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Cardinal Pell back in Australia to face sex charges

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10/07/2017

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Johnson&Johnson faces class action suit in Australia

US health giant sued in Australia in a class action case by more than 700 women

04/07/2017

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Cardinal George Pell denies sex offences

High-ranking Vatican official Cardinal George Pell asserts his innocence as he is charged with multiple, historical sex crimes.

29/06/2017

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Top Vatican Cardinal charged with multiple sexual assault charges

Pope's chief financial adviser -- Australia's most senior Catholic -- charged with multiple sexual assault charges.

29/06/2017

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[Watch]: Australian Senator breastfeeds while moving motion in parliament

The Greens senator made headlines in May this year as the first woman to breastfeed within Federal Parliament

22/06/2017

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Skinny dipping Australians brave cold to mark winter solstice

21/06/2017

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The world's deadliest wildfires

The 1949 Landes fire in France burnt for four days, consuming more than 50,000 hectares.

19/06/2017

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Australian PM mocks Donald Trump

The premier, whose popularity in the polls has been sliding, was recorded alluding to Trump's links with Russia at an off-the-record press ball in Canberra.

15/06/2017

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Australia pays millions in compensation to refugees

Campaigners have hailed the payout to detainees at Manus Island as a victory for human rights

14/06/2017

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Saudi Arabia apologises after players snub minute's silence

09/06/2017

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Australia: rescue efforts underway for 12-metre-long beached whale

A beached whale was discovered in the surf in New South Wales, prompting rescue efforts.

09/06/2017

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Australia launches terror probe after deadly Melbourne siege

ISIL describes as one of its fighters a gunman, killed by police, who had a long criminal record but was free on parole.

06/06/2017

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School bus narrowly avoids collision with lorry in Australia

02/06/2017

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Junk mail: how Australians got imaginative with the post boxes

01/06/2017

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WATCH: Would-be hijacker carried off Malaysia Airlines plane

01/06/2017

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[Watch] Endangered baby elephant takes his first steps

28/05/2017

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Today in pictures: 26 May

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26/05/2017

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Sydney coroner says police acted too slowly in cafe siege

An Australian coroner says police failed to act quickly enough in a Sydney cafe siege in 2014 that left three people dead.

24/05/2017

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Chop to the top

Brad De Losa from Australia won the STIHL Timbersports Champions Trophy in Hamburg on Saturday night.

22/05/2017

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"Dragon-skin" ice spotted in the Antarctic

A rare ice formation has been spotted by an Australian scientist

11/05/2017