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Commentary that Australian soccer player Sam Kerr is one of the best players at the World Cup seem very fitting this morning, as the Matildas celebrate a resounding win over Jamaica.
Topics: soccer-world-cup, women, france, australia
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A new book tracks the careers of four of America's most successful female venture capitalists, who are launching a gender revolution in the historically male-dominated world of Silicon Valley.
Topics: computers-and-technology, internet-technology, information-technology, womens-status, discrimination, united-states
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has joined calls for an investigation into the death in custody of the former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi.
Topics: death, world-politics, egypt
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There are calls for a major re-set on the Federal Government's Indigenous funding strategy after an audit uncovered flaws in its management.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, human-rights, australia
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| UpdatedPresident Donald Trump has officially launched his 2020 re-election campaign in front of thousands of supporters in Florida.
Topics: donald-trump, us-elections, united-states
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| UpdatedA study of Queensland's lockout laws has found they're failing to stop alcohol fuelled violence.
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| UpdatedSurfing is one of many sports historically dominated by males in Australia, but more and more girls are taking to the waves for pleasure or serious competition — and trailblazer Layne Beachley is thrilled.
Topics: surfing, womens-status, discrimination, australia
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| UpdatedAn investigation has found apartment buildings along Australia's east coast are plagued with multiple building defects, with cladding, fire protection and waterproofing issues among the most common.
Topics: building-and-construction, regulation, corporate-governance, architecture, australia
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| UpdatedBoris Johnson is charging ahead to become the next leader of the Conservative party and British Prime Minister after another ballot of conservative MPs.
Topics: world-politics, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedThe Australian women's soccer team has advanced to the knock-out round in the World Cup in France after a 4-1 victory over Jamaica.
Topics: soccer-world-cup, women, france, australia
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| UpdatedProtest organisers in Hong Kong say they're not satisfied with the latest efforts by the Chief Executive Carrie Lam to quell their anger.
Topics: international-law, world-politics, hong-kong
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| UpdatedAustralia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne will today travel to Bougainville at a crucial time for the region, with residents set to vote in a referendum in October on whether they want to become independent from PNG.
Topics: world-politics, referendums, bougainville, papua-new-guinea, australia
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| UpdatedIt's still more than 500 days until the next US Presidential election, but in a few hours' time Donald Trump will effectively fire the starting gun by launching his official campaign at a rally in Florida.
Topics: donald-trump, us-elections, united-states
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| UpdatedAfter a sharp increase in recent drug-related fatalities at music festivals in NSW, strip searching has become almost routine, and advocates say the practice may be putting vulnerable people at risk.
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| UpdatedPrivate debt collectors dealing directly with businesses struggling to pay their suppliers have told PM their work load has "spiked" in recent weeks.
Topics: small-business, economic-trends, banking, nsw
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| UpdatedA chastened chief executive of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam, has fronted the media to apologise and admit fault over her handling of the extradition bill that brought more than a quarter of Hong Kong's population onto the streets in protest. But she won't resign.
Topics: world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, china, hong-kong
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| UpdatedEgypt's first and only democratically-elected President Mohammed Morsi has been buried in Cairo, a day after he collapsed and died during in a courtroom, where he was being tried for espionage.
Topics: death, world-politics, egypt
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| UpdatedNauru's parliament has passed new laws, that critics argue will effectively block access to overseas lawyers for anyone who finds them self before the island nation's courts.
Topics: international-law, immigration-policy, nauru
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| UpdatedThousands of public sector jobs are being axed in NSW and SA as the states grapple with falling revenue streams.
Topics: budget, federal---state-issues, economic-trends, australia
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| UpdatedForeign minister Marise Payne is in Papua New Guinea for a three day visit, as observers warn of a mismatch in priorities between the Pacific and Canberra.
Topics: world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, mining-industry, climate-change, referendums, papua-new-guinea, bougainville
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Dozens of dead grey whales are washing up on beaches – about 30 so far this year in the state of Washington alone. Researchers working in the area now believe they know why it's happening.
Topics: environmentally-sustainable-business, environment, environmental-impact, environmental-management, animals, human-interest, united-states
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The QLD Police Minister says officers who left an intellectually disabled Indigenous boy naked for several days in an adult watch house in Brisbane followed "appropriate processes."
Topics: immigration, community-and-society, child-abuse, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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An Australian Human Rights Commission report has found that offshore immigration detention centres are becoming harsher, more restrictive and prison-like.
Topics: human, rights, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, immigration-policy, community-and-society, immigration, australia
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| UpdatedIt's expected almost 90 per cent of new jobs created in Australia over the next decade will require cognitive or creative, rather than hands-on skills.
Topics: science-and-technology, robots-and-artificial-intelligence, australia
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The impact of lower interest rates on depositors - in particular older Australians - was a key consideration in the Reserve Bank's decision to to cut the cash rate to a new record low earlier this month.
Topics: economic-trends, business-economics-and-finance, australia