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SpaceX’s giant new rocket exploded minutes after blasting off on its first test flight and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico.
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The premier’s claim that Operation Daintree uncovered no wrongdoing is simply wrong, leading integrity experts say.
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Chinese-owned messaging apps such as WeChat are so vulnerable to propaganda and disinformation that democratic nations such as Australia should ban them in their current form, a Senate inquiry into foreign interference through social media has heard.
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Blood, blisters and bat attacks: The ultramarathon that mistakenly stretched to 170km
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A government-ordered review of the Australian Research Council concluded the minister should be stripped of his veto powers over scientific grants.
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A major building lobby backs a ban on engineered stone benchtops with deadly concentrations of crystalline silica and has called on the government to urgently fund the testing of workers on construction sites.
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Radio station 3AW* has maintained its dominance in the second ratings survey of 2023, claiming 16.3 per cent of the available audience, with Gold in second place on 11.6 per cent.
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An army reservist who fled from what he feared to be a carjacking, but was actually an attempted police road stop, is planning to sue Victoria Police after two officers allegedly falsified charges against him.
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An education academic has taken aim at schools that stream students on their academic ability, saying it creates ghettos of poorly behaved children confined to one classroom.
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A total solar eclipse is about take place, and the best place on earth to see it is a tiny town in Western Australia.
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The Reserve Bank of Australia is about to get the largest shake-up in its 60-year history.
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A four-year battle over a proposed treetop adventure course in Melbourne’s north-east has ended with Banyule City Council dumping the plan after traditional owners penned a letter calling for the project to be halted over cultural insensitivities.
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A man has been charged by police after he allegedly made death threats against Brittany Higgins, her fiance and her dog.
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A review of the RBA has recommended the creation of a new interest rate setting board, dominated by experts, which would meet eight times a year.
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Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced Porter Davis customers whose homes are not built and uncovered by insurance after the builder’s collapse last month will get their deposits back under a state government support package.
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In September 2009, Father Bob Maguire had been fighting with the church hierarchy about enforced retirement. He sat down with a reporter who wanted to find out why, but kept getting sidetracked.
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For 70 years, Lygon Street has maintained its status as Melbourne’s Little Italy. But in 2023, especially during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, the south end Lygon Street has taken on a new life.
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When Angela Ferrari contacted her bank after a scammer withdrew $97,000 in life savings from her account, she was shocked when asked whether her husband hadn’t taken the money.
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The Australian Institute of Sport will roll out new guidelines for elite sports on transgender athletes, following Basketball Australia’s decision to reject an application from transgender player Lexi Rodgers.
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Property developers are stepping up pressure on the Andrews government to push through major reforms ahead of next month’s state budget, including fast-tracking planning approvals by bypassing councils and establishing a housing affordability council.
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The review of the RBA calls for the governor to front a press conference after meetings to publicly explain why the bank has moved interest rates.
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The huge rise in liver cancer deaths in Australia could be partly driven by a toxic effect of increasingly warmer temperatures.
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Breaking: A Dandenong woman is expected to be charged on summons after a hit-run collision in Noble Park last week
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As unlikely ladder leaders St Kilda prepare to face Carlton in front of a big crowd at Marvel Stadium on Sunday, there will be much discussion surrounding the stories of both coaches.
Retail investors will have the choice to lend to global corporates within months after two financial firms embarked on $200 million joint venture.
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China’s foreign minister has reached out to his Israeli and Palestinian counterparts to say his country is ready to help facilitate peace talks between the two sides, in its latest effort at mediation in the region.
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Obituary: Father Bob Maguire was a maverick on a mission to help people in need. His approach was destined to put him at odds with the Catholic Church, despite the fact he was a priest.
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Breaking: Beloved Catholic priest Father Bob Maguire has died aged 88.
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French President Emmanuel Macron is approaching China with a plan that he believes could potentially lead to talks between Russia and Ukraine, possibly as soon as the northern summer.
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Mandatory pollution caps will for the first time be applied to new cars by the federal government as part of its National Electric Vehicle strategy to drive uptake of cleaner cars as a key measure to help Australia meet its climate targets.
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All-rounder Mitch Marsh has earned a call-up to Australia’s Ashes squad as cover for Cameron Green as Marcus Harris and Matt Renshaw also booked their spot on the plane to the UK.
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Watch live: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews is speaking to the media after an IBAC report found his government improperly awarded a union a $1.2 million contract.
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Star Entertainment Group has announced it will axe 500 positions and implement a salary and incentives freeze to extract $100 million from its costs following unprecedented low earnings across its casinos.
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It’s understood around 400 roles will be affected by a review to streamline corporate support office operations.
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F. Murray Abraham has mined comedic gold by playing characters who don’t know where the line is when it comes to inappropriate behaviour, most notably in recent times as the libidinous grandfather Bert Di Grasso on season two of The White Lotus.
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A white man has surrendered to police in Kansas City, Missouri, a day after he was charged in the shooting and wounding of a black teenager.
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Comedian Barry Humphries, best known for his character Dame Edna Everage, is in a Sydney hospital currently seeing doctors for complications from a hip replacement.
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Analysis: The Andrews government’s awarding of a multimillion-dollar training contract to a Labor-linked union may not be criminal, but it exposes troubling failings, unethical conduct and “grey corruption”. #springst
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Breaking: The Andrews government improperly awarded a union a $1.2 million contract after ministerial staff inappropriately pressured bureaucrats, IBAC finds.
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