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'I would prefer that it wasn't there': PM says Australia monitoring Chinese ship

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Maritime tracking websites have recorded the Tan Suo Yi Hao — a high-tech Chinese research vessel — passing the Victorian coastline in recent days, after it completed joint surveys with New Zealand.

Here's where Albanese and Dutton are likely to go during the election
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Your Say: What matters to Tasmanian voters this federal election?
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Albanese says the PM should live in Canberra, as Dutton opts for Kirribilli

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Analysis by Patricia Karvelas

Young Australians could contribute to a 'Trumpov bump' this election

Analysis by Patricia Karvelas

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Topic:Electoral System

Voters warned to be wary of unsolicited postal vote application texts

Topic:Electoral System

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Topic:World Politics

Trumpov says he's 'not joking' about trying to secure third presidential term

Topic:World Politics

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Corrupt cop breaks his silence as new evidence of his criminality emerges

Article is a 7 minute read.

An investigation spanning more than a decade finds Mark Standen protected criminals, sabotaged investigations, and is believed to have helped facilitate drug imports.

Analysis by Alan Kohler

No party is providing real answers to Australia's two biggest issues

Analysis by Alan Kohler

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Topic:Courts

Ben Roberts-Smith seeking to reopen failed defamation case over recording

Topic:Courts

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Window for Myanmar quake rescues closing as Russian and Chinese teams arrive

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In Myanmar, there are reports of screaming coming from piles of rubble as the window to find earthquake survivors is quickly diminishing.

Topic:Federal Government

Labor and Coalition coy on power prices, with modelling kept at arm's length

Topic:Federal Government

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Topic:Crime

Woman accused of stabbing her three children in their bedrooms

Topic:Crime

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Topic:Floods

Graziers brace for stock losses as floodwaters sweep through outback Queensland

Topic:Floods

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Topic:AFL

Former Magpies and Tigers AFL player Andrew Krakouer dies aged 42

Topic:AFL

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'We could have died': Inside the insanity of an unlikely 90s TV hit

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The untold stories from behind the scenes of Race Around the World, the show that launched John Safran and became one of the 90s most unlikely hits.

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ASX tumbles after Wall Street retreats on stagflation fears

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Topic:Teachers

'Bitten' by students, 'cyberbullied' by parents: School leaders report record violence

Topic:Teachers

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Routine drugging of race horses 'disaster waiting to happen'

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Workers in the racing industry across Australia say horses are being routinely drugged for track work at the peril of rider and horse safety in a malpractice which could breach nation-wide racing rules.

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ASIC's scathing review of super funds finds 'genuine suffering'

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Australia's corporate watchdog calls on superannuation funds to overhaul the way they deal with death insurance claims, noting excessive delays, poor customer service and ineffective claims handling.

Topic:Elections

How do I enrol to vote for this federal election? Your questions answered

Topic:Elections

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Topic:Matildas

Kerr eligible to return as Matildas skipper after FA board meeting

Topic:Matildas

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Topic:Death and Dying

Actor Richard Norton dies aged 75

Topic:Death and Dying

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Topic:Courts

Chaos breaks out in Brisbane courtroom during teen's sentencing

Topic:Courts

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The Aussie couple who made a clone thriller, featuring a Succession star

Article is a 6 minute read.

Nothing is quite as it seems on this Australian cattle farm in the near future, where ecological disaster means they have to experiment with animal cloning. But what else is the husband hiding?

Topic:World Politics