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Prime Minister seeks to shift focus from citizenship dramas to Australia Day

As Labor continues to hammer the Turnbull Government over its deepening dual-citizenship drama, the Prime Minister has sought to shift the focus to a local council in Melbourne. Malcolm Turnbull has described Yarra Council's move to change the date of Australia Day celebrations as deeply disappointing and an attack on Australia Day. And the Government has announced the Melbourne local authority will be stripped of its power to hold any citizenship ceremonies as a result.





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Legacy of Australia's last glass eye maker Paul McClarin there for all to see at National Museum

The skills of Paul McClarin are no longer available in Australia, but the results of his vocation are there for all to see at the National Museum in Canberra.










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Bathurst's historic street lamps: Confusing tourist traffic since 1933

It's an old joke in Bathurst that locals can spot an out-of-towner because they turn the wrong way around one of the historic lamp standards in the city's CBD. But what's the reason behind this road rule and is it unique to Bathurst?




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Ben Elton on Three Summers

Ben Elton on writing and directing his RomCom Three Summers.



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WA beekeeper program facing axe despite sweet success for youth unemployment

A successful WA program turning job seekers into beekeepers looks likely to fold when federal funding runs out in 2018.






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Queensland National MP David Littleproud becomes Australia's new agriculture minister






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Foxes costing the Australian sheep industry $28 million







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Former Australian deputy PM Tim Fischer says government needs to investigate sending Northern irrigated fodder by rail to drought affected areas in SE






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Cosmetics queen Helena Rubinstein launched international empire from Australia in 1902

Helena Rubinstein began her career in Victoria at the turn of the 20th century, and when she died she left a cosmetics empire, philanthropic foundation and a backstory laced with myth.





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Model FJ Holden panel van commemorates newsreel era at National Film and Sound Archive

A vintage FJ Holden panel van is commemorating the daring feats of newsreel crews in the 1940s and 50s when news was served at the movies.





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The Australian Boer War hero honoured with scarf crocheted by Queen Victoria

An Australian rifleman who fought in the Boer War was one of eight soldiers awarded a hand-crocheted scarf by Queen Victoria.






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'Everyone's on tenterhooks waiting to see what happens' as bushfires surround Geeveston, Tasmania

Temperatures in parts of NSW are expected to exceed 40 degrees including the outskirts of Sydney.




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Queensland Country Hour: Flood-affected children





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Teenagers talk about their experiences receiving unwanted nudes



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Receiving unsolicited nude pics on social media is part of the reality of owning a smart phone, say teenagers

Unrequested nude photos are reaching the inboxes of high school students as young as 13 years old via social media apps like Snapchat and Instagram.



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Regional-first Family Drug Treatment Court launches in Shepparton after three-year pilot

A specialist family drug court is set up for the first time in regional Victoria in a bid to address a horrific trend in parental drug abuse.





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Cyclone Debbie forces evacuations in north Queensland communities ahead of tidal surge

Evacuations are ordered in coastal towns and communities in north Queensland as Tropical Cyclone Debbie bears down, with authorities warning of damaging tidal surges and an impact on a scale not seen since Cyclone Yasi in 2011.




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Michael McCabe, allegedly murdered and dumped in creek bed, had 'a target on his head'

A north Queensland man, whose decomposing and battered body was found in a national park near Townsville in 2015, told friends he owed $10,000 before his body was found in a creek bed, a trial hears.




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Cyclonic system bringing more heavy rain to northern Queensland

The SES is urging northern Queensland residents to be ready as a tropical low starts to bring heavy rain to coastal communities north from Rockhampton.




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Hundreds of north Queenslanders try to stop removal of 'historic' fishing huts

Hundreds of people have signed a petition calling on Queensland MPs to stop a departmental plan to remove 'historic' fishing huts in and around a national park in the state's north.




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Clive Palmer wrote 'false' entries in notebook to justify cash from Queensland Nickel

Billionaire Clive Palmer is accused of faking entries in a green notebook in a bid to justify draining Queensland Nickel of millions of dollars for anything he wanted before it collapsed in 2016, a court is told.





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Clive Palmer lectured by judge after missing days of Queensland Nickel trial

A judge gives Clive Palmer a dressing-down for his absence during the Queensland Nickel trial, saying other people who represent themselves in court could not afford to hire lawyers and still show up every day.




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Former Queensland Nickel worker complains to ATO after payout results in tax debt

A former Queensland Nickel worker who complained to the ATO that her entitlement payment from the company had left her with a tax debt calls on other workers to submit complaints in a bid to have the classification changed.





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Clive Palmer paid $1 for Queensland Nickel before its collapse, liquidator tells court

Clive Palmer paid just $1 for his Queensland Nickel business seven years before it collapsed over fatal cashflow problems, a liquidator tells a court in Brisbane.




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Chinese investors back major new meatworks for north Queensland

An agreement with a Chinese company to develop an export processing facility for north Queensland and Northern Territory beef has been signed with a local council.