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Perth barrister Lloyd Rayney suffered a "dreadful stain on his reputation" after being named as a suspect in his wife's death, the WA Supreme Court is told.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, police, perth-6000, kings-park-6005, como-6152
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As the world needs to produce more food to feed a larger and wealthier population, climate change is impacting a number of staple crops around the world.
Topics: climate-change, environment, agricultural-crops, rural, australia
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The demolition of Parramatta Stadium begins, with drone footage showing seats ripped out, stands torn down and the site almost levelled to make way for Sydney's "future home of sport".
Topics: sport, states-and-territories, parramatta-2150
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| UpdatedA Malaysian court charges two women — one Indonesian and one Vietnamese — with murder over their alleged involvement in the killing of the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, world-politics, malaysia, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, asia
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Centrelink's decision to release a welfare recipient's personal information to a journalist is unprecedented and will have a chilling impact on public criticism, lawyers say.
Topics: welfare, law-crime-and-justice, federal-government, government-and-politics, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedA pair of New South Wales sheep farmers discover snakes have eyes bigger than their stomachs, after pulling an entire snake from the corpse of another.
Topics: rural, endangered-and-protected-species, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedBrisbane records its hottest summer, with February's average maximum temperature hitting 32.6 degrees Celsius, the Bureau of Meteorology says, but did not come close to those in the state's south and west where there were record stretches of hot weather.
Topics: phenomena, weather, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, maroochydore-4558, southport-4215, toowoomba-4350, birdsville-4482, st-george-4487, thargomindah-4492, cunnamulla-4490, bollon-4488, dalby-4405, oakey-4401
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| UpdatedA 23-year-old Ballarat woman who was vomiting and had a fever died hours after being told she probably had a virus and was not sick enough to be taken to hospital, an inquest is told.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, death, health, emergency-incidents, ballarat-3350, vic, australia
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| UpdatedTasmania's Aboriginal Centre proposes having Aboriginal seats in the state's Parliament, saying Indigenous people are "locked out" of elections.
Topics: government-and-politics, indigenous-culture, indigenous-policy, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, hobart-7000, tas
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| UpdatedAndrew Bogut will join the Cleveland Cavaliers as early as this weekend, according to his agent.
Topics: sport, basketball, united-states, australia
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump is making his first address before a joint sitting of the US Congress. Follow our live blog for updates.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, united-states
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A Gold Coast magistrate grants an application to extradite a man wanted in New South Wales over the death of his wife in 2015 after their car plunged into the Tweed River.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, road, southport-4215, tweed-heads-2485, lismore-2480
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Former Silver Fern Tania Dalton dies peacefully in Auckland, nearly a week after suffering a brain aneurysm.
Topics: netball, sport, new-zealand
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A South Australian truck driver who was under the influence of drugs when he ploughed into a group of cyclists apologises to the family of the man he killed, but they say he should face the maximum penalty to send a message to the trucking industry.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, port-pirie-5540, port-augusta-5700, sa
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A report commissioned by CommInsure into claims of unethical behaviour at the Commonwealth Bank's insurance arm clears the life insurer of "systemic" and "cultural" problems, despite not speaking to any of the victims nor Benjamin Koh, the whistleblower who revealed the scandal.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, consumer-protection, consumer-finance, banking, insurance, regulation, health, australia
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The first patients to be legally allowed access medical cannabis in Victoria are a group of 29 critically ill children with severe epilepsy.
Topics: health, alternative-medicine, vic
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| UpdatedThe lawyer for a man accused of manufacturing 3D printed guns says his client is a fan of science fiction whose hobby got "out of hand", but a judge denies him bail saying "being a nerd" is not reason enough for release.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, computers-and-technology, waverley-2024
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| UpdatedPolitics in the Trump era lifted some of its narrative from the script of the latest X-Men film, according to Hugh Jackman, aka Wolverine.
Topics: film-movies, arts-and-entertainment, action, actor, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedAn Australian Navy patrol ship will pass over one of Australia's most significant war graves, 75 years after HMAS Perth succumbed to the Japanese.
Topics: navy, world-war-2, history, australia, indonesia
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| UpdatedA special needs school in Canberra was not informed until recently a retired priest accused of inappropriate behaviour towards children was living nearby, the Catholic Church admits.
Topics: community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedAustralia's economy grows a strong 1.1 per cent in the fourth quarter, averting a technical recession, but it is business profits not workers' pay packets where the benefits are being felt.
Topics: economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, australia
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| UpdatedToulon suspends former Wallaby James O'Connor over alleged attempts to buy cocaine, with the French club set to decide his future next week.
Topics: sport, rugby-union, france, australia
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| UpdatedPublic servants from the nation's chemical regulator are being forced to work from a local fast food restaurant in northern New South Wales, due to a lack of office space.
Topics: federal-government, federal-parliament, public-sector, canberra-2600, armidale-2350, australia, act, nsw
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| UpdatedThe Queensland Government halts the delivery of new trains for Queensland Rail from the manufacturer in India, because of ongoing problems with their operation, with Transport Minister Jackie Trad blaming the former government for placing the order.
Topics: rail-transport, public-sector, state-parliament, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedUS Olympic champion diver Greg Louganis says Australia's sporting codes must keep an open dialogue on sexuality if they want any hope of making gay players feel comfortable.
Topics: sport, gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, australia