Health lobby calls for alcohol price rise to cut consumption
Wine, cider and beer drinkers may soon have to pay more for their favourite drinks if proposed alcohol tax increases are implemented.
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Maria Sharapova suspended after failed drug test
Five-time Grand Slam tennis champion Maria Sharapova is facing a potential career-ending suspension following a positive drugs test.
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Strong support for devastated Inglis family
Australia’s equestrian community has united on social media to support the family of a teenager crushed by her horse.
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The West Australian team wins Australia’s first editors’ hackathon
A team from the West Australian has won Australia’s first Editors Lab hackathon after two days of intense competition at Macleay College Sydney.
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Entertainment briefs – High School Musical to make third comeback
Disney has confirmed it will produce a fourth film in the High School Musical series but it will not feature franchise veterans Zac Efron, Ashley Tisdale and Vanessa Hudgens.
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Macleay College hosts data journalism Hackathon
The Walkley Foundation and the Global Editors Network (GEN) are hosting Australia’s first Hackathon at Macleay College in Sydney today and tomorrow.
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Victorian US expats make their voices heard in primaries
US citizens living in Australia will have a chance to vote for the Democratic presidential nominee today.
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Mardi Gras – from small beginnings, a powerful movement for change
It started with just a few hundred angry people marching in Sydney. Today, it couldn’t be more different…
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You were the game changers – thank you
In an historic day, the NSW State Parliament has said “Sorry” to the gay and lesbian community for an assault perpetrated on gay rights campaigners in Sydney in 1978.
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Sydney CBD at standstill as police talk woman off bridge
Roads around Central station have reopened after police cordoned streets off this morning while they attempted to coax a woman off the Eddy Avenue light rail bridge.
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