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Potential South China Sea conflict highlights Australia's fuel 'import vulnerability'
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US President Donald Trump has created a more volatile global security situation, which could spell trouble for Australia's energy supplies, experts say.
Topics: oil-and-gas, trade, defence-and-national-security, foreign-affairs, world-politics, government-and-politics, australia, united-states, china
India refusing to panic ahead of Bangalore Test against Australia
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India coach Anil Kumble urges his team to move on from the debacle in the opening Test against Australia, as the hosts seek a series-levelling victory in Bangalore.
Manus medical clinic may be shut down, PNG Government says
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The medical clinic at Australia's detention centre on Manus Island may be shut down because its operator did not comply with medical registration laws, Papua New Guinea's Government says.
Topics: immigration, refugees, health, government-and-politics, papua-new-guinea, australia, pacific
Pacific nations call for UN investigations into West Papua
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A group of seven Pacific island nations is calling on the United Nations to investigate allegations of widespread human rights abuses in Indonesia's Papua region, also known as West Papua.
Topics: world-politics, human, rights, land-rights, indonesia, vanuatu, tonga, nauru, palau, tuvalu, marshall-islands, solomon-islands, asia, pacific
PNG governor calls for AFP intervention to quell gun 'crisis' (audio)
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The governor of Papua New Guinea's Hela province is calling for an Australian Federal Police intervention to quell an outbreak of lawlessness he says has reached crisis point.
Topics: world-politics, law-crime-and-justice, papua-new-guinea, australia, asia, pacific
Families torn asunder remember WWII Broome air raid
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The death of around 100 people during the Japanese air raid on Broome is still impacting families of victims and survivors 75 years later.
Topics: world-war-2, unrest-conflict-and-war, community-and-society, history, family-and-children, broome-6725, japan
Starc still our dangerman despite spinners' success, says Marsh
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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.
Giant panda Fu Ni goes into fake labour at Adelaide Zoo
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Adelaide 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
KAI planning to export quinoa to China for the first time
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The company developing stage two of the Kimberley's Ord Irrigation Scheme plans to export quinoa to China for the first time.
Topics: rural, crop-harvesting, grain, trade, kununurra-6743, china
China shift to renewables turns 'climate bad boy' into 'true leader'
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A third consecutive year of falling coal consumption and a renewable energy spending spree has made China the new global leader on climate change, some environmental groups claim.
Topics: climate-change, environment, coal, alternative-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, china
Myanmar army denies ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims
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Myanmar's military uses a rare news conference to defend its crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority as a lawful counterinsurgency operation, claiming villagers does not know about any human rights abuses.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, unrest-conflict-and-war, burma, asia
Taylor apologises to slain police officer's family in address to court
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David Taylor tells the Denpasar District Court he is sorry to "the beautiful country of Bali and all the people who live here and to the police force and the colleagues of Wayan Sudarsa".
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, bali, indonesia
How much do global superpowers spend on their military?
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Donald Trump has pledged to pump tens of billions of dollars into his country's military spending — but how much does the US and the rest of the world really spend on defence?
Topics: defence-industry, defence-forces, defence-and-national-security, business-economics-and-finance, united-states, australia, russian-federation, china
India will come back hard in Bangalore, Warner warns
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Australia's players are delighted with the way they handled conditions in the first Test against India in Pune, but expect the home side to come back with a vengeance in Bangalore, David Warner says.
Two women charged over Kim Jong-nam's murder
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A 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
Former Silver Fern Dalton dies after brain aneurysm
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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
Navy passes over warship's grave, 75 years after sinking
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An Australian Navy patrol ship passes over one of Australia's most significant World War II battle grounds, 75 years after HMAS Perth succumbed to the Japanese.
Topics: navy, world-war-2, history, australia, indonesia
Pune dustbowl earns 'poor' rating from ICC referee
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India could face a $19,600 fine for its bone-dry first Test pitch in Pune, which receives a 'poor' rating from the ICC.
Grim night for A-League teams as Roar, Wanderers smashed in ACL
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John Aloisi's injury-hit Brisbane Roar are smashed 6-0 by Ulsan Hyundai, while Shanghai SIPG blast Wanderers 5-1 in the Asian Champions League.
Topics: sport, soccer, a-league, korea-republic-of, japan, brisbane-4000, qld, homebush-bay-2127, nsw, australia
Saudi King Salman, entourage of 900 visit Indonesia
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Not for almost half a century has Saudi Arabia's King graced Indonesia with his presence, but that's all about to change, in a big way.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, islam, religion-and-beliefs, terrorism, indonesia, saudi-arabia, asia
Samsung Group chief charged with bribery
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South Korean prosecutors charge Samsung Group chief Jay Y Lee with bribery and embezzlement as the top conglomerate announced the dismantling of its corporate strategy office, the latest developments in a corruption scandal that has rocked the country.
Topics: corruption, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, world-politics, business-economics-and-finance, electronics, korea-republic-of, asia
Cambodian leader sides with Trump over 'anarchic' media
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Cambodia's authoritarian Prime Minister Hun Sen sympathises with US President Donald Trump's antipathy towards the media, saying both he and Mr Trump see the press as stirring anarchy.
Topics: rights, donald-trump, world-politics, cambodia, asia, pacific, united-states
Women to be charged over Kim Jong-nam nerve agent assassination
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Two women will be charged with murder over their alleged involvement in the killing of the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader at Kuala Lumpur's main airport, Malaysia's Attorney-General says.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, world-politics, malaysia, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, vietnam, asia, indonesia, pacific
Starc ready for flat pitch in Bangalore Test against India
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Mitchell Starc hopes there will be "a little bit of bounce" in the Bangalore pitch when the second Test between Australia and India begins on Saturday.
Power's Koch threatens Suns over red-and-gold in China
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Port 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
