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The US accuses Bashar al-Assad of going "beyond a red line" with a poison gas attack on Syrian civilians, with Donald Trump pointing the finger at Russia and Vice President Mike Pence saying "all options" are now on the table in the country's civil war.
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This Syrian father is cradling his two dead twins in his arms — just two tiny victims of a chemical attack which killed dozens and shocked the world. More than 20 members of the same family have been buried, as the town of Khan Sheikhoun counts its dead.
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Five decades ago, a group of Australian university students convinced NASA to launch the first amateur radio satellite into space.
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The Fitzroy River in Rockhampton peaks this afternoon at 8.75 metres, the local disaster management group says, down from a predicted 9 metres.
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Thousands of people at the top of New Zealand's North Island are told to evacuate as the tail end of Cyclone Debbie batters the island, bringing heavy rainfall and major flooding.
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Apple is facing court action for denying customers a free repair or replacement of faulty goods because they had previously been serviced by a third party.
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A man who discovered his three-year-old daughter dead in his lounge room is sentenced to nine years in jail.
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Two Canberra brothel owners with bikie links are awarded half a million dollars, after the NSW Court of Appeal found their insurer should have expected bikies to be involved in the sex industry.
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In a bid to keep low-level offenders out of jail, elders and police in Yuendumu trial a new restorative justice program.
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Seven months into its term, the Northern Territory Government is trying to put concrete details on a key election promise to equalise access to housing in the bush.
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A retired AFL club doctor reveals the tricks deployed to get players back on the field just minutes after they receive lacerations, dislocations, broken noses or corked thighs.
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A man who discovered his three-year-old daughter dead in his lounge room is sentenced to nine years in jail.
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Police raid the offices of TV news program A Current Affair at Channel 9's Sydney headquarters during an inquiry into an employee at the station.
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Social Services Minister Christian Porter did not directly receive any written briefings, documents or analysis from key departments about Centrelink's controversial debt recovery program before publicly proclaiming it was working "incredibly well", an FOI investigation reveals.
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A Victorian Labor state election candidate quits numerous regional boards after being outed as a Twitter troll.
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US President Donald Trump removes his chief strategist Steve Bannon from the National Security Council, reversing his controversial decision early this year to give a political adviser an unprecedented role in security discussions.
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Pepsi removes an advertisement from YouTube featuring reality TV star Kendall Jenner, after it was widely mocked and criticised for appearing to trivialise protests for social justice causes.
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Australian shooters are being urged to abandon lead bullets for the sake of their health, with scientists saying copper is a safer option.
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Cattle farmer John Barnett says his family had the worst year of their lives in 2016, he lost his wife of four decades suddenly after their daughter appeared with unexplained injuries while living in a group home.
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A jump in the number of new flu strains means health authorities need to increase preparations for a pandemic, researchers warn.
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A 41-year-old man will face court today after police pulled over a truck on the Sturt Highway at Merbein South, near Mildura, finding more than $2 million.
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Adelaide researchers discover similarities in the brains of young people using ice, or methamphetamine, to those of older people with Parkinson's disease — even after minimal use.
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All around us in Western media, young Arabic-looking men with beards equal terrorists. But maybe they're just hipsters.
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Singer Barry Manilow speaks publicly for the first time about being gay, saying he feared he would disappoint his mostly female fan base had he come out decades ago.
