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President Donald Trump has sworn in a who's who of oil leaders, which analysts say give his administration a pro-petroleum bias that may hurt Australia.
Topics: oil-and-gas, business-economics-and-finance, trade, united-states, australia
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| UpdatedTwo teenage brothers from Canberra remain behind bars over an alleged social media blackmail scam that police say lured in victims on Grindr and Facebook.
Topics: social-media, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedSexual abuse in Australia's Catholic schools didn't come from nowhere. It took hold in systems where violence was not just condoned, but encouraged.
Topics: catholic, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, child-abuse, sexual-offences, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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Australian business investment continues to decline, defying a nascent global recovery in corporate expansion plans and threatening the nation's economic growth.
Topics: economic-trends, mining-industry, manufacturing, australia
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Eileen Piper has spent more than two decades waiting for the Melbourne Archdiocese to accept one of its priests abused her only daughter, Stephanie, who later committed suicide.
Topics: royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, child-abuse, catholic, sexual-offences, australia
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| UpdatedThe way you walk is almost as unique as your fingerprint, and a researcher at the University of Canberra hopes tracking the way older people move could be used to prevent potentially fatal falls.
Topics: older-people, health, medical-research, university-of-canberra-2617, canberra-2600, act, australia
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A Canberra man who grabbed his partner by the throat and choked her three years ago is resentenced and handed more jail time, after an error was made during the original sentencing.
Topics: assault, crime, law-crime-and-justice, calwell-2905, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedThe move to slash Sunday penalty rates could face a legal and political battle, with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten vowing to stop the cuts.
Topics: work, government-and-politics, unions, hospitality, retail, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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Australia Post's managing director Ahmed Fahour has resigned after he was the subject of intense criticism for his $5.6 million dollar annual salary.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, transport, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia's batsmen are under the pump as the first Test against India gets underway in Pune. Follow the action in our live blog.
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government's renewable energy target has proved a headache for Malcolm Turnbull, but what exactly is the RET and what is it hoped to achieve?
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, energy, australia
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The Kinora reel film has been acquired by the National Film and Sound Archive.
Topics: film-movies, cricket, australia
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| UpdatedElectricity retailers ERM Power and Alinta Energy opt to pay more than $130 million in penalties, rather than meeting their renewable energy obligations, raising fresh questions about the Renewable Energy Target.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, business-economics-and-finance, environment, climate-change, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia Post director Ahmed Fahour resigns just weeks after his $5.6 million was revealed by a Senate committee, which dismissed calls for it to be concealed from the public.
Topics: public-sector, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedFormer federal treasury head Ken Henry lashes out at the political and media dysfunction that he says has led to reform paralysis, saying over the last decade almost every major infrastructure project had turned into a fight.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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Solar energy is now cheaper in Australia than retail power prices in most capital cities after dropping 58 per cent in the past five years, the Climate Council says.
Topics: environment, electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, nuclear-energy, solar-energy, science-and-technology, energy, coal, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia Post's managing director Ahmed Fahour resigns, despite the business posting a large profit turnaround due to online shopping parcel deliveries.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, transport, australia
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| UpdatedA portable helmet being trialled by Australian paramedics that uses microwave technology to quickly diagnose a suspected stroke could help doctors save lives and intervene before major brain damage occurs.
Topics: stroke, health, diseases-and-disorders, inventions, australia
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| UpdatedSunday workers are not only employees, they're also customers. So what effect do you think stripping thousands of dollars from their pay will have on already fragile consumer spending?
Topics: economic-trends, work, australia
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“Grandstand basketball commentators Brett Sprigg and Tony Ronaldson discuss the contrasting styles of our two semi-final series and we hear from Australian great Mark Worthington after his final NBL game.”
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The Kinora reel film has been acquired by the National Film and Sound Archive.
Topics: film-movies, cricket, australia
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| UpdatedA remarkable film from 1901 of former Test cricketers KS Ranjitsinhji and CB Fry is painstakingly restored by the National Film and Sound Archive.
Topics: film-movies, community-and-society, art-history, history, cricket, sport, australia
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| UpdatedThe Kinora reel film has been acquired by the National Film and Sound Archive.
Topics: film-movies, cricket, australia
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| UpdatedWhen it comes to keeping fit, when do you tell yourself to stop griping and keep going — and when should you actually rest?
Topics: exercise-and-fitness, australia
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| UpdatedWhat are the arguments for and against to cut Sunday penalty rates for some hospitality, retail and fast-food workers?
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, industry, hospitality, retail, federal-government, australia