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Senior doctors at The Tweed Hospital on the NSW far north coast say patients are being forced to go across the border to Queensland because the facility is at breaking point.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, cancer, diseases-and-disorders, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, health, healthcare-facilities, tweed-heads-south-2486
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A former Canberra daycare worker is found guilty of taking indecent images of two women visiting the centre where he worked.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedThe police case against Gordon Wood over the death of his model girlfriend Catherine Byrne was "completely without malice", the Supreme Court hears.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, sydney-2000, nsw
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House of Cards creator Beau Willimon calls for Twitter to shut down Donald Trump's account because it's a "threat" to national security. But can this actually be done?
Topics: donald-trump, government-and-politics, world-politics, social-media, internet-culture, information-and-communication, united-states
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As the West Australian election draws nearer, Premier Colin Barnett expresses frustration at the media for continuing to question him about Pauline Hanson and One Nation, while Labor's Mark McGowan sticks to well-worn campaign themes.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, wa
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| UpdatedSupport for the Tasmanian Liberals drops to its lowest rate in seven years, as a new poll indicates voters may flock to Pauline Hanson's One Nation party and return a hung parliament
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, tas
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| UpdatedGold Coast Titans star fullback Jarryd Hayne takes to social media to complain about being fined by senior players for his poor approach to training and lack of team commitment.
Topics: nrl, sport, parkwood-4214
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A painter credited with bringing abstract impressionism to Australian audiences, Adelaide-born Sydney Ball, dies aged 83.
Topics: death, community-and-society, painting, visual-art, arts-and-entertainment, adelaide-5000, sa
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It's been almost four years since the child sexual abuse royal commission began hearings. But with so much ground to cover, what was it for and where is it up to now?
Topics: royal-commissions, child-abuse, australia
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A patient at Darwin Private Hospital who died following elective surgery waited 36-hours before receiving appropriate treatment for a complication, a coronial inquest in Darwin hears.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, healthcare-facilities, health, darwin-0800, nt
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Few people are talking about revolutionary and maybe unexpected ways people will use driverless cars once they are autonomous and common place, writes Jonathan Roberts.
Topics: computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedThe FFA says there is no room yet for A-League expansion, but a Chinese-backed group says its ready to go with a bid for Southern Sydney.
Topics: sport, soccer, a-league, kogarah-2217, cronulla-2230, wollongong-2500, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedThe first person to be charged under Queensland's new one-punch laws is sentenced to just under six years in prison for killing an Ipswich man, who he says "did not deserve to die".
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, goodna-4300, qld
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| UpdatedWe've been here before ... the Victorian Government is cutting stamp duty for first time buyers to give them a leg up, but this has been tried there and elsewhere and it just doesn't work.
Topics: housing-industry, tax, states-and-territories, australia
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| UpdatedThe Gatwick Hotel in St Kilda is closing down in four months due to pressure from politicians and police, the owners say.
Topics: housing, government-and-politics, urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, st-kilda-3182
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A warning about potential blackouts across South Australia is issued ahead of planned maintenance on the link that feeds the interconnector and exports power from Victoria into the state.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedThere are growing calls for the New South Wales Government to fix derelict and run-down public housing properties, as the state's waiting list passes 60,000 people.
Topics: government-and-politics, housing, welfare, community-and-society, nsw, sydney-2000, chester-hill-2162
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| UpdatedImmigration Minister Peter Dutton was involved in delaying the public release of a Making Children Safer report, which found just half of alleged incidents of abuse toward child detainees were adequately addressed, the child sex abuse royal commission hears.
Topics: royal-commissions, child-abuse, courts-and-trials, immigration, sydney-2000, nsw
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Airbnb gives neighbours unhappy about short-term rentals a way to provide feedback.
Topics: tourism, regional, state-parliament, programs-and-initiatives, coffs-harbour-2450, port-macquarie-2444
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Construction of the first hemp house in WA has sparked calls to build a processing plant so local farmers can supply the industry with a sturdy, fireproof, termite-resistant building material.
Topics: agricultural-crops, building-and-construction, environmental-technology, environmentally-sustainable-business, margaret-river-6285
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Our habits drive many of the choices we make every single day. So how do they influence us and how might we change them?
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| UpdatedIndia has to make 87 runs before it's in the black again in Bangalore after Australia was dismissed for 276. Follow the action with our live blog.
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| UpdatedA man found dead north of Brisbane was tortured in an Esky, had a finger broken or possibly cut off, and had honey put on his genitals before he was killed, a Brisbane court hears.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, brisbane-4000, cooloola-cove-4580, maroochydore-4558, qld, australia
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| UpdatedAngus Stone reveals his band Dope Lemon, playing at Womadelaide on Saturday, gets its name from a scene where the Wolf of Wall Street wrecks his Lamborghini while stoned.
Topics: community-and-society, music, bands-and-artists, carnivals-and-festivals, community-and-multicultural-festivals, people, human-interest, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA blue whale is spotted swimming with a pod of dolphins off Victoria's south-west coast as an expert says large amounts of krill point to a good year for whale-watching ahead.
Topics: animals, human-interest, mammals---whales, animal-science, science-and-technology, portland-3305, vic