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Thirty-five female prisoners have moved into the Northern Territory's first women's prison, near Alice Springs, with more ...

Australia's peak cave diving body rules out malfunctioning equipment as a factor in the death of a man while diving in SA's ...

Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson has walked back his call to overhaul the Reserve Bank of Australia's twin focus on taming ...

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Arts advocates are shocked ACT Policing seized posters depicting world leaders and a billionaire with Nazi symbols under new Commonwealth hate speech laws. The posters were taken from Dissent bar in ...

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The rifts in Australia's social cohesion can be seen in the blow-up over the so-called ISIS brides and their children, who ...

A respiratory infection known as kennel cough has rapidly spread across Tasmania's greyhound racing industry since the start of February, resulting in the suspension of racing.

A lot of research has gone in to treating concussions, but now scientists are testing a new helmet to see if it can prevent ...

Experts say over-policing and the South Australia's youth criminal justice system is helping turn children in residential ...

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