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Allrounder Asela Gunaratne blasts Sri Lanka to a stunning two-wicket T20 win over Australia, securing an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
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| UpdatedUS-backed Iraqi forces launch an offensive to dislodge Islamic State militants from the western half of Mosul city, which has been in the hands of extremists since 2014.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, iraq
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| UpdatedMalaysian police are working with Interpol to track down four North Koreans believed to be connected to the murder of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of Kim Jong-un.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, police, malaysia, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, asia
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A double to star striker Besart Berisha leads Melbourne Victory to a resounding win over Central Coast.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, gosford-2250, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedSri Lanka bests Australia, taking out their second Twenty20 game by two wickets and establishing an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Topics: twenty20, cricket, sport, geelong-3220, vic, australia
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The Philippine army will create a battalion-sized task force to help the government's anti-narcotics agency run after high-level targets in President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, the country's military chief says.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, drug-offences, law-crime-and-justice, army, philippines, asia
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Teammates, friends and opponents express their grief on social media about the death of former Wallaby Dan Vickerman.
Topics: rugby-union, social-media, death, sport, australia
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Six months after his pledge to set a base level for WA's GST share, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is set to face hard questions about how it will be done and when.
Topics: elections, tax, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedThousands of people pour into centre of Canberra to enjoy the sights, sounds and flavours of the three-day National Multicultural Festival.
Topics: multiculturalism, community-and-society, canberra-2600, act, australia
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The Southern Stars fall eight runs short of New Zealand's revised total after the Aussies lose three wickets in the final over of their chase.
Topics: twenty20, cricket, sport, geelong-3220, vic, australia
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| UpdatedLabor is pledging local jobs while the Liberal Party emphasises its political record after two terms in office, as the parties make their formal pitches for Western Australia's vote in the upcoming March election to the sounds of Daft Punk and ACDC.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, elections, wa
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A 15-year-old is arrested is arrested over a his suspected involvement in a home invasion and an assault on an 87-year-old woman.
Topics: crime, youth, alice-springs-0870
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An overnight issue with Suncorp Bank's systems causes some accounts to appear anywhere between $15 and $1,400 overdrawn.
Topics: banking, industry, business-economics-and-finance, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThree men in Kakadu National Park are lucky to have emerged unharmed after their small boat overturned in crocodile-inhabited waters, forcing two of them to swim across the South Alligator River, police say.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, animals, jabiru-0886
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| UpdatedThe rugby world is in shock after the death of Dan Vickerman, a veteran of 63 Tests for the Wallabies, aged 37.
Topics: rugby-union, death, sport, australia
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A multi-million-dollar campaign to counter racist attacks, abuse and discrimination is launched by the Victorian Government in response to the perceived rise of extreme-right groups.
Topics: race-relations, community-and-society, state-parliament, parliament, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedMore than 12,000 insurance claims are lodged with damages at an estimated $31 million following the hailstorm that hammered parts of Sydney and Wollongong on Saturday.
Topics: storm-event, insurance, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedA nine-year-old girl missing from north of Brisbane since this morning, sparking an Amber Alert from Queensland police, is found safe and well.
Topics: community-and-society, missing-person, caboolture-4510, qld
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| UpdatedPolice believe a 20-year-old man whose body was recovered from the ocean this morning north of the Western Australian town of Augusta may have fallen off rocks.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, augusta-6290, wa
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| UpdatedClyde Stubblefield, a drummer for James Brown who created one of the most widely sampled drum breaks ever, dies aged 73.
Topics: music, arts-and-entertainment, early-music, music-industry, blues, rock, soul, hip-hop, united-states
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A United States aircraft carrier strike group begins patrols in the South China Sea amid growing tension with Beijing over control of the disputed waterway.
Topics: territorial-disputes, defence-and-national-security, world-politics, foreign-affairs, united-states, china, asia, pacific
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| UpdatedCaptain Erin Phillips' long-range goal gives Adelaide a thrilling three-point win over Carlton and keeps the Crows' unbeaten streak going.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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Boutique arts and music events in South Australia face what organisers say can be a "really complex regulatory environment", but efforts are underway to achieve simpler legislation.
Topics: community-and-multicultural-festivals, community-and-society, arts-and-entertainment, activism-and-lobbying, adelaide-5000, sa
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Relationships will always change when a partner becomes a carer. But what happens to a relationship when one partner has dementia? Dr Ranjana Srivastiva shares one couple's journey.
Topics: alzheimers-and-dementia, carers, health, euthanasia, australia
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| UpdatedPolice charge a man with the murder of his partner, who was fatally stabbed in Sydney's west overnight in what is being described as a case of domestic violence.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, police, domestic-violence, parramatta-2150