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Trio charged over 'extremely violent' attack on police officers in St Kilda released on bail (photos)
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Three men are released on bail after appearing in court charged with assaulting police in a violent brawl at St Kilda on the weekend.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, police, crime, assault, st-kilda-3182, vic, melbourne-3000
Ever gone to introduce someone and blanked on their name? There's a word for that Explainer
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There are few feelings worse than meeting someone, then instantly forgetting their name the next time you see them. And Scotland has a word to describe that awful moment.
Topics: community-and-society, human-interest, social-media, internet-culture, information-and-communication, australia
'You can be anybody you like online': Alleged backpacker rapist admits to using fake name
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A man accused of abducting and raping a European backpacker admits he used a made-up name when he responded to the young woman's Gumtree ad looking for farm work, but says it was to "protect himself".
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, sexual-offences, courts-and-trials, sa, adelaide-5000, meningie-5264
Tax is where the home is, regardless of what it looks like (photos)
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Australian expats could find it easier to argue they are non-residents for tax purposes following a new court ruling against the Australian Taxation Office.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, tax, courts-and-trials, australia
Elon Musk could be held in contempt of court for unauthorised tweet
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A tweet could once again have landed the tech billionaire in hot water, with the US Securities and Exchange Commission saying he should be held in contempt by a federal court.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, business-economics-and-finance, united-states
PFAS precautions 'disregarded' at Darwin Airport
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The government-owned firefighting service at Darwin Airport "disregarded" directives designed to prevent the release of potentially toxic PFAS chemicals into nearby waterways, an investigation finds.
Topics: environmental-impact, environmental-health, environmental-management, water-management, darwin-0800
Animal activist faces trespass charge after live streaming piggery video
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WA Police charge a 25-year-old man who streamed footage on Facebook live claiming to be inside a Pinjarra piggery and alleging it showed animal cruelty.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, animal-welfare, rural, livestock, police, perth-6000, wa, bunbury-6230, mundijong-6123, pinjarra-6208
Controversial camp proposal for Tasmania's World Heritage Area rejected in heated meeting
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The pressure of having to decide on whether to approve a camp development proposal inside Tasmania's Wilderness World Heritage Area made one local councillor physically sick, with another saying they rued being forced to make such a "horrible decision", a heated meeting hears.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, environmentally-sustainable-business, travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, tourism, derwent-bridge-7140, hobart-7000, tas, launceston-7250
Melbourne Zoo ditches Cadbury chocolates over palm oil concerns
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Zoos Victoria are dumping chocolates and lollies made by sweets companies because makers have failed to declare where all the palm oil used in their products comes from.
Topics: zoos, animals, human-interest, environment, endangered-and-protected-species, business-economics-and-finance, industry, food-and-beverage, parkville-3052, vic, melbourne-3000, indonesia
'Your mother is a moron': China pulls horror game over hidden insults to President Xi Jinping
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Taiwanese horror game Devotion is pulled in mainland China after drawing the ire of gamers who found a hidden insult to Chinese President Xi Jinping, including comparisons to Winnie the Pooh.
Topics: world-politics, games, china, taiwan, asia
Kim rolls into Vietnam for second summit with Trump
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It has been dubbed the "special hotel" — with bullet-proof armour, of course. Kim Jong-un's train has rolled onto Vietnamese soil, completing the final leg of a closely guarded trip from Pyongyang to Hanoi for his second summit with US President Donald Trump.
Topics: world-politics, donald-trump, person, korea-democratic-peoples-republic-of, korea-republic-of, vietnam, united-states
Dramatic footage shows plane rocking from side to side in high winds
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Video filmed from the ground shows the British Airways flight rocking side to side, seemingly out of control, as it climbs after an aborted landing at a windy Gibraltar International Airport.
Topics: air-and-space, offbeat, gibraltar, united-kingdom
'Not a good look': Helloworld to sponsor Victorian Liberal Party fundraiser
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The travel company at the centre of a string of controversies will host a Liberal Party fundraiser, just a week after it was revealed it did not charge Finance Minister Mathias Cormann for a family vacation.
Topics: government-and-politics, liberals, australia
Australia's tallest tree damaged in bushfire but still standing
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The tallest hardwood tree in the world was in the direct line of the recent Tasmanian bushfires, and now has the scars to prove it.
Topics: bushfire, trees, offbeat, environmental-impact, environmental-management, hobart-7000
Expect to pay more for vegetables as floods, drought and heat start to cut supplies
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After floods in Queensland and continuing drought in other parts of the country, the supply of vegetables is being hit hard and prices are rising.
Topics: agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, vegetables, retail, lindenow-3865, gatton-4343, bolivar-5110, coffs-harbour-2450, griffith-2680, leeton-2705, mildura-3500, young-2594, bathurst-2795, orange-2800, woodend-3442, lara-3212, little-river-3211, warragul-3820, thorpdale-3835, mirboo-north-3871, werribee-3030, tarwin-3956, boort-3537, canberra-2600, adelaide-5000, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, brisbane-4000, imbil-4570, helidon-4344, beaudesert-4285, elizabeth-5112, berri-5343, uraidla-5142, loxton-5333, renmark-5341, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, southport-4215, longreach-4730, mackay-4740, mount-isa-4825, rockhampton-4700, maroochydore-4558, toowoomba-4350, townsville-4810, stanthorpe-4380, mount-sylvia-4343, grantham-4347
Junior surf lifesaver impales foot on rusty metal spike
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Council workers and members of a surf lifesaving club will continue to sweep a suburban beach in Adelaide for debris after a young nipper's foot was impaled on a rusty spike.
Topics: accidents, disasters-and-accidents, west-beach-5024, sa, adelaide-5000
NRL player's fiancee backflips on hair-pulling testimony, says she 'overreacted'
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Manly Sea Eagles player Dylan Walker's fiancee tells a court she recalled the facts about an alleged domestic violence incident incorrectly, despite originally telling police her partner was "scaring" her.
Topics: domestic-violence, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, nrl, sport, assault, crime, manly-2095, sydney-2000
MP brands sex assault claims a 'malicious' move to wreck his career
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After being absent for the first sitting week of State Parliament, Whitsundays MP Jason Costigan today spoke at length, branding allegations of harassment as "malicious" and vowing the clear his name.
Topics: state-parliament, liberal-national-party, brisbane-4000, qld
Residents of UK town roasted after Yorkshire puddings dumped into sewer
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A water company in south-east England issues a reminder for residents to dispose of their food waste thoughtfully after a town sewer is blocked by a glut of Yorkshire puddings.
Topics: recycling-and-waste-management, environment, environmental-impact, environmental-management, land-management, water-management, environmental-health, united-kingdom
Lawyer advises young peers to stick fork in client's hand if sexually harassed
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A prominent Adelaide barrister tells female lawyers at a conference that they should respond to client sexual harassment by sticking a "fork" in their hand, a colleague reveals.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, crime-prevention, judges-and-legal-profession, community-and-society, sa, adelaide-5000
'It's impossible to fish or swim': Oil spill threatens heritage-listed Solomon Islands reef
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Australian officials in the Pacific warn of a looming environmental disaster at a Solomon Islands reef after an oil spill from a bulk carrier.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, environmental-health, mining-environmental-issues, solomon-islands
Melbourne commuters brace for 'unprecedented' shutdown of nine train lines
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Victorian train passengers are warned to brace for long delays, as authorities reveal nine lines across Victoria's regional and metropolitan networks, including those servicing the MCG, will be shut down for days on end over three weeks in April.
Topics: state-parliament, government-and-politics, community-and-society, urban-development-and-planning, work, geelong-3220, vic, melbourne-3000, richmond-3121, frankston-3199, cranbourne-3977, pakenham-3810, sandringham-3191, glen-waverley-3150, mernda-3754, sale-3850, warrnambool-3280
Brisbane Archbishop investigated over handling of child abuse allegations
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Brisbane's Catholic Archbishop Mark Coleridge is being investigated by his former archdiocese over his alleged handling of information on child sex abuse given to him by a woman who met with him in 2006.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, law-crime-and-justice, catholic, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, goulburn-2580, canberra-2600
NRA under fire over Nancy Pelosi 'Target Practice' headline
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The American gun lobby is facing criticism over a magazine column featuring a photo of the US House Speaker next to the headline "Target Practice", but maintains the controversy is "manufactured".
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states
In his own words: George Pell's victim responds to the cardinal's conviction
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The survivor of child sexual abuse committed by Cardinal George Pell says he has experienced "shame, loneliness, depression and struggle" in the years since.
Topics: community-and-society, child-abuse, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, religious-leaders, catholic, religion-and-beliefs, crime, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
