The most recent 250 top stories.
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There are now 200 more people employed by the NT's three utilities companies than before they were split, which has cost more than $70 million so far, insiders say.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, government-and-politics, nt
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| UpdatedFormer Queensland Nickel director Clive Mensink is still overseas and has failed to turn up to court to be cross-examined over the company's collapse, risking an arrest warrant being issued.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, brisbane-4000, townsville-4810, qld
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Are houses on lots as small as 80 square metres the solution for those comfortable with high-density living but despise apartment blocks?
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, house-and-home, community-and-society, housing-industry, architecture, human-interest, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThere are fears Tasmania's giant kelp forests are almost extinct, as Senate inquiry into the impact of climate change on sea life begins.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, government-and-politics, climate-change, eaglehawk-neck-7179, tas, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedDonald J Trump has taken to his month-old presidency with the same brand of brashness, bluster, haste and "gut" instinct that propelled him towards his $US4-5 billion net worth and through the rigours of his against-all-odds victory last November, writes Greg Jennett in Washington DC.
Topics: world-politics, united-states
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Ride-booking company Uber announces an urgent investigation into claims of sexual harassment and discrimination at the company, as well as threats from management against those who complain.
Topics: sexual-offences, internet-technology, united-states
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| UpdatedThe circumstances surrounding the recent death of a fourth Adelaide cancer patient connected to an under-dosing of a chemotherapy drug, Carol Barinsfather, will be examined at an inquest.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, cancer, diseases-and-disorders, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedAdelaide man Simon Peisley is jailed and his wife given home detention after they concocted death threats, including packages with red-stained children's clothing, at their workplace, the Aboriginal Health Services division of SA Health.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, fraud-and-corporate-crime, courts-and-trials, prisons-and-punishment, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA Sir Hans Heysen masterpiece returns to South Australia before being auctioned next month where it is tipped to break a record price for a watercolour painting.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, art-history, fine-art-photography, visual-art, adelaide-5000, hahndorf-5245, sa
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After decades of persecution, Copts hoped the Arab Spring might signal a turnaround in their fortunes. For many, though, life remains precarious, and there are calls for Australia to accept and help them.
Topics: christianity, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, discrimination, refugees, immigration, unrest-conflict-and-war, australia, egypt
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In the age of the sporting underdog, even an Australian Test series win in India isn't impossible if the tourists follow these five steps.
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| UpdatedA crash that left a woman dead after her car was struck by a vehicle driven on the wrong side of the road in Western Australia's South West is investigated by detectives from the Major Crime Squad.
Topics: accidents---other, police, suicide, crime, capel-6271, busselton-6280, wa
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| UpdatedCatholic and worker solidarity used to help Australians wrestle more with their vote than they seem to do now.
Topics: world-politics, political-parties, government-and-politics, catholic, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, unions, australia, united-states, united-kingdom
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There is a new program helping migrants launch their own businesses in an effort to tackle unemployment in the community.
Topics: immigration, community-and-society, work, sydney-2000, nsw
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Donald Trump has selected 54-year-old career officer General HR McMaster to be his new national security adviser. This is what we know about him.
Topics: donald-trump, government-and-politics, defence-and-national-security, united-states
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Media giant Fairfax enters a trading halt pending an announcement about the future of its highly profitable real estate advertising business, Domain.
Topics: media, housing-industry, australia
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| UpdatedA raw and powerful Adelaide Fringe show deals with a range of perspectives after a suicide, with some of its cast members drawn from a mental health support group.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, carnivals-and-festivals, events, suicide, mental-health, health, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedWitnesses describe the moment a passenger plane crashes into a retail outlet near Essendon Airport, killing all five people on board. Follow live.
Topics: air-and-space, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, essendon-3040, vic, australia
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| UpdatedGlenice Grieve says she sent her son, Zak, news stories of a report criticising Darwin prison's facilities but the Corrections Department blocked their delivery.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, crime, human, government-and-politics, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedFive people die as a result of Victoria's worst civil aviation accident in 30 years, after a plane crashes into a shopping centre near Melbourne's Essendon Airport, authorities say.
Topics: accidents, air-and-space, disasters-and-accidents, fires, essendon-3040, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedA coal lobby group claims using "clean coal" would be a cheaper way to lower carbon emissions than renewable energy sources.
Topics: coal, electricity-energy-and-utilities, australia
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The Commonwealth Bank is accused of refusing to pay the full employer superannuation entitlement to more than 7,000 part-time workers.
Topics: superannuation, banking, australia
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| UpdatedThere are plans to wipe out one in five of Australia's remaining feral rabbits with a new strain of the calicivirus to be released next week.
Topics: animals, human-interest, rural, animal-science, animal-welfare, australia, act, wa, qld, tas, nt, nsw, sa
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A high security mental health facility in Melbourne — which houses killers and other serious criminals — is set to expand, months after staff rallied for more staff to deal with a jump in violence.
Topics: crime, prisons-and-punishment, mental-health, fairfield-3078, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedUnilever slumps in Europe after US food giant Kraft Heinz pulls its $US143 billion bid to take over the company, while Wall Street is closed for a holiday.
Topics: stockmarket, currency, futures, markets, takeovers, european-union, australia, united-kingdom, united-states