Landmark legal settlement as government pays $212m to victims of toxic contamination

World-first legal settlement after Department of Defence polluted thousands of properties with firefighting foam containing potential carcinogens.

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BBC NEWS : Budget 2020: Five ways Rishi Sunak could tackle coronavirus

It's been dubbed the "coronavirus Budget", but what can Rishi Sunak do to ease the impact?


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2Day FM opens 2020 with best ratings in almost a year

The beleaguered FM broadcaster had its best result in almost 12 months in the year’s first Sydney radio ratings.

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'Like a ghost town': Sydney retailers suffer from coronavirus domino effect

Retailers across the city are nervous as the ripple effects from coronavirus make people more reluctant to spend.

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Prosecution against swim coach Scott Volkers stayed

Allegations of historical child sex offences against prominent coach Scott Volkers will not be prosecuted.

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Audience bounce for new ABC host Sammy J

ABC Radio Melbourne's breakfast audience share is up 0.5 percentage points for the first survey for 2020.

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Tablet interactive: Markets Live

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Tigers, GWS bar visitors in response to coronavirus

Richmond have joined Greater Western Sydney in closing off access to visitors to the football department and club as a precaution due to the coronavirus outbreak.

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Bega MP Andrew Constance says he will quit politics after bushfire recovery

NSW Transport minister and Bega MP Andrew Constance says he will quit politics once the bushfire recovery is completed.

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Tablet interactive: Coronavirus outbreak

Italy extends coronavirus emergency measures to entire country, as Victoria's chief medical officer says Victorians will have a 50-50 chance of catching COVID-19.

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Trump administration bases coronavirus advice on Australian research

American officials said the advice would cover how to minimise the risk of contracting the disease in the home, the workplace and while travelling.

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'Like a ghost town': Sydney retailers suffer from coronavirus domino effect

Retailers across the city are nervous as the ripple effects from coronavirus make people more reluctant to spend.

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Prosecution against swim coach Scott Volkers stayed

Allegations of historical child sex offences against prominent coach Scott Volkers will not be prosecuted.

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BBC NEWS - Mexican women strike to protest against gender-based violence

Millions of women stay away from work and school to show what a society without women looks like.


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BBC NEWS - Inside Yemen's dangerously divided 'city of snipers'

The BBC's gained exclusive access to Taiz, home to one of the longest running battles of Yemen's civil war.


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BBC NEWS : Coronavirus: Virgin Atlantic admits flying near-empty planes

The carrier has seen a fall in bookings due to the coronavirus outbreak.


March 10, 2020 at 05:31AM

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BBC NEWS : Budget 2020: Young people call for housing help

Housing tops the list of young people's Budget concerns, but they may well be disappointed.


March 10, 2020 at 05:31AM

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BBC NEWS : Boeing 737 Max: 'Nothing will ever be the same'

The father of a British woman killed when a Boeing 737 Max plane crashed speaks to the BBC.


March 10, 2020 at 05:31AM

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Tricks and tools for better working from home

If coronavirus means you have to work from home, then there is some tech you should consider.

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Stablehand killed after being hit by car while riding horse

A stablehand linked with Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Danny O'Brien was killed on Monday morning after a horse he was riding was hit by a car at Connewarre.

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Not sure how to stop touching your face? Here are four tricks

It took the coronavirus outbreak to make many of us aware of just how often we reach for our faces. Here are tips to help you stop.

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Man pleads guilty to Brisbane airport bomb hoax

A Gold Coast man has admitted to staging a bomb hoax that led to Brisbane International Airport's passenger terminal being evacuated.

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Julia charms with simple pleasures

Julia Jacklin’s minimalism lets us all take a breather.

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Hatton wins Palmer event, Leishman second

With the majors season looming, Marc Leishman has edged closer to a maiden stint in the world's top 10 golfers having fallen just short of victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida.

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Tablet interactive: Coronavirus outbreak

An 82-year-old Sydney man has died, as the number of deaths in Italy soars and stockmarkets plunge.

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Bloodbath: $95b wiped away as ASX plunges

A plunging oil price and rising coronavirus concerns sends the ASX tumbling.

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Bloodbath: $95b wiped away as ASX plunges

A plunging oil price and rising coronavirus concerns sends the ASX tumbling.

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Alleged gay-hate victim's family raises to $2m reward for information

Scott Johnson's naked body was found on rocks near North Head on Sydney's northern beaches more than 30 years ago in a case police then said was suicide.

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Two Sydney schools closed after students diagnosed with coronavirus

Students have been sent home from two Sydney schools after students tested positive for coronavirus.

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Man pleads guilty to Brisbane airport bomb hoax

A Gold Coast man has admitted to staging a bomb hoax that led to Brisbane International Airport's passenger terminal being evacuated.

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Alleged gay-hate victim's family raises to $2m reward for information

Scott Johnson's naked body was found on rocks near North Head on Sydney's northern beaches more than 30 years ago in a case police then said was suicide.

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BBC NEWS - Flight MH17: Trial to start of four men accused of murdering 298 over Ukraine

Four men are accused of downing the jet over Ukraine but are unlikely to appear in the Dutch court.


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BBC NEWS - MH17 disaster: My nephew's body came back in 80 pieces

Piet Ploeg's nephew, brother and sister-in-law were among 298 people killed when the jet was shot down in 2014.


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BBC NEWS : British Steel: Takeover set to be completed

The Chinese Jingye Group has said that the £50m takeover of the business will be completed on Monday.


March 09, 2020 at 05:29AM

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BBC NEWS : Gender pay reporting a 'blunted instrument' as gaps widen

Many financial companies that have reported so far are still posting gender pay gaps of 30% or more.


March 09, 2020 at 05:31AM

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BBC NEWS : DWP says it is 'shocked' by its own disability tribunal record

It has lost more disability discrimination tribunals since 2016 than any other employer, Panorama finds.


March 09, 2020 at 05:31AM

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BBC NEWS : Coronavirus: 'We use an egg timer to remind staff to wash hands'

One firm insists its staff wash their hands every 30 minutes, but how are others preparing for coronavirus?


March 09, 2020 at 05:32AM

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BBC NEWS : Strictly to stately: Chancellor Rishi Sunak can learn from late replacements

Named as chancellor four weeks ago, Mr Sunak has a Budget to deliver. Which late subs have been good or bad?


March 09, 2020 at 05:32AM

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BBC NEWS : The tech boss who lost more than a billion

Technology pioneer Andrew Rickman lost a fortune in the 2000 dotcom bust, but rebuilt his career.


March 09, 2020 at 05:32AM

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BBC NEWS : Electric cars are coming: but where will you recharge?

Charging points are springing up everywhere, but will there be enough and will the electricity grid be able to cope?


March 06, 2020 at 05:45AM

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Italy's Coronavirus Death Toll Spikes as Lockdown Takes Effect

Italy's coronavirus death toll spiked Sunday by 133 to 366, the most in any country outside China.

With the growing health risks, Rome imposed a new emergency decree, locking down the norther

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North Korea Fires 3 Projectiles, in 2nd Launch of 2020

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - North Korea fired three unknown projectiles Monday, according to South Korea's military, the second apparent North Korean missile test of the year.

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The vacuum of equality: How one mum's story revealed the work still ahead

We talk about equality, but right now for a woman to have the chance to be equal, at the very least, we need no gender pay gap.

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Ultra-rare wildflower stops Australian lithium company in its tracks

In a remote Nevade desert, Australian company Ioneer has uncovered a massive deposit of lithium-boron, an essential element in electric car batteries. But that rocky ground is also home to a plant found nowhere else in the world.

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