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South Korea has the lowest fertility rate in the world. Are the social issues impacting women to blame?

The South Korean government is offering cash incentives to boost its record low fertility rate. But these experts say it ignores the real issues.

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Australia past 'peak tightness' in labour market, economists say

Rising unemployment and falling job vacancies may be signalling a turning point in Australia's labour market, economists say.

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Rafael Nadal to miss French Open due to injury, says 2024 likely to be last year of his career

Rafael Nadal will miss the French Open after failing to regain full fitness from a hip injury suffered at the Australian Open in January, the 14-time Roland Garros winner, adding 2024 could be the final year of his career.

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Teenage boy stabbed to death near train station in Melbourne

Homicide squad detectives launch an investigation after a 16-year-old boy is stabbed to death near a train station in Melbourne's west.

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Penrith Panthers hand Brisbane Broncos second straight NRL loss via 15-4 triumph

Defending premier Penrith claims provisional top spot on the ladder with a 15-4 victory over Brisbane at Lang Park, as the NRL's Indigenous Round gets underway.

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Radiologist escapes conviction after drink driving WOMADelaide golf buggy through Adelaide's CBD

Tom Entwisle is spared a recorded conviction after being caught drink driving a WOMADelaide golf buggy through the city in March, in what the magistrate described as a "foolish decision".

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Smith's cheese and onion and original chips recalled over plastic piece contamination fears

Food Standards Australia issues an alert for Smith's cheese and onion and original flavours, warning that plastic pieces could cause injury or illness if consumed.

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Former defence chief Angus Houston hits out at China, warns of 'miscalculation' leading to possible military conflict

Australia's former defence chief Sir Angus Houston blasts the slow progress in producing missiles locally while speaking publicly for the first time after the release of the Defence Strategic Review.

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Rex Airlines slams Whyalla City Council, cancels regional centre's flights to Adelaide

The regional carrier says the council is trying to force it into paying a security charge it cannot afford. Whyalla City Council says the federal government must continue to subsidise that cost.

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Papua New Guinea's prime minister says US security pact still a work in progress, reveals visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken

James Marape takes a call from US President Joe Biden mid press conference and confirms US Secretary of State Antony Blinken would be coming to Port Moresby instead of the president, who cancelled his trip.

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El Niño and La Niña have become more extreme and frequent because of climate change, study finds

CSIRO has found greenhouse gas emissions have likely been making El Niño and La Niña events more frequent and extreme since the 1960s. Up until now little was known about the role it played.

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NSW man who caused car crash that killed 56-year-old sentenced to more than 10 years in jail

A New South Wales man who killed another driver in a head-on collision during a 188-kilometre-per-hour police pursuit is sentenced to more than 10 years in jail.

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RFS captain tells Black Summer bushfire inquest back-burn was a 'foregone conclusion'

A Blue Mountains fire brigade captain tells a NSW coronial inquest the decision to conduct a back-burn that later broke containment lines was a "foregone conclusion" by the time she found about it.

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Maternity services on Tasmania's north-west coast to return to public hands from December

Shayla Marshall says giving birth at Tasmania's North West Private Hospital was a lonely and traumatising experience that left her feeling like she "didn't want to be a mum".

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Students say vaping still an issue at school while state, federal government crackdowns continue

For 17-year-old Tyrone, vaping became such an issue in his South Australian high school that he felt the need to tell the country about it on ABC's Q+A.

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NT ICAC finds public officer 'engaged in corrupt conduct' on three separate occasions

The Northern Territory's corruption watchdog calls for all public bodies to audit personnel records after finding an unnamed public officer "engaged in corrupt conduct" on three occasions.

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BP spends $23 million on WA agricultural property for green hydrogen, renewable plans

The gas and energy giant purchases Daisy Downs in Western Australia's Mid West region, but says existing agricultural operations will be able to coexist with its wind and solar energy generation.

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Police criticised for bungled investigation into possible gay hate death in Wollongong

An inquiry has heard a flawed police investigation into the death of a gay man in Wollongong in 1986 made it impossible to determine whether it was a hate crime.

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Earth-sized alien planet LP 791-18 d believed to be gripped by widespread volcanism

A planet orbiting a dim star in our galactic neighbourhood is offering evidence of volcanism beyond our solar system, with observations suggesting a rugged and rocky world tormented by constant eruptions.

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Melbourne party hire business owner James Balcombe jailed over arson attacks on jumping castle rivals

A party hire business owner who concocted a plan to target his industry rivals with a string of arson attacks has been sentenced to more than a decade behind bars.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joins mourners at public memorial for Yunupingu

At a gathering of friends, family and political leaders on the tiny island of Gunyangara, Anthony Albanese remembers the highly influential land rights figure as a "giant" who "kept striving to have us rise to his level of integrity".

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Demolition of Fitzroy Crossing bridge under way after Kimberley floods

Workers have started to tear down the remains of the bridge, which was irreparably damaged in January's Kimberley floods. It is hoped the replacement will be complete next year.

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Stolen car with child inside recovered, police search for male suspect

The car was stolen from outside a shop in Adelaide's north east, where a mother reportedly saw a male suspect enter her car before she confronted him.

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Inquest to examine 2019 death of premature baby Daniel Thomas Wright in Queensland

Eight-month-old Daniel Thomas Wright spent most of his life in hospitals before his death in early 2019.

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Homes across Australia fall short of winter warmth benchmark, five-state study finds

A snapshot of 100 Australian homes shows the vast majority routinely failed to reach what the WHO regards as a "safe and well-balanced" indoor temperature during winter.

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