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A boat carrying 31 people, including 28 Chinese tourists, is missing off the coast of Borneo, Malaysian maritime authorities say.
Topics: accidents, maritime, disasters-and-accidents, malaysia, china, asia
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Labor's announcement to scrap plans for a high school in City Beach and build a high-rise public secondary school in the city instead is "totally wrong", the WA Premier says.
Topics: education, perth-6000
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The One Nation leader hits back at fresh criticism from dumped candidate Peter Rogers that she is controlled by James Ashby.
Topics: pauline-hanson, one-nation, political-parties, qld, australia
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Victoria Police "did not parent" violent youth offenders but are the ones being forced to deal with them, Commissioner Graham Ashton says, dismissing claims the force is being "soft on crime".
Topics: crime, police, states-and-territories, vic
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| UpdatedPresident Donald Trump's order to restrict people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US sparks outrage but hits a roadblock when a federal judge says stranded travellers can stay in the country.
Topics: world-politics, law-crime-and-justice, immigration, united-states
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| UpdatedOne year after raging bushfires swept through 20,000 hectares of Tasmania's Wilderness World Heritage Areas, some parts of the landscape are showing no signs of recovery.
Topics: conservation, bushfire, tas
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| UpdatedQantas will offer a refund or change of destination to passengers affected by the United States' new temporary ban on immigration.
Topics: air-transport, world-politics, travel-and-tourism, australia, united-states
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The US President looks to partially fulfil his promise to "drain the swamp" in Washington by banning administration officials from ever lobbying the US on behalf of a foreign government and imposing a separate five-year ban on other lobbying.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, united-states
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| UpdatedHundreds of protesters are descending upon major airports across the US in response to President Donald Trump's sweeping ban Muslim immigration.
Topics: immigration, world-politics, refugees, united-states
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| UpdatedDonald Trump's new immigration ban includes those who hold US green cards. Here's a quick explainer on what it means to hold one.
Topics: immigration, us-elections, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedAfter a couple of years of falling earnings, corporate Australia looks set to finally deliver some growth in the February results season.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, markets, consumer-finance, international-financial-institutions, currency, oil-and-gas, gold, trade, mining-industry, industry, australia
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| UpdatedSA's Opposition wants to overhaul Adelaide's freight network by creating a new road and rail bypass of the city and building a 24-hour airport at Monarto.
Topics: air-transport, rail-transport, road-transport, industry, states-and-territories, business-economics-and-finance, liberals, sa, murray-bridge-5253, adelaide-5000, monarto-south-5254
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| UpdatedNew South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian unveils a new-look frontbench that she says will bring a "fresh approach" and give communities their "fair share" of the state's economic success.
Topics: state-parliament, federal---state-issues, nsw, queanbeyan-2620
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Serena Williams is not prepared to put a number on the haul of majors she may end up winning after claiming her 23rd title with her Australian Open triumph.
Topics: australian-open, tennis, sport, melbourne-3000
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NSW police are looking for two teenagers involved in an alleged attack on an Uber driver, who was punched and kicked and then had his car stolen and crashed near Newcastle this morning.
Topics: crime, community-and-society, charlestown-2290, newcastle-2300
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| UpdatedPerth coach Justin Langer will do everything he can to ensure veteran batsman Michael Klinger gets a long-awaited call-up into Australia's Twenty20 squad following his role in the Scorchers' BBL victory.
Topics: twenty20, cricket, sport, perth-6000
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| UpdatedCould you imagine your favourite gaming pastime taking you around the world? For a handful of Australians, their love of a card games has done just that.
Topics: games, arts-and-entertainment, games-industry, games-industry-professional-gaming, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedTo mark the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana's death, her sons Princes William and Harry commission a statue in her honour to be erected at Kensington Palace.
Topics: royal-and-imperial-matters, united-kingdom, england
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About 5,000 hectares of national park in central Queensland that is home to 11 endangered species is facing compulsory acquisition for a military base expansion, State Environment Minister Steven Miles says, adding that he has sought details from the Commonwealth.
Topics: defence-forces, federal---state-issues, environmental-management, national-parks, beef-cattle, shoalwater-4702, rockhampton-4700
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A "disturbing increase" in cases of W strain meningococcal has prompted the WA Government to offer free vaccinations to teenagers.
Topics: meningococcal-disease, vaccines-and-immunity, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government is considering introducing mandatory skills testing for Year One students, a move which Labor says will not help improve Australia's international education ranking.
Topics: education, government-and-politics, federal-government, primary, australia
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The Syrian military says its forces have taken control of the main water source for the capital Damascus after reaching a deal for rebel fighters to withdraw from the region.
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| UpdatedThe mayor of a town on the outskirts of Palermo in Sicily says at first he thought it was a joke when he was told a tiger had escaped from a circus and was roaming the streets.
Topics: animals, human-interest, italy
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| UpdatedFour days into a new century, Marc Mietus left Melbourne to move to Queensland to begin a new life, but his family never saw him again and still don't know what happened.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, missing-person, booyal-4671, qld, australia, bundaberg-4670, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedNew South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian axes some of the most experienced ministers from her front bench as part of a Cabinet reshuffle to be unveiled this morning.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, queanbeyan-2620, nsw