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Full coverage of this storyAustralia clueless on Trump’s new tariffs
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Full coverage of this storyCruel dog abuser gets security escort as tears, jeers and cheers greet his sentencing
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Australia wipes $10 billion off student loans, targeting cost of living relief
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Full coverage of this storyAlbanese says banning children from social media ‘not going to be easy’ as key questions unanswered
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Full coverage of this storyI support the Harbour Bridge protest – not in spite of my Holocaust heritage, but because of it
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Traveller faces possible 25 years in jail after fluid spotted oozing from suitcase handles at Adelaide Airport
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Man arrested after black liquid oozing from suitcase turned out to be heroin
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‘Gross witch hunt’: Brittany Groth breaks silence to rip into intrusive tabloid reports
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Full coverage of this storySecret move to seize Erin Patterson’s property for victims revealed
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Yarning circles, murals and athletics: schools prove there’s more to a good education than Naplan results
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Full coverage of this storyAFP investigating ‘criminals offshore’ as arrest made over Melbourne synagogue arson attack
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Full coverage of this story‘We have a cloud, and that’s the end’: first Australian-made orbital rocket crashes shortly after takeoff | Space
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Full coverage of this storyMan shot dead by police in Yarra Junction, Victoria
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Full coverage of this storyHomeless people at Sydney’s Central station have belongings removed with advocates condemning ‘heavy-handed’ tactics
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Full coverage of this storyThird teenager charged after alleged bungled 'contract killing' of Sydney man
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Full coverage of this storyUnderworld figure Robert Issa at centre of tit-for-tat firebombings before execution murder
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Full coverage of this story'Sustained arrogance': More patients of 'spinal wizard' Greg Malham speak out
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Full coverage of this storySnow predicted to fall in seven Australian states and territories this week
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Full coverage of this storyClare Nowland’s family ‘struggling’ as Kristian White avoids prison for manslaughter of 95-year-old
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Full coverage of this storyHomeowner in major council battle after spending $500,000 on wall in front of waterfront property
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Magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes Western Australia with hundreds waking up to the tremor
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Sprawl or nothing: medium-density advocates despair as Brisbane swings back to urban expansion
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WATCH: police chase stolen car from Sydney to Canberra
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Full coverage of this storyPotential driver's licence change flagged for elderly as state 'really has a look'
By Nick Whigham
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By Regan Hodge, Ian Royall and Zoe De Koning
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Full coverage of this storyATO tax return warning as Aussies miss out on $7 billion in deductions due to common mistake: ‘No chance’
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Full coverage of this storyProtesters defend demonstrations as a 'movement of love'
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