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A study published in Nature Geoscience has shown phosphorus pollution - a major cause of algal blooms - has fallen by a third in China's lakes.

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Broad, bank-led gains have pushed the ASX back past 5800 points as investors extend yesterday's powerful session.

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More than 200 firefighters were sent to tackle a massive blaze at a 27-floor block of flats in London, with reports of people trapped in their homes.

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This isn't a job for the faint-hearted.

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A couple have been caught on camera allegedly having sex on a boat they robbed in Cairns over the weekend.

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ACT Christian Democratic Party anti Safe Schools signs torn up, burnt and defaced with written threats to kill.

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What we know so far about the London fire.

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Clubs tight-lipped about prices being paid for poker machines in the Canberra market.

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There are plenty of worries playing on the minds of iron ore investors, but Deutsche Bank says the slide is no doomsday scenario.

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Images released by police on Wednesday show a man in a hooded jumper with a blue and white beanie.

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Brisbane property owners will receive a different looking rates bill next quarter with some residents being slugged with a 6.6 per cent increase.

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Red Nose is urging all Canberrans to support Red Nose Day on Friday, June 30.

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Labor and independent senators are facing renewed calls to back reforms to media ownership laws after Channel Ten fell into voluntary administration on Wednesday.

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The Australian government will pay $70 million in compensation, plus costs, in a deal thought to be Australia's largest-ever human rights-related settlement.

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Firefighters extinguished a 20 metre by 30 metre grass fire in Beard near the border with Queanbeyan.

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There is $27 billion worth of extra value waiting to be unlocked from eight ASX-listed stocks, says Credit Suisse, and activist investors are the ones with the keys.

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The City of Mandurah is investigating claims a local massage parlour is offering sexual services.

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He may want to use that card to buy a new windscreen for his car.

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Fierce competition along West End's main drag has forced a long-standing bookshop to close its cafe.

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Sessions deferred to Trump's executive privilege where the White House had not yet invoked its right to a presidential cone of silence.

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A young man who was gunned down in a suburban garage after playing video games with friends is believed to be among the latest innocent victims caught in the crossfire of Melbourne's gun violence.

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The AFL says it has seen some evidence of field umpires inadvertently disrupting play in the centre corridor and will discuss the issue with Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin.

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As Network Ten called in the administrators, some of the network's stars and other television presenters have taken to social media to express their dismay and assure fans the show will go on.

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West Coast coach Adam Simpson says forward Josh Kennedy and ruckman Scott Lycett haven't recovered in time to face Geelong in Thursday night's AFL clash at Domain Staduim.

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"They're moving from one rental property to another without paying the rent, abusing it and off they go."

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“At the end of the day the voters do have the power in Canberra - they just need to know how to use it.”

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Taking a daily aspirin is far more dangerous than was originally thought and causes more than 3000 deaths a year in Britain, a major study suggests.

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Forget the Dockers getting smashed against the Lions and Crows, the biggest major problem for the Dockers at the moment is Ross Lyon is a coach out of form.

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A driver was on bail when he allegedly went on a late-night rampage through Melbourne's CBD, forcing Swanston Street pedestrians to run for their lives.

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The rookie back-rower will be kept away from the media during camp, while Walters will finalise his backline on Thursday to end speculation about the destination of former fullback Darius Boyd.

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Matthew Kreuzer's re-emergence in the past month as one of the league's best ruckmen has shown why the Blues coveted him with their priority pick in the 2007 national draft.

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A frustrated Malcolm Turnbull has taken an apparent swipe at his predecessor, Tony Abbott, for reducing climate policy debate to "glib" slogans.

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A Canberra man has been sentenced to two and half years in prison after a police found $10,000 in cash and drugs during a raid in September 2015.

Another example of one Canberra group helping out another - in this case some of our most vulnerable children.

It is impossible to know how many times the tag of Melbourne's most prolific graffiti artist has been painted.

Orange is one of the surprise winners in a vote to decide Australia's most prestigious addresses for a new local version of Monopoly.

Melbourne Storm forward Jesse Bromwich has backed veteran prop Nate Myles to find his best form under coach Craig Bellamy.

Mr Renshaw alleges NSW Lotteries is responsible for one of its retailers refusing to return his ticket.

Melbourne will look to the blueprint adopted by Sydney in a bid to physically unsettle dasher Jason Johannisen when they face the Western Bulldogs on Sunday.

Telstra is set to cut up 1400 jobs as the telco looks to cut costs.

Activist shareholder Elliott Management has fired its latest salvo at BHP, calling on the mining heavyweight to appoint a new chairman who is "strong, experienced, and visionary".

Mark McGowan's cabinet has given the go ahead for legislation to be drafted which will strengthen WA's dangerous sex offender laws.

It was like snorting Draino. I swear the thing had been dipped in Tiger Balm, fried in a skillet full of napalm on a forge tended by the devil himself then sprinkled with the tears of all it had vanquished before me.

Five people have been charged over a cold calling scam that allegedly milked $30 million out of about 2000 victims across Australia.

Channel Ten has gone into voluntary administration after its billionaire shareholders told it on the weekend they would no longer guarantee a key loan.

Wallabies prop Scott Sio says he is primed for a return to the Test arena and revealed he took inspiration from Brumbies teammate Christian Lealiifano's recovery from leukaemia to get through his own rehabilitation.

Ratepayers want the city's infrastructure program to keep pace with population growth, Brisbane Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said at his 2017 budget launch.

One drinking fountain was found to contain lead levels 18 times the safe limit set by health authorities- despite being labelled as 'filtered drinking water'.