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The Melbourne Rebels' horror run of luck has contributed to a disappointing 56-18 loss to the Blues in the first game of the Super Rugby season.
Topics: super-rugby, rugby-union, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia, new-zealand
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Drug reform advocates welcome the Victorian Government's $1.3-million plan to provide greater support to drug users, overdose survivors and their families, but say the initiatives should be rolled out statewide.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, drug-use, addictive, states-and-territories, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedMatt Renshaw's half-century gives Australia reason to smile, but day one of the first Test against India in Pune goes largely as expected.
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Indonesia expresses concern over the rising popularity of Pauline Hanson's One Nation party and its anti-Islam platform in Australia, ahead of President Joko Widodo's visit this weekend.
Topics: foreign-affairs, community-and-society, government-and-politics, world-politics, one-nation, indonesia, australia
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A good party is never complete without a goodie bag, and the same goes for the party that celebrates Hollywood and the rich and famous — the Oscars.
Topics: academy-awards-oscars, event, united-states
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Australia's consumer watchdog plans to take legal action against more private health insurers this year, saying many patients are being slugged with unexpected hefty bills after hospital visits.
Topics: health-insurance, health, consumer-protection, australia
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Queensland children in residential care are being given medication to control their behaviour, without appropriate diagnosis and parental consent, the state's Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) says.
Topics: child-health-and-behaviour, health, public-sector, government-and-politics, drug-use, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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Police warn the public not to approach a Perth man who has disappeared from a care facility in Mount Claremont, as he may become violent.
Topics: missing-person, community-and-society, perth-6000
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One of Australia's largest Indigenous corporations is put under special administration after ongoing community concerns that it is failing to deliver services in the Northern Territory's Barkly region.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, corporate-governance, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, tennant-creek-0860
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About 1,000 people, many waving Palestinian flags, gather at Sydney's Town Hall saying they are embarrassed by the warm reception given to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Down Under.
Topics: protestant, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, world-politics, government-and-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedAttorney-General George Brandis was personally involved in the Bell Group matter one month earlier than he says he was, it has been claimed.
Topics: government-and-politics, business-economics-and-finance, canberra-2600
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US-backed Iraqi security forces closing in on the Islamic State-held western half of Mosul have stormed the city's airport and a nearby military base, state television says.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, iraq
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A new urine test for motor neurone disease could help improve treatments for the deadly neuro-degenerative condition, scientists say.
Topics: motor-neurone-disease, australia
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A man who allegedly abducted a woman who was seriously injured after throwing herself out of a moving car in a bid to get away, is extradited from Queensland to Western Australia more than 10 years later.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, perth-6000, brisbane-4000, chittering-6084
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| UpdatedOne of the imams behind yesterday's call for Muslims not to vote for the Liberal Party says the current political climate has forced them to take a stand.
Topics: multiculturalism, government-and-politics, elections, state-parliament, liberals, one-nation, greens, states-and-territories, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedIt is almost impossible to fathom director and performer Jonathon Young's personal story of tragedy, which he has drawn on to create the powerful dance theatre show Betroffenheit.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, theatre, dance, death, perth-6000
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Constitutional recognition, a treaty, statehood, and land rights are some of the main topics covered at a historical meeting of traditional owners in the Top End.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, reconciliation, constitution, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedWhen politicians push Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe on why he doesn't cut interest rates further if the economy needs it, he can rightly tell them, "because of you", writes Carrington Clarke.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, money-and-monetary-policy, australia
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| UpdatedThe battle lines for the next Queensland election are released, in what is the biggest redistribution of boundaries in decades.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, state-parliament, parliament, electoral-system, alp, political-parties, liberal-national-party-queensland, bob-katter, minor-parties, qld, brisbane-4000, mount-isa-4825
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| UpdatedA worker who stood alongside Opposition leader Bill Shorten complaining the penalty cuts would cost him $109 a week will not lose a dollar — and is a Labor Party member.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, political-parties, alp, canberra-2600, australia
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| UpdatedWhile the WA Premier was not amused by protesters in costume outside a Perth school, at least he got some love today from Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi, who tweeted her support for his government.
Topics: elections, public-schools, political-parties, wa
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| UpdatedFinancial counselling, career advice and training worth about $4,000 will be offered to every South Australian Coca-Cola employee who will be out of work by 2019.
Topics: unemployment, community-and-society, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, thebarton-5031, adelaide-5000, salisbury-north-5108, sa
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| UpdatedMexico reacts with anger to a Trump administration plan to deport non-Mexican illegal immigrants over their border if they entered the US from the southern neighbouring nation.
Topics: world-politics, community-and-society, immigration, united-states, mexico
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| UpdatedThe Fair Work Commission has cut Sunday and public holiday penalty rates for some workers. Use our calculator to find out the impact on you.
Topics: industrial-relations, federal-government, federal-parliament, australia
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The Tasmanian members of World War II's so-called 'Doomed Battalion' are remembered, 75 years after their capture by an overwhelming enemy force.
Topics: world-war-2, history, community-and-society, launceston-7250, tas