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Buying nuclear submarines affects Australia's sovereignty: defense chief

Australian Defense Minister Marise Payne on Friday rubbished suggestions from former Prime Minister Tony Abbott that Australia made a mistake in not purchasing nuclear submarines, saying nuclear subs would put Australia's sovereignty at risk.

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Buying nuclear submarines affects Australia's sovereignty: defense chief

AustralianDefenseMinisterMarisePayneonFridayrubbishedsuggestionsfromformerPrimeMinisterTonyAbbottthatAustraliamadeamistakeinnotpurchasingnuclearsubmarines,sayin

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Small businesses should make most of B&R opportunities: Aussie CEO

SmallbusinessescanfindopportunitiesintheChina-proposedBeltandRoadInitiativeandAustralianbusinessesofanysizecouldbenefitfromChina'sappetiteforpremiumproducts,sai

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Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull mocks Trump at media party

A leaked tape captured Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull making fun of US President Donald Trump over his ties with Russia.

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Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull mocks Trump at media party

AleakedtapecapturedAustralianPrimeMinisterMalcolmTurnbullmakingfunofUSPresidentDonaldTrumpoverhistieswithRussia.InhisspeechtotheCanberrapressgallery’sMidwinterB

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Australia agrees to pay 70 million AUS dollars to Manus Island detainees

TheAustraliangovernmenthassettledaclassactionwith1,905ManusIslanddetaineesandwillpaythemmorethan70millionAUSdollars(nearly52.75millionUSdollars).Thedetaineeshad

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2 Australians confirmed killed in London terrorist attack: gov't

TwoofthevictimsoftheLondonterrorattackwhichoccurredattheweekendwereAustralian,thefederalgovernmentconfirmedonWednesday.ForeignMinisterJulieBishopconfirmedthenew

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Australia, US renew resolve on terrorism

TopUSandAustralianofficialsonMondaywarnedbattle-hardenedandforeignextremistsmayreturntoSoutheastAsiafromtheMiddleEastandtakeuparmsintheirowncountries.Thewarning

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Australia's most notorious drug smuggler returns from Bali

AustraliandrugsmugglerSchapelleCorby,whosetrialandimprisonmentonIndonesia'stouristislandofBalimesmerizedhercountryformorethanadecade,returnedhomeSunday.Corbylan

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Amazon in "advanced talks" with Aus postal company as local debut looms

AmericanonlineretailgiantAmazonisastepclosertomakingitslong-awaitedAustraliandebut,afterAustraliaPostrevealeditwasin"advancedtalks"tosecurethelucrativecontractt

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Australian banking giant hits out at proposed government "bank tax"

One of Australia's largest banking institutions, Westpac, has hit out at the Australian government's planned bank levy on Monday, calling it "inefficient."

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Australian banking giant hits out at proposed government "bank tax"

OneofAustralia'slargestbankinginstitutions,Westpac,hashitoutattheAustraliangovernment'splannedbanklevyonMonday,callingit"inefficient."Thenewlevytobeappliedtomaj

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Apple denies blame for exploding headphones, report says

AnAustralianwomandiscoveredthisonaflightfromBeijingtoMelbourneinFebruary.Assheslept,herbattery-poweredheadphonesblewupandherfacewasseverelyburned,aswereherhands

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Turkey to extradite top Australian IS recruiter 'within months': PM

TurkeyhasagreedtoarequestfromtheAustraliangovernmenttoextraditeacitizenitbelievestobeatoprecruiterfortheIslamicStatemilitantgroup,PrimeMinisterMalcolmTurnbullsa

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Radicalised Australians increasingly young, spy chief warns

The age of Australians being radicalised by the Islamic State (IS) group is increasingly getting younger, the country's top spy has warned.

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Melbourne plane crash: Airport reopens as investigation begins

An airport in the Australian city of Melbourne has reopened two days after a plane crash that killed five people.

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Israeli PM arrives in Sydney for talks with Australian leaders

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Sydney on Wednesday amid tight security for a four-day visit.