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Once a major cause of childhood deaths, diphtheria was largely eliminated through vaccination. Health authorities say falling immunity may now be helping the disease spread again.

The federal government has announced nearly $40 million to fund an overhaul of aviation consumer rights.

The discovery of a Chinese undersea monitoring device in a strategic Indonesian waterway last month "shows the extent of both China's reach and its undersea ambitions" and has implications for Australia's defence strategy, say experts.