US Masters preview
World number one Jason Day and 2013 champion Adam Scott will head Australia’s charge for a second green jacket when the 80th US Masters tees off at Augusta National Golf Club.
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Call to ban badly-behaving NRL fans
NRL fans who smuggle glass bottles into games and then use them as projectiles should be banned for life, according to football fans and commentators.
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World in brief – China restricts trade with North Korea
China has banned some exports to North Korea in an attempt to bring the rogue nation into line over its defiance of UN sanctions.
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News in Brief – Sydney hospital chemo scandal deepens
Greens and Labor MPs are calling for an independent inquiry into the St Vincent’s Hospital “cover up” after the revelation that more patients than initially reported may have been affected by incorrect dosing.
Safe carriages suggestion not quite on track
A suggestion for female-only carriages on NSW trains has caused controversy with mixed reactions from commuters, feminists and train workers.
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Iceland’s PM quits following Panama Papers leak
Iceland’s Prime Minister has resigned after the Panama Papers showed he owned an offshore business that he failed to declare when entering parliament in 2009.
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Global media coup holds rich and powerful to account
With the Panama Papers exposé perhaps we can now say the fortress walls of offshore secrecy are finally cracking.
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T20 Women’s World Cup Final: Windies upset Australia in nailbiter
The West Indies dashed Australia’s hopes of a fourth consecutive women’s World Twenty20 title in Kolkata, after an impressive 120-run opening partnership pulled off the second-highest run chase in the tournament’s history.
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News in brief – Schools and hospitals on COAG agenda
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will limit his offer of funds for hospitals to $3 billion until 2020 and provide no extra money for schools.
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World in brief – More than 20 die in Kolkata bridge collapse
A flyover bridge collapsed on traffic and vendors in India’s populous city of Kolkata on Thursday, killing at least 20 people with dozens feared trapped.
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