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| UpdatedTwo 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 the first day of their walk, police say.
Topics: death, missing-person, alice-springs-0870, germany
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| UpdatedAlthough 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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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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Papua New Guineans are in mourning after the shock death of a revered former Miss PNG winner and beloved community figure (Video: Dion Kombeng and Jimmy Segodi).
Topics: death, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedNorthern Territory Police find a woman's body at Trephina Gorge, east of Alice Springs, believed to be missing German woman Gisela Thor.
Topics: missing-person, death, alice-springs-0870, germany
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| UpdatedPapua New Guineans are in mourning after the shock death of a revered former Miss PNG winner and beloved community figure just before her 25th birthday.
Topics: death, police, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedAustralia's first cryonics facility will be built in the sleepy NSW town of Holbrook, offering people the chance to be frozen after death in the hope they will one day be brought back to life.
Topics: science-and-technology, human-interest, offbeat, forensic-science, death, holbrook-2644
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To the public she was the woman who nearly toppled Bob Katter in the 2013 federal election, but it was Noeline Ikin's ability to connect that will be remembered most by those who knew her best.
Topics: rural-women, community-and-society, death, cairns-4870, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThe death of a man during the Southern 80 waterskiing competition — the sixth fatal incident at the event since 1987 — sparks renewed concerns about the popular tourist attraction on the Victoria-New South Wales border.
Topics: water-skiing, death, community-and-society, sport, echuca-3564, moama-2731, vic, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedAustralian kickboxer Antonio Bagnato will lodge an appeal after being sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of a former Hell's Angels bikie and suspected drug trafficker in Thailand.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, death, thailand, australia
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Topics: community-and-society, death, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, asbestos, casino-2470, baryulgil-2460
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Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, asbestos, death, baryulgil-2460, casino-2470
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| UpdatedMourners farewell a man who played in deadly asbestos dust at his school as a child.
Topics: community-and-society, death, health, asbestos, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, baryulgil-2460, casino-2470
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| UpdatedWhen Maureen McIlquham's daughter Michelle was discharged from hospital on a cool autumn night in 2009, she never imagined the 28-year-old would be dead in the family home just hours later.
Topics: states-and-territories, disabilities, healthcare-facilities, medical-procedures, death, sydney-2000, australia
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| UpdatedA man dies in Royal Perth Hospital after he was last week found unconscious in a carpark outside a pub which had just screened the Danny Green and Anthony Mundine boxing match.
Topics: death, assault, police, ellenbrook-6069, perth-6000
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| UpdatedAfter Cody Carter died suddenly on a remote outstation during a storm, his family begged to be rescued. Why did WA Police leave them behind?
Topics: floods, disasters-and-accidents, death, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, states-and-territories, police, halls-creek-6770, wa, australia
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Australia's medical research sector mourns one of its giants after Basil Hetzel, who confirmed the link between iodine deficiency and brain damage in unborn children, dies.
Topics: death, community-and-society, health, medical-history, medical-research, doctors-and-medical-professionals, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedTasmania's peak training body for palliative care is set to close, with fears dying people and their families will miss out on support.
Topics: death, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, hobart-7000, launceston-7250, burnie-7320
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| UpdatedSeeking a career unaffected by recession, John Peddar became a coffin maker — more than 20 years on he is finding Australians' final resting places are changing to meet their increasing size and unique tastes.
Topics: death, offbeat, community-and-society, work, sa, adelaide-5000
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Topics: dance, arts-and-entertainment, death, human-interest, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedThe day after Christmas, Sophie Scott's son got an emergency call to go to the intensive care unit at the local hospital. What happened next gave two families a lesson they had not been expecting.
Topics: death, accidents, family, human-interest, people, australia
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Some of the nation's biggest legal heavy-hitters push the Australian Government to end the death penalty worldwide.
Topics: death, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, laws, human, australia, indonesia
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| UpdatedA man found injured in a Melbourne shopping centre car park dies, despite attempts to save him by members of a fitness group that had been training nearby.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, death, doncaster-3108
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Captain Ross Dennerstein was a fit and active family man, so when he died from sudden cardiac arrest at just 47 his family was left reeling and searching for answers.
Topics: diseases-and-disorders, heart-disease, death, australia
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| UpdatedCaptain Ross Dennerstein was a fit and active family man, so when he died from sudden cardiac arrest at just 47 his family was left reeling and searching for answers.
Topics: death, health, heart-disease, australia