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Two elderly German tourists who died at Trephina Gorge, east of Alice Springs, were not well suited to be at the remote location and probably perished on their first day of their walk, police say.
Topics: death, missing-person, alice-springs-0870, germany
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Glam rock legends Guns N' Roses got off to a rough start at last night's MCG concert after the Melbourne crowd was greeted as "Sydney".
Topics: music, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, vic
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Although details are still uncertain over how and why the half-brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un was killed, government officials and independent experts all say the assassination looks like the work of North Korean agents.
Topics: death, murder-and-manslaughter, world-politics, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, korea-republic-of, malaysia, united-states
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The man who first documented Ediacara fossils, the late Dr Reg Sprigg, is again being recognised, with South Australia's first state fossil emblem named after him.
Topics: fossils, science-and-technology, palaeontology, environment, parachilna-5730, sa
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America will remain strong so long as its leader keeps challenging others to resist his creepy, crushing handshake, writes Ben Pobjie.
Topics: elections, world-politics, us-elections, popular-culture, offbeat
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European football giants Barcelona look set to miss out on the Champions league quarter-finals, after the Catalans are hammered 4-0 by PSG in the first leg of their last-16 tie.
Topics: sport, soccer, champions-league, france, spain, portugal, germany
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| UpdatedMore than 30 years after the end of WWII, Australian prisoners of war really began to tell the stories of what happened in the wake of the fall of Singapore.
Topics: world-war-2, history, community-and-society, 20th-century, singapore, australia, japan
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Researchers discover the three-dimensional structure of a protein responsible for multi-drug resistant bacteria, in a major step forward in the battle against antibiotic resistance.
Topics: health, infectious-diseases-other, diseases-and-disorders, wa, australia
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| UpdatedThe March state election will be the first fought under fresh electoral boundaries drawn in a 2015 redistribution — so what does it mean for the parties, their candidates and for you?
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, wa, ocean-reef-6027, albany-6330, esperance-6450, bicton-6157, thornlie-6108, baldivis-6171
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Australia's biggest lender, Commonwealth Bank, unveils a record first-half profit of $4.9 billion, up 6 per cent on the previous record.
Topics: banking, industry, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedA study involving Aboriginal mothers locked up in Western Australia highlights the impact of domestic violence on their lives — with almost 90 per cent saying they suffered abuse, often intergenerational, and many saying they were reluctant to report it.
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| UpdatedJust how many raids were there on Darwin during World War II? Seventy-five years on, one author sets out to establish the truth and correct some potential exaggeration from both sides.
Topics: world-war-2, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedAdelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital failed to report the deaths of eight infants over a nine-year period, and the delays in reporting have serious ramifications for investigations, coroner Mark Johns says.
Topics: health, adelaide-5000
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Atlanta Falcons fans are still clearly feeling the Super Bowl loss, with the city's zoo naming a baby Madagascar hissing cockroach "Tom Brady".
Topics: american-football, other-sports, sport, united-states
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| UpdatedAustralia's political leaders swap insults as they continue to debate how to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme, with Malcolm Turnbull criticising Bill Shorten's "triple train wreck of an interview" on the ABC's AM program. Follow live.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, federal-government, parliament, federal-parliament, australia
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| UpdatedDonald Trump was informed in late January that Mr Flynn had not told Vice-President Mike Pence the whole truth about conversations he had with Russia's ambassador to the US before Mr Trump took office, White House spokesman Sean Spicer says.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, donald-trump, united-states
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| UpdatedAdam Voges officially calls time on his Test career, leaving the game with the second best average in the game's history, behind only Don Bradman.
Topics: cricket, sport, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedMark and Jane Rice's Uarbry home was spared from the fire, but with most of their village now destroyed — including the church where they were married — they feel as though they are homeless.
Topics: fires, bushfire, uarbry-2329, leadville-2844
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Sexist, obscene and other offensive slogans on vans and vehicles, found on holiday hire vehicles such as controversial Wicked Campers, are being made illegal in Queensland.
Topics: government-and-politics, parliament, state-parliament, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedWhile endangered green turtle hatchlings have more than doubled on Queensland's remote Raine Island, scientists are still working to help the species in its battle against rising sea levels and overcrowding.
Topics: human-interest, animals, environment, conservation, animal-science, science-and-technology, cairns-4870, qld, australia
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| UpdatedFinancial distress is affecting a huge number of Australians and the slightest wind could spell catastrophe for households, David Taylor writes.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, money-and-monetary-policy, australia
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| UpdatedA major crackdown on massage parlours and brothels across Adelaide is forcing sex workers into risky private work where they are more vulnerable to aggression and crime, the Sex Industry Network says.
Topics: prostitution, sexuality, sexual-health, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedAs the war enters its sixth year, teachers in Syria's refugee camps are trying to make do with the little they have — but the students there face a bleak future in a life disrupted by war.
Topics: refugees, community-and-society, immigration, education, unrest-conflict-and-war, poverty, syrian-arab-republic
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| UpdatedA 65 per cent hike in the price of ice-cream might not sound like a great idea, but what if it could add years to your life? Melbourne researchers say a sugar tax, combined with subsidies for healthy foods, could add 2.1 years to the lives of average Australians.
Topics: obesity, diet-and-nutrition, food-and-cooking, food-and-beverage, health, melbourne-3000
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The discovery of a 245-million-year-old fossil of a pregnant marine reptile provides the first evidence that an ancestor of modern-day birds and crocodiles gave birth to live young.
Topics: science-and-technology, fossils, dinosaurs, china