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A painter credited with bringing abstract impressionism to Australian audiences, Adelaide-born Sydney Ball, dies aged 83.
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Two men have drowned in a lake at Mill Park in Melbourne's north, with Victorian police saying alcohol was a contributing factor.
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| UpdatedTwo men drown while trying to swim across a lake in Melbourne's north after drinking alcohol, police say, despite the efforts of a former lifeguard who came to their aid.
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| UpdatedMilfred Knight, 75, is identified as the pilot who died when a light plane with no-one else on board crashed at Devonport Airport in Tasmania's north-west on Saturday.
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| UpdatedMichael Paino wants a 10-year jail sentence for joyriders who endanger others trying to get away from police, saying the Tasmanian Government's proposed new penalties are "no deterrent".
Topics: death, traffic-offences, law-crime-and-justice, hobart-7000
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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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The body of a man who disappeared while kayaking on the Murchison River in Western Australia's Mid West is found about six kilometres west of where he capsized.
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A touching memorial service was held at Sydney University for former Wallaby Dan Vickerman.
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| UpdatedA who's who of Australian rugby are among family and friends to pack Sydney University Oval's grandstand and surrounds to celebrate Vickerman's life and mourn his loss on Wednesday.
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| UpdatedA man is killed after being struck with a metal beam on a New South Wales Government construction site at Barangaroo, near Sydney's Darling Harbour.
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The West Australian coroner says he is unable to determine if the care of post-surgical patient Christine Stroner at Fremantle Hospital may have contributed to her death after she was discharged.
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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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| UpdatedPolice continue to investigate the circumstances that led to two teenage boys being struck and killed as they walked along the Stuart Highway in the early hours of Saturday.
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| UpdatedBill Paxton, the only actor killed on screen by a Predator, a Terminator and an Alien, died at age 61 after complications from surgery.
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Celebrated artist Max Angus is remembered for his love of Tasmania's many "wonderful" subjects.
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Back pain may not just be uncomfortable but could also be an indicator of impending death, a new study finds.
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| UpdatedIt is almost impossible to fathom director and performer Jonathon Young's personal story of tragedy, which he has drawn on to create the powerful dance theatre show Betroffenheit.
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| UpdatedKim Chance, who was an MP for 17 years and built Australia's biggest commercial camel dairy that transformed outback ferals into calm milking machines, dies at the age of 70.
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| UpdatedIt's always distressing and tragic when we hear a report of shark attack. But what is the actual likelihood of dying due to a shark encounter in Australia and how concerned should you be?
Topics: offbeat, human-interest, lifestyle, lifestyle-and-leisure, community-and-society, death, australia, vic
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| UpdatedThere has been an increase in the uptake of swimming classes in parts of NSW's north after an unusually high number of drownings this summer.
Topics: swimming, death, surf-life-saving, nsw, glen-innes-2370, glencoe-2365
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WARNING: This video contains footage that some viewers may find distressing. A young girl, Dunya Uday, dies of a head injury in a refugee camp, 20 kilometres outside Mosul, February 17, 2017.
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| UpdatedFormer Wallabies player and Brumbies captain Owen Finegan says former Wallabies star Dan Vickerman confided in his friends about the difficulties he faced after retiring from the game.
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Teammates, friends and opponents express their grief on social media about the death of former Wallaby Dan Vickerman.
Topics: rugby-union, social-media, death, sport, australia