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The Melbourne Rebels stand up to the challenge, but are eventually defeated 24-17 by the unbeaten Chiefs at AAMI Park.
Topics: super-rugby, rugby-union, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia and India's batsmen pile on the runs on day two in Ranchi, as Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell and KL Rahul enjoy prosperous stays at the crease.
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The NSW SES sends extra crews to the Mid-North Coast where torrential rain of more than 200mm could fall in some areas on Saturday. The area was subjected to flash flooding on Wednesday.
Topics: weather, rainfall, storm-event, floods, coffs-harbour-2450
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| UpdatedThe Northern Territory minister previously in charge of corrective services, Gerry McCarthy, admits to systemic failures in the youth detention system and an "extreme" lack of staff training.
Topics: royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, youth, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedAustralia's booming craft beer industry, which has more than doubled in the past five years, is demanding a fairer deal from the Federal Government, saying the current tax regime is holding it back.
Topics: alcohol, tax, government-and-politics, manufacturing, australia, nsw
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| UpdatedA potential problem has arisen for the WA Liberals, already in disarray, with Labor considering offering former Liberal minister Simon O'Brien the role of president of the Upper House.
Topics: government-and-politics, wa
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Lawyers representing residents in Oakey say they have the final clearance to commence a class action against the Department of Defence.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, oakey-4401, qld, australia
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An American woman serving time in Kerobokan prison for killing her own mother has been forced to give over custody of her daughter under an Indonesian law mandating children be cared for outside of prison once they turn two years old.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, family-and-children, indonesia, pacific, asia, australia
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| UpdatedPerth barrister Lloyd Rayney's sister says her family's name has been "irreparably tainted" by him being named as the "prime" and "only" suspect in his wife's murder.
Topics: courts-and-trials, police, murder-and-manslaughter, perth-6000, wa
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Mark McGowan moves to limit the number of pathways foreign workers have to enter Western Australia within hours of becoming the state's new Premier.
Topics: government-and-politics, wa
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Darwin man Rodney Kenyon will spend at least 25 years in prison after being sentenced to life with an extended non-parole period for the shooting murder of Fabian Brock.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, australia, palmerston-0830, nt
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Experts call for IVF treatment guidelines to be overhauled, arguing they discriminate against obese women trying to fall pregnant.
Topics: health, reproductive-technology, health-policy, pregnancy-and-childbirth, reproduction-and-contraception, australia
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A teenager found unconscious in a Gold Coast apartment during a police raid would still be alive if officers at the scene called for medical help, an inquest hears.
Topics: courts-and-trials, police, southport-4215
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| UpdatedThe parents of an Aboriginal man on life support in a Perth hospital reject claims by authorities that he tried to kill himself in Hakea remand prison.
Topics: black-deaths-in-custody, prisons-and-punishment, suicide, perth-6000
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Kawasaki Heavy Industries is rejecting claims it owes millions of dollars to Laing O'Rourke and said the company had made "significant efforts to resolve" the situation which left hundreds jobless earlier this week.
Topics: oil-and-gas, unions, unemployment, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedTasmania's new Opposition Leader wants to make parliament more family friendly but says the party's priorities remain unchanged.
Topics: alp, states-and-territories, tas
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| UpdatedStan Grant spends a day filming The Link in the main street of Wagga, finding out why locals don't envy city dwellers battling big mortgages, job insecurity and long commutes to work.
Topics: rural-tourism, rural, wagga-wagga-2650, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedProsecutors lodge an appeal against the four-year sentence handed down to Australian woman Sara Connor this week for her role in the killing of a Bali police officer, saying it "does not reflect a sense of justice".
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, bali, indonesia, australia
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| UpdatedA day after builder Claudio D'Alessandro was given approval to resume work for non-payment of debts, his licence is suspended again after the Public Works Minister intervenes.
Topics: building-and-construction, industry, business-economics-and-finance, death, community-and-society, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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| UpdatedVeteran sports commentator Bruce McAvaney makes public he has been diagnosed with leukaemia.
Topics: media, leukaemia, olympics-summer, australian-football-league, athletics, sport, australia
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| UpdatedThe "clumsy" use of restraints and handcuffs have injured children in Victoria's troubled juvenile jails, a parliamentary committee is told, while lockdowns were so frequent some detainees were uncertain when they were allowed to leave their rooms.
Topics: states-and-territories, state-parliament, parliament, prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, youth, community-and-society, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedThe Bulldogs and the Titans enjoyed Friday night wins in round three over the Warriors and Eels respectively. Check out all the stats that matter from our live score centre.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport
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Nearly half the population of South Sudan face food shortages yet the government is spending half at least half its budget on weapons, a confidential United Nations report alleges.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, famine, south-sudan, china, united-states
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| UpdatedCriticism of Donald Trump's health care plan seems to be bipartisan. The leak of his 2005 tax return turned out to be a useful distraction.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedA day after Premier Jay Weatherill clashed with Federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg, he pounces on the Opposition's Steven Marshall, suggesting he is only party leader because there is no one else.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa