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Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton has arrived in Darwin ahead of a fourth inquest into the death of nine-week-old Azaria Chamberlain more than 30 years ago.
Topics: courts-and-trials, judges-and-legal-profession, death, darwin-0800
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Financial and resource stocks led the market lower today after disappointing economic data from Europe worried investors.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, markets, currency, stockmarket, australia
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Indonesia says it will evacuate all 60 foreigners as well as female prisoners from Kerobokan jail, which is currently under the control of rioting inmates.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, bali, indonesia
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Alcohol Policy Minister Delia Lawrie says nearly 2,200 people have been placed on the Northern Territory's banned drinker register, many more than she expected.
Topics: alcohol, regional, states-and-territories, programs-and-initiatives, darwin-0800, nt
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Rivals have heaped criticism on surprise front-runner Rick Santorum in a debate among United States Republican presidential candidates, hoping to stall his surge at a pivotal period in the 2012 campaign.
Topics: us-elections, government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states
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Insurance Australia Group has posted a 10.6 per cent fall in half-year profit due largely to a record number of natural disaster claims last year.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, insurance, australia
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After the surprise resignation of Kevin Rudd as Foreign Affairs Minister on Wednesday, Prime Minister Julia Gillard issued a statement thanking Mr Rudd for his service but questioned his lack of dialogue with her.
Topics: alp, government-and-politics, federal-government, gillard-julia, rudd-kevin, australia
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Look back on the key statements made by Kevin Rudd as he resigned as Foreign Affairs Minister and eyed a possible challenge for the prime ministership.
Topics: alp, federal-government, federal-parliament, government-and-politics, rudd-kevin, australia
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The New South Wales Government has announced a more than 10-fold increase to fines for unions that organise strikes in defiance of the state's industrial body.
Topics: states-and-territories, unions, industrial-relations, nsw
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Gay couples line up from the crack of dawn and share their joy as they sign up for Queensland civil unions - a move they say is a step in the right direction.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, community-and-society, family-and-children, marriage, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, federal-government, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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David Jones says conservative consumer behaviour continues to hurt sales and it does not know when they will return to growth.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, retail, australia
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A key Kevin Rudd ally, federal minister Kim Carr, has accused Julia Gillard's camp of dirty tricks as senior ministers begin to speak out in favour of their former leader.
Topics: alp, political-parties, gillard-julia, rudd-kevin, federal-government, australia, qld
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A fire at an inner-Sydney sex shop has forced the evacuation of 50 people.
Topics: fires, darlinghurst-2010
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Transport investigators in New Zealand have questioned the airworthiness of a hot-air balloon which crashed last month killing 11 people.
Topics: air-and-space, new-zealand
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A 33-year-old man has been arrested for high-range drink driving, after leading police on a low-speed pursuit in Darwin before jumping into the harbour in an effort to avoid being caught.
Topics: alcohol, traffic-offences, police, darwin-0800
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Australian and American researchers have trained crocodiles to run on a treadmill to better understand how they breathe.
Topics: reptiles, research, offbeat, animals, james-cook-university-townsville-4811
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A 52-year-old man has been jailed for two years for exposing a woman to the risk of HIV.
Topics: courts-and-trials, aids-and-hiv, prisons-and-punishment, melbourne-3000
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A novice Sydney driver has been charged with high-range drink driving, less than a day after getting her L-plates.
Topics: traffic-offences, police, strathfield-2135
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Virgin Australia has announced plans to restructure its business to attract more foreign investment.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, air-transport, australia
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Kevin Rudd's wife Therese Rein joined the Labor leadership war today, urging "ordinary people" to back her husband in the campaign against Julia Gillard.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, rudd-kevin, alp, political-parties, australia
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The Australian share market has dipped after weak economic data from China, Europe and the United States dampened trade on markets in Europe and the US overnight.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, markets, currency, stockmarket, australia
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A US law enforcement official says officials are probing letters sent to television personalities Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, which threaten biological attacks on US senators.
Topics: terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, united-states
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A controversial finding that brought doubt on Einstein's belief that nothing can travel faster than light could have been caused by a loose cable, the lab behind the result said.
Topics: physics, italy, switzerland
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Amnesty International says the Northern Immigration Detention Centre in Darwin is totally inappropriate for the long-term detention of asylum seekers.
Topics: immigration, refugees, federal-government, activism-and-lobbying, darwin-0800, perth-6000, christmas-island, broome-6725, karratha-6714
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Fairfax Media has hinted that more job cuts are set to come as it reported a 41 per cent fall in first-half net profit to $96.7 million and outlined moves to restructure its operations.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, media, australia
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