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A rising Labor star has issued an apology after complaints of a shoot, shag, marry" game allegedly being played at a Hobart festival.
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Sydneysiders have slammed a website pretending to be owned by victims of the Bondi terror attack, as a public warning is issued.
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The high-profile exit comes as more than 180 writers, including ex-New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern, drop out of the festival in protest.
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Authorities have been working tirelessly to rescue Queenslanders trapped by floodwaters as ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji sends a deluge of rain over the state.
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Anthony Albanese has addressed fears about snap gun laws drafted in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.
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Anthony Albanese has declared January 22 a national day of mourning following the deadly December 14 terrorist attack at Bondi Beach.
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Australian cricket legend Alyssa Healy has revealed she will step away from the game after an incredible 15-year career.
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A small town has recorded its highest rainfall total in more than a century as ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji causes major flooding in parts of Queensland.
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Police have opened up a renewed probe into the mysterious disappearance of an eight-year-old girl who disappeared from her bed in Melbourne half a century ago - with a massive reward now on offer.
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A man has been arrested in a neighbouring Aussie state following a grim update in the search for a missing Brisbane woman not seen in days.
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A child has died and a man has been hospitalised following a house fire in Melbourne's north.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has declared January 22 a national day of mourning following the deadly December 14 terrorist attack at Bondi Beach.
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Police have revealed their next major move in the search for a woman who has not been seen for a month after she went missing in the Australian outback.
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A woman who decided to grab breakfast after a girls weekend away allegedly crashed her car into a pole, then blew six times over the legal alcohol limit.
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A federal government minister has weighed in on the public debate surrounding an Australian-Palestinian writer being sensationally dropped from a popular writer's festival lineup.
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The Melbourne Stars wicketkeeper who wrote his Australian cricket dreams under his father's pillow at five still holds that goal.
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Health Minister Mark Butler has rubbished opposition figures that claim Labor's Medicare overhaul is faltering amid soaring costs.
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Australia could have a measuring problem", meaning the population is more than one million people above the official figures.
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Two terrifying home invasions by knife-wielding intruders in the space of 24 hours have sparked calls for Australia to follow America's lead with self-defence laws.
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One state's police force is likely" to reimpose sweeping powers allowing officers to randomly stop and search people - just days after the contentious practice was revoked.
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A senior opposition MP has issued a warning as Australia and the EU appear poised to sign a major deal.
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A beloved writers' festival is in complete crisis" after the axing of a Palestinian-Australian author, a former director has warned.
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Detectives have released CCTV footage in their hunt for suspects in another fatal shooting in western Sydney.
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Airbnb guests who were on the way to the airport barely left the driveway when their hire car fell into a sinkhole.
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The season is already over for a heart and soul Roo who has had a wretched run with injuries.
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A senior NSW police officer, celebrated for heroism during the Bondi Junction attack, has been diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer.
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Wegovy is currently not listed on the PBS and not subsidied by the Australian government.
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St Kilda has vowed to stand by Jack and Stephen Silvagni as player and list manager after the rape conviction of Tom Silvagni.
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St Kilda's boom recruit is progressing well from his calf setback, but the Saints have stopped short of confirming his place in Opening Round.
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As the Albanese government rushes to draft snap reforms in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, one state is pushing back on tweaks to gun laws.
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Australia's largest literary talkfest is imploding with mass board resignations and speaker cancellations following the dumping of a controversial Palestinian author.
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A shocking attack on a well-known Muslim leader in Victoria has triggered an outpouring of condemnation.
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Australians have defied expectations by increasing household spending 1 per cent in November, with Black Friday sales and major concerts driving the surge.
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The police hero who saved lives by confronting the Bondi Junction killer now faces her own life-threatening battle with aggressive breast cancer.
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The price of a weight-loss drug could drop by hundreds of dollars after it was announced it would be listed on the PBS.
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Police were called and the bomb squad involved after reports of a man wearing a vest with items duct taped to it.
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As ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji batters North Queensland, emergency crews have carried out dramatic rescues, including two adults and five children forced onto tables by rising floodwaters.
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The Matildas' incredible run on home soil in 2023 is a sporting moment few Aussies will soon forget - but its success lays bare a troubling trend.
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Police were called and the bomb squad involved after reports of a man wearing a vest with items duct taped to it.
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Police officers armed with semiautomatic rifles will be deployed for the Australian Open in a move one senior political figure has branded a sad sign of the times".
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A 19-year-old has been arrested after another man was found with fatal stab wounds on a street in Melbourne's CBD.
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When he was confronted by an irate woman with bulging eyes in a park on Christmas Day, TJ realised something was seriously wrong with his city.
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Thousands are without electricity as ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji lashes North Queensland, forcing dramatic rescues and sparking warnings of potentially life-threatening flooding."
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The Bondi shooting hero has suffered a major setback just hours after an emotional meeting in New York with former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
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Ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji has made landfall in North Queensland, with warnings the system's heavy rainfall could cause life-threatening flash flooding".
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Tropical Cyclone Koji is making landfall in North Queensland, with residents bracing for heavy rainfall and potentially dangerous flooding.
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An elderly man was unable to be saved after a tree fell on him while watching a local cricket match.
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A young international visitor has been found dead after he was swept out while swimming on the Gold Coast.
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North Queensland is bracing for Cyclone Koji to make landfall, with residents warned to expect damaging winds, heavy rain and possible flooding.
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A single mum who repaid rent arrears after falling ill last year is being evicted from a social housing home where she has lived for the past four years with nowhere to go.