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An easy-going Paul Hogan having a drink and a smoke after work at the local is a relic of the past.
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Stephen Johnson

How Australia became the world’s biggest fun police

The idea of a Paul Hogan down at the pub having a cigarette and a beer is certainly a relic from another era — here’s why that is a bad thing.

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A man has been charged after another man was allegedly stabbed in the face.
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Professor Mark Scott told the inquiry he had subsequently come to learn how threatening the pro-Palestine camp was to Jewish students.
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An easy-going Paul Hogan having a drink and a smoke after work at the local is a relic of the past.

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Queensland

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An e-scooter rider has died after colliding with an electric skateboard in the Queensland suburb of Urangan.

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A teen is recovering after allegedly being stabbed by another student.

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Western Australia

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Northern Territory

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Isaac Thompson was last seen about 8.15pm on Sunday.
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