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Will Mexico be footing the bill for Donald Trump's border wall or American consumers? What items will become more expensive? Is this even legal?
Topics: immigration, community-and-society, trade, world-politics, international-aid-and-trade, business-economics-and-finance, united-states, mexico
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| UpdatedDonald Trump spends his first televised sit-down interview as US President insisting his inauguration speech saw the biggest crowd in the history of presidential inaugurations.
Topics: world-politics, human-interest, us-elections, united-states
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New South Wales police believe a body found in a Bondi Junction shopping centre stairwell is missing Tasmanian man Bernard Gore.
Topics: missing-person, tas, bondi-junction-2022
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A former Trinity Grammar school teacher who sexually abused six boys in the 1970s and 80s is sentenced to 18 years and four months in prison, with a non-parole period of 11 years.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedA 2-metre-long crocodile is spotted swimming in the waves at one of Darwin's most popular beaches, where people often surf and walk dogs.
Topics: animals, casuarina-0810
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| UpdatedMen using gay hook-up apps and forums are being blackmailed by a group of three or four people in Canberra, the AIDS Action Council warns.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, crime, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedA man charged with murdering a mother and her two young children in Adelaide's north may not be mentally fit to instruct his legal team, his lawyer tells the Magistrate.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000, sa
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A dream group of Tiger Woods and Jason Day took to the course at Torrey Pines, but failed to live up to the lofty billing.
Topics: golf, sport, united-states
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In the wake a violent Invasion Day protest in Sydney, ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr says the date of Australia's national day should be changed — but only once the country becomes a republic.
Topics: australia-day, event, canberra-2600, act, nsw
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| UpdatedAdelaide Zoo's 34-year-old Sumatran orangutan dies just hours after delivering an infant that was believed to be stillborn, after six other unsuccessful pregnancies in two decades.
Topics: zoology, zoos, animal-science, adelaide-5000, sa
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How the elevation of Donald Trump, and the early days of his presidency, has the hallmarks of an outrageous primary school election strategy.
Topics: markets, world-politics, australia
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A failed online project meant to connect students, teachers and parents at Victorian Government schools was corrupt, and cost the taxpayer between $127 and $240 million dollars, the state's watchdog finds.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, education, corruption, melbourne-3000, glen-waverley-3150
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| UpdatedThe family of a man killed by former fugitives Gino and Mark Stocco break down in a Sydney court as they describe the impact of the murder by the father and son, who were on the run from police for eight years.
Topics: crime, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, nsw, wagga-wagga-2650
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| UpdatedAustralian captain Steve Smith is ruled out of the one-day tour of New Zealand with an ankle injury, possibly opening the door for Aaron Finch to captain.
Topics: cricket, sport, new-zealand
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| UpdatedPeople in WA's Pilbara region are warned to brace for a possible cyclone, as a tropical low bears down on the area.
Topics: weather, cyclone, wa, karratha-6714, barrow-island-6712, onslow-6710, dampier-6713, whim-creek-6718, wickham-6720
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| UpdatedABC chief operating officer David Pendleton, the executive team's most senior member, resigns after 20 years with the organisation, managing director Michelle Guthrie confirms.
Topics: broadcasting, australia
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| UpdatedFormer Billabong chief executive Matthew Perrin is sentenced to eight years in jail for fraud over the forging of his then-wife's signature to access more than $13 million from the Commonwealth Bank.
Topics: courts-and-trials, fraud-and-corporate-crime, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedMotorists are being put in danger by the decommissioning of emergency phones on a major Adelaide highway, the South Australian Opposition says.
Topics: information-and-communication, community-and-society, government-and-politics, gawler-5118, waterloo-corner-5110
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| UpdatedPreparing for the new year is a special time for many Asian families and different cultures cook particular dishes to make sure the coming year is full of luck and prosperity.
Topics: lifestyle-and-leisure, food-and-cooking, community-and-society, community-and-multicultural-festivals, people, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedVictoria's court system is failing, leaving young offenders locked up on remand for months on end without telling them when they may be released, the state's former commissioner for children and young people says.
Topics: youth, community-and-society, prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, vic, australia
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| UpdatedVeteran New South Wales Health Minister Jillian Skinner announces her retirement from politics amid speculation she was going to be dumped from Government's frontbench.
Topics: government-and-politics, parliament, state-parliament, states-and-territories, health-administration, health-policy, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedAward winners, award losers and award nominees sum up this week's ABC News quiz. Test your knowledge!
Topics: australia
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| UpdatedEight more Big Bash League games will be scheduled next summer, reflecting the growth of the T20 competition but adding to an already crowded schedule.
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Chinese people don't care about appearing ignorant when it comes to sex, but the consequences for young people can be disastrous.
Topics: sexuality, sexual-health, sexually-transmitted-diseases, china
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| UpdatedReal estate giant LJ Hooker says it is pleased two of its former agents will face court for allegedly misappropriating more than $2 million of customers' money.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, australia, melbourne-3000, vic