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Student placement payments won't burden universities

Student placement payments won't burden universities

Education officials say while there may be some issues, universities won't be disadvantaged by having to manage payments for students on placements.

Dentist 'sexually touched woman during job trial'

Dentist 'sexually touched woman during job trial'

Dentist 'sexually touched woman during job trial'

Dentist 'sexually touched woman during job trial'

A dentist aged in his 60s is behind bars until November after allegedly sexually abusing a woman during a job trial in a suburban Sydney dental centre.

Unburnt wildlife refuge to be sacrificed for homes

Unburnt wildlife refuge to be sacrificed for homes

Unburnt wildlife refuge to be sacrificed for homes

Unburnt wildlife refuge to be sacrificed for homes

A forested haven for species in danger of extinction will be turned into a housing estate after escaping the Black Summer bushfires.

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Exotic pet ring bust prompts call to hand in animals

Exotic pet ring bust prompts call to hand in animals

Hefty fines have been threatened for owners of illegal exotic pets as authorities urge them to surrender the animals in a new scheme.

'Get your act together': PM calls out supermarkets

'Get your act together': PM calls out supermarkets

Coles and Woolworths have been told to start acting in the interests of Australians after the consumer watchdog accused them of misleading customers.

Tributes to 'respected' footy player killed in stabbing

Tributes to 'respected' footy player killed in stabbing

Flowers have been left on a busy suburban Sydney street where a man was stabbed, as mourners grieve the loss of a "friendly personality" in dire circumstances.

Youth crims' full history consideration in poll pledge

Youth crims' full history consideration in poll pledge

Courts will have the power to consider a young offender's full criminal history when sentencing, under reforms being proposed by the Queensland opposition.

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Nukes flayed as solar boost seized to spruik renewables

Nukes flayed as solar boost seized to spruik renewables

Nukes flayed as solar boost seized to spruik renewables

Nukes flayed as solar boost seized to spruik renewables

An increase in renewable energy capacity is being seized as evidence solar power is Australia's right way forward as the debate over nuclear plants heats up.

New bid to stop at-risk boys committing family violence

New bid to stop at-risk boys committing family violence

New bid to stop at-risk boys committing family violence

New bid to stop at-risk boys committing family violence

Young men and boys at risk of engaging in family, domestic and sexual violence are set to be assisted through a national early intervention trial.

Police officer struck by ute survives horror injuries

Police officer struck by ute survives horror injuries

Police officer struck by ute survives horror injuries

Police officer struck by ute survives horror injuries

The brother of a police officer critically injured in a traffic stop has opened up about how his "superman" sibling's condition was touch and go in hospital.

Senior paramedics to get 20pct-plus pay rise under deal

Senior paramedics to get 20pct-plus pay rise under deal

Senior paramedics to get 20pct-plus pay rise under deal

Senior paramedics to get 20pct-plus pay rise under deal

Victoria's most experienced paramedics will receive pay rises of more than 20 per cent under a deal to end a long-running pay dispute with the state government.

Coles and Woolworths head down, down to federal court

Coles and Woolworths head down, down to federal court

Coles and Woolworths head down, down to federal court

Coles and Woolworths head down, down to federal court

The consumer watchdog is taking Coles and Woolworths to court amid allegations the retailers allegedly artificially increased prices on hundreds of goods.

DHL downplays delivery impact as 1200 workers strike

DHL downplays delivery impact as 1200 workers strike

DHL downplays delivery impact as 1200 workers strike

DHL downplays delivery impact as 1200 workers strike

DHL workers are striking at warehouses in Victoria and NSW, affecting deliveries for major brands and medical facilities.

Large, fast-moving bushfire threatens homes, residents

Large, fast-moving bushfire threatens homes, residents

Large, fast-moving bushfire threatens homes, residents

Large, fast-moving bushfire threatens homes, residents

Residents in Queensland's far north have been warned to prepare themselves to evacuate as a bushfire rapidly spreads.

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Shareholders test Coles, Woolies over extinction threat

Australia's supermarket duopoly is facing a double-barrelled shareholder challenge over fish farming threats to an ancient, imperilled species.

Scientists sweat on warning system for lethal heatwaves

Scientists are developing an early warning system for lethal heatwaves as other researchers track the impact of humidity to women's health.

Firefighters to backburn overnight as fire threat eases

Residents in parts of Sydney's Northern Beaches are being urged to monitor conditions after the threat from an 80-hectare fire was downgraded.

Premier 'disgusted' after officer badly injured by ute

A driver has been charged after his ute allegedly struck a WA police officer who had stopped him, causing critical injuries.

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Suspect in cold-case murders nabbed at Rome airport

Police were looking for the man arrested over the 'Easey Street murders' for years, as the victim's families revealed they never gave up hope.

Child abuse material allegedly found on man's phone

A 32-year-old man has been arrested at Perth International Airport after police received a report of child abuse material being accessed and shared online.

'No clear answers': fresh call in missing veteran case

Police have renewed a call for information 35 years after a Vietnam War veteran went missing in Tasmania's remote highlands.

Vic treasurer's plea to police amid industrial action

Victoria's treasurer has taken aim at police pursuing industrial action and has urged them to think about the consequences ahead of major events in the state.

Raw pain drives charity plea from slain officer's mum

Nearly two years after losing her daughter in a cold-blooded killing, a mother is appealing to the wider community to support a police charity.

Dry spring a blow to grain harvest hopes in the West

A dry spring has put a question mark over the success of a West Australian grain harvest that was set to be "a very good year", its industry body says.

Alleged ringleader refused bail over $10m car fraud

The alleged leader of a group that targeted financing companies in a $10 million scam has faced court.

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