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Both major parties are making no apologies for the WA election campaign turning negative in its final days, saying they need to get their message out.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, wa
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A dispute about funding for asbestos removal in Northern Territory remote communities is underway, prompted by the recent exposure of material in Central Australia.
Topics: asbestos, health, rural, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, government-and-politics, federal-government, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, yuendumu-0872, nt, australia
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There are further signs of disunity in Pauline Hanson's One Nation party, with one of its candidates quitting and saying candidates have not been told the truth.
Topics: elections, one-nation, kalamunda-6076
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The Federal Court dismisses an appeal by the Federal Minister for Indigenous Affairs Nigel Scullion over a dispute with an organisation that helps sufferers of an incurable disease.
Topics: courts-and-trials, disabilities, health-policy, nt
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Flux the System, a micro-party which is using self-styled preference whisperer Glenn Druery as a consultant, is running 26 fake independent candidates for the Legislative Council in the WA election.
Topics: minor-parties, elections, government-and-politics, perth-6000, wa
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The director-general of ASIO warns that as IS fighters return home to South-East Asia, the threat of attacks in that region increases.
Topics: terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, travel-and-tourism, tourism, asia
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| UpdatedA number of flights arriving and departing Sydney Airport are delayed or cancelled due to wild weather, with heavy rain expected to lash the city as it hosts Mardi Gras this weekend.
Topics: weather, rainfall, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedWA Treasurer Mike Nahan accuses Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of breaking his promise to fix the state's share of GST.
Topics: tax, government-and-politics, perth-6000
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| UpdatedSteve Smith credits the extreme focus he was able to draw upon during his vital century in Pune to help Australia to a 1-0 Test series lead over India.
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| UpdatedThe Catholic Church's Melbourne Archdiocese rejects an independent review's recommendation to extend compensation for child sex abuse victims to their families or carers.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, catholic, sexual-offences, child-abuse, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedA burst water main on Pitt Street in the middle of Sydney's city centre is causing traffic chaos as commuters try to get home on a very rainy day, with many told to catch the train if they can.
Topics: road, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedUS Vice-President Mike Pence — who frequently criticised Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server — used an AOL account to conduct public business as governor of Indiana, his office confirms.
Topics: world-politics, hacking, united-states
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| UpdatedA large crowd gathers at a joint funeral for teenagers Rhys Simlesa and Rhys Walters, who were fatally struck by a car while leaving a party in Darwin a week ago.
Topics: death, youth, disasters-and-accidents, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedFollow the live stats that matter as the Bulldogs take on the Storm before the South Sydney Rabbitohs face off against the Wests Tigers.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, canterbury-2193, balmain-2041, sydney-2000, sydney-south-2000, nsw, australia, melbourne-3000, vic
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Australia and Russia have been in a state of frozen disagreement for the past three years, reaching a new low with the downing of MH17. But Russia's ambassador to Australia says slowly but surely, things are looking better.
Topics: foreign-affairs, world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, government-and-politics, federal-government, bishop-julie, australia, russian-federation
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| UpdatedIn a scene straight out of Hogwarts, South Australia's Lower House transforms into a Chamber of Secrets, with a Labor MP repeatedly refusing to say the name of a new colleague and political rival.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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Politicians, parents, and industry experts criticise the "Kafkaesque" medical cannabis situation in South Australia.
Topics: medical-ethics, health, sa
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| UpdatedNick Kyrgios smashes 25 aces in a stunning service display to dump Novak Djokovic from the Mexico Open, in a perfect showing that encapsulates why he frustrates Australian audiences so much.
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| UpdatedSouth Australians are asked to turn off non-essential appliances to avoid potential load-shedding after three units at the state's largest power generator go offline.
Topics: community-and-society, electricity-energy-and-utilities, adelaide-5000, sa
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Offered a meat tray going cheap in Tassie? Before you accept it, police have issued a warning over lead-poisoned cows that were stolen and slaughtered.
Topics: food-safety, food-poisoning, diseases-and-disorders, livestock, sassafras-7307
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| UpdatedA missing piece of Australian music history, which was integral to punk music, is the subject of an Australia-wide search.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, music, hobart-7000, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedWA police are refusing to provide Perth barrister Lloyd Rayney with a report on the cold case review into the unsolved murder of his wife, a Supreme Court hearing his defamation action against the state is told.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, perth-6000, wa
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A Nepalese asylum seeker says he is now in hiding fearing he could be killed, after being "involuntarily removed" from Manus Island.
Topics: immigration, refugees, papua-new-guinea, nepal, australia
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| UpdatedA 32-year-old man is accused of stealing a car with a three-year-old boy asleep in the back from outside an East Victoria Park home, with the child later found safe in the dumped vehicle.
Topics: crime, police, east-victoria-park-6101, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedThe Karen forests, isolated by decades of civil unrest, contain some of the most iconic species of endangered mammals in the world.
Topics: conservation, environment, burma