Star News Briefing

Federal Government Announces $440 Million Funding Boost To Help Older Australians Stay At Home For Longer 

Large Parts Of NSW Under Total Fire Ban, While Residents In Victoria's West Told To Evacuate As Bushfires Rage Across The State 

Young Boy Killed In House Fire In Perth's South 

NSW Rail Union Attempts Peace Deal With State Government Over Industrial Action

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A service has been held to remember those killed when a car ploughed into Christmas shoppers

Vanuatu rocked by another earthquake

Airline passengers set to get more rights

 

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The Malaysian government has agreed to a fresh search for the plane wreckage

The whistleblower who helped bring the actions of Australia's worst pedophile to light has had her name cleared in court

Last minute Christmas spending increases by almost 3 per cent

 

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The P-M is distancing himself from a Labor ad -- which links Nuclear Power with terminal illness.

Airports across the country are bracing for an influx of passengers heading off ahead of Christmas.

And

Kim Kardashian splashed the cash on this birthday gift

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West Australia's tough new knife laws come into effect today, allowing police to scan people for weapons without a warrant. 

135 Aussie's have touched down in Brisbane on emergency flights from Vanuatu overnight

AND

Chris Martin has addressed those breakup rumours with fiancé Dakota Johnson 

 

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Almost 300 more Aussies return home from the quake-hit island paradise of Vanuatu

Fears for an Aussie backpacker who's missing in London

The Hobart Hurricanes bowled out for a record low score of just 74

And the death of an iconic cartoonist

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Low and middle income Australians are being offered low-interest loans, to help them buy an electric vehicle.

The Federal Opposition is questioning why its taken so long to re-open Australia's embassy in Ukraine.

And

It's the end of an ERA as stars partied with Taylor Swift.

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Australia's embassy is set to re-open in Ukraine, almost three years after war broke out. 

Almost 150 Aussie's have escaped an earthquake -torn Vanuatu on RAAF flights. 

AND

Wicked star Cynthia Erivo will be honoured at the Sundance Film Festival Gala!

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This week we have The Real Story behind the mystery drones! Joe is joined by Aviation Expert, Captain Byron Bailey to share his thoughts. Plus, we're getting to the bottom of the nuclear fiasco that's almost gone nuclear.

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Tests to date have found no traces of methanol or illicit substances in cocktails which made seven travellers sick, in Fiji

Flash flooding warnings have been issued for several areas in South East Queensland

The Border-Gavaskar series level at one all, heading into the Boxing Day Test

And a huge scare for Karl Stefanovic, whose daughter couldn't be found on the Sunshine Coast

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