| | | | The Department of Defence admits it should have warned the public about a chemical contamination scandal three years earlier than it did — and says the cost to taxpayers to clean up the problem nation-wide will be hundreds of millions of dollars. |
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| | Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets of Barcelona to oppose any declaration of Catalonia's independence from Spain, in a second day of protests marking the country's worst political crisis in decades. |
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| | Seven politicians caught up in the citizenship brawl will make their case to the High Court this week. Here is what we know so far about the politicians' arguments. |
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| | Way back in the dim dark ages, a strong currency was a matter of national pride. But that mentality is long out of style, and economists may be breathing a sigh of relief now interest rates and commodity prices are threatening to sink the Australian dollar, Ian Verrender writes. |
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| | It's been nearly 40 years since Waverley Stanley left primary school, but he still can't bring himself to call his teacher by her first name, Rosemary. His deep respect for the teacher who changed his life spurred him to start a scholarships program for other Indigenous kids. |
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| | Donald Trump reignites his public feud with one-time ally Bob Corker tweeting a series of derisive posts blaming the Republican senator for the Iran nuclear deal and alleging he "begged" him for endorsement and to be secretary of state. |
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| | Our government's promise to be a voice for human rights in the Pacific will ring hollow if it ignores the 1.8 million people who defied the Indonesian Government to ask the UN for help in West Papua, writes Tom Clarke. |
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| | David Reynolds wins an incredible Bathurst 1000, triumphing in the Great Race around Mount Panorama after a rain-drenched marathon with an electric finish. |
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| | Kim Jong-un promotes his sister into North Korea's top decision-making body after saying his nuclear weapons are a "powerful deterrent" that guarantee the sovereignty of the country. |
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| | British Prime Minister Theresa May tells a Sunday newspaper she will "not hide from a challenge" as she tries to reassert her authority after a series of political disasters amid speculation of a cabinet reshuffle. |
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| | Hurricane Nate causes minor flooding and power outages on Mississippi's Gulf Coast before its winds diminish to a tropical depression, sparing the region the kind of catastrophic damage wreaked by other hurricanes. |
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| | There's still an assumption that children always live with their mother. When that doesn't happen, many assume women don't love their kids enough or weren't into parenthood. But the truth is so much more complicated. |
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| | Police arrest 58 men, including several foreigners, in a raid of a gay sauna in Indonesia's capital, with a law reform coalition condemning the action in the world's most populous Muslim nation as "arbitrary". |
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| | A TV news anchor's claim that film producer Harvey Weinstein cornered her in the hallway of a Manhattan restaurant is the latest allegation to surface against the embattled Hollywood mogul. |
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| | US fans of the cult animated television show Rick and Morty are left with a bad taste in their mouths after queueing for hours for a limited-edition McDonald's sauce which quickly sold out across the country. |
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| | Nearly 40 teams leave Darwin to begin the 3,000 kilometre journey to Adelaide, but a handful come into trouble before they even left the city limits. |
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| | Leading cruise company Carnival Australia announces Fremantle will continue to be used as a home port for Princess Cruises, after an earlier threat to pull out due to maintenance and access issues with WA ports. |
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| | The family of an "outspoken, smart, courageous" Australian woman is being provided with consular assistance after she died of septicaemia on her honeymoon in Fiji. |
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| | The shy albatross is listed as a vulnerable species, with warming climate blamed for undermining their nests, but Tasmanian scientists have come up with a creative solution proving popular with the birds. |
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| | Every tenant in Victoria will have the right to have a pet in their rental property under sweeping changes to tenancy rules, which will also prohibit real estate agents from soliciting higher than advertised bids for rent. |
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