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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 four-and-a-half years for abusing six students in Victoria.

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Christian Brother jailed for abusing boys

A Christian Brother has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for abusing six students in Victoria.

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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 imaging’ for festival body temps

A music festival where a woman overdosed on MDMA is considering using thermal imaging to find which patrons need medical treatment, an inquest has heard.

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Dutton bucks convention replacing top cop

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has ruled out replacing Australia’s top cop with an international recruit.

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NSW body modifier a no-show in court

A body modifier accused of female genital mutilation has failed to appear in a NSW court because he had started a new job.

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Greens senator to be booted off Manus

Greens senator Nick McKim is facing the boot off Manus Island after trying to enter one of the offshore processing centres.

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Bible doesn’t say ‘thou shalt not pay tax’

Two Tasmanians have been ordered to pay more than $2.3 million to the Australian Taxation Office after not paying income tax because it is against God’s word.

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Vic pedophile priest jailed for extra year

An elderly Victorian pedophile priest “mocked” his priestly authority to access and abuse children, a judge has said while sentencing him to more jail time.

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