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Australian Associated PressFears for new mums after mass psychiatrist resignation
The mass resignation of public psychiatrists in NSW is expected to hugely impact the state's mental health sector and advocates fear beds will have to close.
- Australian Associated Press
Australia-China ties could be 'imperilled' under Trump
Australians must be braced for uncertainty, an academic warns, as Donald Trump becomes the leader of the free world for a second time.
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World No.2 Swiatek 'satisfied' by WADA doping decision
Iga Swiatek is free to focus on her Australian Open campaign after the World Anti-Doping Agency decided against lodging an appeal in her doping case.
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Australians trust scientists regardless of politics
In Western countries people with right-wing views tend to trust scientists less, but that doesn't seem to be the case in Australia.
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Koala 'biggest loser' of federal land-clearing consents
The iconic koala lost more habitat to federally approved land-clearing than any other threatened species in 2024, the Australian Conservation Foundation says.
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Greste joins hunger strike for jailed Egypt dissident
Reporter Peter Greste is staging a hunger strike to press the UK government to help secure the release of jailed dissident Alaa Abd el-Fattah in Egypt.
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'Welcome home': Biden invites Trump for tea
Donald Trump, who is set to be sworn in as the 47th US president, has met with President Joe Biden at the White House.
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UK teen pleads guilty to stabbing murder of three girls
An 18-year-old boy accused of killing three girls at a dance class in northern England has admitted the attack on the first day of his trial.
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England quicks won't be held back until Ashes: McCullum
Brendon McCullum is reluctant to wrap Mark Wood and Jofra Archer in cotton wool after assembling an arsenal of quicks for England that could "blow teams away".
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Biden issues pre-emptive pardons for Milley, Fauci
US President Joe Biden has used his power to pardon in the broadest and most untested way possible: to forgive those who have not even been investigated yet.
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Ruthless de Minaur keeps Australian Open dream alive
Alex de Minaur has become the first Australian man since 2015 to reach the Open quarter-finals with a straight-sets win over rising American Alex Michelsen.
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Aussie Scots skipper out of Six Nations, Lions worry
Australian-born Scotland captain Sione Tuipulotu's hopes of returning to his homeland with the Lions are in doubt after injury ruled him out of the Six Nations.
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Australia retain women's Ashes with big T20I win
Australia have retained the women's Ashes with a 57-run defeat of England in the multi-format series' first Twenty20 International at the SCG.
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Sinner downs Rune in Australian Open war of attrition
Jannik Sinner has kept his Australian Open title defence alive with a hard-fought win over Denmark's Holger Rune while Gael Monfils retired against Ben Shelton.
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Import hurt in Illawarra's NBL rout of Brisbane
The Illawarra Hawks showed again why they are the NBL championship favourites, swatting the Brisbane Bullets aside by 34 points with ease in Wollongong.
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Ruthless Swiatek marches into Open last eight
Five-time major winner Iga Swiatek took less than an hour to sweep aside Germany's lucky loser Eva Lys and book a spot in the Australian Open quarter-finals.
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Wasteful Bulls fall to resurgent Wellington in ALM
Kosta Barbarouses' 100th A-League Men goal has proven a winning one, completing an unlikely come-from-behind 2-1 win for Wellington over Macarthur.
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Alcaraz and Djokovic ready for high-stakes Open duel
Tennis titans Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will renew their grand rivalry in a high-stakes Australian Open quarter-final at Melbourne Park.
- Australian Associated Press
Svitolina channels the fighting spirit of Ukraine
An inspired Elina Svitolina said she was playing for the people of Ukraine after setting up an Australian Open quarter-final with Madison Keys.
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Steve Smith cleared to rejoin Test squad for Sri Lanka
Stand-in Test captain Steve Smith is expected to play in the Sri Lanka Test series as planned despite an elbow injury suffered in the Big Bash League.