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An early job for US President Donald Trump will be to nominate a new Supreme Court justice. Who he picks, along with any future nominations, could set the course of the court — and the lives of Americans — for a generation to come.
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, elections, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedA $1 million reward is being offered to help solve the suspicious disappearance of Bendigo teenagers Maureen Braddy and Allan Whyte almost 50 years ago, with police saying they believe someone in the community holds the key to cracking the cold case.
Topics: crime, regional, courts-and-trials, bendigo-3550
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| UpdatedGladys Berejiklian will become the 45th Premier of New South Wales after being elected unopposed as Liberal leader in an early morning partyroom meeting.
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| UpdatedHull midfielder Ryan Mason undergoes surgery after fracturing his skull in a clash of heads during the Premier League match against Chelsea.
Topics: english-premier, soccer, sport, england, united-kingdom
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A new app which works in a similar way to Uber aims to make it easier and safer for sex workers to meet their clients.
Topics: sexuality, community-and-society, prostitution, mobile-phones, information-and-communication, science-and-technology, internet-technology, australia
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| UpdatedListed real estate agency McGrath warns investors that its full-year profit will probably miss analyst forecasts, as it confronts an exodus of agents.
Topics: housing-industry, company-news, australia
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The Federal Government will seek a revised Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal without support from US President Donald Trump, claiming it will still bring "tremendous" benefits to exporters.
Topics: trade, international-aid-and-trade, business-economics-and-finance, world-politics, australia, united-states
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Two police officers are taken to hospital after they were allegedly assaulted while trying to arrest a man and a woman who ditched a stolen car and attempted to steal another west of Brisbane.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, police, ipswich-4305
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The south-eastern states are leading Australia's economy, with previously struggling Tasmania looking to join that group, while the resources-dependent states continue to struggle.
Topics: economic-trends, australia
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Rescue workers find the body of a man in the wreckage of the hotel in central Italy that was buried in an avalanche, bringing the death toll to six with 23 still missing.
Topics: accidents---other, italy
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| UpdatedNew South Wales' new premier supports same-sex marriage and helped initiate WestConnex and the light rail to Randwick, but what else does she stand for?
Topics: government-and-politics, state-parliament, parliament, states-and-territories, willoughby-2068
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| UpdatedAn ambitious Indian Government plan to rehouse residents of Mumbai's biggest and oldest slum hits a snag, as many residents do not have the documents authorities demand and are fearful of what might happen if they are forthcoming.
Topics: poverty, human-interest, housing, india, asia
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Alexis Sanchez loves his dogs Atom and Humber just as much as Arsenal fans love him, so the club's next move was obvious — a giant banner on match day.
Topics: english-premier, soccer, sport, england, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedThe Victorian Government will establish a night court for magistrates to hear after-hours bail requests, as part of a big shake-up of the system following Melbourne's Bourke Street tragedy.
Topics: police, law-crime-and-justice, crime, disasters-and-accidents, community-and-society, death, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedTasmania's latest report card from CommSec shows the economy improving because of population growth boosting the housing and retail sectors.
Topics: economic-trends, states-and-territories, tas
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A prominent ecologist suggests a weir should be built in South Australia's Coorong to ensure flows do not drop below critical levels.
Topics: water, environment, water-management, meningie-5264, murray-bridge-5253, tailem-bend-5260, sa
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| UpdatedCan Roger Federer defy age and the naysayers to reclaim greatness at the Australian Open? The men's tournament is as wide open as ever after two high-profile exits.
Topics: australian-open, tennis, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedGladys Berejiklian is expected to become the 45th Premier of New South Wales during a Liberal partyroom meeting this morning.
Topics: government-and-politics, liberals, state-parliament, sydney-2000, nsw
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After carnage on day seven, what does day eight at the Australian Open have in store? Serena Williams, Daria Gavrilova and Rafael Nadal are among the stars in action.
Topics: tennis, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedOn a windy night late last January, Jan and Geoff McKergow's house at Forbes Creek was torn to rubble in a freak storm described as a mini tornado. One year on, they are still putting the pieces of their dream home back together.
Topics: storm-disaster, disasters-and-accidents, bungendore-2621, nsw, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedIt's a high stakes game for former Labor senator Anne McEwen, who is waiting not just to hear whether former Family First senator Bob Day was validly elected,, but also what orders the court will make about how the vacancy should be filled.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act, australia, sa
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A community-based support service to prevent Indigenous suicides is getting a $10 million boost as the Government begins to roll it out across Australia.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, suicide, mental-health, youth, australia, wa, nt, sa
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| UpdatedChildren who are younger than their school peers are "twice as likely" to be on medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder than their older classmates, a new study finds, raising concerns the younger children may have been misdiagnosed.
Topics: adhd, medical-research, diseases-and-disorders, health, education, children, australia
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump offers a scattershot response to the sweeping protests against his new administration, undermining the public opposition and then defending demonstrators' rights a short time later.
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, media, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedWorld number one and defending Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber is bundled out of the tournament by unseeded American Coco Vandeweghe.
Topics: tennis, sport, australian-open, melbourne-3000