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Cambodia's authoritarian government changes the law covering political parties, in what some commentators are calling the "final triumph of dictatorship".
Topics: world-politics, law-crime-and-justice, cambodia, asia
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The Liberals continue to roll out the big guns on the campaign trail as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull appears on the hustings, while Labor accuses Mr Turnbull's colleague Christian Porter of a "grubby and nasty" personal attack.
Topics: elections, political-parties, wa
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| UpdatedRussell Jenkins of Geeveston says the RAW mental health service, now facing budget uncertainties, saved his life.
Topics: mental-health, community-and-society, charities, tas
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| UpdatedThe mother of a man who died after a police pursuit in Canberra's south tells a coronial inquest that while her son was "no innocent", his death had been devastating for their family.
Topics: courts-and-trials, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedA 27-year-old man faces court charged with the murder of an eight-week-old baby boy at Colac, in south-west Victoria, almost six years ago.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, geelong-3220, colac-3250
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| UpdatedThree passengers recount the moment an alleged gunman climbed into their Uber while parked outside a bottle shop in Brisbane, forcing the driver out of his car while warning them to "move along".
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, armed-robbery, spring-hill-4000, qld, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThe coal industry's multi-million-dollar advertising and lobbying campaign in the run-up to the last federal election was bankrolled by money deducted from state mining royalty payments and meant to fund research into "clean coal".
Topics: coal, environment, activism-and-lobbying, federal---state-issues, australia, qld, nsw
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Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory are not in agreement on whether section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act should be changed, a federal inquiry hears.
Topics: race-relations, community-and-society, darwin-0800, nt
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| UpdatedIf you've been following tech news lately you'll know the industry is facing a bit of a skills shortage in Australia. So with major companies like Google and government departments seeking out tech gurus, what is causing this decline?
Topics: education, subjects, science-and-technology, computers-and-technology, internet-technology, australia
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| UpdatedThe Commonwealth formally concedes evidence used to demonstrate an Indonesian was an adult rather than a child during a people smuggling case was unreliable, as a court considers whether to quash the conviction entirely.
Topics: courts-and-trials, immigration, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedThe NT Government says the matter of compensation for native title holders in Timber Creek is a test case for the nation, with Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia facing the possibility of similar claims.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, indigenous-policy, native-title, courts-and-trials, timber-creek-0852
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| UpdatedThe Australian Cricketers Association accuses Cricket Australia of withholding important financial information as their pay dispute remains unresolved.
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| UpdatedThe second turbine at Adelaide's Pelican Point power station, which had to be fired up after load shedding earlier this month, has been losing money for years, its operator says.
Topics: energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, government-and-politics, port-adelaide-5015, sa, australia
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Records tumble as the NBA's best take to the court in the annual All Star game, with Anthony Davis, Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant in the limelight.
Topics: basketball, sport, united-states
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| UpdatedA husband and wife are accused of abandoning their dairy herd on a Bass Strait island, leaving pregnant cows and calves to fend for themselves.
Topics: animal-welfare, law-crime-and-justice, livestock, animals, king-island-7256
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| UpdatedA Melbourne family says their 72-year-old father may have seen something he was not meant to see before he was shot in the head while cycling on a trail south-east of Wangaratta on Saturday.
Topics: crime, assault, everton-3678
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Water pipes are being upgraded to PVC and pipeline replacement efforts are accelerated after Adelaide faced a series of burst mains, flooding roads and properties.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, states-and-territories, adelaide-5000, sa, paradise-5075
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| UpdatedTiahleigh Palmer was one of 46 Queensland children in the child protection system who died in 2015-16, in a case the Government has described as "tragic". Take a look at what could be changing as authorities hope to prevent similar incidents.
Topics: family-and-children, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, crime, crime-prevention, government-and-politics, state-parliament, parliament, qld, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedA Sydney magistrate denies bail to Shahab Ahmed, who is accused of stabbing his wife to death in Parramatta on Saturday night, describing an account the 33-year-old gave to police as "chilling"
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, domestic-violence, parramatta-2150
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| UpdatedA key Crown witness had a motive to ensure Gordon Wood was convicted of murdering model Caroline Byrne, because he was writing a book titled Evidence for Murder: How Physics Convicted a Killer, a court hears.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedProtesters picket outside an LNG plant near Port Moresby as Papua New Guinea's government withholds long overdue royalties.
Topics: activism-and-lobbying, oil-and-gas, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedWA Opposition Leader Mark McGowan accuses a senior Turnbull Government minister of disrespecting every Australian who has served in the military with his remarks at a Liberal Party function
Topics: elections, political-parties, wa
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| UpdatedCan you guess these movies based on their terrible pitches?
Topics: film-movies, academy-awards-oscars, united-states
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| UpdatedIce has been called the most dangerous and destructive drug of our time. But what exactly does it do to your body?
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| UpdatedOne of three mates who emerged unharmed after their boat overturned in crocodile-inhabited waters says he won't be buying a lottery ticket after the experience.
Topics: crocodile, animal-attacks, human-interest, darwin-0800