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| UpdatedAustralia coughs up the Chappell-Hadlee trophy and could soon the lose number one ODI ranking having lost the third ODI against New Zealand by 24 runs.
Topics: cricket, sport, new-zealand
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The so-called "Trump Trade" bounces back on news the new administration will be taking the knife to tougher bank laws put in place in the wake of the GFC.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, international-financial-institutions, consumer-finance, international-financial-crisis, united-states, china, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia loses the series and the Chappell-Hadlee trophy with a 24-run loss in the third ODI against New Zealand. Follow all the action with our live stats, scores and commentary.
Topics: cricket, sport, new-zealand, australia
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| UpdatedChina's e-commerce giant Alibaba sets up in Melbourne, but the Australian Retailers Association warns this could increase pressure on local businesses already doing it tough.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, globalisation---economy, retail, industry, melbourne-3000, australia, china
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Western Sydney Wanderers' lacklustre A-League season sparks into life with an emphatic 3-1 win over Wellington Phoenix.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, new-zealand, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedA former Manus Island refugee who had intended to seek asylum in Fiji is charged with falsifying passport documents after being deported and returned to Papua New Guinea, police say.
Topics: world-politics, foreign-affairs, refugees, international-law, papua-new-guinea, fiji, australia, pacific
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| UpdatedForeign Minister Julie Bishop says US officials are continuing to interview asylum seekers in Nauru as part of the refugee deal with America, despite lingering uncertainty over the agreement.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, turnbull-malcolm, donald-trump, world-politics, australia, nauru, united-states
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| UpdatedChinese cuisine is popular the world over, but one group who struggle with it is vegetarians. Meat is nearly always on the table, no matter what part of China the cuisine comes from.
Topics: diet-and-nutrition, food-and-cooking, food-safety, food-and-beverage, health, china, asia
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A delegation of farmers and food manufacturers from the Toowoomba region in Queensland make history by flying to Shanghai to learn Chinese business practices.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, trade, business-economics-and-finance, china
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The top United Nations human rights official says Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi has promised to investigate UN allegations of atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, law-crime-and-justice, burma, asia
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| UpdatedA heavily pregnant woman being held at the offshore processing centre on Nauru is flown to Australia for treatment at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.
Topics: refugees, health, immigration, community-and-society, government-and-politics, federal-government, reproduction-and-contraception, pregnancy-and-childbirth, australia, nauru
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| UpdatedLow-cost airline Tigerair ceases its Australia to Bali flights permanently, saying the Indonesian Government refused to provide regulatory approval for the flights.
Topics: air-transport, industry, bali, indonesia, perth-6000, melbourne-3000, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedAn Iranian refugee who fled from Manus Island to Fiji seeking asylum is deported back to Papua New Guinea.
Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, world-politics, government-and-politics, fiji, papua-new-guinea, pacific, australia
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China's first supermodel partners with the iconic Woolmark Company to produce a fashion range made almost entirely from Australian merino wool.
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Some of the nation's biggest legal heavy-hitters push the Australian Government to end the death penalty worldwide.
Topics: death, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, laws, human, australia, indonesia
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| UpdatedThe refugees Australia sent to Manus Island say they are not surprised President Donald Trump has expressed doubts about a plan to resettle them in the United States.
Topics: refugees, world-politics, donald-trump, papua-new-guinea, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedUS Defence Secretary James Mattis has started his first trip abroad by reassuring a key Asian ally, South Korea, of the United States' continued support.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, korea-republic-of, united-states
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New Zealand Cricket and local authorities agree to an urgent inquiry into why the second ODI between the Black Caps and Australia was abandoned without a ball being bowled.
Topics: cricket, sport, new-zealand
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| UpdatedAlongside the impossible pain and hefty medical expenses, acid attack victims are often faced with a closed door when attempting to re-enter society and find work. But they are now asking employers to see their skills, not their scars.
Topics: women, assault, domestic-violence, india
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| UpdatedPapua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill orders an investigation into allegations two of his senior ministers profited from a fraudulent land deal that will see the relocation of a naval base 10 kilometres inland.
Topics: corruption, law-crime-and-justice, papua-new-guinea, asia, pacific
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| UpdatedA sodden outfield leads to the abandonment of the second trans-Tasman ODI in Napier, with both Australia and New Zealand deeming the surface unsafe.
Topics: cricket, sport, new-zealand, australia
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| UpdatedUS Defence Secretary James Mattis starts his first trip abroad by reassuring a key Asian ally of the United States' continued support.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, unrest-conflict-and-war, united-states, japan, korea-republic-of
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| UpdatedChina may be a place of endless business opportunity and excitement but Elders China CEO Craig Aldous shares some advice about patience and sticking to what you know.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, trade, rural, lifestyle-and-leisure, beef-cattle, china, australia
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| UpdatedOne of China's richest men reveals plans to invest $1 billion in Australian agriculture businesses by the end of the decade after injecting $200 million into a Queensland beef exporter and a New South Wales dairy venture.
Topics: agribusiness, beef-cattle, livestock, rural, business-economics-and-finance, kilcoy-4515, gooloogong-2805, china
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| UpdatedA team of American and Indian scientists say they have found the cause of a mystery illness that kills more than a hundred children a year in northern India: too many lychees on an empty stomach.
Topics: health, medical-research, research, human-interest, india