Articles by AAP - Matt Coughlan
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Politics
Watch live: Politicians face-off amidst accusations of intimidation and defamation
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 11:09AMFormer Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr has said remarks made about him by Foreign Minister Winston Peters on a morning...
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World
Million-dollar fish! Teen hooks huge prize in competition
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 8:55PMA 19-year-old man has snagged the catch of a lifetime, reeling in a tagged barramundi worth A$1 million in Australia’s richest...
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World
Australia PM responds to injured Bondi hero’s desperate plea
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 2:11PMAustralia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed the offer of a permanent visa will be made to an injured Pakistani...
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World
Teen arrested over terrorist church stabbing on good behaviour bond at time of attack
Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 3:54PMPolice are treating a knife attack at a western Sydney church as a terrorist act. A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after...
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Politics
Health NZ chair resigns, board to get third chair in two years
Friday, 12 April 2024, 5:00PMThe Health NZ – Te Whatu Ora chair Dame Karen Poutasi has resigned as chair and as a board member. Poutasi was appointed...
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Politics
Nicola Willis admits some agencies won't hit savings target, hints MFAT may get lighter cuts
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 3:30PMFinance Minister Nicola Willis has acknowledged that some agencies will not hit the savings targets set for them by ministers,...
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Politics
Greens surge, ACT down in poll, Chris Bishop more liked than PM
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 2:07PMThe Green Party has surged by 3.3 points in the latest Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll, scoring 14.6 per cent - a very high poll...
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World
Aussie brutally murdered by flatmate, left in bin was 'blind to killer's evil'
Monday, 8 April 2024, 1:38PMA frail man brutally murdered by his housemate took him in because of the compassion that blinded him to his killer’s evil,...
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Sport
Souths star facing ban for 'stupid' act against Shaun Johnson
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 3:24PMThe South Sydney Rabbitohs’ nightmare NRL season has taken another hit with Latrell Mitchell facing a ban of up to four games...
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World
Coral bleaching hits 75 percent of Great Barrier Reef
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 2:35PMCoral bleaching driven by climate change has hit three-quarters of the Great Barrier Reef as the Australian federal government...
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World
One dead as NSW residents mop up after record-breaking downpours
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 2:07PMA man has died and more than 160 people have required rescuing as a deluge across eastern NSW caused landslips, flash flooding...
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Politics
Seymour looks at potentially cutting Women, Māori Ministries out of policy talks
Friday, 5 April 2024, 7:06AMMinister for Regulation David Seymour is frustrated at the way population ministries can slow down the business of Government. Most...
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Sport
Kiwis hopeful to become NRL's tallest player with Broncos debut
Thursday, 4 April 2024, 1:27PMGiant Brisbane prop Ben Te Kura has been backed to perform on his NRL debut in a baptism of fire against fierce rivals Melbourne...
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World
'Don't know what to do': Two widows share their grief after swimming pool tragedy
Wednesday, 3 April 2024, 3:15PMThe widows of the father and son who died trying to save a two-year-old girl from a Gold Coast swimming pool have broken...
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World
Australian aid worker killed in Gaza by air strike
Tuesday, 2 April 2024, 1:09PMAn Australian woman is reportedly among a group of aid workers killed by an Israeli air strike that hit their vehicle in Gaza. According...
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World
'An emotional scene': Two men who drowned saving toddler named
Tuesday, 2 April 2024, 10:45AMThe deaths of a man and his father while trying to save a toddler who fell into a Gold Coast pool have prompted authorities...
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World
Gold Coast mass overdose: Kiwi dies celebrating her 40th birthday
Monday, 1 April 2024, 3:50PMA woman has died and a second was in critical condition after overdosing in Queensland’s southeast. Australian police have...
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Sport
Controversial Ex-Wallaby makes try-scoring return to rugby
Sunday, 31 March 2024, 12:53PMDual-code international Israel Folau has taken just four minutes to put himself on the scoresheet in Japan Rugby League One...
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World
Watch: The Aussie town under strict curfew after wild riots, 'emergency situation'
Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 8:45PMAn emergency has been declared in Alice Springs by the Northern Territory government after a group of young people attacked...
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World
'Substantial miscarriage of justice': After 40 years behind bars, man claiming innocence could walk free
Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 1:12PMOne of Australia’s longest-serving prisoners could be about to walk out of jail after 40 years behind bars for a crime he...
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World
Fresh tactic in recovery of missing mum's phone amid desperate search for body
Thursday, 21 March 2024, 4:11PMUsing highly-trained police dogs with the ability to sniff out mobile phone SIM cards are among the tactics being used in...
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Politics
Jacinda Ardern slams politics of fear and takes veiled swipe at Winston Peters
Thursday, 21 March 2024, 3:59PMFormer Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hit out at the cynical use of the politics of fear in a speech overnight and made what...
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World
Sad update in search for missing woman Samantha Murphy's body
Wednesday, 20 March 2024, 8:30PMPolice have given a sad update in the hunt for the body of missing Ballarat mother Samantha Murphy, with authorities saying...
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World
Police act on new lead narrowing search for body of missing mum
Wednesday, 20 March 2024, 2:39PMThe search for the remains of slain mother Samantha Murphy has been narrowed to an area 11km from her home town of Ballarat...