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National

Qld hiker crawls to safety with broken leg

A badly injured bushwalker has survived two harrowing days crawling through rugged terrain in Queensland after shattering his leg when he fell down a waterfall.

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National

Australians in Iran need ‘fair treatment’

Australia wants Iran to give “fair and transparent treatment” to three Australian citizens being held in the country, senior minister Simon Birmingham says.

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National

Drunk WA driver who killed friend jailed

A 21-year-old man who was drunk when he rolled his ute down a steep embankment on a WA country road, killing his friend, must spend one year behind bars.

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National

Qld govt appeal over shark kill ban fails

The Queensland government’s appeal over a ban on its controversial shark culling program has failed in the Federal Court .

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National

Indigenous senator slams mainstream media

Aboriginal leader and West Australian Labor senator Pat Dodson has taken aim at a ‘fundamental bias against indigenous stories’ in the mainstream media.

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Sport

AFL

AFL flag window remains open for Eagles

West Coast were left kicking themselves after missing out on a top-four berth but at least they won’t have an AFL premiership hangover to deal with next year.

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Horse Racing

Guntantes, Profit clash highly anticipated

The clash of promising stablemates Guntantes and Profit looks like being the highlight of the Eagle Farm meeting.

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Rugby

Samoa to try and hide tattoos at World Cup

The rugby World Cup is starting in Japan this weekend and Samoa’s players will try to cover up their tattoos when possible to avoid upsetting the hosts.

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World

World

Peters expects bad news on NZ economy

Both acting prime minister Winston Peters and the opposition expect New Zealand’s soon-to-be announced quarterly growth rate to fall below 0.6 per cent.

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World

World at risk of pandemics, panel warns

Billions of lives are at risk, as well as the global economy, from the mounting threat of disease pandemics, an international health panel has warned.

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World

Angry farmers to face off with NZ Fonterra

Angry farmers will demand answers from New Zealand’s Fonterra which has forecast a second year of losses and axed dividends.

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World

HK leader in dialogue to ease tensions

Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam says she will meet the community next week, but protesters say there is no point unless she will discuss their demands.

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World

Govt mum on Brexit plans over leak fears

Britain has presented proposals on the backstop but haven’t left the documents with the EU because it fears the details would be leaked, sources say.

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Finance

Finance

ClearView coughs up $730k over poor advice

More than 200 life insurance policyholders have been paid $730,000 in compensation after financial group ClearView gave them poor advice.

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Finance

Fujifilm licenses Cynata stem cell option

Fujifilm has exercised its option to license a stem cell treatment for graft-versus-host disease that’s being developed by Melbourne biotech company Cynata.

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Finance

Kathmandu FY profit climbs on Aussie sales

Outdoor clothing and equipment retailer Kathmandu has lifted its full year profit and hiked its dividend on a strong Australian sales performance.

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Entertainment

Entertainment

Universal Studios gets scary for Halloween

The Los Angeles theme park transforms into a scarefest at night during Halloween with elaborate mazes based on horror films and sci-fi TV series.

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Entertainment

Brad Pitt talks to space station astronaut

Brad Pitt has called the International Space Station to talk with NASA astronaut Nick Hague ahead of the actor’s new film, the space thriller Ad Astra.

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Entertainment

Ocasek’s wife says he died after surgery

Model/actress Paulina Porizkova who was married to Cars frontman Ric Ocasek, says he died at home after recent surgery

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