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The people of Bougainville will vote in a referendum this weekend that will decide on its independence from Papua New Guinea. Here, SBS News visits the mine that ignited its decade-long civil war.

An Australian auction house was set to sell Nazi memorabilia including letters and stationary.

The US Navy SEAL whose demotion for posing with a dead Iraqi was reversed by President Donald Trump still faces a push to expel him from the service.

The NSW coroner has found prison officials who restrained an Aboriginal man shortly before he died in custody were not motivated by malicious intent.

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A man has been found guilty of strangling British backpacker Grace Millane in New Zealand. The 27-year-old defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is expected to be sentenced on 21 February over the death.  Earlier, the court heard he stuffed Ms Millane’s body into a suitcase, which was found

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Peter Dutton is sounding increasingly bullish about scrapping the controversial “medevac” laws when federal parliament returns next week. The home affairs minister has been locked in long-running negotiations with the Senate cross bench to unwind the Labor-backed legislation, which gave doctors a greater say in granting medical transfers to sick

Former NSW Labor minister Eddie Obeid is likely to be home for Christmas after being granted parole, having served his minimum three-year jail term for misconduct in public office. The earliest date of his release will be 14 December the NSW State Parole Authority said in a statement on Friday.

A long-awaited report into refugee settlement in Australia has urged the Federal government to take up reforms to deliver better outcomes for humanitarian migrants. The review, led by former top bureaucrat Peter Shergold, had been kept under wraps by the Morrison government since February despite a number of Freedom of

Residents in New South Wales will be subject to Level Two water restrictions come 10 December, with the new rules set to dramatically impact how people use water outdoors.

After overwhelmingly exceeding its fundraising goal, a New South Wales koala hospital is pledging to install drinking stations in koala habitat which has been ravaged by bushfires.