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At least a dozen men put on specially chartered jet that left Perth at 2am
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Victim support groups call for director of public prosecutions to appeal ‘extraordinarily lenient’ suspended sentence
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Brisbane acts Total Pace, Emily Wurramara, Austen and Screamfeeder – who are currently in the poll's top 10 with their song Hi Cs – covered some of their favourite local tunes for the Songs of Brisbane poll
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Australia's new energy minister says 'I am deeply sceptical of the economics of so many of the emissions-reduction programs dreamed up by politicians, vested interests, technocrats and politicians'
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Dozens of calls were made to the Perth Observatory after people reported 'a giant fireball' above south-west Australia
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Scott Morrison, the new prime minister of Australia, addresses the nation after successfully mounting a late challenge during a drawn-out struggle for power in the governing Liberal party
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Mehreen Faruqi, Australia’s first female Muslim senator, has delivered her maiden speech focusing on the need to confront racism
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With Canberra in a ferment, Malcolm Turnbull retained the Liberal leadership after declaring a spill, but Peter Dutton won 35 votes in the party room.
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