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Emmy award-winning actress Mary Tyler Moore, star of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, is dead at the age of 80, a representative says.
Topics: television, arts-and-entertainment, death, actor, united-states
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Gambia's new President Adama Barrow is due to arrive in the country on Thursday, a week after he was sworn into office in neighbouring Senegal.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, gambia
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| UpdatedMoises Henriques earns redemption from his 2014-15 BBL final fumble with a match-winning display with the bat in the Sixers' semi-final win over the Brisbane Heat.
Topics: cricket, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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The North Korean diplomat who defected from its London embassy last year says he did it so his sons could live lives of "free men".
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, korea-republic-of
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Moonlight's sophisticated depiction of conflicted masculinity deserves to beat La La Land for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
Topics: film-movies, arts-and-entertainment, united-states
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Seven out of 10 Australian men are overweight or obese, yet when it comes to weight loss much of the focus is on women.
Topics: health, mens-health, diet-and-nutrition, exercise-and-fitness, australia
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump signs directives to build a wall along the country's border with Mexico and crack down on cities that shield illegal immigrants, proceeding quickly on sweeping and divisive plans to curb immigration and boost national security.
Topics: world-politics, immigration, united-states, mexico
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Emerging Melbourne musician Tash Sultana says her love for music dragged her from drug problems to the top of the Australian music scene.
Topics: music, australia-day, radio, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedUsain Bolt is stripped of one of his nine Olympic gold medals in a doping case involving teammate Nesta Carter.
Topics: doping-in-sports, sport, athletics, switzerland
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At least eight people are dead and 14 injured as Somali security forces end a siege by extremist fighters who stormed a hotel in the capital, police say.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, somalia
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The Netherlands launches a global fund to help women access abortion services to compensate for US President Donald Trump's ban on federal funding for foreign groups providing abortions abroad.
Topics: health, reproduction-and-contraception, abortion, world-politics, netherlands
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| UpdatedThe 64 West Australians recognised in this year's Australia Day honours come from diverse backgrounds, including an outdoor adventurer, an expert in dementia and a genomics researcher.
Topics: australia-day, human-interest, people, wa
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| UpdatedThe first Indigenous nurse trained in Darwin, a musician who toured with Louis Armstrong, and an 85-year-old doctor are among the 14 Territorians recognised in this year's Australia Day honours list.
Topics: australia-day, human-interest, people, nt
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| UpdatedSince the death of her daughter Clea in 2005, Francis Rose has inspired many Canberrans through the difficult experience that is being a victim of serious crime. Today her work is recognised in the Australia Day honours.
Topics: awards-and-prizes, human-interest, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedA Tanzania-born doctor who stared down racism while practicing as a GP in rural NSW is recognised in the Australia Day honours.
Topics: awards-and-prizes, human-interest, harden-2587, nsw, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedQueensland's first female premier Anna Bligh, sports stars Bronte Campbell and Mick Fanning, and television presenter Kay McGrath are among 121 people across the state to be recognised in the Australia Day honours list.
Topics: awards-and-prizes, human-interest, people, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, warwick-4370, southport-4215, mount-isa-4825
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| UpdatedFrom quiet achievers to a former Supreme Court justice and the state's Governor, more than 20 Tasmanians are honoured in this year's Australia Day honours.
Topics: human-interest, awards-and-prizes, tas
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| UpdatedA rock lover, two gold medallists and a mum doing all she can to find a cure for her son's rare bone marrow disease are just some of the South Australians honoured with Australia Day awards.
Topics: australia-day, human-interest, awards-and-prizes, sa, adelaide-5000
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A nurse who has served at international disaster zones and former prime minister Julia Gillard are among the list of 958 people recognised on the Australia Day honours list for 2017. Here is what some of the recipients had to say.
Topics: event, australia-day, community-and-society, human-interest, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedFormer prime minister Julia Gillard is among those receiving Australia Day honours, but says a gender imbalance remains in how the gongs are distributed.
Topics: education, women, human-interest, australia-day, awards-and-prizes, gillard-julia, government-and-politics, sa, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedThere's a lot more to Australian slang than the many, many terms we have for a beer. Leave your "strewths" and "thongs" at the door though. We've found some of the weirdest Australian slang out there to test your knowledge.
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| UpdatedSydney Sixers advance to the Big Bash League final against Perth Scorchers after needing a super over to get past Brisbane Heat in a thrilling clash at the Gabba.
Topics: twenty20, cricket, sport, sydney-2000
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Falling sheep numbers in Western Australia spark concerns the state will not be able to capitalise on rising international demand, unless a deliberate push is made to grow flock sizes.
Topics: sheep-production, livestock, trade, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedA resurgent Rafael Nadal moves through to the Australian Open semi-finals for the first time in three years via a gritty straight-sets win over Milos Raonic on Rod Laver Arena.
Topics: australian-open, tennis, sport, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedChina uses a US television network interview to send its strongest message yet to Donald Trump that it will not back down on its claims in the South China Sea.
Topics: world-politics, foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, territorial-disputes, business-economics-and-finance, trade, china, asia, united-states