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Amid intense criticism, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson refuses to apologise for saying students with disabilities should be taught separately from mainstream classes, and claims she has been taken out of context.
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"The autistic kids are the ones left behind". That's what one woman with a special needs child had to say in the wake of Pauline Hanson's "totally deplorable" call for them to be removed from mainstream classrooms.
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The Tasmanian Government's horror week in the upper house continues, with MLCs swinging the axe on its contentious forestry legislation.
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The effectiveness of gambling harm-minimisation measures in Tasmania cannot be judged because of a lack of evidence, the auditor-general says.
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Two of the inmates who escaped from Bali's Kerobokan jail are captured in Dili, East Timor, while two others, including Australian Shaun Davidson, remain on the run.
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A French fitness blogger dies after a whipped cream dispenser explodes, striking her in the chest.
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An "anonymous source" pays the rates for Tasmanian properties owned by a family that was refusing to do so on the basis their land is owned by the "Heavenly Father".
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Last week somebody successfully ported Tracey Holmes's number without her permission. What ensued was a sleepless night wondering where her number had gone, what was being done with it and what the ultimate cost was going to be.
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It's well known younger people are struggling to buy their first home, but experts are also warning of a "significant crisis" facing older Australians already in the market.
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The chief executive of the London borough where a massive tower block fire killed at least 79 people resigns.
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Round 14 in the AFL begins in earnest as the Crows take on Hawthorn at the Adelaide Oval. Follow all the action and our live commentary in our AFL ScoreCentre.
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An Air Asia pilot is sentenced to 13 years in jail for sexually assaulting a Perth woman, after he was arrested when travelling through Sydney airport with his family more than 20 years later.
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Same-sex marriage supporters rally outside a Liberal Party fundraiser in Melbourne to protest against tennis legend Margaret Court, who has come under fire for controversial remarks on homosexuality.
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The death of Leila Baartse-Harkin, who died after she jumped from a swing and landed on her belly, could have been prevented had she received proper care, a South Australian coroner finds.
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US President Donald Trump vows he will eventually get funding for his proposed wall on the Mexican border, saying he is considering a barrier clad with solar panels that would "create energy and pay for itself".
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With more than 1.2 million requests for ticket spots that numbered far less at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games - there was bound to be disappointment when passes were allocated today. But organisers say not all hope is lost - with another opportunity on the horizon.
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Got a good name for a good dog? The Queensland Police Service is recruiting the public in the naming of its seven new puppies, destined to become the next breed of police dogs.
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At what was meant to be a formal but scaled-back affair, Queen Elizabeth II delivers a speech to Parliament on the UK Government's legislative program. But the more austere affair didn't stop some awkward moments.
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A post by the Tasmanian Liberals on their Facebook page accusing Labor of an "appalling slap in the face to victims" of child sex abuse sees the Opposition threaten to not play ball with parliamentary convention.
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Transcripts of phone conversations purporting to reveal former ATO deputy chief Michael Cranston warning his son he was at risk of being implicated in the biggest tax fraud in Australian history are tendered in court.
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Want to binge watch Game of Thrones ahead of season seven next month? Well, a new study has found excessive TV watching can have serious health consequences and, unsurprisingly, it also increases snacking.
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Some people on very low-carb diets say they feel euphoric, have clear minds and lose their appetite. Here's why.
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A juror in Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial reveals that two holdouts who refused to convict the comedian led to 52 hours of deliberations that were so tense one juror punched a wall.
