The most recent 250 top stories.
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| UpdatedWall St, gold, iron ore and the Aussie dollar traded lower overnight — but the Australian share market is still expected to open flat.
Topics: company-news, economic-trends, stockmarket, currency, money-and-monetary-policy, australia
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| UpdatedFacebook will give the contents of thousands of advertisements bought by a Russian agency to US congressional investigators, a move that could shed light on possible interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Topics: social-media, information-and-communication, internet-culture, government-and-politics, donald-trump, united-states
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| UpdatedWhile the loss of a small town's biggest employer may be enough to bring some communities to their knees, it is just another kink in the road for the residents of Ravensthorpe, in WA's south-east.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, mining-industry, regional, ravensthorpe-6346
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| UpdatedCommunity programs that treat offenders as victims first can break the cycle of abuse, writes Kirsti Melville.
Topics: child-abuse, pornography, sexual-offences, psychology, crime, police, law-crime-and-justice, germany, perth-6000
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Many farming families in the central-west of NSW are being forced to tear up their crops as record low rain pushes them past tipping point and prompts some serious soul-searching.
Topics: rural, farm-labour, rainfall, agricultural-crops, parkes-2870
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Cancer can be a lonely and isolating journey, but in Sydney a group of patients and survivors are coming together each week to share the burden and colour the chaos away.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, visual-art, cancer, human-interest, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedLiliane Bettencourt, the heiress to the L'Oreal cosmetics empire and the world's richest woman with a fortune of almost $50 billion, dies in Paris aged 94.
Topics: death, human-interest, france
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| UpdatedA hand-reared deer called Heidi loves spending time with her best bud Tonka, playing chasey, eating grass and chewing on sticks together.
Topics: animals, animal-behaviour, human-interest, offbeat, dural-2158
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With a crowded craft beer market leaving many to innovate, one SA brewer is filtering his product through fossil-rich shale more than 500 million years old.
Topics: palaeontology, science-and-technology, geology, food-and-beverage, kingscote-5223, armadale-3143, newcastle-2300, sa, nsw
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Indonesia is pushing for Australia to open its doors to Indonesian workers as the two countries edge closer to securing a bilateral trade deal by the end of the year, with Jakarta's chief negotiator saying more political will is needed to overcome barriers.
Topics: international-aid-and-trade, trade, business-economics-and-finance, foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, indonesia
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With interest in space surging ahead of the International Astronautical Congress, NASA is spruiking its message to young scientists and students in Adelaide.
Topics: astronomy-space, space-exploration, spacecraft, science-and-technology, science, defence-and-aerospace-industries, sa, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedAn international spat with Julie Bishop, 15-hour-long days on the campaign trail and a death in the family — it's been a rollercoaster ride for Jacinda Ardern she became New Zealand's youngest-ever Opposition Leader seven weeks ago.
Topics: world-politics, elections, government-and-politics, new-zealand, pacific
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| UpdatedThe remains of buildings used by Nazi officials in Munich are left standing in a bid to illustrate the true horrors of the Nazi movement, which historians fear are "fading" in the public consciousness.
Topics: history, world-war-2, unrest-conflict-and-war, germany
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It's crunch time for the final four AFL flag contenders — what key questions must they answer in this weekend's prelim finals?
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, adelaide-5000, sa, geelong-3220, melbourne-3000, vic, homebush-bay-2127, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedAlmost six months to the day since Tropical Cyclone Debbie hit north Queensland, the region is poised for the arrival of another force of nature — British superstar Elton John.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, rock, regional, tourism, pop, mackay-4740, cairns-4870, hobart-7000, wollongong-2500
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| UpdatedThe ABS has a warning for anyone thinking about posting their same-sex marriage survey form on social media, but it's not the only thing you should think twice about before posting photos of online.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, information-and-communication, internet-culture, law-crime-and-justice, fraud-and-corporate-crime, australia
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump sent a message to North Korea, and his former White House press secretary Sean Spicer sent a message of his own at the 69th Emmy Awards.
Topics: australia
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| UpdatedThe Matildas have won the hearts and minds of Australia's sporting fans for all the right reasons and it is only the tip of the iceberg, writes Richard Hinds.
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump orders new sanctions that punish businesses and banks that trade with North Korea and is designed to derail the hermit kingdom's nuclear program by starving it of money.
Topics: donald-trump, world-politics, united-states, korea-democratic-peoples-republic-of
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| UpdatedAs the debate rages over how to bring rein in rising energy prices, and ensure a reliable power grid, a snapshot of 2,000 households shows the majority of people see solar batteries as the key to cheaper and more reliable energy.
Topics: environmental-technology, environment, solar-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, australia
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| UpdatedIt's been a mystery of astrophysics for decades — where do the most energetic particles that bombard the Earth come from?
Topics: science-and-technology, energy, galaxies, the-universe, astronomy-space, argentina
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| UpdatedDeadly Hurricane Maria floods the Dominican Republic after pummelling Puerto Rico with severe flooding and cutting off power to the entire island.
Topics: storm-disaster, storm-event, dominican-republic, puerto-rico
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| UpdatedA gay NSW Nationals candidate should not have been subjected to questions about his partner and personal history at a preselection meeting, the party's leader and Deputy Premier John Barilaro says.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, nationals, government-and-politics, lismore-2480
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| UpdatedTasmanian police launch an investigation after the former prime minister and prominent same-sex marriage No vote campaigner says he was attacked by a man who said "you deserve it" before running away.
Topics: government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedA Perth dog owner receives a note threatening to poison the family dog if it doesn't stop barking, in a week in which the RSPCA says five pets were poisoned in Western Australia, one fatally.
Topics: animal-welfare, perth-6000, northam-6401, east-victoria-park-6101, gosnells-6110