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Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove praises the courage of Australia's veterans and prisoners of war during a commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the seminal moment when Singapore fell to the Japanese in 1942.
Topics: world-war-2, history, community-and-society, veterans, defence-and-national-security, government-and-politics, ballarat-3350, vic, australia
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| UpdatedOnce it's fully operational, the NDIS will be one of the biggest Government-funded program after Medicare. But where will those funds come from?
Topics: disabilities, health, health-administration, health-insurance, health-policy, australia
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| UpdatedA recent IS video threatening three Muslim leaders is condemned by the Australian National Imams Council, which it says proves the terrorist group is not representative of their Islamic faith.
Topics: terrorism, community-and-society, islam, australia
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The team scratch their heads after another unpredictable week of football in the drop zone. They get stuck in with a 2FC over Jose Mourinho's call that this season is the most defensive in EPL history - there's a Valentines Day-themed Tom's Tips and the team offer some suggestions to get Antonio Conte out of the bad books at home.
Topics: english-premier, australia
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| UpdatedBooming coal prices compensate for falling food and liquor prices to boost Wesfarmers' bottom line, helped by better than expected growth from Bunnings.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, retail, mining-industry, coal, australia
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| UpdatedA Canberra father who allegedly rammed a parked car outside his children's school is charged with high-range drink driving, with police saying he blew more than three times the legal blood alcohol limit.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, police, alcohol, garran-2605, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government warns they may have to raise taxes to help pay for the National Disability Insurance Scheme if the Senate continues to block its omnibus saving bill.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, tax, australia
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| UpdatedSchool principal Paul Browning says the education system is crushing creativity, so he's on a mission to convince the Federal Government to take a closer look at the issue.
Topics: education, work, government-and-politics, bald-hills-4036, australia, qld
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| UpdatedBusinessman and former federal MP Clive Palmer is to appear in the Federal Court in Brisbane as liquidators of his failed Queensland Nickel company look to question him over its demise.
Topics: courts-and-trials, company-news, clive-palmer, federal-government, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedLong-time chairman of the AFL Commission Mike Fitzpatrick announces he will step down from the role, to be replaced by ex-Wesfarmers chief Richard Goyder.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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Retired Wallaby Andrew Walker puts his hand up to come out of retirement to play for the injury-hit Brumbies if they want him.
Topics: sport, rugby-union, super-rugby, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Dr Leonid Petrov from the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific says it's not immediately clear who was behind the death of Kim Jong-un's half-brother Kim Jong-nam in a Malaysian airport.
Topics: foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, death, korea-republic-of, australia
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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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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| UpdatedDementia is set to cost Australia an estimated $18 billion a year by 2025, as Alzheimer's Australia calls for a national strategy to combat the disease.
Topics: alzheimers-and-dementia, diseases-and-disorders, health, federal-government, australia, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedBushfires, floods and heatwaves are the new standard in Australia, leading climate scientists say, but they are growing fatigued explaining it to people who cannot accept it or have a vested interest that means they do not want to.
Topics: climate-change, environmental-impact, environmental-policy, weather, australia, nsw, wa, qld, tas
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Business confidence in Australia has surged to the highest level in three years, and trading conditions are better than they've been for nine years, according to a new business survey out today.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, australia
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Videos showing workers being forced to simulate sex acts for not meeting sales targets have emerged as part of an $60 million class action against leading charity fundraiser, Appco Group Australia, February 14, 2017.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, charities, work, australia
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| UpdatedShocking new videos showing workers being forced to simulate sex acts for not meeting sales targets have emerged as part of a $60 million class action against leading charity fundraiser Appco Group Australia.
Topics: courts-and-trials, charities, work, australia
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| UpdatedAmongst the litany of miserable statistics in this year's Closing the Gap report, there is a standout exception: 30,000 Indigenous university graduates who have erased their employment gap. These are the success stories of the quiet revolution, writes Stan Grant.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, federal-government, government-and-politics, community-and-society, australia