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From tattoos to blue sausages, Newcastle has gone 'Knights crazy'

Newcastle fans are going all out in preparation for the Knights' first grand final appearance in 25 years this Sunday against the Sydney Roosters.

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Labor MP accuses Greens leader of 'prejudice' over Jewish community comments

Labor MP Josh Burns accuses new Greens leader David Shoebridge of "prejudice" over comments about the party's relationship with Jewish Australians.

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Doctors and allied health professionals to walk off job en masse amid pay disputes

Doctors at Victoria's public hospitals will walk off the job for four hours leaving staffing at weekend levels, as a 14-month bargaining process over pay and conditions continues to grind on.

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Teacher support team faces job cuts a week after minister's denial

Tasmanian Education Minister Jo Palmer's office claimed there were no proposals to cut a specialist team that works with teachers. A week later, the team is being cut by a quarter.

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Breaking: Chris Fagan steps down from Brisbane Lions

AFL premiership-winning coach Chris Fagan has stepped down from the club days after securing a third-straight grand final victory.

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Defence lawyer 'puzzled' by DV charge in Jana Armstrong case

The lawyer representing the man accused of murdering Toowoomba woman Jana Armstrong tells a court he is "puzzled" by a domestic violence charge against his client.

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How the flydubai flight plunged thousands of metres in minutes

Passengers and crew members survived terrifying mid-air moments to save flight FZ1073 from disaster.

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$7.55 million settlement awarded to students whose degrees were unaccredited

The University of Newcastle has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit for $7.55 million after 163 students alleged it had engaged in misleading conduct after their engineering degree was found to be unaccredited.

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PTSD death highlights 'appreciable gap' in support for police

The 2022 death of Senior Constable Benjamin Warren could not have been prevented — but that does not mean "that nothing should be done differently in future", the SA coroner has found.

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Once-celebrated foster carers charged with child sexual abuse offences

The identity of one of the two men had been suppressed from the public since his arrest.

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Labor MPs jockey for position on election tickets as party braces for losses

Labor will not announce its candidates for the upper house until a month before the election, as poor polling has the party prepared for major electoral losses.

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Forrester breaks 17yo record at short course titles

Jenna Forrester has never competed at the short course world championships, but winning a silver and a gold in the same evening, also beating a 17-year-old a national record, has put her in pole position to do so.

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Dead whale finally being removed from Perth beach, four days after washing up

The beach remains closed as a $100,000 operation to bury the 13-metre long whale is underway, with sharks still circling the area.

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US woman still alive after lethal injection dose, legal team says

Media witnesses say Christa Pike was still alive when they were ordered to leave the prison by officials.

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Sydney communities left 'scared' after mistaken-identity shootings

Residents of communities caught in the crossfire of Western Sydney's gang war say they are fearful and angry, after a series of mistaken-identity shootings.

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Fake news and deepfakes about flydubai flight spreading online

ABC NEWS Verify examines and attempts to debunk some of the fake news that's spreading online following the flydubai flight.

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Man City could face fines, EPL expulsion, over financial rules scandal

Manchester City faces an uncertain future after the decorated English soccer club was found guilty of systematically breaking the Premier League's financial rules for nearly a decade.

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How a breast cancer trial changed the lives of survivors

Twenty-five years ago, Donna Rullo joined a trial for a little-known, targeted breast cancer drug that saved her life and transformed the care of women who came after her.

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Putting off your tax return? You have a month to file

People who plan to file their tax returns themselves have until October 31 to get their paperwork in.

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Businesses fear visa changes to backpacker visas will make staffing harder

Businesses in remote Western Australia's north are nervous about their future workforce after changes to backpacker entitlements.

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