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Wednesday's devastating bushfire north of Adelaide moved so quickly through Roseworthy that Kassy Tapp says had no choice but to stay and defend her home.
Topics: bushfire, fires, emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, sa, roseworthy-5371
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Belgium reduces the terror alert in Brussels, five days after it was raised to the highest possible level that saw schools and the metro closed, the government's crisis centre says.
Topics: government-and-politics, terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, belgium
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South Australia's Labor Premier pushes a GST increase higher up on the national agenda, outlining a radical plan he says will help the states overcome a health funding crisis.
Topics: tax, health-policy, states-and-territories, federal-government, sa
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| UpdatedA deadly bushfire burning north of Adelaide that has destroyed dozens of buildings has been downgraded overnight as fire crews gain the upper hand.
Topics: bushfire, fires, emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, sa, mallala-5502
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| UpdatedRussia says it is preparing a raft of economic measures against Turkey over the downing of one of its warplanes, as tensions between the two nations soar.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, air-and-space, world-politics, russian-federation, turkey
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After two millennia, the last Centurions have finally been banished from Rome. Men who dress up as soldiers of the ancient empire and pose for tourist photos in return for cash have been banned.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, history, tourism, italy
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David Cameron argues there is a legal basis for intervention for self-defence because of the threat posed by Islamic State jihadists at home.
Topics: government-and-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, community-and-society, united-kingdom, syrian-arab-republic
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says he is "optimistic" about the chances of a global agreement being reached at next week's climate change talks.
Topics: federal-government, turnbull-malcolm, climate-change, bill-shorten, australia
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A powerful performance by hall of fame inductee Tina Arena proves the show-stopper of the ARIA awards, which were dominated by rockers Tame Impala and also honoured songstress Courtney Barnett.
Topics: music-awards, music, arts-and-entertainment, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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The former chairwoman of NT Crime Stoppers, Alexandra 'Xana' Kamitsis, has been "ingratiating herself" with senior police officers at the expense of Northern Territory taxpayers, a court is told.
Topics: courts-and-trials, darwin-0800, nt
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A man on trial for killing his former housemate was guarded and uncomfortable during a consultation in the weeks after the offence, a psychiatric registrar says.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedA leading agricultural economist douses some of the hype in Australia around the booming demand for meat worldwide at a live export conference in Darwin.
Topics: beef-cattle, food-processing, nt
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Ride-sharing service Uber began operating in defiance of the law and the West Australian Government did nothing to stop it, the WA Supreme Court is told.
Topics: courts-and-trials, road-transport, government-and-politics, perth-6000
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| UpdatedSydney FC will be ruing a host of missed chances as their A-League clash with Wellington petered out to a 0-0 draw.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedA South African judge lifts a domestic ban on trade in rhino horns, in a direct challenge to government policy put in place in 2009 to try to stem rocketing poaching numbers.
Topics: animal-welfare, animals, world-politics, south-africa
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| UpdatedA volunteer firefighter dies after a suspected heart attack while fighting a blaze near Cessnock in the New South Wales Hunter Valley.
Topics: emergency-incidents, cessnock-2325
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Alex Assali, a Syrian refugee who arrived in Germany last year, now hands out free meals to Berlin's homeless, to "give something back to German people" for welcoming him and many more refugees into their country.
Topics: refugees, immigration, human-interest, homelessness, social-media, germany, syrian-arab-republic
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The traditional owners of North Stradbroke Island are set to roll out eco-cabins across land currently being used for sand mining once the practice comes to an end.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, charities-and-community-organisations, dunwich-4183
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| UpdatedThere will be a sombre tone to the first day's play in Adelaide, but new tactics brought about by historic rule changes will make this trans-Tasman clash one to remember, writes Adam Collins.
Topics: cricket, sport, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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| UpdatedA new exhibition at the National Museum of Australia displays 151 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artefacts, most of which have not returned to Australia since they were taken by the British in early interactions.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, community-and-society, library-museum-and-gallery, art-history, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedNearly 200 Victorian Labor members will have their cards torn up after an internal investigation found irregularities around the use of pre-paid gift cards and credit cards to sign up multiple members.
Topics: alp, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, vic
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| UpdatedA big bushfire burning north of Adelaide has razed the house Karen Newton rented at Wasleys for more than five years.
Topics: bushfire, fires, disasters-and-accidents, grief, community-and-society, human-interest, wasleys-5400, mallala-5502, sa
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A native title determination by the Federal Court in Borroloola returns some rights of five Northern Territory pastoral stations to the area's indigenous clans.
Topics: native-title, land-rights, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, community-and-society, borroloola-0854
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A mother who left her newborn baby in a New York church nativity scene will avoid criminal charges because of the state's safe haven laws.
Topics: family, human-interest, christmas, united-states
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The last remaining bodies from a New Zealand helicopter crash that claimed seven lives are flown from Fox Glacier during a break in poor weather conditions.
Topics: air-and-space, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, new-zealand, pacific