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Newly sworn-in leader of the Opposition Anthony Albanese reveals his shadow ministry line-up, including a spot for Bill Shorten, in the wake of last month's federal election.
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This year's Mount Everest "summit window" was brief and it was deadly. When the window closed last week, twice as many had perished as last year, making 2019 one of the deadliest years on record.
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The Coalition's election victory was born in a "sliding doors" moment almost 12 months ago when a matter of votes could have swayed May's election outcome, writes Tom Iggulden.
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An effective treatment for severe mental illnesses still faces high rates of stigma and misunderstanding, despite moves to increase access to the therapy, the ACT's chief psychiatrist says.
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An explosion of social media sites promoting young Asian women keen for marriage causes a spike in abuse and exploitation, with claims some women are being held captive in suburban homes in situations that could constitute human trafficking.
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Five years after Colorado began its "great experiment" with recreational weed, the state's economy is booming. But then violently ill people started showing up at hospitals.
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Three people are dead and two injured after three vehicles crashed at South Bingera, near Bundaberg, this morning. It continues a horror week on Queensland roads — sixteen people have died since Monday.
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David Warner plays a very different role in Australia's win over Afghanistan … and it feels a little strange, writes Geoff Lemon from Bristol.
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St Kilda hosts Port Adelaide in Shanghai as the AFL's foray into China continues. Later, Essendon hosts Carlton, West Coast takes on the Bulldogs.
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A box on one of Brisbane's busiest streets has taken the street library concept and turned it into a pantry to help those less fortunate.
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Over the past year, I've been trying to cut my carbon footprint by 75 per cent through a different experiment each week. This is what I've discovered, writes Jo Clay.
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An Adelaide mountaineer who has scaled some of the world's tallest summits says climbing permits should be more tightly restricted after a series of deadly incidents this week.
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Fake blood, simulated gunfire and barricades. Two Australian men were horrified by how American schools prepare children for a massacre. Now their ad is shaking up the country.
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Ashleigh Barty's French Open run is wide open after Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka — the next two big guns in her path — were beaten at Roland Garros.
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Tottenham and Liverpool honour the former Spanish midfielder with a moment's silence before the Champions League final.
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A Virginia Beach police chief says a man who shot dead 12 people at a local government centre "will be forever referred to as 'the suspect' because our focus now is the dignity and respect for the victims in this case and to their families".
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Weakness in retail, construction and business investment is expected to drag GDP growth down to the lowest level since 2009 when first quarter data is released this week.
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Singer Sir Elton John says the cutting of gay sex scenes in Russian screenings of Rocketman are "a sad reflection of the divided world we still live in and how it can still be so cruelly unaccepting of the love between two people".
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Judith Nelson is used to being asked questions about her family history, but learning she had convict links on the other side came as something of a surprise.
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In the 1960s a US sports institute began promoting the idea of using supernatural powers to achieve athletic greatness. Some ideas were "bonkers", others are still used in sport today.
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Just as they had resigned themselves to a future of renting, a radio advert stopped the Glencross family in their tracks. More than a decade on they remain one of the thousands of success stories from the WA Government's Keystart program.
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A regional New South Wales town is set to become a major player in oil production and the renewable fuels market with a plant using world-first technology to recycle thousands of used tyres a year.
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Tuesday marks the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre — a bloody crackdown on a pro-democracy movement erased from history in China, but still remembered by the people who witnessed the chaos that swept Beijing.
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The death of a close friend in a mountain climbing accident was a life-changing moment for Brisbane doctor Andrew Peacock. Now he spends half the year globetrotting on grand adventures.