| | | | The PM, who as communications minister inherited the National Broadband Network from the previous Labor government, describes the project as a "calamitous train wreck" and concedes it may never make a profit. |
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| | Sixty-six Australians have taken the NBN rollout into their own hands, one to the tune of almost $218,000. That's more than double the the highest cost incurred by NBN Co in rolling out fibre to a single premises. |
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| | George Young, a pioneer of Australian music as a member of The Easybeats and producer for AC/DC, the band fronted by his brothers Angus and Malcolm, dies aged 70. |
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| | A charge against Hobart DJ Astro Labe is upgraded from common assault to that of causing harm to a Commonwealth public official. |
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| | Prisoner Adam Paul Davidson told officers "I did it ... he had it coming. He's a f***ing grub", after torturing Daniel Morcombe's killer Brett Peter Cowan in a "vigilante act" in a Brisbane jail. |
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| | A poker machine addict's desperate suicide mission to Crown Casino in Melbourne throws into question the gambling giant's commitment to responsible gaming. |
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| | With the current climate of military threats emanating from the Trump administration, should we be worried? The answer is complicated. |
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| | An 18-year-old man who has admitted stabbing his stepfather to death picked up a knife to defend his seven-year-old sister who was being throttled at the time, a Perth court is told. |
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| | Australian Wool Innovation chairman Wal Merriman has express posted an apology letter to farmers he secretly watched through a one-way mirror, ahead of a Senate Estimates grilling. |
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| | Intense hail hits the Toowoomba region, blanketing the ground, as thunderstorms sweep across south-east Queensland. |
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| | Australians are more qualified and working a shorter average week than in 2011 — but women are still shouldering the majority of household responsibilities, according to new 2016 Census data. |
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| | A 1,000-page manual on future security arrangements for Parliament House has been lost by a contractor, but the Department of Parliamentary Services argues the building's safety has not been compromised. |
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| | Chris Gayle's barrister says a journalist from The Age wrote a defamatory article accusing the international cricket star of exposing himself to a masseuse in order to "destroy him" because of an on-air controversy last year. |
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| | Philippine troops capture a building where pro-Islamic State militants made their final stand in southern Marawi city, finding about 40 bodies of suspected gunmen inside, security officials say. |
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| | A bizarre incident at the Venice Marathon, in which six runners were led in the wrong direction, helped an unlikely competitor take home first place. |
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| | A new police unit dedicated to investigating sexual assaults on public transport is created in Victoria in response to a dramatic increase in attacks, obscene exposure and upskirting. |
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| | There are a few reasons why smartphones, tablets and PCs start to seem less snappy over time. But there are steps you can take to improve your device's performance. |
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| | A 15-year-old girl fishing for squid from a kayak south of Adelaide is knocked into the water by a shark, believed to be a great white, with her father saying he saw the shark's "dark side and the white belly" as it rolled. |
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