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Merritt gets NSW Origin call-up

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RUGBY LEAGUE: South Sydney winger Nathan Merritt is to make his long-awaited State of Origin rugby league debut for NSW as replacement for the suspended Blake Ferguson.

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The short life of Kiesha Abrahams

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NEW SOUTH WALES: The abuse started years before Kiesha was murdered by her mother.

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Hawke could ‘broker Gillard, Rudd deal’

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NATIONAL: Prominent Labor figure Peter Beattie believes former prime minister Bob Hawke should be drafted to help resolve the party’s leadership crisis.

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No alternative to Gillard: Labor MPs

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NATIONAL: Federal Labor backbencher Laurie Ferguson says a Kevin Rudd comeback as party leader would hurt the government in western Sydney seats.

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Kidney system makes round trip to Africa

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HEALTH: An Australian method of improving kidney health has made a 17-year trip to Africa and back, picking up improvements along the way.

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Essential lifeline secures funding for next two years

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NEW SOUTH WALES: A vital service which has helped prevent Aboriginal deaths in custody in the state has secured funding for the next two years from the federal Attorney General following a social media campaign launched by the Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT.

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Ex-cop says prisoner punches reasonable

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA: A former West Australian policeman being investigated after he allegedly dragged one prisoner by the neck and twice dropped his knee onto the head of another says he used reasonable force.

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Abbott would be PM for Aboriginal affairs

Opposition leader Tony Abbott.

NATIONAL: A coalition federal government will try a more cooperative approach to indigenous affairs, driven from the prime minister’s department, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says.

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Tribes help protect large area of Qld

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QLD: Eight Aboriginal tribes in far north Queensland have been tasked with helping to protect more than a million hectares of land.

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Fears about foster mum before tot drowned

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NEW SOUTH WALES: In the weeks before 22-month-old Lachlan Leslie drowned in his foster family’s pool, a caseworker raised concerns that his carer was in danger of burnout.

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