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National

Security agencies watching for terror: PM

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says security agencies are watching for the rising threat of white supremacists after the Christchurch terror attacks.

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National

Inquest to explore Qld trawler deaths

An inquest in Gladstone is set to begin investigating the deaths of eight fishermen from two trawlers that sank in rough seas off the Queensland coast.

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National

Call for review of gun licence laws

Gun control advocates want Australia’s security agencies to immediately review what weapons are available under different firearms licence categories.

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National

Labor pledges better rural stroke advice

Leading stroke specialists would be available to staff and patients at regional and rural Australian hospitals 24/7 under a federal Labor proposal.

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National

NSW brothers on trial over plane bomb plot

Two Sydney brothers have gone on trial over an alleged plan to bomb an airliner and launch a lethal poisonous gas attack.

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Sport

AFL

Dogs president calls for Tassie AFL team

Western Bulldogs president Peter Gordon wants the AFL to expand to 20 teams and give Tasmania its own club.

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Horse Racing

Lankan Star to be vetted before Slipper

Blue Diamond Stakes runner-up Lankan Star will have to pass a second veterinary inspection to take her place in the Golden Slipper.

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Rugby

Gagai backs mid-air tackle consideration

Dane Gagai agrees with Warriors coach Stephen Kearney that the NRL should look at whether attacking players can be tackled mid-air when catching kicks.

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World

World

Air crash parallels heap pressure Boeing

Boeing is under increasing pressure after investigators found similarities between the crashes of two Boeing 737 MAX planes in Ethiopia and off Indonesia.

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World

Brexit setback for May as speaker steps in

The speaker of Britain’s parliament says the government cannot propose a vote that is substantially the same as one that has already been defeated twice.

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World

NZ seeks answers after mosque attack

New Zealand authorities are set to launch a probe asking how a massacre at two mosques happened and if it could have been stopped.

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World

Trump: media blame me for NZ massacre

US President Donald Trump has tweeted that the media is “working overtime” to blame him for the New Zealand mosque shootings.

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World

Dutch police arrest suspect in shooting

The 37-year-old man wanted over a shooting on a Dutch tram that killed three people and wounded five has been arrested.

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Finance

Finance

Trade in counterfeit goods rising: OECD

Almost seven per cent of goods traded into the European Union in 2016 were counterfeit, according to a new OECD report released on Monday.

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Finance

CBA ends dispute with ATO over rebate

Commonwealth Bank has ended its long-running dispute with the ATO over a multimillion-dollar research and development rebate.

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Finance

NZ’s Trade Me bans some firearms sales

New Zealand’s Trade Me Group is removing all listings for semi-automatic firearms following the deadly terrorist attack in Christchurch.

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Entertainment

Entertainment

Austrian town burns ‘tallest bonfire’

The Austrian town of Lustenau has burned a bonfire clocking in at 60.646 metres, likely making it the world’s tallest bonfire.

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Entertainment

Acting part made film marketable: Fiennes

Ralph Fiennes says the only reason he took an acting part in his recent directorial effort The White Crow was to make the film more marketable.

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Entertainment

Dick Dale, surf guitar king, dies at 81

Pioneering surfing guitarist Dick Dale has died at the age of 81.

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