The most recent 250 top stories.
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| UpdatedWhen Melbourne man Peter Dietze found a photo in the attic, he had no idea it would link him to Indian film royalty, take him around the world and lead to an exhibition at ACMI.
Topics: film-movies, arts-and-entertainment, art-history, library-museum-and-gallery, history, melbourne-3000, india
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Pregnancy continues to be portrayed through rosy lenses, while the true, sometimes nightmarish side of it remains hidden away.
Topics: pregnancy-and-childbirth, reproduction-and-contraception, womens-health, health, women, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia producer Flume nabs a Grammy for Best Dance/Electronic album with his second album Skin.
Topics: dance-music, music, arts-and-entertainment, music-awards, music-industry, united-states
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Anthony Mundine calls for a third fight with Danny Green, this time in Perth so Green's "family can come and watch him get fried".
Topics: boxing, sport, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedA West Australian company hopes to crack into Australia's lucrative wellness market with what they hope will be the next super food to take health conscious consumers by storm — lupin flakes.
Topics: health, food-and-cooking, lifestyle-and-leisure, wa, australia
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| UpdatedIt's easy to see why young Australians might feel like they'll never catch up to rising house prices. But there are ideas out there for dealing with the problem. We've listed the pros and cons of some of the top suggestions.
Topics: housing, housing-industry, australia
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| UpdatedDeputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce and a string of federal Nationals MPs are criticising the West Australian Liberals preference deal with One Nation — warning the agreement could cost them power in the state election.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, state-parliament, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedCooler temperatures are expected across southern and south-east Queensland today after heat records tumbled across the state on Sunday.
Topics: weather, people, human-interest, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, toowoomba-4350, gympie-4570, st-george-4487, thargomindah-4492, ipswich-4305, southport-4215, maroochydore-4558, gatton-4343, kingaroy-4610, beaudesert-4285, birdsville-4482, oakey-4401
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We're two rounds into the inaugural AFL Women's season, and some observations are starting to become trends. Here's what we know after round two.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, australia
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| UpdatedSouth Australia's Liberal Opposition promises to scrap the state's target to source half its energy from renewable sources in bid to "restore affordable, reliable power".
Topics: alternative-energy, states-and-territories, coal, government-and-politics, sa
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| UpdatedBankwest confirms that property investors are no longer able to include the tax benefits of negative gearing when applying for a home loan from the institution.
Topics: consumer-finance, banking, housing-industry, australia
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| UpdatedThere is increasing concern for two elderly German tourists missing in searing heat in Central Australia, with one of them believed to be without important medication.
Topics: missing-person, police, alice-springs-0870
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| UpdatedTrump administration officials could be forced to give evidence to uncover "what truly motivated" President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration if the case goes to the Supreme Court, a US state Attorney-General says.
Topics: immigration, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, donald-trump, united-states
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| UpdatedMusical La La Land wins big at Britain's main film awards as it scoops the prize for best film, while Emma Stone and Damien Chazelle pick up awards for best actress and best director respectively.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, film-movies, event, united-kingdom
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Australia plays a critical role in many other countries' space programs, but if we're to capitalise on its strengths in space tracking as well as space science in such a rapidly growing sector, it's time we considered forming a space agency of our own.
Topics: space-exploration, spacecraft, astronomy-space, science-and-technology, australia
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| UpdatedAs Tasmania sees an uptick in tourism, instances of snakebites and bushwalkers getting themselves into trouble see the state's police rescue helicopter crew clock up a record number of flying hours.
Topics: emergency-planning, national-parks, tas
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| UpdatedThe opening of the new Royal Adelaide Hospital might come before this year's flu season but talks will continue about the hospital's eventual cost, Health Minister Jack Snelling says.
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, health, healthcare-facilities, adelaide-5000, sa
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The tennis umpire who copped a ball to the face from an enraged Denis Shapovalov swing undergoes surgery on a fractured eye socket.
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Afghan officials and local residents say 22 civilians, mostly women and children, were killed during a joint operation carried out by US and Afghan forces in the southern Helmand province.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, afghanistan
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Nine months ago, Leicester City was crowned Premier League champions. But with the Foxes now staring relegation in the face, what has gone so drastically wrong?
Topics: english-premier, soccer, sport, england, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedDeputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce lashes out over the WA Liberals' decision to preference One Nation in the state election, saying it guarantees only one thing. Follow live.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, federal-government, parliament, federal-parliament, australia
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| UpdatedDozens of taxis drive through Melbourne in convoy to the steps of Victoria's Parliament after blockading the Bolte Bridge to protest against industry reforms introduced by the State Government.
Topics: community-and-society, states-and-territories, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedA man, 52, is charged with causing death by dangerous driving after an alleged hit-and-run that killed a toddler in Dover Gardens in Adelaide's south overnight.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, dover-gardens-5048, sa
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| UpdatedSadly, much of the debate about our future power generation has become mired in political point-scoring and simplistic arguments designed to inflame and outrage; where ignorance dominates academic research, writes Ian Verrender.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, environment, alternative-energy, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedMost of the small community of Uarbry has been wiped out by a bushfire burning near Dunedoo, residents say, with some of the destroyed homes belonging to volunteer firefighters who were out combating the blaze.
Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, crime, police, nsw, boggabri-2382, coffs-harbour-2450, dunedoo-2844, leadville-2844, south-kempsey-2440, mudgee-2850, dubbo-2830, beechwood-2446, tamworth-2340, gunnedah-2380, port-macquarie-2444