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A coffee shop in Perth has stopped selling coffee in disposable cups and discovered it's possible to stay afloat without offering a takeaway container.
Topics: recycling-and-waste-management, food-and-cooking, human-interest, perth-6000
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Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk says he will leave White House advisory councils after Donald Trump confirmed the US would pull out of the Paris climate deal, a day after the Tesla founder said he had done all he could to convince the President to stay in the accord.
Topics: climate-change, environment, foreign-affairs, world-politics, donald-trump, united-states
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There are fresh concerns about payments to subcontractors on West Australian government projects, with a high-profile tourism project in the Mid-West now under scrutiny.
Topics: government-and-politics, travel-and-tourism, rural-tourism, kalbarri-6536, wa, kalbarri-national-park-6536
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| UpdatedThe US withdrawal from the Paris agreement is not clear cut and that's a reflection of the pressure the President's been under to both stay in, and pull out, of the deal, writes Washington correspondent Zoe Daniel.
Topics: climate-change, environment, world-politics, government-and-politics, community-and-society, donald-trump, us-elections, united-states
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A virtual reality production to be premiered in Mount Gambier next year, Cold As Ice, will take viewers inside the world of the drug ice in a regional Australian town.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, drug-education, education, drug-use, health, drug-offences, mount-gambier-5290, sa
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| UpdatedA team of international researchers have found rising sea levels and more frequent flooding events could drive coastal nesting birds around the world to extinction.
Topics: birds, marine-biology, climate-change, oceans-and-reefs, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedA man and a woman are charged over the alleged murder of Dwayne Robert Davies, who disappeared a week ago.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, hobart-7000, tas
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| UpdatedA study on alcohol in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory kept secret in government archives for two years found well-managed social clubs can reduce harm associated with drinking, and even help tackle domestic violence, the ABC learns.
Topics: alcohol, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, nt
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| UpdatedStaff at Royal Hobart Hospital warn there could be a repeat of the suicide a coroner blamed on bed shortages for mental health patients, but the Minister says no increase in beds is needed.
Topics: mental-health, health, health-policy, health-administration, government-and-politics, hobart-7000
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The number of million-dollar suburbs in Melbourne has quadrupled in the past five years, and despite talks of a slowdown, property prices will likely rise further, the Real Estate Institute of Victoria says.
Topics: housing-industry, housing, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, vic
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Andrew Fifita's star turn in Origin I gives fans the conundrum of cheering for a less than desirable outcome, writes Richard Hinds.
Topics: state-of-origin, rugby-league, sport, australia
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| UpdatedGrief-stricken Nick Kyrgios goes down to Kevin Anderson, concedes his French Open hopes were all but cooked when his grandfather died in April.
Topics: tennis, sport, france, canberra-2600, australia
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| UpdatedThe Paris climate agreement threatens jobs and disadvantages the US to the benefit of other countries, Donald Trump argues, adding he was "elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris".
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, donald-trump, climate-change, environment, community-and-society, united-states
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| UpdatedReaction to Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate deal has been swift, with former president Barack Obama saying America has now "joined a small handful of nations that reject the future". Follow live.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, donald-trump, climate-change, environment, united-states
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After months of fierce debate within his administration, Donald Trump decides to keep the US embassy in Israel in Tel Aviv temporarily instead of relocating it to Jerusalem, despite his campaign pledge to go ahead with the controversial move.
Topics: world-politics, foreign-affairs, unrest-conflict-and-war, israel, united-states, palestinian-territory-occupied
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| UpdatedA gunman with an assault rifle bursts into a casino, firing shots and setting gaming tables alight in the Philippine capital, the country's police chief says, but there is no indication the attack is an act of terrorism.
Topics: crime, unrest-conflict-and-war, philippines, asia
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The benefits of rising US interest rates will flow to Europe and Japan and end the era of negative interest rates. The only question is when it will happen.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, money-and-monetary-policy, economic-trends, globalisation---economy, currency, world-politics, australia, united-kingdom, japan, european-union, united-states
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| UpdatedIf you've tried to call Centrelink this year only to encounter a busy signal, you're definitely not alone. In the first 10 months of this financial year, just over 42 million calls to the agency received an engaged signal.
Topics: government-and-politics, welfare, federal-government, community-and-society, australia
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Malcolm Turnbull's Singapore trip will start in the tranquil botanic gardens, but will swiftly shift focus to international security and the importance of bodies like ASEAN.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, world-politics, security-intelligence, community-and-society, turnbull-malcolm, australia, singapore, asia
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For only the third time, physicists have detected a tiny ripple in the fabric of space-time. This one comes from two merging black holes 3 billion light-years away, which may have been spinning in different directions.
Topics: science-and-technology, physics, astronomy-space, united-states, australia
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The Minister for Northern Australia defends the appointment of a Queensland businesswoman to a fund deciding on a $900 million loan to mining giant Adani, despite concerns of a conflict of interest.
Topics: mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, corporate-governance, australia, qld, mackay-4740, bowen-4805, alpha-4724, clermont-4721
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| UpdatedAn advocacy group is concerned the privacy of people seeking asylum in Australia may have been breached, after claims confidential files were left at the now-closed Wickham Point detention centre.
Topics: immigration, law-crime-and-justice, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedA new novel by Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien that centres on a series of daunting quests by a mortal man and his elf lover, and was inspired in part by the horror of WWI, is published a century after it was first written.
Topics: fantasy-books, books-literature, arts-and-entertainment, author, england, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedBrexit campaigner Nigel Farage says he is "laughing so much at this fake news" after the Guardian claims he is a person of interest in the US investigation into possible collusion between Russia and Donald Trump's election campaign.
Topics: world-politics, donald-trump, united-kingdom, united-states, russian-federation
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| UpdatedThe head of the not-for-profit accounting body, Alex Malley, attacks critics and defends his performance after his $1.8 million pay packet sparked a public spat with angry members.
Topics: accounting, business-economics-and-finance, community-and-society, industry, australia