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Moon rocks exhilarating for Aust scientist

An Australian scientist says the lunar rocks collected by the Apollo 11 astronauts 50 years ago are still delivering surprises for analysts.

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Driver submerged in SA after ‘rammings’

A wild ride has landed a South Australian on the top of his car roof in the middle of wetlands.

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NSW tight-lipped on $1bn cladding package

An Australian industry group is calling for $1 billion in funding from the NSW government to address the issue of flammable cladding.

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NSW tight-lipped on $1bn cladding package

An Australian industry group is calling for $1 billion in funding from the NSW government to address the issue of flammable cladding.

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China to charge Chinese-Australian writer

Yang Hengjun, a 53-year-old Chinese-born writer and former diplomat, appears set to face charges in China of endangering state security.

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Unemployment stagnant, just 500 new jobs

Australia’s unemployment rate has refused to budge from 5.2 per cent in the latest figures, with a net 500 jobs created nationally in June.

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Dead boy’s TV star mum avoids jail

The mother of a boy who died as a result of blunt force trauma to his abdomen has admitted being an accessory after the fact to manslaughter but avoided jail.

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Christian Brother jailed for abusing boys

A Christian Brother has been jailed for preying on students over more than 20 years at several Victorian schools.

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SA man stabbed wife ‘after marriage ended’

An Adelaide man tried to murder his wife after she told him their seven-year marriage was over, a court has heard.

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Vic liar still denies raping Tinder lovers

A Melbourne man who raped two women he met on dating app Tinder after presenting himself as an “international man of mystery” still maintains his innocence.

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WA university develops robot attack fish

Researchers at The University of WA have developed a robotic fish that protects native species from aggressive, invasive pests like mosquitofish.

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PM defends Murray-Darling water sharing

Scott Morrison says the federal government won’t step in to change water-sharing arrangements between states in the Murray-Darling river system.

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Folbigg infanticide claim ‘premature’

A world-leading genetics researcher argues a genetic variant found in baby killer Kathleen Folbigg and two of her dead children justifies re-opening her case.

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Canberra cop avoids jail over fatal crash

The brother of an ACT woman killed after a police officer ploughed into her car after running a red light wants to see the AFP enforce its driving rules better.

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Jobless Australians chase a new start

Pressure is piling on the Morrison government to boost the unemployment payment but it has shown form in withstanding calls for action.

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Sydney man admits terror-related charge

A Sydney man accused of travelling to a Middle East war zone to take up arms has pleaded guilty to engaging in hostile activity in a foreign country.

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Thermal cameras may save festival lives

The music festival where a NSW teenager died of a MDMA overdose is examining whether to use thermal cameras to find overheating patrons, a court has been told.

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