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The Australian Federal Police launch an investigation into 15 hoax calls made to planes and air traffic control over a two-week period, one of which caused a passenger flight to abort landing as it approached Melbourne Airport.
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Donald Trump is the apprentice politician who became a cultural phenomenon, and brought showmanship and chutzpah to the business of US politics. But what is his appeal, and will he triumph after an ugly and spiteful campaign? Correspondent Michael Vincent writes.
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A scuba diver missing for more than 17 hours off the north Queensland coast is lucky to be alive, according to his rescuers, after he was spotted by chance just as a helicopter searching for him was preparing to return to base to refuel.
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A Canberra woman charged with the murder of her mother in 2014 should not be held responsible for the crime because of her longstanding mental health conditions, defence lawyers will argue at her trial.
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Australia's resistance ends after lunch on a fruitless day five, as it loses the first Test against South Africa by 177 runs.
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Two Catholic parishes in the Canberra region trial an app that will allow people to make donations via smartphone, potentially replacing the collection plate, in what the local Archdiocese believes could be a world-first.
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Second and third-generation Australians say they are shocked by Federal Government Facebook advertisements encouraging them to tell their relatives not to come to Australia illegally.
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One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson backs calls for the High Court to decide the fate of her West Australian colleague Rod Culleton, after the under-fire senator demanded a jury trial and accused High Court judges of acting in contempt of Parliament.
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Two siblings who died during a tragic accident at Dreamworld on Queensland's Gold Coast last month are farewelled at a funeral in Canberra.
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Australia's multi-year construction boom engineered by the Reserve Bank to stimulate the property market is coming to an end, private sector data shows.
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NRL star Jarryd Hayne is left red-faced after pornographic images are displayed on a screen in front of hundreds of students watching a school presentation on cyber security.
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A baby koala called Alfred is in good health after being found in a zipped canvas bag by police after they arrested a 50-year-old woman in Brisbane's south.
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A small town in Macedonia is the centre of the fake news clickbait industry that has sprung up around the US election. Young people reportedly earn thousands of dollars creating pro-Trump content with scam headlines like "Hillary indictment imminent".
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Lawyers for victims of child sexual abuse say the newly announced national redress scheme may not be in the best interests of some of their clients, with some claims against the Catholic Church potentially worth a lot more than $150,000.
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An autopsy is due to be carried out on the body of a man found in Kalbarri National Park in Western Australia's Mid West to determine how he died.
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The Human Rights Commission hits back at claims it is mishandling complaints under the Racial Discrimination Act, confirming it had no involvement with a controversial court case against Queensland University of Technology students.
