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Cardinal George Pell to plead not guilty to historical sex charges
Cardinal George Pell has appeared before court for the first time, to answer to charges of historic sex offences.
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Cardinal George Pell has appeared before court for the first time, to answer to charges of historic sex offences.
Cardinal George Pell will be greeted by a large media pack when he fronts court for the first time on historical sex offence charges.
Cardinal Pell could find himself rubbing shoulders with drink-drivers and drug users on Wednesday.
Racing Victoria's chief steward says his relationship with Danny Nikolic is untenable and that he may quit if the disgraced jockey is granted a licence to race again.
The sister of a man who died at the home of former Health Services Union secretary Kathy Jackson has demanded she return his belongings, including his Bible.
Numan Haider's mobile phone was used to access violent Islamic State videos, radical propaganda and news articles about Tony Abbott in the two days before the teen stabbed two policemen, his inquest has been told.
Former union leader Kathy Jackson had failed to establish any basis to appeal against an order to repay $1.4 million to the Health Services Union, a court has been told.
A former executive of the Australian Wheat Board knew the exporter had contracts that delivered millions of dollars to Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq, despite concerns he would be branded a "sanctions buster" within the United Nations, a trial has heard.
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