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Chris Bowen says taxpayers maybe forced to bail out Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter.

Why taxpayers may have to prop up Tomago Aluminium

The Federal Government could be called in to prop up Australia’s biggest aluminium manufacturer.

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About 140 Year 12 students were taught about Augustus, when they should have been taught about Julius Caesar.

More schools identified in colossal exam bungle: ‘Extremely traumatic’

About 140 students have been taught the wrong thing, prompting a major investigation.

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The two soldiers on their way to WW1 battlefields were in good spirits when they left the messages.

WWI soldiers’ bottle washes up on beach after 108 years

Messages in a bottle written by two World War I soldiers have been discovered on Australia's coast.

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The taxpayer price tag for the investigation into Afghan War veterans has reached $318 million so far.

‘Justice denied’: Pressure to resolve SAS probe builds

AARON PATRICK: An unusual alliance of the Liberal and Greens parties is pushing for a quicker resolution to investigations that have cost $17 million per veteran and secured no convictions.

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Doctors are calling for needle free vaccines following an influenza virus that has taken 14 lives in the Northern Territory so far this year.

Urgent plea as flu outbreak kills 14

A deadly flu outbreak has taken 14 lives in the Northern Territory and now doctors are pleading for an urgent new vaccination method.

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A former police officer has been killed in an alleged hit-and-run in northern NSW

Ex-cop dies moments after snapping photo of car that hit her

She was trying to report the car’s reckless driving before its driver allegedly turned on her.

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Andrew Hastie and Barnaby Joyce have aired their concerns over the bill.

Paid parental leave bill: MPs argue late-term abortion risk

Some conservatives in Canberra are concerned legislation ensuring people grieving after a stillbirth are able to take pre-arranged paid parental leave could encourage people to have late-term abortions.

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A Brisbane mother and her baby have been left sweltering at the airport after three taxis allegedly refused to take them.

‘Sweating our guts out’: Taxis refuse mum and baby in heat

A Brisbane mother and her baby have been left sweltering at the airport after three taxis allegedly refused to take them.

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Gas bottles are seen at the Kareena Private Hospital after a 42-year-old woman was arrested.

Woman denies hospital sabotage as patient’s death revealed

A woman accused of sabotaging gas supplies at a major public hospital where a man died an hour after the alleged tampering has told a court she ‘didn’t do it’.

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Australian girl Laila Johnson was stabbed by a  stranger at Leicester Square in London.

Man who stabbed Australian girl in London has trial dropped

A man who stabbed an 11-year-old girl in a random knife attack in Leicester Square will not face trial for her attempted murder, a court has heard.

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Man arrested after former cop killed in alleged hit-and-run

A former police officer has been killed shortly after allegedly taking a photo of a car that then ran her down.

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Gareth Ward will be sentenced after being found guilty of sexually abusing two men.

Rapist former MP to learn fate after assaults

A former families minister in the NSW parliament will be sentenced for sexually abusing a man and a teenager more than a decade after his crimes.

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An apprehended violence order brought against controversial MP Mark Latham by his ex-partner is “very much likely to settle”, a court has been told.

Latham's AVO fight with ex-partner 'likely to settle'

Mark Latham and his ex-partner are eyeing an agreement after she alleged he subjected her to a sustained pattern of abuse, a claim the firebrand MP denies.

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The consumer price index hit 3.2 per cent in the September quarter, prompting the Commonwealth Bank to declare the end of rate cuts.

‘Rate hikes’: Grim warnings as inflation soars

The consumer price index hit 3.2 per cent in the September quarter, prompting the Commonwealth Bank to declare the end of rate cuts.

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