sports, drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedThe new Hollywood blockbuster, Split, by M Night Shyamalan has been condemned by the mental health community for its depiction of mental illness.
Topics: mental-health, health, film-movies, arts-and-entertainment, community-and-society, united-states