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Three charged over suspected cocaine syndicate in Darwin
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Two men and a woman are charged over a suspected drug syndicate operating out of mail distribution centres, as well as supplying cocaine to Darwin.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, darwin-0800
Keeping up with the Kims: Who's who in North Korea
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The reported assassination of Kim Jong-nam is the latest episode in the long and bloody history of North Korea's Kim dynasty. Here's how the key players stack up.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, international-law, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of
Former Retta Dixon residents settle landmark payout for alleged abuse
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The largest class action in the Northern Territory's history is settled in favour of 71 former residents of the Retta Dixon Home, who alleged years of abuse by staff, in what is the first compensation win as a result of evidence heard by the royal commission into child abuse.
Topics: child-abuse, child-care, indigenous-policy, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, youth, royal-commissions, darwin-0800
Sara Connor says she didn't destroy evidence in final testimony
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Byron Bay woman Sara Connor denies wanting to destroy evidence to hide her involvement in the killing of Bali policeman Wayan Sudarsa, saying "if I did, I would have done a better job".
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, laws, courts-and-trials, indonesia, australia
Man jumps from tracks seconds before train speeds past
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A trail bike rider is caught on camera jumping for his life from rail lines in Victoria seconds before a train speeds past.
Topics: accidents, disasters-and-accidents, rail, ballan-3342, melbourne-3000, ballarat-3350, vic, australia
V/Line train hits abandoned car near Bendigo
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Two people suffer minor injuries and six others are being treated after a train hits an abandoned car in Bendigo in central Victoria.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, kangaroo-flat-3555, bendigo-3550, melbourne-3000
Foreign donations 'properly defined' should be banned
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Federal Liberal Party director Tony Nutt supports a ban on foreign donations provided it does not exclude dual citizens or companies with established business interests in Australia from the political process.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, political-parties, australia
Foran cleared by NRL to play for Warriors
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Kieran Foran is cleared to return to the NRL, with the league registering his Warriors contract for the 2017 season.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, new-zealand
Why YouTube is distancing itself from its most popular channel: PewDiePie
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YouTube and Disney cut ties with influential YouTube star PewDiePie after he posted several videos that were deemed anti-Semitic, including one where he paid Indians $5 to hold up signs reading "Death to all Jews".
Topics: social-media, internet-culture, community-and-society, arts-and-entertainment, united-states
'Ice epidemic' coverage creating unnecessary fear, expert says
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"There is no ice epidemic, that is absolutely clear." Dr Nicole Lee challenges the media's coverage of the drug's usage in Australia.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, drug-education, drug-use, drug-offences, mental-health, human-interest, adelaide-5000
Olympian Grant Hackett in police custody on Gold Coast
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Former Olympic champion Grant Hackett is taken into custody after a disturbance at a house on the Gold Coast this afternoon.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, people, southport-4215, qld, australia
Man who sexually abused 6yo girl in public toilets jailed
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A 49-year-old man is sentenced to four-and-a-half years' jail for a sex attack on a young girl in public toilets at a suburban Perth oval 11 years ago.
Topics: child-abuse, law-crime-and-justice, perth-6000, wa
Kids now spending more time online than watching TV (audio)
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Last year children spent an average of 12 hours a week online, compared to 10.5 hours spent in front of the TV, according to a survey of Australian kids aged six to 13.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, internet-culture, computers-and-technology, internet-technology, television, social-media, children, sydney-2000
Young people overcome challenges to record 'life-changing' album
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Thirteen young Sydneysiders facing issues including homelessness and substance abuse join Mission Australia's Sounds of the Street program to shake off their demons and record their own album titled Mess.
Topics: education, music, community-and-society, youth, mental-health, sydney-2000, nsw
Iconic penguin-protecting pooch Oddball dies (audio)
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Australia's iconic penguin-protecting dog Oddball, who inspired a movie of the same name, has died at the age of 15.
Topics: dog, film-movies, human-interest, animals, community-and-society, animals-and-nature, warrnambool-3280
WA Police apply for alcohol ban in Port Hedland
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A ban on the sale of takeaway full-strength beer and pre-mixed alcohol is part of a raft of new restrictions being sought by police in Port Hedland.
Topics: alcohol, police, port-hedland-6721
Football players may face dementia risk
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A study of the brains of former football players raises concerns about the potential risk of dementia.
Topics: sport, soccer, sports-injuries, alzheimers-and-dementia, england
Praise for courage of veterans, POWs at the fall of Singapore
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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
Man found guilty of shooting wife in traffic on Hobart road
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A Hobart jury takes less than two hours to find Klaus Dieter Neubert, 74, guilty of murdering his estranged wife Olga as she sat in a car on a busy Hobart road.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, new-town-7008
'Kicked in the fangs': One Nation candidates furious over Liberal preference deal
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One Nation candidates in the WA election are threatening to disobey their own party on the controversial preference deal struck with the Liberal Party.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, state-parliament, one-nation, states-and-territories, bullying, wa
'Ban the pokies' call from young Liberal supporters
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A call by a Tasmanian young Liberal supporter group to banish poker machines wins rare praise from an arch political rival — but also a distancing from the Liberal Party.
Topics: gambling, political-parties, tas
Conway in hot water with ethics office for peddling Ivanka Trump products
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The US Office of Government Ethics says the White House should consider disciplinary action against presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway for appearing to violate government ethics rules by publicly endorsing Ivanka Trump products.
Topics: donald-trump, ethics, united-states
Who will pay for the NDIS?
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Once 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
IS video condemned by Imams Council as 'polarising'
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A 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
Dam evacuees can return home but warning remains
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Californians who were ordered to evacuate due to a threat from the tallest dam in the US can now safely return to their homes and businesses may reopen, authorities say, though warning remains.
Topics: dams-and-reservoirs, emergency-incidents, united-states
