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Coronavirus live news: India nears 3m cases, Australian state of Victoria reports 208 new cases | World news 0
- BUSINESS
- August 23, 2020
8.24pm EDT20:24 Graham Readfearn Queensland’s premier Annastacia Palaszczuk warned on Sunday morning the state was “not out of the woods yet” despite reporting only two new cases of Covid-19 linked to an outbreak at a youth detention centre. Both cases – a woman in her 30s and an infant boy – were from the same
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Cardinal George Pell walks free as child sexual abuse conviction quashed by Australian high court 0
- BUSINESS
- April 7, 2020
Cardinal George Pell, the most senior member of the Catholic clergy ever found guilty of child sexual abuse, has had his conviction quashed by the Australian High Court. The former Vatican treasurer walked free on Tuesday after a full panel of seven judges ruled unanimously that he should be released. Pell, 78, had spent 13 months
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Australian writer Yang Hengjun charged with spying in China | World news 0
- BUSINESS
- August 27, 2019
The Australian novelist and former Chinese diplomat Yang Hengjun has been charged with espionage in Beijing. Yang has been detained in China since January when he was arrested in Guangzhou. He is being held in Beijing in a ministry of state security detention centre. The Australian embassy was informed by the Beijing national security bureau
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Man charged over murder of Australian tourist in New Zealand | World news 0
- BUSINESS
- August 16, 2019
A man has been charged over the murder of Australian surfer Sean McKinnon, who was shot in a random attack while camping in New Zealand. The 23-year-old man will face Hamilton district court on Saturday charged with murder, aggravated robbery and threatening to kill, New Zealand Police said. They carried out a search warrant at
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Australian authors hit out at Duchess of Sussex for ripping off their book 0
- BUSINESS
- July 31, 2019
A joint-author of a best-selling coffee table book about ‘trailblazing women’ have hit out after Meghan Markle’s first guest-edited issue of British Vogue appeared to be very similar to their 2016 publication. The duchess wrote an essay for ‘The Game Changers’ by former Art Director of British Vogue Steph Adams and journalist Samantha Brett three
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Australian student detained by North Korea, Alek Sigley, denies spy allegations 0
- BUSINESS
- July 10, 2019
Mr Sigley rebutted that claim in his Twitter statement. “The allegation that I am a spy is (pretty obviously) false. The only material I gave to NK News was what was published publicly on the blog, and the same goes for other media outlets,” he said. Tongil Tours would be cancelling its business until further
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