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Exclusive: Rape victims in Queensland will now be offered forensic examinations regardless of whether they plan to make a complaint to policehttps://www.smh.com.au/politics/queensland/kit-20190211-p50x2k.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1549878883 …

Emergency services brace for bushfires, dust storms across NSW tomorrowhttps://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/sydney-braces-for-hot-tuesday-as-total-fire-ban-declared-for-nsw-20190211-p50x1p.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1549878874 …

City of Sydney councillors have unanimously resolved to support proposals for a NSW drug summit, and to liaise with medical professionals who had expressed interest in running a drug-testing demonstration in the area | @MeganGorreyhttps://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/it-is-time-city-of-sydney-councillors-back-pill-testing-dry-run-20190211-p50x1l.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1549876447 …

Rachael's concern after the Queensland floods killed half her herd isn't the 2000 carcasses rotting in swampy paddocks. It's the bankshttps://www.smh.com.au/national/queensland/queensland-graziers-take-clean-up-a-day-at-a-time-20190211-p50x2e.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1549878962 …

Fifty Februarys ago, former High Court Justice Michael Kirby met a dashing Dutchman called Johan van Vloten at the Bottoms Up bar in Kings Cross. Tonight, the two men were married before friends and family in their Bondi Junction home | @pitthenhttps://www.smh.com.au/national/justice-michael-kirby-weds-50-years-after-that-summer-of-69-20190211-p50x2q.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1549877438 …

Bad news: the number of cockroaches around the world are on the rise | @p_hannamhttps://www.smh.com.au/environment/sustainability/disappearing-everywhere-the-great-extinction-happening-under-our-noses-20190211-p50wz5.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1549867847 …

Breaking: Refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi will be freed from his Thai jail cell and allowed to return home to Australia | @jamesmassolahttps://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/hakeem-al-araibi-to-return-to-australia-after-extradition-to-bahrain-dropped-20190211-p50x3j.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1549873990 …

Former tax man didn't want son involved with the 'wrong kind of people', court hears | @AngusGthompsonhttps://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/former-tax-man-didn-t-want-son-involved-with-the-wrong-kind-of-people-court-hears-20190211-p50wzr.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1549867504 …

Constable Timothy Proctor posthumously awarded at funeral after horror head-on collision | @LucyCormackhttps://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/constable-timothy-proctor-posthumously-awarded-at-funeral-after-horror-head-on-collision-20190211-p50x0k.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1549865873 …

Bill Shorten opens talks on three changes to the medical transfer bill ahead of a debate on Tuesday that will test the Morrison government’s control of Parliament | @CroweDMhttps://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/labor-shadow-cabinet-signs-off-on-modified-refugee-bill-that-could-still-pass-parliament-20190211-p50x16.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1549868073 …

'Not good practice': Costello lashes Henry for staying on NAB board | @clancyyeateshttps://www.smh.com.au/business/banking-and-finance/not-good-practice-costello-criticises-henry-for-staying-on-nab-board-20190211-p50x0c.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1549865852 …

Breaking: Notorious drug lord Tony Mokbel left bleeding from the mouth, chest and head after violent stabbing in high security prisonhttps://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/inmate-seriously-injured-in-barwon-prison-stabbing-20190211-p50x1r.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1549865428 …

Labor commits $8 billion to fast-track Sydney Metro West in an election pitch to voters designed to resonate with voters in vulnerable seats in Sydney’s west | @LisaVisentinhttps://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/labor-commits-8-billion-to-fast-track-sydney-metro-west-20190211-p50wyi.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1549856242 …

Thailand's Election Commission will consider the surprise nomination of a Thai princess as a prime ministerial candidate for March elections after her brother intervenedhttps://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/thai-commission-to-rule-on-princess-running-for-pm-after-king-s-rebuke-20190211-p50wzg.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1549859983 …

As pastor Neil Thomas was demanding sexual favours, he would invoke the Biblehttps://www.smh.com.au/national/anoint-me-with-oil-how-evangelical-pastor-neil-thomas-preyed-on-his-flock-20190208-p50wic.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1549862571 …

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has set the tone for a brutal debate on border protection in a major address marking the first week of Federal Parliament for the year | @michaelkoziolhttps://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/these-things-are-absolutes-scott-morrison-lays-down-the-gauntlet-on-medical-evacuations-20190211-p50wz8.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1549853902 …

'A good bloke': Army Major dies in cycling accident near Canberrahttps://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/major-aaron-couchman-dies-in-cycling-accident-near-canberra-20190211-p50wzj.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1549854777 …

'No sugar-coating this': Car crash to cause delays on airport line until Thursday | @Mattonewshttps://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/no-sugar-coating-this-car-crash-to-cause-delays-on-airport-line-until-thursday-20190211-p50wy6.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1549859162 …