Would you trade your ute for a Cybertruck? Tesla boss Elon Musk hopes so
At a cyberpunk-themed event in Los Angeles, Tesla founder Elon Musk claimed the ute’s “ultra-hard” exterior “won’t scratch and dent”. It did.
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Jackie Trad referred to Ethics Committee over investment property row
An investment property bought near the $5.4 billion Cross River Rail project continues to haunt the Deputy Premier, who, despite being cleared by the state’s corruption watchdog, may now face Parliament’s Ethics Committee.
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Department takes boy with rare health condition from family after seeing weight loss as ‘neglect’
Territory Families was “not justified” in its decision to remove a four-year-old Indigenous boy from his family in the months before his death, the Northern Territory coroner finds.
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Former AWI chairman Wal Merriman dumped from board after divisive election
The wool industry has shaken up Australian Wool Innovation, with woolgrowers electing two new candidates to the board and dumping former chairman Wal Merriman.
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Police union says officers ‘shocked’ over Yuendumu murder charge
The national police union says the murder charge against constable Zachary Rolfe over the death of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker has left officers around the country “questioning what they do”.
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Calls for quick decision on health clinic closures after Kumanjayi Walker shooting
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation NT Branch is calling on the NT Health Department to urgently decide whether it will push ahead with plans to shut four health clinics in remote Indigenous communities.
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Man who egged on friends’ ‘vicious and torturous’ attack on kangaroo guilty of animal cruelty
A fourth Perth man is convicted of animal cruelty over the “brutal” torture of a kangaroo that was recorded on a mobile phone.
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Dozens of motorcyclists storm Indonesian hospital to grab baby’s body
A group of motorbike taxi drivers storm an Indonesian hospital and grab the body of a colleague’s six-month-old baby, which was reportedly being held as leverage to secure payment of outstanding medical bills.
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Falling audiences see Victoria’s Secret cancel annual fashion show
Known for supermodels with angel wings and multi-million-dollar bras, the Victoria’s Secret show has been called off for 2019, amid slumping television audiences and controversy.
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Tinder date found guilty of murdering British backpacker Grace Millane in New Zealand
Grace Millane was killed on her birthday in December 2018 after meeting the man on Tinder, going out for drinks with him, and then returning to his hotel apartment in central Auckland.
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Alternative therapists spruik ‘healing water’ amid measles crisis in Samoa
Some hope spraying water on infants will protect them from the deadly measles virus rocking Samoa, but health authorities say compulsory vaccinations are the best way to prevent the disease and are warning people not to discourage immunisations.
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Library confirms Greta Thunberg ‘time traveller’ photo is authentic
A US library confirms the photograph of a girl who bears a striking resemblance to teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is authentic, but rules out time-travelling conspiracy theories.
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