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The AFP had two intelligence reports assessing the backpack "bomb" worn by Sydney siege gunman Man Haron Monis during the 17-hour attack, but the inquest heard they were not shared with the NSW police running the operation.
Topics: police-sieges, police, law-crime-and-justice, sydney-2000
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El Salvador's widespread violence turns an unexpected corner with the brutal and fatal beating of the national zoo's beloved hippopotamus named Gustavito.
Topics: animals, law-crime-and-justice, el-salvador
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A man with autism who murdered his "controlling and demeaning" father with a dumbbell is not a cruel, calculating killer, his lawyer says.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, port-noarlunga-5167, adelaide-5000, sa
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Former US President George W Bush defends the role of a free press in the wake of Donald Trump's attacks on the media.
Topics: donald-trump, us-elections, immigration, media, print-media, world-politics, united-states
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Australian adults are about to get a major dental check-up, in the first national oral health study in more than a decade.
Topics: dental, health-policy, medical-research, australia
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The GWS Giants are making their presence felt amid the crowded Australian sporting landscape, with franchises in the AFL, AFLW and Super Netball.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, netball, blacktown-2148
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| UpdatedMethane emissions gain less attention than emissions of carbon dioxide in the climate change debate, yet, when it comes to global warming, methane matters.
Topics: greenhouse-gas, climate-change, environment, energy, pollution, environmental-technology, chinchilla-4413
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The WA Nationals leader declares only his party has a viable plan to repair the deficit and debt plaguing the state's finances, labelling the major political parties' budget strategies flawed and doomed to fail.
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, elections, mining-industry, wa
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| UpdatedThe national energy regulator takes the highly unusual step of reassuring South Australians that it is not forecasting supply shortfalls as temperatures reach the high 30s over the next four days.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, states-and-territories, parliament, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, alternative-energy, environment, sa, adelaide-5000
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's investigation into the nation's biggest payday lender Cash Converters is branded as inadequate by consumer advocates after it left thousands of vulnerable Australians unable to claim compensation for unsuitable loans.
Topics: consumer-finance, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedPort Adelaide president David Koch repeats his threat that the Gold Coast Suns will not play again in China if they wear red-and-gold jumpers in Shanghai.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, adelaide-5000, sa, carrara-4211, qld, australia, china
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Melbourne Mayor Robert Doyle lashes out at a noisy "mob" who conducted a "threatening demonstration" outside his home over the eviction of homeless people from the city's CBD.
Topics: local-government, activism-and-lobbying, homelessness, community-and-society, melbourne-3000
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A Perth childcare operator introduces photo identification badges for parents in a bid to further bolster security, saying despite the inconvenience it's necessary to protect kids.
Topics: child-care, family-and-children, child-abuse, safety, human-interest, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA 42-year-old man is arrested for allegedly seeking to advise the Islamic State group on how to develop high-tech weaponry, including long-range guided missiles, at Young, north-west of Canberra.
Topics: terrorism, police-sieges, crime, law-crime-and-justice, young-2594, nsw, canberra-2600, act, australia
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People living on low incomes in coastal regions of NSW are faring just as badly as city dwellers as they hunt for an affordable roof over their head.
Topics: homelessness, community-and-society, poverty, housing, government-and-politics, nowra-2541, nsw, australia
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Australia needs stronger laws and tougher enforcement to counter fake drugs, writes Bruce Arnold from the University of Canberra.
Topics: health, pharmaceuticals, australia
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The developer who built the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Vancouver and already owns a hotel in Sydney and Melbourne rules out bringing the Trump name to Australia in the immediate future.
Topics: donald-trump, business-economics-and-finance, world-politics, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedWA Liberals say candidate Lily Chen did the wrong thing by handing out free bottles of wine while doorknocking for next month's state election, but say she did so "in recognition of Chinese New Year".
Topics: elections, political-parties, liberals, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, mirrabooka-6061
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| UpdatedThe man convicted of Adelaide girl Louise Bell's 1983 murder argues DNA technology advances still leave doubt about the case made against him.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, hackham-5163, adelaide-5000, sa
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Communications Minister Mitch Fifield faces hostile questioning about why he did not know the specifics of Ahmed Fahour's multi-million-dollar salary as chief executive of Australia Post.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, transport, management, regulation, australia
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Former Young Queenslander of the Year Jean Madden says she will continue fighting charges she misappropriated more than $440,000 from a charity she founded, adding she has "never done a dishonest thing in my life".
Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, fraud-and-corporate-crime, courts-and-trials, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedAustralia Post chairman John Stanhope admits it was a mistake to try and hide its director's $5.6 million pay packet from the public to avoid media scrutiny and reputation damage.
Topics: federal-government, business-economics-and-finance, public-sector, australia
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| UpdatedVeterinarians in Sydney's west are running low on a vaccine to protect domestic rabbits against a new strain of calicivirus, which is being introduced across Australia this week to kill the animals in the wild.
Topics: pests, pest-management, animals, sydney-2000, orange-2800, nsw
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A 15-year-old boy becomes the third youth arrested over the violent robbery of an elderly woman in Alice Springs.
Topics: crime, community-and-society, alice-springs-0870
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| UpdatedA surge in commodity prices and exports, as well as reasonable government and household spending, are almost certain to keep Australia out of recession.
Topics: economic-trends, australia