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The Reserve Bank is hoping a recovery in home building will offset an earlier than expected peak in the mining boom.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, australia
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A court has found a man guilty over home invasions in which he bound, blindfolded and raped women at knifepoint.
Topics: courts-and-trials, sexual-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, dna, sa, adelaide-5000, australia
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Australia will sign up to the next phase of the Kyoto Protocol on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, despite concerns from some environmentalists that carbon reduction targets remain too low.
Topics: climate-change, federal-government, government-and-politics, environment, australia
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Follow all the live action between Australia and South Africa at the Gabba.
Topics: cricket, sport, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, south-africa
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The Federal Government has abandoned its controversial plan for a mandatory internet filter, five years after it was first promised.
Topics: information-and-communication, internet-culture, computers-and-technology, federal-government, australia
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Minutes from a school council meeting show its members felt "bound by nondisclosure" and a suppression order not to comment on a sexual abuse matter.
Topics: sexual-offences, information-and-communication, law-crime-and-justice, crime, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, schools, education, activism-and-lobbying, sa, adelaide-5000, australia
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A top cop challenges NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell to call a Royal Commission, alleging the Catholic Church covers up for paedophile priests, silences investigations, and destroys crucial evidence to avoid prosecutions.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, catholic, community-and-society, sexual-offences, child-abuse, nsw, australia, newcastle-2300
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A one-time informer of disgraced NSW Crime Commission investigator Mark Standen is back in Australia and facing a string of drugs charges.
Topics: drug-offences, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, sydney-2000, australia
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The Defence Department says three Australian soldiers received minor injuries in Afghanistan on Wednesday when the armoured vehicle they were in struck a roadside bomb.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, defence-and-national-security, defence-forces, afghanistan, australia
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The energy, resource and finance sectors led the falls on the local share market today after investors took their lead from Wall Street.
Topics: markets, stockmarket, currency, australia
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Prime Minister Julia Gillard has used her position as co-chair of the Bali Democracy Forum to announce support for an institute that promotes democracy in the region.
Topics: foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, gillard-julia, bali, indonesia, australia
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Jim Cassidy has wound the clock back to win his fifth Victoria Oaks at Flemington aboard Dear Demi.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, flemington-3031, vic, australia
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A former financial administrator at the Makris property group will spend at least three years in prison for stealing $1 million from the company.
James Grant Klauber spent at least $250,000 on travel and accommodation, including a casino trip to Melbourne for 20 friends and colleagues.
Topics: courts-and-trials, fraud-and-corporate-crime, crime, prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, sa, adelaide-5000, australia
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Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson has been interrupted by anti-fossil fuel protesters as he outlined plans to overhaul the national energy market.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, federal-government, states-and-territories, melbourne-3000, australia
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A court has been told a topless bartender can no longer work after he survived being stabbed in the chest.
Topics: crime, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, flinders-park-5025, adelaide-5000, sa, australia, northern-ireland
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Qantas is cutting more staff from its engineering division, with about 400 jobs set to go in a move the airline says is needed to stay internationally competitive.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, air-transport, australia, sydney-airport-2020, nsw, brisbane-4000, qld, tullamarine-3043, vic
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Australian Test captain Michael Clarke has downplayed reports of a "top secret" dossier on South Africa, saying the information within is all common knowledge.
Topics: cricket, sport, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, south-africa
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A bikie associate wanted over an assault in an Adelaide fast food outlet has been arrested.
Topics: assault, crime, law-crime-and-justice, fulham-gardens-5024, fulham-5024, adelaide-5000, australia, sa
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The unemployment rate has remained steady at 5.4 per cent in October, due to the creation of 10,700 new jobs.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, money-and-monetary-policy, work, unemployment, australia, nt
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The share market has started trade in negative territory, although losses are far smaller than steep falls in the US.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, markets, currency, stockmarket, australia
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Treasurer Wayne Swan says it was entirely appropriate to ask his department to cost three of the Coalition's tax policies and then give that information to a newspaper reporter.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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Stocks in the United States and in Europe have retreated, as the looming fiscal cliff in the United States unnerves investors.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, markets, currency, stockmarket, futures, us-elections, united-states, greece, european-union, australia, united-kingdom
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Consumers who use lots of power at peak times could soon be forced to pay more for electricity, as part of the Federal Government's plan to cut energy consumption and create a fairer billing system.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, federal-government, federal---state-issues, australia
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A military funeral for the 39th Australian soldier to die in Afghanistan has been held at Lyndoch in South Australia's Barossa Valley.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, army, community-and-society, lyndoch-5351, australia, sa
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Detectives in Sydney are investigating a possible rift in the Comancheros bikies after an attempted hit on a gang member early on Wednesday morning.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, assault, murder-and-manslaughter, rhodes-2138, nsw, australia
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