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Humans accelerating global warming by 170 times: study
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Humans are driving the warming of the Earth 170 times faster than natural forces, according to a new mathematical formula.
Topics: climate-change, weather, australia
Heart attack 'twice as likely' without high school education
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Australians without a high school education are more than twice as likely to have a heart attack than those with a university degree, according to a study.
Topics: heart-disease, diseases-and-disorders, stroke, education, access-to-education, community-education, continuing-education, educational-resources, university-and-further-education, health, australia
Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft and YouTube create shared extremist database
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The world's four biggest tech firms are joining forces to try to stop extremist propaganda from being spread on their sites by creating a database to track the "digital fingerprints" of offensive content uploaded by select groups.
Topics: internet-technology, computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, internet-culture, information-and-communication, terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, australia
Anti-slavery groups, religious leaders urge PM to act on modern slavery
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A coalition of anti-slavery groups and religious leaders write to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, urging him to pass laws to stamp out slavery in Australia.
Topics: government-and-politics, farm-labour, australia
Fears Prakash will radicalise prison inmates in Australia
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Counter-terrorism experts fear captured Islamic State operative Neil Prakash could act as a beacon for young radicals in Australia's prison system and inspire them to act violently.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, australia
Trial aims to stop young smokers from developing respiratory diseases
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A world-first study aimed at preventing young smokers from developing respiratory disease is about to begin, but is not meant to be a "get out of jail card for smokers".
Topics: smoking, health, respiratory-diseases, diseases-and-disorders, medical-research, australia
Lebanese community angered by Dutton's 'ignorant' criticism
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Lebanese-Australian Muslims say they are hurt and angered by Immigration Minister Peter Dutton's suggestion that allowing them into the country was a mistake.
Topics: immigration, community-and-society, islam, religion-and-beliefs, liberals, federal-parliament, terrorism, government-and-politics, australia, lakemba-2195, nsw
Fake news could influence Australian elections, commentators say
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Concern is growing that future Australian elections could be influenced by the type of fake news shared on social media during the recent US presidential election.
Topics: media, federal-elections, australia
PM's Literary Award: Fiction prize goes to Charlotte Wood, Lisa Gorton
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The top award for fiction writing at this year's Prime Minister's Literary Award is shared by two women, Lisa Gorton for her novel, The Life of Houses and Charlotte Wood, for her work The Natural Way of Things.
Topics: awards-and-prizes, author, books-literature, turnbull-malcolm, australia, canberra-2600, act
Fears Australians being targeted by gangs in war-ravaged countries
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There are fears that Australians working in war-ravaged countries are being targeted by criminal gangs, with one expert warning people to think very carefully about the safety risks of volunteering for humanitarian work.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, non-governmental-organisations, relief-and-aid-organisations, australia, afghanistan
IS defeat will mean increase in foreign fighters with deadly skills returning home
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As Islamic State faces the prospect of defeat in Iraq, counter-terrorism experts say the risk of foreign fighters returning to their home countries is increasing dramatically.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, defence-and-national-security, defence-forces, australia, syrian-arab-republic, iraq
'What did you do?': Documentary's enhanced 911 call sheds new light on JonBenet murder
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A documentary team which includes world-class forensics experts and police investigators has found vital new clues in the hunt for JonBenet Ramsey's killer.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, documentary, united-states
Australia's intelligence agencies to be reviewed
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The rising threat posed by cyber attacks is set to be the focus of a review of Australia's six intelligence agencies.
Topics: terrorism, security-intelligence, defence-and-national-security, hacking, computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, government-and-politics, federal-government, internet-technology, australia
Jihadists predicted to return to Australia as IS loses ground
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Security agencies are preparing for an onslaught of Australian jihadists returning from fighting with groups such as Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
Topics: terrorism, world-politics, australia, iraq, syrian-arab-republic
Swans player Buddy Franklin allegedly sledged about mental health
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The issue of mental health in sport resurfaces after allegations Sydney Swans star Buddy Franklin was sledged during a game against the GWS Giants.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, mental-health, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
High Court rules foreign workers require Australian visas for offshore projects
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The Maritime Union is hailing a High Court decision it says will protect local jobs and prevent the exploitation of foreign workers in the offshore oil and gas industry.
Topics: oil-and-gas, work, australia
Young workers feel mistreated by bosses, more than 50pc underpaid: study
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An Australian Council of Trade Unions-commissioned study finds widespread dissatisfaction among young workers who say they feel mistreated by their bosses, including being underpaid, undertrained and at times abused.
Topics: unions, unemployment, community-and-society, work, australia
Online schoolgirls pornography ring re-emerges
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An online pornography ring targeting thousands of Australian schoolgirls re-emerges after police had closed it down earlier this month.
Topics: pornography, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, australia
Government open to considering financial rewards for corporate whistleblowers
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The Federal Government says it will consider introducing US-style laws that offer financial rewards for corporate whistleblowers, as pressure mounts to strengthen Australia's protection laws.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, law-crime-and-justice, fraud-and-corporate-crime, corporate-governance, business-economics-and-finance, laws, australia
Denton lashes out at 'Catholic force' blocking euthanasia laws
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Media personality Andrew Denton says the public will for legally assisted voluntary suicide exists, but powerful people with vested interests are standing in the way.
Topics: death, euthanasia, human-interest, australia
Last Western prisoner held in Afghanistan pardoned, flown home to Australia
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A former Australian soldier is released from an Afghan jail after serving seven years for murder.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, afghanistan, australia
Turkish President Erdogan brings armed forces under his control
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan brings the armed forces and national intelligence agency under his direct control, as his Government continues its crackdown on its perceived opponents in the wake of a failed military coup.
Topics: foreign-affairs, unrest-conflict-and-war, turkey
Lindsay residents suffer daily long commutes, sceptical over Turnbull's '30-minute city'
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For many people in the western Sydney electorate of Lindsay, Malcolm Turnbull's vision of the "30-minute commute" is a long way from reality.
Topics: road-transport, rail-transport, transport, federal-election, government-and-politics, elections, federal-elections, turnbull-malcolm, liberals, alp, penrith-2750, nsw, sydney-2000, australia
Howard's post-Port Arthur gun laws work, researchers say
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There have been no fatal mass shootings and overall the rate in firearm killings has declined in the 20 years since Australia introduced tough gun laws, a study shows.
Topics: foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, laws, law-crime-and-justice, australia
Burnie residents struggling to put food on the table find help
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Decades of shrinking job opportunities have left many people in the northern Tasmanian city of Burnie in the grip of a vicious spiral of welfare dependency and poverty.
Topics: unemployment, charities-and-community-organisations, community-organisations, community-and-society, burnie-7320, tas, australia
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