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Road upgrades, Lisa Scaffidi, and the arts get a mention on the campaign trail, as Mark McGowan reiterates his promise to sack Perth City Council and both parties make further funding commitments.
Topics: elections, political-parties, wa
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Mitchell Marsh says Australia's pace spearhead Mitchell Starc remains the tourists' biggest weapon ahead of the second Test against India, despite the spinners stealing the show in Pune.
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It took billions of years for most of the Earth's minerals to form, but scientists say hundreds more have been created in the years since the industrial revolution.
Topics: geology, research, science-and-technology, mineral-sands, archaeology, united-states, australia
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| UpdatedHalf the world's population will be affected by myopia by 2050 because children are spending too much time indoors, according to researchers.
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A domestic violence order filed by a woman the day before her partner murdered her could have been the catalyst for the violent attack, a prosecutor tells the sentencing hearing of Darren Ashley.
Topics: domestic-violence, law-crime-and-justice, crime-prevention, darwin-0800, alice-springs-0870
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A survivor of clerical sexual abuse leaves the Vatican's commission, accusing those involved of hiding behind "silence and secrecy" to avoid dealing with the issue.
Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, religion-and-beliefs, child-abuse, catholic, holy-see-vatican-city-state
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Northern Territory Park Rangers are warning people to stay out of Top End rivers and creeks, after a large saltwater crocodile was pulled from the a waterway in the Litchfield National Park.
Topics: animals, batchelor-0845
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| UpdatedA Brisbane man tells the Supreme Court his first thought upon discovering the body of his daughter on his lounge room floor was to get rid of a bong before calling police.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, child-abuse, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedA 41-year-old Canberra man changes his plea over the death of another man at the Stuart Flats in Griffith last year.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, crime, griffith-2603, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedLabor MP Linda Burney asks the Australian Federal Police to determine whether Human Services Minister Alan Tudge broke the law by disclosing a welfare recipient's personal information to a journalist.
Topics: welfare, community-and-society, police, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedEven from across the globe in London Lloyd Rayney has been recognised, his multi-million-dollar defamation trial hears, as the Perth barrister reveals the stress at being named the "prime and only suspect" in his wife's murder.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedContractors' links to bikie gangs are discovered alongside dozens of major safety breaches and defects during a police safety blitz on vehicles involved in Sydney's WestConnex project.
Topics: road-transport, road, law-crime-and-justice, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedNeighbours to a Hobart property demolished without a permit are outraged after the owner of the home returns to assist a licensed asbestos removalist with the clean-up, despite facing hefty penalties over the demolition.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, local-government, mount-stuart-7000
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| UpdatedNationals leader Barnaby Joyce says cane growers would "rip" his head off if he prioritised changes to Section 18C over resolving a major foreign ownership dispute in George Christensen's electorate.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, race-relations, community-and-society, australia
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Colombia's leftist FARC rebels begin the process of surrendering their weapons under a landmark peace deal with the Government to put in end to Latin America's longest-running conflict.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, government-and-politics, colombia
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Badgerys Creek residents lose a court appeal to allow them to stay in their homes which sit in the path of Sydney's new airport.
Topics: air-transport, community-and-society, badgerys-creek-2171, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedThere is a widening of inequality between younger Australians whose parents own a home and those who do not, leaving children without wealthy parents with less opportunities over their lifetime, a new report shows.
Topics: housing, housing-industry, consumer-finance, economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, human-interest, government-and-politics, australia
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Liberal senator Zed Seselja is accusing his Nationals colleagues of parochialism over their campaign to move public servants to regional Australia.
Topics: public-sector, government-and-politics, canberra-2600, act, australia, armidale-2350, nsw
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| UpdatedA Hong Kong man caught with more than 300 kilograms of methylamphetamine — the largest seizure of the drug in Western Australia — will have to spend at least 18 years behind bars.
Topics: drug-offences, drugs-and-substance-abuse, courts-and-trials, police, perth-6000, wa, canning-vale-6155, south-hedland-6722
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| UpdatedTop Democrats call on US Attorney-General Jeff Sessions to resign after it emerges he had two conversations with the Russian ambassador during the presidential campaign last year, but failed to disclose them at his confirmation hearing.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, foreign-affairs, united-states
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| UpdatedAdele's upcoming Brisbane performances are being dubbed "Queensland's biggest-ever stage shows" and preparations for the shows at The Gabba are in full swing, but the set-up is top secret.
Topics: pop, event, local-government, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedAustralia's trade surplus dramatically shrinks by almost two-thirds, just a day after surging exports helped keep the nation out of recession.
Topics: trade, economic-trends, australia
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| UpdatedTasmania's Premier issues a please explain to the head of the Education Department after parenting author and educator Steve Biddulph is gagged from speaking out against the State Government's education changes.
Topics: state-parliament, education, community-and-society, hobart-7000, devonport-7310, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedAdelaide Zoo confirms its female giant panda Fu Ni was not pregnant over the last few months despite her behaviour strongly suggesting she went into labour over the weekend.
Topics: zoos, animal-science, animals, human-interest, adelaide-5000, sa, china
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Brisbane coach Craig Starcevich is not shying away from the magnitude of the Lions's AFLW clash against Adelaide.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, brisbane-4000, qld, adelaide-5000, sa, australia