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Adelaide woman Cassandra Sainsbury, who is accused of trying to smuggle 5.8 kilograms of cocaine out of Colombia, says she has evidence to prove her innocence but cannot remember how to unlock her phone to access it.
Topics: drug-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, colombia, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedUS President Donald Trump continues his spat with the sports world, calling again for NFL owners to fire players who protest during the US national anthem and suggesting change would "take place fast" if fans boycotted games.
Topics: american-football, basketball, sport, donald-trump, world-politics, united-states
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Women with private health insurance who find out they have breast cancer are paying thousands in gap fees and other out-of-pocket expenses for their treatment, a new report finds.
Topics: breast-cancer, diseases-and-disorders, health-insurance, health, australia
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Matthew Guy makes changes to the Victorian Opposition's frontbench after a difficult week in which the deputy Liberal leader found himself at the centre of another murky donations row.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, liberals, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedTwo men are charged with stealing over the theft of two defibrillator machines from a shopping centre in Brisbane last month.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, carindale-4152
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| UpdatedBali's Governor declares a province-wide natural disaster even before the eruption of the Mt Agung volcano, as thousands seek shelter away from the mountain.
Topics: volcanic-eruption, disasters-and-accidents, indonesia, bali, asia
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| UpdatedAustralia is hoping to turn around its tour of India in the third ODI. Find out if they can get a win on the board with our live ScoreCentre.
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| UpdatedA blaze at a plastics factory in Brisbane's north, which produced a dark cloud of toxic smoke that spread across the city, is being treated as suspicious, police say.
Topics: fires, virginia-4014, qld, australia
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MRP member Nathan Burke says Trent Cotchin's grand final participation will be determined by one question — was it a bump on Dylan Shiel, or a brace for contact?
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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Our grand finalists are locked in, with Adelaide and Richmond winning through at the expense of Geelong and GWS — but who were the stars of the weekend, and who let their teams down?
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, australia, sydney-2000, adelaide-5000, geelong-3220, richmond-3121
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The South Australian Government unveils new health facilities at Flinders Medical Centre to replace those at the soon-to-be-closed Daw Park Repatriation Hospital.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, veterans, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedAuthorities say the devil appears to be showing "classic symptoms of a type of skin cancer which causes fur loss in affected animals".
Topics: animal-diseases-and-disorders---devil-facial-tumour-disease, marsupials, conservation, kelso-7270
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Six people are believed to have been injured after a group of males reportedly sprayed a noxious substance in a number of attacks in an area around a shopping centre in east London, police say.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, england
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Quintessential British actor Colin Firth becomes an Italian citizen in the wake of the Brexit vote — which he has previously called a "disaster of unexpected proportions".
Topics: world-politics, film, united-kingdom, italy
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| UpdatedThe Muslim Rohingya who have fled "textbook ethnic cleansing" in Myanmar to arrive in makeshift camps in Bangladesh are unwanted by both countries.
Topics: world-politics, refugees, islam, buddhism, unrest-conflict-and-war, bangladesh, burma, asia
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| UpdatedCharles Bradley, known as the "screaming eagle of soul" for a powerful, raspy style that evoked his musical hero James Brown, has died aged 68.
Topics: music, arts-and-entertainment, death, united-states
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| UpdatedA man who clung to a windscreen wiper of a moving train "would have almost certainly been killed" had he fallen, authorities say, but say they have no policy to deal with train surfers caught in the act.
Topics: rail-transport, law-crime-and-justice, leederville-6007, stirling-6021
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| UpdatedThe days of hunting for your own bank's ATM to make a free withdrawal could soon be a thing of the past, with all four of the big banks announcing they will finally axe fees for customers of other banks.
Topics: banking, federal-government, australia
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Tasmanian women are exploring the often male-dominated world of welding, and discovering new-found confidence in their abilities.
Topics: community-and-society, women, ulverstone-7315
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| UpdatedDid you receive an unsolicited text from the Yes campaign this weekend? You're not alone. Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek has defended the texts, sent by Australian Marriage Equality, urging people to vote for a "fairer Australia".
Topics: marriage, sexuality, gays-and-lesbians, australia
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| UpdatedDonald Trump is at loggerheads with players from both the NBA and NFL, earning himself the label of "bum" from one of the most successful athletes on the planet.
Topics: world-politics, american-football, basketball, united-states
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| UpdatedA father who went to the pub while allegedly leaving one son in the car on a day of record temperatures, and another son unsupervised at home, is charged and set to face court.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, police, courts-and-trials, children, yagoona-2199
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| UpdatedTeam Europe's dream pairing of Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer shines at the Laver Cup, as Team World's Nick Kyrgios finds someone who understands him in captain John McEnroe.
Topics: sport, tennis, czech-republic, australia, spain, switzerland
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| UpdatedAdelaide will be the centre of the space industry universe this week as 4,000 delegates stream through the city for the 2017 International Astronautical Congress. But what's in it for Australia?
Topics: spacecraft, space-exploration, astronomy-space, science-and-technology, event, states-and-territories, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedConjuring up the trillions of dollars pumped into the US economy and markets was the easy bit. Making it disappear without any noticing will be nigh on impossible, writes Stephen Letts
Topics: company-news, currency, stockmarket, money-and-monetary-policy, australia, united-states