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Family of Bryson Anderson condemn court’s decision to cut Mitchell Barbieri’s non-parole period of 26 years to 15
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Australian Automobile Association says it found fuel consumption is up to 35% higher and emissions up to four times higher than claimed
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The Deborah Cass Prize is a prize for new writing by authors from a migrant background. The judges – Christos Tsiolkas, Tony Ayers and Alice Pung – are proof that migrant writers can enrich our nation
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By refusing the ordination of women and gay priests, Francis is limiting his own legacy despite his declaration that ‘God is not afraid of new things’
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The creation of a market in secondary schooling and uneven distribution of resources between sectors leads to social segregation and declining results
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The shrieks of horror that follow mentions of pricing carbon show politics remains wedded to the belief that economic growth trumps concerns of climate change
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Images of Australia from Google’s timelapse project show the extent of development around its largest cities and the expansion of mining
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Music students at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts in Sydney were promised a ‘special guest’ – and were delighted when it turned out to be one of the world’s biggest pop stars
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The treasurer, Scott Morrison, says he hopes it is not necessary for Australia to fall into recession ‘to spur the parliament and others into accepting the important changes that we need’
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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has launched an extraordinary attack on her Western Australian colleague Rod Culleton
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Anti-fossil fuel campaigners rally against the government’s proposal to lend $1bn to Adani to build a rail line from the planned Carmichael coalmine to the sea
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Eddie Jones says England are determined to be No1 in world
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Students from Sydney grammar school describe how they created a version of Daraprim, a drug used to treat malaria, in a school laboratory
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