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Darwin mum's killer ordered to spend indefinite period in custody
Sheena Fairfield was stabbed to death outside her family home more than three years ago. Newsiline summarises this report from ABC News Australia and link...
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'Destroys souls': Coercive control legislation tabled in ACT but laws still years away
The government's bill does not detail specific coercive control behaviours which it says is deliberate. Newsiline summarises this report from ABC News Aus...
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Victoria's political donations cap to double to $10,000 under proposed changes
The cap on political donations in Victoria will be at least doubled and public funding for political parties increased under government proposals to rewri...
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Pro-Israel activist who settled with Middle Eastern cafe made ‘misleading and deceptive’ comments, judge says
The long-running case between Jewish man Ofir Birenbaum and Sydney restaurant Cairo Takeaway returns to federal court Get our breaking news email, free ap...
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US firm fined for Australian immigration security failures. How much? Border force refuses to say
Gavan Reynolds cites ‘commercial-in-confidence nature of the contract’ in declining to answer Greens senator’s question in parliament Follow our Australia...
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Breaking: ABC appoints Simon Robinson as news director
The senior Reuters executive takes over from Justin Stevens, who announced his resignation yesterday after four years in the job. Newsiline summarises thi...
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Greens push for minister's resignation after legal fee revelation
Madeleine Ogilvie is being accused of deliberately misleading parliament, after she revealed her involvement in a Supreme Court matter, months after sayin...
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Afternoon Update: Australia sues 3M for record sum; multiple states at risk of flooding; and Patagonia’s drag queen lawsuit
Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Newsiline summarises this report from The Guardian Australia and links readers to the original publisher for...
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Nationals pull election stunt as tax debate heats up
This week a few people got a grilling at Senate estimates, the tax debate heated up and whispers of a new centre-right party fluttered through the press g...
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Outrage after women on history walk harassed by boys on e-bikes
Nine women say they were encircled, yelled at and filmed by a group of teenage boys on e-bikes while on a women's history tour of Wollongong. Newsiline su...
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Alleged murderer's bail in limbo as Tiwi Islands town erupts in riots
Lawyers prepare legal action against a Tiwi Islands town manager who blocked an alleged murderer from being granted bail to the islands, where his potenti...
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Young finds method in the madness for long-awaited Origin arrival
It took three years and four series, but when Hudson Young was given the chance to impose his unorthodox abilities on State of Origin football, he didn't...
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Supercars ref sorry for calling driver 'a grub' over controversial crash
The Supercars referee offers an apology to a driver after describing him as "a bit of a grub" because of his actions at the conclusion of last year's cham...
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Coroner finds smuggled drugs cause of inmate's death
A 35-year-old inmate at Victoria's Fulham Correctional Centre died of a drug overdose after consuming drugs smuggled into the jail, a coronial investigati...
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Lawyers expect will disputes to escalate in coming decades
A significant proportion of us believe that an inheritance will be the key to our future financial security, but most families have not even discussed wha...
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Police treating woman's death in Canberra unit fire as suspicious
ACT Policing is treating the death of Kylee McHugh, 46, as a homicide and calling for people to come forward if they had recently seen her. Newsiline summ...
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Lawyer says Joshua Brown will admit to childcare centre sex crimes
Joshua Brown, who has been charged with 156 offences, including sexual assault, has appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court via video link. Newsiline...
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Waste company fined $1.1m over 2014 double-fatal Adelaide truck crash
Almost 12 years after a Cleanaway truck killed two people and injured two others, the company has been sentenced in South Australia's Supreme Court. Newsi...
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Bolivian president warns country at 'breaking point' after weeks of protests
The protests have caused shortages of food, fuel and life-saving medicine and members of Bolivia's Indigenous community have called for the president's re...
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Guardian Essential report: a lukewarm response to Labor’s budget - podcast
Jim Chalmers says his fifth federal budget is the ‘best budget for young people’, but in the latest Guardian Essential poll voters are unconvinced that th...
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Gus Lamont search uncovers no new evidence, police say 'we won't give up'
A renewed search for missing four-year-old boy Gus Lamont has failed to uncover additional evidence, police reveal. Newsiline summarises this report from...
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Teen accused of home invasion granted bail by Court of Appeal
After three months on remand, a teen who was refused bail on a Mildura home invasion charge has been released by the Supreme Court. Newsiline summarises t...
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Man arrested over alleged 1994 armed robbery at Melbourne shopping centre
A man who allegedly carried out an armed robbery and shot three men at Chadstone Shopping Centre in 1994 has been arrested by police in Queensland. Newsil...
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Family can 'breathe again' after Lauren Huxley attacker refused parole
Robert Black Farmer was handed a 24-year sentence over the attempted murder of Lauren Huxley at her Northmead home in 2005. Newsiline summarises this repo...
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Drone intercepted at Townsville prison with $1 million worth of contraband
Queensland Corrective Services said the drone was carrying illicit drugs, syringes and a mobile phone. Newsiline summarises this report from ABC News Aust...
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Tasmania to crack down on coercive control with major law reforms
New laws designed to strengthen family violence protections in Tasmania include an extension to the statutory limitation period for coercive control offen...
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Why Darwin outpaces Melbourne as Australia's street art capital
Artists say Darwin has surpassed Melbourne as Australia's street art capital, with work underway on a fresh round of murals across the Top End city. Newsi...
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Breaking: Hantavirus cruise ship passengers have WA quarantine period extended
Six people who were on a cruise ship that was hit by an outbreak of hantavirus have had their quarantine period in the outer Perth suburb of Bullsbrook ex...
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Bushfire outlook shows increased risk in parts of NSW and WA
A dry winter in some parts of Australia is expected to make bushfire conditions "tricky" by spring. Newsiline summarises this report from ABC News Austral...
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Wheel falls off Link Airways flight during take-off from Canberra Airport
Damage to bearing parts meant investigators could not determine what caused a wheel to separate from a Link Airways-operated flight departing Canberra for...
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Man charged over alleged hit--run crash after 13yo boy critically injured
The young cyclist was riding at dusk when he was hit by a ute that allegedly failed to stop and left him with critical leg injuries. Newsiline summarises...
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Australia sues 3M for record-breaking sum over Pfas ‘forever chemicals’ in firefighting foam
Federal government seeks more than $2bn in damages from multinational manufacturer in its largest legal claim ever The Australian government said on Thurs...
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Santos says it won’t ‘exert any effort’ on Narrabri gas project while it focuses on Beetaloo Basin
After CEO’s comments to investors, opponents urge miner to ‘stop stringing everybody along and spike the project finally’ Follow our Australia news live b...
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ISIS-linked woman 'scared to go outside' after Sydney return, father says
The father of one of the returned ISIS-linked women says his daughter is "happy to be home" but exhausted after more than a decade stranded in Syria. News...
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Hopes inquest into Hillcrest jumping castle tragedy will begin in September
A coronial inquest into the deaths of six children at a Tasmanian primary school could begin in September, nearly five years after the tragedy occurred. N...
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Corruption watchdog criticises three-year police integrity unit delay
Crime and Corruption Commission chair Bruce Barbour has told a parliamentary inquiry the Queensland Police Service has systemic issues with handling compl...