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GWS, Fremantle battle out first AFL Women's draw
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The AFL Women's competition witnesses its first-ever draw as Greater Western Sydney and Fremantle battle it out for a desperate 43-43 finish at Blacktown.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, blacktown-2148, nsw, fremantle-6160, perth-6000, wa, australia
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Has he dislodged Khawaja? Marsh scores ton in India tour game
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Shaun Marsh looks likely to have edged Usman Khawaja out of selection reckoning after notching a century for Australia on day one of the tour match against India A.
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How Bob Brown and Tasmania inspired a concerto
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Bob Brown recently helped inspire the creation of a brand new oboe concerto, premiering at the Sydney Opera House next week.
Topics: brown-bob, classical, music, arts-and-entertainment, environment, cygnet-7112, tas, australia
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Positive signs for Hawks as Roughy returns
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Jarryd Roughead kicks a goal in his first game in 500 days as Hawthorn wins after the siren against Geelong in preseason game in Launceston.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, cancer, melbourne-3000, vic, launceston-7250, tas, australia
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So, do you want the good news or the bad news?
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With the year getting off to a wild start, we asked a range of experts what they're most excited about for the rest of 2017— and what they're most worried about.
Topics: government-and-politics, environment, science-and-technology, australia
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Fire crews still working to contain Carwoola blaze after homes lost
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Residents are beginning to return to their homes in the wake of a major bushfire east of Queanbeyan in New South Wales, anxious to find out whether buildings are still standing.
Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, bushfire, captains-flat-2623, queanbeyan-2620, nsw, australia, act, canberra-2600
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The rise of ride sharing for women only
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More and more women feel unsafe riding in Ubers and taxis, writes Jessica Martin. But is the new female-only ride sharing service, Shebah, the answer?
Topics: women, feminism, internet-technology, sexual-offences, australia
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Extended interview with Craig Drummond Video
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Premium costs are set to jump nearly 5% in April after Health Minister Greg Hunt signed off on the latest hike. Medibank Private has conceded customer acquisition is slowing as more disillusioned customers change insurers or drop their cover altogether. Medibank Private CEO Craig Drummond speaks to Alicia.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, australia
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Friday markets with Julia Lee Video
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The All Ordinaries index fell around 0.2%. The ASX 200 lost 10 points. Julia Lee from Bell Direct speaks to Alicia.
Topics: markets, stockmarket, australia
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Extended interview with Bill McNabb Video
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Donald Trump claims credit for wall street's jump, do the biggest US investors agree? Vanguard investment CEO Bill McNabb speaks to Alicia.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, australia
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Dance brings clarity and rejuvenation to people with dementia
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Dancing is proving to be an effective way to refocus the minds of people with Alzheimer's and dementia, instructors say.
Topics: alzheimers-and-dementia, dance, human-interest, maroochydore-4558, qld, australia
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Midnight Oil finds 'new relevance' in Trump era
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Midnight Oil is back from their long break and ready to address the tumultuous political climate, dominated by the likes of Donald Trump, in their upcoming world tour, lead singer Peter Garrett says.
Topics: music, arts-and-entertainment, rock, government-and-politics, australia
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Australia v Sri Lanka: Live scores, stats and commentary from first T20
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Australia takes on Sri Lanka in the first Twenty20 of a three-match series at the MCG. Follow all the stats and commentary in our live scorecentre.
Topics: twenty20, cricket, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia, sri-lanka
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The Drum Friday February 17 Video
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Host: Ellen Fanning
Panel: Nick Cater, Georgina Dent & Tory Shepherd
Interview with: Steve Hambleton
The panel discusses the Australian Medical Association's latest public hospital report card & Labor’s backtrack on its renewable energy target.Topics: government-and-politics, health, environment, australia
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Trump wasting his time by criticising media: PM
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull suggests US President Donald Trump is wasting his time hitting out at media coverage, citing Winston Churchill's remark that "politicians complaining about the newspapers is like a sailor complaining about the sea".
Topics: donald-trump, turnbull-malcolm, print-media, world-politics, foreign-affairs, australia, united-states
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'Callous, reckless and disgraceful': Ute thief condemned over deadly crash
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A teenager who stole a ute which was then involved in a fiery crash that killed an Adelaide mother has an extensive criminal history and was out on bail at the time of the incident, the Youth Court hears.
Topics: traffic-offences, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, bedford-park-5042, sa, australia
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Dishonourable Members Season 2 Episode 2: Strange Bedfellows? Audio
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Another week, another round of bluff and bluster in the halls of Parliament House. Are the Liberals cosying up with One Nation? Have the wheels fallen off the Omnibus? What do former politicians entitlements have to do with Nazi Germany? Matthew Doran and Stephen Dziedzic try to make sense of the week that was.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, federal-elections, australia, parliament-house-2600
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Men's club mentality in legal profession challenged in new workshops
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A top female lawyer says even she is not immune to gender biases — including associating women with child-rearing and men with work — as she launches courses for lawyers to tackle the men's club mentality in law.
Topics: judges-and-legal-profession, feminism, women, men, discrimination, australia
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Medibank Private boss defends premium increases
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The head of Medibank Private defends its health insurance premium increases, while also delivering a disappointing half-year profit for shareholders.
Topics: company-news, health-insurance, australia
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Santos narrows loss to $1.4b, Virgin dives into the red
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Santos improves its loss to $1.4 billion, while Virgin Australia dives back into the red.
Topics: company-news, air-transport, oil-and-gas, australia, sa
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'This drug will kill you': Lethal carfentanyl found at Brisbane mail centre
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A potentially lethal drug that can "bring down elephants" and is 10,000 times more potent than morphine is discovered at a Brisbane mail centre, sparking urgent police warnings.
Topics: drug-offences, crime, drug-use, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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Topics: rural, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, gunning-2581, nsw, australia
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Housing affordability ideas range from dangerous to disastrous Analysis
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The housing affordability debate is increasingly becoming the home of dangerous ideas that would do little to help first home buyers and much to destroy the Australian economy, writes Michael Janda.
Topics: housing-industry, consumer-finance, economic-trends, australia
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"I genuinely — and maybe old-fashionedly — really liked working and helping people." Video
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Forensic counsellor John Merrick spent 20 years working in a Sydney morgue and has shared some of stories from his time.
Topics: death, counselling, australia
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Stories from the morgue: Inside the life of a forensic counsellor
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John Merrick spent 20 years helping grieving people identify and deal with the loss of their loved ones at a Sydney city morgue. And the experience taught him a lot about life and death.
Topics: death, community-and-society, counselling, australia
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