The most recent 250 top stories.
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| UpdatedA Hong Kong man was smuggled into Western Australia on a boat from China to look after hundreds of kilograms of methylamphetamine and more than $1 million in cash, Perth District Court hears.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, law-crime-and-justice, drug-offences, perth-6000, wa, hong-kong
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| UpdatedSalmon companies Tassal and Petuna will not be supporting Huon Aquaculture's legal action over salmon numbers in Macquarie Harbour.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, environmental-management, state-parliament, courts-and-trials, strahan-7468, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedDanny Green plays down the prospects of a rematch with boxing rival Anthony Mundine after their controversial bout in Adelaide, and defends the judges' decision to award him the fight — saying "my face shows who the winner was".
Topics: boxing, sport, perth-6000, wa, sa, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedLabor says it will not use state debt to fund its $2.5 billion Metronet plan, while Deputy Premier Liza Harvey takes to the streets of Perth to sell the Big Issue.
Topics: elections, rail-transport, wa
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Queensland's train woes are likely to continue until "late 2018" at the earliest, with a report into the network's failings finding there will be a long-term shortage of skilled drivers.
Topics: government-and-politics, parliament, state-parliament, public-sector, qld, brisbane-4000
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The media success of the new women's AFL competition is "almost inconceivable" and the game is breaking new ground where netball and soccer could not, an expert says.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, women, community-and-society, information-and-communication, australia
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| UpdatedThink you know your sport? Test your knowledge of the sporting week that was with our quiz.
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A former teacher is charged in Goulburn with child sex offences allegedly involving two students dating back to the 1980s.
Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, crime, goulburn-2580, mulgoa-2745, nsw
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Former Labor minister Ian Macdonald's decision to give a mining licence to a company run by a "mate" lost New South Wales tens of millions of dollars, the Supreme Court is told.
Topics: courts-and-trials, mining-industry, nsw
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| UpdatedCabcharge announces write-offs totalling $28.6 million in a statement released to the ASX.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, consumer-finance, economic-trends, transport, regulation, australia
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Former Parramatta Eels manager Jason Irvine is charged with fraud offences, over the use of alleged false invoices.
Topics: rugby-league, sport, fraud-and-corporate-crime, courts-and-trials, parramatta-2150, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedLabor's flagship $2.5 billion Metronet rail plan will be funded through a range of funding sources and will not impact net debt, Opposition Leader Mark McGowan says.
Topics: elections, rail-transport, federal---state-issues, perth-6000, ellenbrook-6069, yanchep-6035, wa
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| UpdatedDesperate families in northern New South Wales are calling for help to end a spate of youth suicides around Grafton, with at least six teens taking their own lives in the past 12 months.
Topics: suicide, mental-health, federal-government, health-policy, social-media, youth, emotions, grief, regional, bullying, adolescent-health, grafton-2460
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| UpdatedDonald Trump's first weeks as US President have been overwhelmed with criticism, but plenty are unshaking in their support — including these five self-described "affluent" voters.
Topics: donald-trump, person, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedWhen Lady Gaga was announced as the headline performer of the Super Bowl halftime show, it was widely expected she would use her set to make a political statement — but what viewers got were a series of veiled messages that made a subversive statement in a quiet way.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, music, dance-music, sport, american-football, united-states
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| UpdatedThe Australian Catholic Church releases "grim" data revealing 7 per cent of priests, working between 1950 and 2009, have been accused of child sex crimes. Here's what you need to know.
Topics: royal-commissions, sexual-offences, religion-and-beliefs, catholic, australia
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| UpdatedOver the course of 60 years, 40 per cent of the members of the Brothers of St John of God had allegations of child sexual abuse made against them, but who are they and what role do does the order play in society today?
Topics: sexual-offences, religion-and-beliefs, royal-commissions, christianity, vic, nsw, australia, wa
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Now that the first round of AFL Women's is over we can reflect on what we have learned.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, australia
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| UpdatedOne WA diocese had 21.5 per cent of all priests accused of child sex abuse, three times the national average, according to figures released by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Topics: child-abuse, law-crime-and-justice, religion-and-beliefs, sexual-offences, new-norcia-6509, wa
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| UpdatedCanadian tennis player Denis Shapovalov is disqualified from the Davis Cup after inadvertently blasting a ball into the umpire's face.
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Nearly half of all Australian households earning less than $40,000 a year said they went backwards financially last year, and only a third of households reported income gains, according to a survey.
Topics: globalisation---economy, unemployment, australia
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| UpdatedFour Essendon footballers fall victim to a "frightening" aggravated home burglary, waking to hear their four cars being stolen from their home in Melbourne's north-west.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, burglary, sport, australian-football-league, maribyrnong-3032, melbourne-3000, vic
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Forty per cent of students in Australian schools are disengaged from learning and falling one to two years behind their peers as a result, a report finds.
Topics: secondary-schools, australia
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| UpdatedLeon Yeaman died within minutes of being punched by his neighbour Phillip Pama in an argument over noise that was heard 200 metres away, a Brisbane court is told.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, boondall-4034, qld, brisbane-4000
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Around 220,000 protesters gather in Romania's capital, ultimately pressuring the Government to annul a decree that would have decriminalised corruption offences.
Topics: world-politics, activism-and-lobbying, romania