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An inquest into the death in custody of Indigenous man Steven Freeman hears he took a toxic level of methadone, which was given to him inside prison despite a lack of evidence he was addicted to opioids.
Topics: black-deaths-in-custody, prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, canberra-2600, act, australia
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This year is shaping up to be a memorable year for women in sport — depending on which sport you play.
Topics: australian-football-league, netball, rugby-7, sport, darwin-0800, australia
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| UpdatedWith thousands of new students starting university this week, an advocacy group claims violence against women is rife on Australian campuses, and there is a culture of covering up claims.
Topics: university-and-further-education, sexual-offences, crime-prevention, law-crime-and-justice, education, sydney-2000, the-university-of-sydney-2006, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedFormer Socceroo Steve Horvat slams Melbourne City's decision to appoint Bruno Fornaroli as captain this season and decries the lack of discipline and leadership in the A-League club.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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Official data show wages going backwards while company profits surge, with mining and construction leading the trend.
Topics: economic-trends, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedFlorence Northern has been using home care for three years after suffering a fall while getting out of bed — and now changes to the way it is funded could benefit her and thousands of other older Australians.
Topics: aged-care, federal-government, perth-6000, wa, australia
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Australian universities have been accused by advocacy group End Rape on Campus of covering up sexual assaults to protect their reputations as destinations for foreign students.
Topics: sexual-offences, university-and-further-education, australia
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| UpdatedElon Musk has suggested we merge with machines so we're not replaced by them — but that might only delay the inevitable, writes Michael Milford from QUT.
Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, science-and-technology, australia
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If you get scammed online it is likely you will never hear from police, let alone see justice done to the culprits, according to the head of Australia and New Zealand's cybercrime helpline.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime-prevention, fraud-and-corporate-crime, computers-and-technology, australia
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| UpdatedThere is "significant anecdotal evidence" of trauma to frontline personnel caused by having to retrieve bodies of asylum seekers killed trying to reach Australia by boat, the Border Force chief tells a Senate estimates hearing.
Topics: depression, defence-and-national-security, mental-health, suicide, refugees, federal-government, australia
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From love bombing and ether states, these are the emotional traps scammers are using against us.
Topics: crime, crime-prevention, law-crime-and-justice, fraud-and-corporate-crime, computers-and-technology, australia
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| UpdatedWhile there are pockets of antipathy towards Muslims, an overwhelming majority of Australians don't share it, writes Professor Riaz Hassan from Flinders University.
Topics: islam, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, multiculturalism, australia
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| UpdatedRefugees on Manus Island and Nauru have not yet been through vetting processes to determine whether they can resettle in the US, the Immigration Department tells a Senate committee.
Topics: refugees, immigration, world-politics, government-and-politics, federal-government, federal-parliament, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedWestpac, one of Australia's big four banks, investigates a major outage that has hit services at branches around the country.
Topics: banking, consumer-finance, money-and-monetary-policy, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia can build an affordable and secure electricity network with 100 per cent renewable energy, using existing technologies, according to research by the Australian National University.
Topics: energy, alternative-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, australia, australian-national-university-0200
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Kate Sheahan accepts her AFLW career could be over after just one minute on the field following a knee injury during her first game for Collingwood.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull blames poor polling on an "outburst" by his predecessor Tony Abbott late last week, which is being roundly condemned by cabinet ministers.
Topics: government-and-politics, abbott-tony, political-parties, liberals, polls, turnbull-malcolm, australia
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| UpdatedBarbara Arrowsmith-Young is the author of The Woman Who Changed Her Brain and her program on neuroplasticity is now being taught in a number of Australian schools.
Topics: brain-and-nervous-system, education, australia
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The black box is been credited with saving hundreds of lives, yet little is known about its inventor.
Topics: inventions, science-and-technology, air-and-space, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, defence-and-national-security, defence-industry, australia
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Troubled law firm Slater and Gordon admits it is effectively broke and operating at the mercy of its lenders.
Topics: company-news, law-crime-and-justice, australia
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| UpdatedFormer Bandido bikie Lionel Patea pleads guilty to murder after running his ex-partner's car off the road and bashing her with a metal plate while she was trapped in the wreckage.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, domestic-violence, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, molendinar-4214, southport-4215
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| UpdatedInsurer QBE reports a 23 per cent rise in profit to $US844 million ($1.1 billion) and plans to hand it back to shareholders through a billion-dollar share buyback.
Topics: insurance, company-news, australia
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Think you know your sport? Test your knowledge of the sporting week that was with our quiz.
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NBN CEO Bill Morrow explains the sometimes "complex" ways in which people can connect to the NBN when it becomes available in their area.
Topics: science-and-technology, internet-technology, australia
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten have swapped insults over penalty rates, with both parties accusing the other of hypocrisy.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, parliament, state-parliament, federal-government, australia