The most recent 250 top stories.
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| UpdatedWall Street finishes higher, driven by strong gains in financial shares as US investors digested key economic data overnight.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, markets, currency, futures, stockmarket, united-states, australia
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Ahead of the world's largest cancer conference in Washington DC this weekend, we visit Australia's only independent medical research institute dedicated to childhood cancer, where scientists work behind the bench to find treatments and cures.
Topics: science-and-technology, health, medical-research, cancer, careers, sydney-2000
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President Vladimir Putin voices readiness to meet with US President Donald Trump at an upcoming Arctic summit, while continuing to reject allegations that Russia meddled in the US presidential election.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, russian-federation, united-states
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Politicians push back their autumn break after failing to reach an agreement on the Government's proposed company tax cuts during a marathon sitting overnight. Follow live.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, parliament, federal-parliament, political-parties, australia
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A South Korean court approves an arrest warrant for ousted president Park Geun-hye, who was removed from office in March over allegations of bribery.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, corruption, korea-republic-of, asia
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South Australia's Attorney-General struggles to explain why his party rejected reforms to anti-secrecy laws intended to improve public access to information.
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, state-parliament, adelaide-5000, sa
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More people apply for compensation under South Australia's Stolen Generations Reparation Scheme than expected, with one survivor saying the money is "nothing more than a bonus to move on".
Topics: states-and-territories, parliament, government-and-politics, stolen-generations, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, sa
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Many stories about children in state care are negative ones. A group of brave young people are breaking the stereotype to speak out about the stigma attached to their situation that was not of their making.
Topics: children, family-and-children, community-and-society, states-and-territories, suicide, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi acknowledges disappointment over the state of her country after one year in office, saying she is prepared to step down if people are dissatisfied with her leadership.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, religion-and-beliefs, burma, asia
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| UpdatedMore than 100 organisations team up to urge the Prime Minister to set an Indigenous justice target and improve juvenile justice nationwide, as the Northern Territory youth detention royal commission delivers its interim report.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, government-and-politics, federal-government, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, royal-commissions, indigenous-culture, nt, australia
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| UpdatedCyclone Debbie left her mark on Queensland and Brexit finally got underway — see how much information you've retained about the past week.
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| UpdatedResidents in and around Beaudesert, south of Brisbane, are evacuated as the Logan River peaks after torrential rain overnight.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, cyclones, weather, cyclone, emergency-planning, emergency-incidents, brisbane-4000, qld, southport-4215, maroochydore-4558
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An heir to the Red Bull fortune wins another delay in facing charges over an alleged hit-and-run that killed a police officer in Thailand almost five years ago.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, thailand, asia
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| UpdatedWhen Bianca Dickson checked her phone, she realised she had unwittingly captured a photo of her daughter standing dangerously close to a brown snake.
Topics: children---toddlers, rural, regional, human-interest, kaniva-3419
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| UpdatedSenior representatives from Australia's medical colleges are converging on Canberra today for a roundtable aimed at improving treatment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, government-and-politics, federal-government, indigenous-policy, community-and-society, health, canberra-2600
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Patrick Bourke times the traffic lights to perfection, offering students and parents at Brighton Grammar what he calls a "six-star service".
Topics: safety-education, subjects, education, schools, secondary-schools, community-and-society, brighton-3186, vic, melbourne-3000
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US President Donald Trump takes aim at his own party by threatening the political careers of conservative Republicans who helped torpedo healthcare legislation he backed.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, united-states
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A large portion of Mars' atmospheric gases have been lost into space, according to a new study, helping explain how a wet, warm planet became today's cold, arid place.
Topics: science-and-technology, space-exploration, planets-and-asteroids, astronomy-space
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| UpdatedThe NSW Government is being accused of bungling its sell-off of disability services as it moves over to the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Topics: health, disabilities, diseases-and-disorders, autism-spectrum-disorder, government-and-politics, privatisation-and-deregulation, community-and-society, carers, wollongong-2500, nsw
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Hannah Macdougall was once rejected from a school because of her prosthetic leg — but it later was used as an unofficial class mascot. She's since gone on to represent Australia in both swimming and cycling.
Topics: youth, community-and-society, sport, paralympics, disabilities, cycling, bentleigh-3204, vic, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedAs one of Australia's largest power stations is switched off, Latrobe Valley locals say new multi-million-dollar sports facilities being spruiked by government will not solve the problem of unemployment.
Topics: coal, industry, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, morwell-3840, vic
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A heritage-listed house in Hobart will be the subject of legal action next month after the owner started demolition without a permit.
Topics: asbestos, urban-development-and-planning, local-government, mount-stuart-7000
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| UpdatedContempt of Parliament cases in Tasmania are rare and a $40 fine is just one of the outcomes which could be awaiting Tasmania's Treasurer.
Topics: states-and-territories, tas
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| UpdatedLismore residents are in a state of disbelief, as a torrent of water rushes through the northern NSW town and floodwater tops the levee, leaving people stuck on the roofs of houses and cars.
Topics: floods, disasters-and-accidents, weather, murwillumbah-2484, nsw, lismore-2480, north-lismore-2480, condong-2484, tweed-heads-2485, tumbulgum-2490, bilambil-2486, mullumbimby-2482, uki-2484, fingal-head-2487, kingscliff-2487, chinderah-2487, tweed-heads-west-2485, tweed-heads-south-2486
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Ten finalists in the National Photographic Portrait Prize share the stories behind their images before the winner is announced in Canberra.
Topics: fine-art-photography, visual-art, photography, arts-and-entertainment, awards-and-prizes, human-interest, canberra-2600, act, australia