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| UpdatedAustralia is well on its way to eradicating the potentially deadly virus Hepatitis C by 2026 thanks to aggressive funding of treatments and cures, researchers say.
Topics: hepatitis, healthcare-facilities, australia
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| UpdatedPreventing sexual violence is everyone's responsibility, but we need to be careful about how we do it, writes Bianca Fileborn from UNSW.
Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, australia, vic, tas, qld, sa, nt, nsw, wa
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Seven West Media presents a court with emails from former employee Amber Harrison where she declares "war" on her former lover, the company's chief executive Tim Worner.
Topics: media, courts-and-trials, management, australia, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedLeading economists criticise the logic behind a failed push to extend working hours at the Australian Tax Office by nine minutes a day, saying productivity is increased by working smarter rather than longer.
Topics: public-sector, government-and-politics, tax, australia
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| UpdatedWhat would you say to your 20-year-old self? Personal trainer, yoga teacher and fitness writer Cassie White sets her younger self straight on exercise, anxiety and booze.
Topics: health, exercise-and-fitness, australia
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Topics: accidents---other, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, essendon-3040, vic, australia
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Earlier this month two men allegedly stormed a Gordon home shooting a man and woman in the backside and arm.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, gordon-2906, canberra-2600, act, australia
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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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| 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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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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| 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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| 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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| 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
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| UpdatedExploration could be about to take off with the Australian Antarctic Division investigating a new year-round runway site on the icy continent.
Topics: science-and-technology, earth-sciences, research, engineering, environment, antarctica, australia
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Australia are upbeat the pitch in Pune will ensure the toss does not decide who takes the early advantage in their four-Test series against India.
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Human rights advocate Julian Burnside says systems of social support should lean more towards being "too generous" than "too mean", February 20, 2017.
Topics: federal-government, rights, law-crime-and-justice, australia
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Julian Burnside asks George Brandis if asylum seekers who come to Australia have committed any offence, February 20, 2017.
Topics: refugees, immigration, federal-government, australia, nauru
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George Brandis says when a notice is issued people 'can contact Centrelink' to resolve any problems, February 20, 2017.
Topics: federal-government, australia
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Q&A questioner asks George Brandis about reviews of disability pensions, February 20, 2017.
Topics: carers, disabilities, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedAttorney-General George Brandis draws laughter from the Q&A audience as he suggests victims of the Government's error-plagued automated debt recovery system can simply contact Centrelink to have their case resolved.
Topics: welfare, refugees, human, immigration, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedProsecutors in Bali will today outline the punishment they want handed down to Byron Bay woman Sara Connor and her British boyfriend over the killing of a policeman. This is the case against them.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, bali, australia
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| UpdatedIt appears either Matt Renshaw or Usman Khawaja will miss out on selection for the first Test against India, after coach Darren Lehmann says "it's a tight call" between the Queensland pair.
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| UpdatedThe boss of Bluescope Steel says Australia is facing an energy catastrophe. He's calling for gas base load power to supersede ageing coal-fired stations, arguing it's both secure and environmentally friendly. Bluescope Steel's CEO Paul O'Malley speaks to Elysse.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, australia