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Former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Fraser has died aged 84.
Topics: government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedSydney Roosters prop Martin Kennedy has been provisionally suspended from the NRL over drug allegations.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedA protest at the Yongah Hill detention centre, east of Perth, enters its second day after 12 Iranian, Lebanese and Iraqi detainees climbed onto the roof.
Topics: immigration, northam-6401
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| UpdatedA move to ditch the word "wilderness" from Tasmania's Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA) management plan will damage the state's brand, the tourism industry says.
Topics: tourism, states-and-territories, national-parks, tas
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Thicke and Williams' 2013 hit Blurred Lines is at risk of extinction unless Marvin Gaye is credited and his family receive a share of profits.
Topics: music, copyright, united-states
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| UpdatedAustralia sends the Navy's heavy landing ship HMAS Tobruk to Vanuatu, to help with the rescue efforts after Tropical Cyclone Pam tore through the Pacific archipelago with devastating force.
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Australia captain Michael Clarke says today's quarter-final against Pakistan is being treated as the tournament's title decider.
Topics: cricket, sport, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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Labor asks the corporate watchdog to look into what it calls a "cover-up" over an investment bank's decision to edit a report on NSW government policy.
Topics: elections, states-and-territories, privatisation-and-deregulation, nsw
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Tasmania's reputation for world class whisky is cemented with awards in London for a local distiller and pioneer Bill Lark inducted into an international Hall of Fame.
Topics: awards-and-prizes, tas
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| UpdatedPolice are searching for nine people missing in a boat in the Gulf of Carpentaria in far north Queensland.
Topics: emergency-incidents, maritime, weipa-4874, mount-isa-4825
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Wall Street reverses some of the gains made yesterday when the US Federal Reserve appeared still a little reluctant to raise interest rates.
Topics: stockmarket, currency, futures, markets, united-states, united-kingdom, australia
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| UpdatedTensions between refugees and locals on the pacific island of Nauru are heightened after a series of violent attacks that have left multiple refugees injured or arrested.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, immigration, refugees, nauru, pacific
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| UpdatedA back injury has forced Bernard Tomic to withdraw from his Indian Wells quarter-final against Novak Djokovic.
Topics: tennis, sport, united-states, australia
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| UpdatedThe family of Canberra woman Zoe Marshall says the teenager has been spotted alive and well on a remote island in cyclone-hit Vanuatu.
Topics: missing-person, weather, charities-and-community-organisations, foreign-affairs, vanuatu, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedAlan Rickman's new film A Little Chaos tackles issues facing women from past to present.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, film-movies, human-interest, people, director, theatre, england, united-kingdom, australia
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Dynamo Kiev shattered Everton's hopes of restoring English pride with a 5-2 demolition in the Europa League last 16.
Topics: soccer, sport, ukraine, england, russian-federation, italy
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A new health institute at the University of Canberra will tackle issues such as healthy living, chronic disease prevention and patient care, bringing together a range of medical professions.
Topics: medical-research, university-and-further-education, research-organisations, healthcare-facilities, diet-and-nutrition, lifestyle-and-leisure, university-of-canberra-2617, act
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| UpdatedA truck driver is missing after a semi-trailer went over a cliff and burst into flames near Kangaroo Valley in the NSW Southern Highlands.
Topics: road, bowral-2576, kangaroo-valley-2577
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A New York father is jailed for 20 years for lacing his children's pizza with rat poison, killing his five-year-old son and making his seven-year-old daughter sick.
Topics: crime, community-and-society, child-abuse, united-states
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Police are searching for a driver who fled after hitting a cyclist in Melbourne's west during peak hour on Tuesday.
Topics: cycling, traffic-offences, law-crime-and-justice, west-footscray-3012, glenroy-3046
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| UpdatedAn Italian man is caught trying to send a giant prehistoric egg worth more than $125,000 to the United States, Italian customs officials say.
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| UpdatedThe judgement against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams for copyright infringement over their song Blurred Lines has brought into focus the merits and pitfalls of copyright law. Listen to these eight songs and rate how similar you think they are.
Topics: copyright, music, arts-and-entertainment, laws, united-states
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Jamie Clee only took up boxing in 2013 and after winning three of his last four fights, is preparing for his next mixed martial arts fight in his hometown.
Topics: boxing, martial-arts, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedMost New South Wales voters are supportive of existing anti-terrorism laws, saying they do not believe they have gone too far, according to Vote Compass.
Topics: elections, states-and-territories, law-crime-and-justice, terrorism, crime, police, nsw
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| UpdatedAn air raid on the presidential palace in Yemen's southern city of Aden and intense fighting at the airport raises fears for president Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, who has fled his residence.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, defence-and-national-security, government-and-politics, yemen