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A hunger strike involving hundreds of asylum seekers on Nauru is about to enter its second week amid mounting criticism of Australia's border protection policy.
Topics: human, refugees, federal-government, nauru, australia
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A survey reveals Australia's biggest companies are "increasingly comfortable" with the carbon pricing scheme.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, emissions-trading, climate-change, australia
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| UpdatedThe proprietor of a health clinic where a toddler was crushed to death under a massage table has told an inquest the mother could have changed her appointment time to avoid needing to bring her children.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, death, sa, st-morris-5068, adelaide-5000, australia
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Some people have now been without electricity for close to two days since severe weather across South Australia.
Topics: storm-disaster, storm-event, weather, emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, sa, port-augusta-5700, mount-gambier-5290, adelaide-5000, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, renmark-5341, australia, hawker-5434
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government has appointed a former judge to head the review into Cycling Australia.
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| UpdatedVital health services have endured the years and grown in the red dust of the outback.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-history, healthcare-facilities, health-policy, dental, health, university-and-further-education, indigenous-policy, government-and-politics, history, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, human-interest, oodnadatta-5734, sa, adelaide-university-5005, adelaide-5000, port-augusta-5700, port-lincoln-5606, port-pirie-5540, australia, nt
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| UpdatedShares in Yellow Brick Road have been placed on a trading halt amid reports it is in talks with Macquarie Group on a tie-up.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, takeovers, banking, australia
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| UpdatedA drunk, speeding driver who ran over and killed a man after an argument has been jailed for at least 16 months.
Lee Raymond Nugent, 32, was charged with murder but pleaded guilty instead to causing death by dangerous driving.
In June last year he drove his utility into Matthew Deedman, 39, who had tried to attack Nugent's car with a shovel as he stepped onto the road at Lameroo, in eastern South Australia.
Topics: courts-and-trials, crime, traffic-offences, prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, lameroo-5302, adelaide-5000, sa, mount-gambier-5290, renmark-5341, australia
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| UpdatedTreasurer Wayne Swan has confirmed he asked Treasury officials to prepare costing details on three of the Coalition's policies, which were subsequently given to a newspaper.
Topics: federal-parliament, government-and-politics, tax, swan-wayne, hockey-joe, canberra-2600, australia
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| UpdatedA British MP has been suspended from the parliamentary Conservative Party for flying to Australia to be part of a celebrity reality TV show.
Topics: world-politics, television, television-broadcasting, united-kingdom, australia, qld
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| UpdatedThe construction industry shrank at a slower pace in October, as previous rate cuts started to boost real estate activity.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, building-and-construction, housing-industry, australia
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| UpdatedNews Corporation has announced a massive surge in quarterly profit, driven by growth in its cable television operations.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, media, united-states, united-kingdom, australia
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| UpdatedThe Commonwealth Bank has posted an unaudited profit of around $1.8 billion for the three months to September.
Topics: money-and-monetary-policy, banking, business-economics-and-finance, company-news, australia
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| UpdatedA select few Australians have woken up as multi-millionaires following last night's mammoth Oz Lotto draw.
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| UpdatedPolice say a member of the Comancheros is fighting for his life in hospital after being shot several times in Sydney's west.
Topics: police, law-crime-and-justice, rhodes-2138, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedThe business lobby says the Federal Government should not have commissioned Treasury analysis of just three Coalition tax policies.
Topics: tax, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, federal-government, liberals, australia
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| UpdatedSenior health officials are warning of a looming public health crisis from abuse of over-the-counter painkillers.
Topics: drug-use, drugs-and-substance-abuse, health, pain, australia
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| UpdatedMelbourne Cup-winning jockey Brett Prebble felt he was never going to get beaten on Green Moon.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, flemington-3031, vic, australia
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| UpdatedThe Reserve Bank has elected to leave official interest rates on hold at 3.25 per cent, defying economist bets on a Cup Day cut.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, australia
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| UpdatedThe Treasurer's office has admitted being responsible for a release of Treasury's analysis of the Coalition's tax policies.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, liberals, australia
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| UpdatedAustralian house prices edged higher in the September quarter, but by much less than economists expected.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, housing-industry, economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, australia, nt
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| UpdatedA Labor backbencher has rejected suggestions by Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig that the cruel slaughter of Australian sheep in Pakistan was an isolated incident.
Topics: trade, livestock-welfare, livestock, rural, pakistan, australia
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| UpdatedA receiver has been appointed to troubled car parts maker Autodom, as work is set to resume urgently on parts production.
Topics: automotive, industry, company-news, business-economics-and-finance, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, sa, vic, adelaide-5000, dandenong-3175, melbourne-3000, woodville-5011, australia
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| UpdatedAn alleged betting scandal involving champion jockey Damien Oliver threatens to overshadow his ride on Melbourne Cup favourite Americain.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, melbourne-3000, australia, vic
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| UpdatedPrince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall will be trackside at the Melbourne Cup today on the first full day of their six-day trip to Australia.
Topics: sport, royal-and-imperial-matters, horse-racing, melbourne-3000, flemington-3031, vic, australia