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It's always distressing and tragic when we hear a report of shark attack. But what is the actual likelihood of dying due to a shark encounter in Australia and how concerned should you be?
Topics: offbeat, human-interest, lifestyle, lifestyle-and-leisure, community-and-society, death, australia, wa, vic, tas, sa, qld, nt, nsw, act
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| UpdatedThe twin-engined aircraft that crashed at Essendon on Tuesday was certified to be able to climb despite the failure of the critical engine on take-off, writes air safety expert Geoffrey Dell.
Topics: air-and-space, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, essendon-3040, vic, australia
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| UpdatedSydney FC coach Graham Arnold says the obscene banner showed by Wanderers fans has distressed his family, as the club suspends membership of 14 fans in the Red and Black Bloc.
Topics: sport, soccer, a-league, antisocial-behaviour, sydney-2000, homebush-bay-2127, nsw, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedA Texas man who was killed when a plane crashed into a Melbourne shopping centre is remembered as a golf-loving "lawyer's lawyer" who was enjoying his retirement.
Topics: air-and-space, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, essendon-3040, vic, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedMelbourne man Boris Trajkov, lauded for services to the Macedonian community, is charged with serious drugs offences and is being pursued over millions of dollars missing from a charity he helped found.
Topics: courts-and-trials, fraud-and-corporate-crime, drug-offences, charities, crime, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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The family of a Victorian pearl diver who died off WA's north-west coast welcomes the scheduling of an inquest five years on, saying lives continue to be put at risk by alleged dubious safety practices.
Topics: courts-and-trials, accidents---other, broome-6725, wa, vic, perth-6000
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| UpdatedVictorian Premier Daniel Andrews defends the safety record of Essendon Airport after yesterday's deadly plane crash, but says safety improvements will be made if they are needed.
Topics: states-and-territories, disasters-and-accidents, accidents, air-and-space, essendon-3040, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedIf you want to know who's going to win the Oscars, your best bet is the bookmakers.
Topics: film-movies, arts-and-entertainment, academy-awards-oscars, australia, act, nsw, nt, qld, sa, tas, vic, wa
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| UpdatedIn the wake of yesterday's fatal crash, locals say they are concerned suburbs around Essendon Airport do not have enough of a buffer zone if planes have problems.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, air-and-space, essendon-3040, vic, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedAn American man who was among five people killed when a plane crashed into a Melbourne shopping centre was on a "once in a lifetime" trip in Australia, his family says.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, air-and-space, essendon-3040, melbourne-3000, united-states, vic
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Witnesses describe the moment a passenger plane crashed into a retail outlet near Essendon Airport in Melbourne's north, killing all five people on board, February 21, 2017.
Topics: air-and-space, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, fires, melbourne-3000, essendon-3040, vic
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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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| UpdatedA Melbourne man says he and his wife were lucky not to be hurt after a plane that crashed into the side of a shopping centre exploded just 20 metres from his car.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, air-and-space, essendon-3040, melbourne-3000, vic
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Professional Footballers Australia has just released ambitious plans to make Australia's W-League the biggest in the world.
Topics: australian-football-league, vic
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Topics: accidents---other, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, essendon-3040, vic, australia
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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews holds a press conference after a plane, carrying five people, crashed into the DFO shopping centre near Essendon Airport.
Topics: air-and-space, disasters-and-accidents, accidents, melbourne-3000, vic, essendon-3040
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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. Look back at how events unfolded.
Topics: air-and-space, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, essendon-3040, vic, australia
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| UpdatedFive people, including a pilot with almost 40 years of charter flying experience (pictured) and four US citizens, 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.
Topics: accidents, air-and-space, disasters-and-accidents, fires, essendon-3040, melbourne-3000, vic
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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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| UpdatedSES crews are scouring bushland where a decomposed body was found north-west of Melbourne, about 30 kilometres from where a previous search was conducted for missing Avondale Heights mother Karen Ristevski.
Topics: crime, mount-macedon-3441, macedon-3440, vic
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| UpdatedThirty-two homes and businesses will be demolished as part of the level crossing removal program on the Frankston train line in Melbourne's south-east.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, road-transport, community-and-society, cheltenham-3192, mentone-3194, vic, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedGastric band surgery should be made more widely available, researchers say, after a study found the procedure had major benefits to overweight people with type-two diabetes.
Topics: health, diet-and-nutrition, diabetes, obesity, melbourne-3000, vic
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Another last-ball Twenty20 loss ensures more debate about the Australian cricket team's schedule.
Topics: twenty20, cricket, sport, geelong-3220, vic, australia
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As locals on Melbourne's south-western fringe fight plans for a youth justice centre in their suburb, the ABC speaks to residents of Ararat, in Victoria's west, about what it it is like to live near a prison.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, community-and-society, regional, law-crime-and-justice, crime, ararat-3377, vic, melbourne-3000, werribee-3030
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Is year 12 really worth all the stress, and does it prepare you for the real world? Students who self-documented their entire final year for the ABC give their verdicts.
Topics: secondary-schools, schools, education, australia, wa, vic, tas, sa, qld, nt, nsw, act, kununurra-6743