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Findings that one in six not up-to-date with their vaccines have been denied treatment are ‘horrifying’, AMA head says
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Detective Inspector Paul Hart from Queensland police says on Tuesday that a British backpacker was held captive for eight weeks
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On Q&A’s all-women panel on Monday night, writer Thordis Elva was asked how she could forgive someone who had raped her
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Appearing on ABC’s Insiders program, Pauline Hanson reasserts her respect for Vladimir Putin and asks for proof of the Russian leader’s involvement in the downing of flight MH17
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A glittering explosion of gay pride lit up central Sydney on Saturday night as thousands joined the 2017 Mardi Gras parade
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When did you know you were gay ? Do you have a good ‘gay-dar’? From the serious to the hilarious, members of the LGBTIQ community from University of Sydney answer the questions that you may have been afraid to ask
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The former quiz champion who became Bob Hawke’s science minister calls for politicians to raise their game and embrace complexity as he warns against the ‘debasement of democracy’ in public life. While the number of graduates has multiplied ‘at the same time the level of our political discourse has deteriorated … the way in which we’re arguing about issues is debased to an incredible degree’, he says. ‘People are capable of understanding issues if they are taken seriously.’ At the age of 84 he’s still fighting, campaigning – and thinking. ‘Of course I’m conscious that time is running out and that really has energised me’
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