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2017-02-13 02:34:40
The Sydney Morning HeraldMan charged with 21 counts of rape gets bailThe Sydney Morning HeraldA 21-year-old man accused of repeatedly raping the "vulnerable" woman he was caring for will be released on bail despite police concerns he could threaten witnesses or flee the country. The man from Brisban...
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2017-02-13 02:09:56
The Sydney Morning HeraldA 'network of sexual perpetrators' operated in Anglican church youth group, royal commission findsThe Sydney Morning HeraldA "network of sexual perpetrators" used an Anglican church youth group to prey on young boys over a period of decades from the 1970s to the 1990s with c...
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2017-02-12 23:30:05
Sky News AustraliaWindmills didn't cause SA blackout: PMSky News AustraliaMalcolm Turnbull has admitted windmills didn't cause a South Australia-wide blackout last year as the renewable energy debate heats up. On the same September evening power went out across the state last year, Energy Minister J...
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2017-02-13 16:58:37
The Sydney Morning Herald'He's no Robinson Crusoe': Kevin Rudd says Malcolm Turnbull not the first PM to stand up to the USThe Sydney Morning HeraldKevin Rudd says Malcolm Turnbull is not the first Australian leader to stand up to a hostile US president, with the former prime minister pointing to hi...
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2017-02-13 16:34:49
ABC OnlineIndigenous report card to be handed down9news.com.auTwo former prime ministers have weighed in with advice for Malcolm Turnbull, on the eve of the annual report card to parliament on efforts to improve the plight of indigenous Australians. Mr Turnbull will on Tuesday hand down Close the Ga...
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2017-02-13 14:51:22
The Sydney Morning Herald'Sydney is facing a once-in-a-generation enrolment surge,' NSW inner-city schools inquiry toldThe Sydney Morning HeraldSydney is facing a once-in-a-generation enrolment surge, a NSW Upper House inquiry into inner-city schools has heard, as the NSW Department of Education str...
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2017-02-13 13:59:32
NEWS.com.auVictorian teen's powerful letter to students after alleged gang-rapeNEWS.com.auA VICTORIAN schoolgirl who took her own life after she was allegedly gang-raped in a sick attack set up by bullies wrote about her horrific ordeal in a brave letter to her classmates. Cassidy Trevan was 15 when...
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2017-02-13 13:15:20
The Canberra TimesContractors for government's child support system costing taxpayers $100000 a dayThe Canberra TimesThe federal government's Child Support tech wreck is costing taxpayers at least $100,000 a day as public service bosses scramble to finish the job. Up to 80 IT technicians, most of th...
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2017-02-13 13:12:38
The AustralianPedophiles prowled Church of England Boys' Society 'for decades'The AustralianNetworks of pedophiles operated in the Church of England Boys' Society for several decades, some “sharing” victims, while the church's only formal response was to revoke awards given to several perpetrato...
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2017-02-13 13:11:54
The AustralianAmber Harrison alert for Seven West Media teamThe AustralianFriends and foes of Seven billionaire Kerry Stokes should put next Tuesday, February 21, in their diary. That will be the day the army of lawyers from Stokes's Seven West Media empire will, once again, storm the Supreme Court ...
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2017-02-13 12:49:53
The AgeEmergency services called to Barwon Prison's Grevillea unitThe AgeEmergency services were called to Victoria's maximum security prison on Monday night after a fight broke out among juvenile detainees. A source told Fairfax Media that a group of teenage offenders at the Barwon Prison's Grevill...
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2017-02-13 09:27:50
The Sydney Morning HeraldAustralian Muslim leaders targeted in Islamic State propaganda videoThe Sydney Morning HeraldIslamic State has taken aim at several Australian religious scholars in its latest propaganda video, calling on followers to kill the sheikhs because they discourage violence. Youth ...
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2017-02-13 03:30:34
The Sydney Morning HeraldBrandishing coal in a heatwave? Scott Morrison might as well fiddle through the energy crisisThe Sydney Morning HeraldWhether emperor Nero really fiddled as Rome burned as legend has it, the parallels in Australia with our emerging full-blown energy crisis amid political par...
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2017-02-14 05:39:20
ABC OnlineLorna Jane sued by former employee Amy Robinson over bullying allegationsABC OnlineA woman who is suing activewear retail company Lorna Jane began to suffer a mental health condition after being bullied in the workplace for her weight, a Brisbane court has heard. Amy Louise Robinson is cla...
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2017-02-14 04:53:43
9news.com.auClosing the Gap: Six of seven targets 'not on track', life expectancy gap unchangedThe Sydney Morning HeraldAustralia is not on track to close the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, with the divide widening and deaths increasing when it comes to cancer...