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Hawaii will start a statewide test on Friday of a Cold War-era early warning system designed to inform its residents of an impending nuclear attack.

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Qantas says the number of people willing to spend 17 hours cooped up in economy had surpassed the airline's expectations with forward bookings on the Perth to London route "really strong" and higher than expected, according to the company's chief executive.

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Windsor Castle is a "very special place" for the couple as they had regularly spent time there over the last year and a half. It has hosted many royal weddings - as well as the 2005 blessing service for Charles and Camilla which followed their civil ceremony.

"My partner hasn't built up the courage to ask me," the Qantas chief executive and prominent gay marriage campaigner said. Asked if he might do the proposing, Alan Joyce responded: "No, no, why would that happen?"

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Labor senator Sam Dastyari warned Chinese Communist Party-linked political donor Huang Xiangmo last year that his phone was likely tapped by government agencies, including the US government.

Despite earlier suggestions of a protracted debate about religious freedom, the bill has progressed quickly through the Senate.

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When the federal government launched its "Real men don't bash or rape women" in 1993, four iconic Australian men were featured as "ambassadors" during the campaign.

A top Chinese general has taken his own life amid a corruption investigation that saw him purged from the powerful China Central Military Commission.

The man who allegedly planned to commit mass murder on New Year's Eve once claimed he had been approached by ASIO to spy on terror plotters.

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CBD was shocked to hear that former Leighton boss Wal King still has a coveted ASX chairman's crown, and will get to test his appeal with investors in Brisbane this Thursday when Terracom shareholders get to elect him to the board for the first time.

Official figures released on Tuesday show Australians marrying less than at any time since Federation.

Power prices will fall and renewable energy will get a boost under new electricity trading plans.

Some 100 coral reefs within the Great Barrier Reef have been identified as having particular resilience that could help corals recover from bleaching and other threats.

Katter's Australian Party is set to win a third regional seat and possible new influence as Labor crawls towards the 47 seats it needs to govern Queensland.

Bali is on high alert as the imminent eruption of Mount Agung draws closer, with authorities warning the eruption could occur within hours.

Prominent media personality and former Melbourne AFL star Garry Lyon has left Channel Nine after more than two decades with the network.

'Rushed' legislation will see pokies rip $70 billion from Victoria in the next 25 years, campaigners say.

Canberra university students are living in their cars, dumpster diving for food and couch surfing.

A new report shows Canberra's emergency departments have the equal longest average wait times in the country.

Taliesin Tardrew-O'Meara, 19, said he has very vague memories of the alleged assault but was sure that it had changed his life.

A private equity fund is running the ruler over Konfir Kabo' portfolio of 17 east coast petrol stations.

A woman has filmed the moment she was attacked by a crocodile in far north Queensland.

Top NRL whistleblower Gerard Sutton has beaten Matt Cecchin in the race to be appointed referee for the World Cup final despite the latter widely being considered the top official in the game.

Prosecutors say the girl was 14 when she met the man, then aged 40.

The Asbestos Taskforce says it cleared the property using soil tests.

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Dangerous dog reforms are expected to pass the ACT's parliament on Wednesday.

In the final months of his life and struggling to sleep, Steve Doszpot would pray.

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Two children are in a critical condition after two cars collided head-on in Sydney's west on Tuesday afternoon.

The ACT Government will accept pitches from those who want to build sustainable and affordable housing.

Benji Marshall reckons it's a case of third time lucky.

In contrast, the ANU was one of nine universities to record its highest six-year completion rate.

Western Australia's Child and Adolescent Health Service is fighting accusations of negligence after a toddler was brought to Perth's children's hospital for burns treatment and ended up severely disabled.

The teenager was taken to hospital with injuries to his face and head.

ANZ has sacked a "small" group of bankers for taking illegal drugs and recently let another staff member go for sexually harassing a woman.

A beach has been closed and shark warning issued on the Mornington Peninsula after a dead whale washed up on shore.

A 20-year-old man charged with preparing to carry out a New Year's Eve terror attack at Melbourne's Federation Square has appeared before court.

Sydney remains the least affordable region in Australia for renters.

Dozens of migrant workers face losing their homes as authorities move to shut down suspected illegal boarding houses operating in Tamworth.

Women seeking abortions in regional Queensland can wait up to a month to see a provider, a Brisbane doctor says.

Nationally, just 66 per cent of Australian students who started their degree in 2010 completed it within six years.

The prenuptial agreement governing the marriage of the nation's militant construction and maritime unions will preclude the sharing of legacy multimillion dollar legal fines that may eventuate from the building union's court battles.

Federal police who accessed a journalist's phone records to find a story's source did not "fully appreciate" their legal responsibilities, a report has found.

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development expects higher rates in the second half of next year.

The blaze destroyed the drama building at St Andrews Lutheran College last year, with the accused also charged over a playground fire five days earlier.

The former head of the government's 2014 Financial System Inquiry, David Murray, rounded on the suggestion of a royal commission or inquiry.