1Expert warns more earthquakes could hit Victoria after magnitude 4.8 tremor
Victorians have been warned aftershocks could continue for weeks following a magnitude 4.8 earthquake that rattled the state.
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2Starship makes orbit but engine trouble cuts the victory lap short
SpaceX's Starship reached orbit for the first time yesterday and deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites, although engine trouble cut short a planned six-orbit flight.
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3David Shoebridge named new Greens leader in hotly contested ballot
David Shoebridge has been announced as the new leader of the Greens, with Steph Hodgins-May as deputy.
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4Injured but unbowed: Knights fans prepare to cheer from hospital
At least seven people remain at John Hunter Hospital, including a five-year-old girl after a car ploughed into a crowd of footy fans waving off the Newcastle Knights team bus about 9.30am on Saturday.
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5Sixth man bailed over alleged US base terror plot at RAF Fairford, UK
A sixth man arrested in connection with a suspected terror plot at RAF Fairford - a US-run military air base in England - has been released on bail.
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6Bruce Baird, former federal Liberal MP and NSW minister, dies aged 84
Bruce Baird, a former federal Liberal MP and deputy leader of the party’s New South Wales branch, has died aged 84.
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Good news
Stawell Gift winner Olufemi Komolafe stripped of title after positive ADHD drug test
A drug scandal has affected the Stawell Gift, with this year’s winner stripped of his title after testing positive to an ADHD medication.
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World
After surviving a lethal injection, could Christa Pike face execution again?
Christa Pike was still breathing after she was injected with two doses of a lethal drug in an execution attempt that turned into a life-saving effort.
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Tennessee governor says inmate's failed lethal injection a 'tragedy', halts executions
Pike, 50, was sentenced to death in the 1990s after being convicted of a murder she carried out as a teenager.
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'Strong indications' Iran involved in activity at a UK airbase, Burnham says
Police said on Tuesday that no explosives were found at the scene.
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General
Tran Hiep: Missing Aussie activist’s wife breaks silence on allegations
The wife of an Australian human rights activist missing in Cambodia has rubbished claims her husband planned terrorist activities in Vietnam after he was charged by authorities.
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NSW man accused of murdering neighbour – and then murdering his relative two weeks later
Det Supt Joe Doueihi on Wednesday said the alleged murder victims were related. Police alleged the neighbour was responsible for both murders.
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Swimmer killed in shark attack off Australian west coast
A swimmer has been killed in a shark attack at a beach in Perth, on the west coast of Australia, police have said.
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Courts
Police allege mother stabbed three children in Blue Mountains leaving one child dead
Bystanders found all four on the side of the road at Valley Heights on Sunday with stabbing injuries.
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Tennessee prisons chief resigns after failed Christa Pike execution
Pike remained in critical condition, intubated and hooked to a mechanical ventilator to breathe. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced Frank Strada, commissioner of the Department of Correction, will step down this month, in the first staff shake-up since Pike's failed execution left her unconscious and on a ventilator in hospital.
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Doctors and allied health professionals walk off job en masse amid pay disputes
Doctors and allied health professionals are undertaking industrial action, stopping work today to protest stalled pay deals.
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Politics
One Nation vows to abolish First Nations treaty and legalise pepper spray at Victorian campaign launch
One Nation has launched its Victorian election campaign, vowing to legalise the personal use of pepper spray, abolish the state’s treaty with Indigenous people.
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Sport
Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic emblems leaked by official YouTube account
The Brisbane 2032 Olympics and Paralympics emblems have been accidentally leaked by the Games’ official YouTube channel, three days before its own big reveal.
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Former Wallaby hooker Nathan Charles diagnosed with MND at 37
Former Wallaby Nathan Charles, who became the first cystic fibrosis sufferer in the world to play a contact sport professionally, has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease.
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Chris Fagan headed the ultimate Lions reawakening
The Lions hierarchy saw the value in what Fagan had learned and appointed him to replace Justin Leppitsch in late 2016.
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Business
RBA interest rates: Reserve Bank raises cash rate to highest level in 15 years and warns of more hikes ‘if needed’
The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted its interest rate to 4.6%, its highest level since 2011, while warning of further hikes.
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