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Cardinal George Pell is returning to Australia to fight historical sexual assault charges laid by Victoria Police, as he again rejects the allegations and claims he is the victim of "relentless character assassination".
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Cardinal George Pell has spoken to reporters in Rome, where he once again strenuously denied all sexual assault allegations against him. Here's what he said.
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The charging of Cardinal George Pell has made headlines around the world because of his standing at the Vatican, but it also poses fundamental questions about the future of the Catholic Church in Australia, Paul Kennedy writes.
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A new military unit tasked with defending Australian military targets from cyber attacks and preparing its own assaults on foreign forces is set to launch in what has been described as one of the country's biggest shifts in defence strategy.
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The terms of a wide-ranging inquiry into the management of the problem-plagued Perth Children's Hospital Project have been announced by the powerful parliamentary committee overseeing the inquiry.
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An oversupply of potatoes in Western Australia caused by biosecurity limits not allowing them out of the state is driving South West growers out of the industry.
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Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison uses a visit to WA to warn GST reform cannot be driven by "parochial sentiment", as the row over distribution continues.
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In an 18-minute mea culpa speech on submarines, Tony Abbott describes as his "fears" for the Government's $50 billion submarine program and repents for his self-recognised failure of "not more robustly challenging the nuclear 'no-go' mindset".
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Several key superannuation changes from last year's budget take effect this Saturday, meaning you are rapidly running out of time if you have not yet complied with the new rules.
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The State Government and WA Football Commission are set to announce deal to play games at the new Perth Stadium from the start of the 2018 AFL season.
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The names, addresses and offences of people paying traffic fines has been shared by WA Police insecurely which opens it up to being hacked, a report finds.
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The Environmental Protection Authority says the risk of damage to the Helena Aurora Ranges is too great to allow a proposed iron ore mine to proceed.
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Western Australia's Police Union vows to push on with industrial action until it gets a written guarantee from the State Government that officers will be provided with stab-proof ballistic vests.
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An Indonesian man who was a child when Australia jailed him in an adult prison for people smuggling was the victim of a miscarriage of justice, a West Australian court rules.
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Australia's first ever flag, which lay forgotten and in pieces for almost a century at Newcastle Cathedral, is revealed after a painstaking 18-month restoration.
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Former Queensland premier Campbell Newman says Malcolm Turnbull should "do the right thing" and resign as Prime Minister to avoid another leadership showdown.
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Macquarie forecasts investors will be rushing to switch out of interest-only loans once they realise they have become uneconomic, even with the effects of negative gearing included.
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An Asian racing pigeon blown off track ends up hitching a ride on a ship to Australia.
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Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne is banned from racing for a month after pleading guilty to taking a banned appetite suppressant, which she says she thought was allowed on non-race days.
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An ADFA cadet allegedly raped by a colleague stands by her claims she had no romantic interest in the accused, despite the man's lawyer likening their text message exchanges to a teen television drama series during another day of intense questioning.
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The recent shooting of ABC journalist Adam Harvey by militants linked to ISIS brought inter-faith tensions in the Philippines close to home for many Australians. But conflicts of this nature are not a new phenomenon for the country.
