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Football's national competition forced other sports to 'wake up'
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Often described as a minority sport, the creation of the first national football league was ambitious. Forty years on from the birth of the league, its achievement lives on, for the most part, only in people's memories.
Topics: soccer, sport, adelaide-5000, sa, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Children's homes ran on regime of terror, royal commission told
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Many institutions for children ran on a regime of terror where physical violence was the norm and young residents lived in a state of constant fear, a royal commission hears.
Topics: child-abuse, community-and-society, australia
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How drones could help in the aftermath of cyclone Debbie
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As flooding from ex-tropical cyclone Debbie continues to lash parts of Queensland and New South Wales, a new research project is examining how drones can help in disaster recovery.
Topics: storm-disaster, disasters-and-accidents, relief-and-aid-organisations, science-and-technology, australia, qld, nsw
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Your best pictures from the week gallery
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Here is a selection of photos sent in by ABC Open audience members from around Australia.
Topics: photography, fine-art-photography, human-interest, animals-and-nature, lifestyle-and-leisure, rural, regional, community-and-society, australia
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Leaking buildings, mould and court battles: The dark side of the apartment boom
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Experts fear a coming glut of problem buildings that cannot keep the rain out will trap many buyers in legal limbo.
Topics: housing-industry, building-and-construction, industry, business-economics-and-finance, laws, law-crime-and-justice, newington-2127, nsw, australia
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The zombies that haunt the Coalition's budget bottom line Analysis
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How many zombies must live? It's not a question for movie night, but rather one that will be keeping Treasurer Scott Morrison up late in coming weeks ahead of the May budget.
Topics: budget, government-and-politics, tax, australia
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Latham, Cash, AFLW: Winners and losers of the week Analysis
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There was an all-too-rare moment of bipartisanship and a former opposition leader was sacked from his day job. Fran Kelly and Patricia Karvelas pick their winners and losers.
Topics: government-and-politics, alternative-energy, federal-government, federal---state-issues, australia
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Uber to be accredited in South Australia (video)
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Ride-booking company Uber is to be fully accredited in South Australia, and new laws are to be introduced to punish unaccredited services.
Topics: regulation, parliament, state-parliament, government-and-politics, road-transport, industry, sa, australia
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Turnbull fumbled foreign policy this week, but he's not the first PM to do it Video
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The Turnbull Government this week embarrassed itself by backflipping on the extradition treaty with China, but it's not the first time a PM has made a promise to a foreign leader he couldn't keep, says Barrie Cassidy.
Topics: government-and-politics, foreign-affairs, australia
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ACCC stops banks banding together to bargain over Apple Pay
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The ACCC denies Australian banks permission to collectively bargain with Apple and boycott Apple Pay, saying it is concerned it would reduce and distort competition.
Topics: company-news, consumer-finance, consumer-protection, regulation, multinationals, science-and-technology, australia
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In photos: Floods devastate northern NSW
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Major floods have hit the New South Wales far north coast, with tens of thousands of people evacuating Murwillumbah and Lismore, the main areas hit. Photos show the devastation in the region.
Topics: floods, disasters-and-accidents, weather, emergency-planning, emergency-incidents, lismore-2480, nsw, australia, north-lismore-2480, murwillumbah-2484
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APRA clamps down on interest-only mortgage loans
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The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority will place limits on interest-only loans to only 30 per cent of total new residential mortgage loans in a bid to cool the hot property market.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, consumer-finance, economic-trends, housing-industry, money-and-monetary-policy, regulation, australia
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Cyclist killed in Fremantle-to-Sydney race outside Canberra
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The Indian Pacific Wheel Race is cancelled after a competitor in the race from Fremantle to Sydney dies after being struck by a car in a pre-dawn crash south of Canberra.
Topics: accidents, disasters-and-accidents, williamsdale-2620, nsw, fremantle-6160, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Former agriculture minister accused of failing to disclose records linked to live export ban
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The Federal Court orders former agriculture minister Joe Ludwig to hand over private and internal emails and text messages as part of a $600 million class action against the Government.
Topics: beef-cattle, rural, livestock, government-and-politics, trade, agribusiness, australia, indonesia
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Could cricket feature in the 2024 Olympics?
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The ICC believes the time is right for cricket to return to the Olympics for the first time since 1900, and a decision on applying for inclusion in 2024 must be made in the next few months.
Topics: twenty20, cricket, sport, olympics-summer, england, united-states, france, australia
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Wall Street finishes higher, driven by financials
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Wall 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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Water rising at Bremer River, Ipswich image
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Topics: floods, disasters-and-accidents, ipswich-4305, qld, australia
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Flooding over Marsden Parade, Ipswich image
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Topics: floods, disasters-and-accidents, ipswich-4305, qld, australia
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Rising water at Bremer River, Ipswich image
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Topics: floods, disasters-and-accidents, ipswich-4305, bremer-4305, qld, australia
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Live: Stalled debate over company tax cuts costing 'well north of $1 million'
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How much is it costing to have politicians in Canberra for an extra day to fight over company tax cuts? More than $1 million, says Opposition Leader Bill Shorten. Follow live.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, parliament, federal-parliament, political-parties, australia
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Could drones be the newest tool in disaster recovery? Video
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Drones are increasingly being used in disaster-struck areas to provide vital information to the emergency services. The Red Cross is now running a research program into the benefits, but also pitfalls, of using the technology.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, storm-disaster, science-and-technology, relief-and-aid-organisations, australia
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Labor accuses government of 'filibustering' as 18C changes voted down Video
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After seven hours of discussion, the proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act have failed to pass the Senate, with the opposition accusing the government of stalling the vote to try and make a deal with crossbench members.
Topics: federal-government, australia
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Children in state care Video
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Children in state care talk about fighting the stigma.
Topics: community-and-society, family-and-children, children, australia
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Kids in state care speak out to #SnapthatStigma
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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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Turnbull urged to tackle Indigenous 'over-incarceration' amid NT royal commission report
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More 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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