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Kimberly De Pledge found guilty over Pilbara cattle truck-caravan crash that killed two

Kimberly De Pledge is found guilty of dangerous driving after his loaded cattle truck slammed into a caravan, killing two people on a remote WA highway.



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Kimberly De Pledge jailed for almost four years over fatal cattle truck-caravan crash in Pilbara

A well-known WA pastoralist is jailed for almost four years for causing a crash on a remote Pilbara highway that claimed the lives of a couple and left their two children orphaned.




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The elusive edge of Innovation

Are entrepreneurs the great innovators we’re told they are? What if the ideal of the lone genius is simply a myth? Innovation is a buzz term that’s become so over-used as to be almost meaningless. It’s time to be more innovative in our understanding of innovation.



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The Psychology of Silicon Valley

To understand new technology we need to comprehend the social, cultural and economic influences of the developers. Also, making direct comparisons between the human mind and Artificial Intelligence is counterproductive.



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The Privacy Paradox

Future Tense a look at how we might be revealing more private details online than we think and the value in the information that’s being mined - and you’ll hear how you could protect your data by actually revealing more than you already are.



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Railton hopes to top topiary with a mountain bike-led revival in Tasmania's north-west

Railton is full of topiary with hedges cleverly clipped into animals, words and objects but there are hopes it can reinvent itself and boost its economy like the north-east town of Derby on the back of newly-opened mountain bike tracks.





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Bong Joon-ho's Parasite wins Sydney Film Festival official competition prize

The Korean film Parasite, about a lower-class family who con their way into a wealthy household, wins in a year dominated by social issues.




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Dark Mofo art rebuilding bushfire-devastated Huon Valley in Tasmania

Dark Mofo art experience Hrafn: Conversations with Odin sees tourists returning to the fire-ravaged Huon Valley south of Hobart to spend money and boost the local communities.





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Midvale home firebombed after woman set alight, with man charged after taken to hospital

A Perth woman sustains burns to 30 per cent of her body and is taken to hospital in a critical condition after a man allegedly set her alight and then threw a firebomb into a house in Perth's east overnight.




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Mascot Towers residents told to seek help from Salvation Army if they're homeless

Mascot Towers building management tells residents who were evacuated on Friday night after cracks were found in the Sydney apartment building to seek help from the Salvation Army if they are facing financial hardship.




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Summernats fraudster stole more than $160,000 from car festival to fund drug, gambling habit

A former finance officer for the Summernats car festival, who stole thousands of dollars from the business to fuel a drug habit, avoids prison time.




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Canberra man Eden Waugh murdered in 'cold-blooded plan' to silence him over home invasion, court hears

The 2016 killing of a Canberra man is portrayed as a "cold-blooded plan", designed to silence him over an earlier machete attack, on the first day of an ACT Supreme Court trial.




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Nearly 100 gene variants that put people at risk of cancer identified in new study

People undergoing genetic testing will have more certainty about whether the variants in their genes risk causing cancer or are completely harmless, after a new international study.




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Queensland's Environment Minister 'devastated' following Adani coal mine approval

Queensland Environment Minister Leeanne Enoch's comments at an Indigenous festival reveal Labor is divided on the Adani mine's recent approval, the State Opposition says.




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Queensland Environment Minister 'shed tears' over Adani approval process, video shows

A new video shows Environment Minister Leeanne Enoch telling a room full of people she has shed tears over the approval of Adani's Carmichael coal mine, while also saying current environmental legislation is flawed.





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Car for sale on Gumtree stolen with seller's five-year-old son inside in Adelaide's Hope Valley

A man whose Subaru WRX was stolen while his five-year-old son was still inside says he was scared for his life but the boy thought it was "just fun".




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Alleged Adelaide Oval brawlers involved in altercation outside court

Two people charged with aggravated assault over a fight at an AFL game at Adelaide Oval are engaged in another altercation outside court.




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World number one Ash Barty to headline revamped Adelaide International in 2020

World number one Ash Barty is locked in to headline the 2020 Adelaide International, joining a strong list of female players including world number five Simona Halep.




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Woman in her 90s confronts Adelaide home invaders, forcing them to flee

An "extremely brave" woman aged in her 90s confronts two home invaders when they break into her retirement village unit.




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Labor pledges to reverse planned privatisation of Adelaide train and tram network

South Australia's Opposition says it will reverse the State Government's plan to privatise Adelaide's train and tram services if elected in 2022.



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Woman hit by ute dies at McLaren Vale, man taken to hospital

Police are investigating a fatal crash involving a ute which hit and killed one pedestrian and injured another at McLaren Vale south of Adelaide last night.




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Baby flu outbreak at Women's and Children's Hospital triggers vaccination reminder

An influenza outbreak among newborn babies at Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital results in dozens being given antiviral medication and isolated in closed cots.




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Adelaide's Rainbow Walk vandalised with message saying Jesus Loves You

White text saying "Jesus Loves You" is sprayed across a colourful path celebrating Adelaide's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.




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Police investigate links between neighbourhood fight and more than 50 vandalised cars

Police are investigating whether there are links between a neighbourhood fight and damage caused to more than 50 cars in two streets in Adelaide's inner-south.







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A trailer for TASH which will premiere at the Sydney Film Festival in June




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Ivan Milat returns to prison after hospital stay

Convicted serial killer Ivan Milat gets into a van and returns to prison after receiving cancer treatment at hospital.




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Men filmed urinating outside a bus at the Sea and Vines Festival in McLaren Vale (Instragram: victoriahumphries_)



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Queensland Environment Minister Leeanne Enoch announces Adani approval




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Residents evacuated from Sydney high-rise after cracks spotted

A high-rise in the Sydney suburb of Mascot was evacuated overnight after residents spotted cracks in building.





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Vintage car enthusiasts lead revival of outback claypan racing at Lake Perkolilli

Hidden in outback scrubland lies a once legendary racetrack, where speed records were broken, sometimes even in the nude.




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Kalgoorlie mine workers evacuated from Frog's Leg mine after more than 100 seismic events in one day

The future of one of Australia's most profitable gold mines appears to be on shaky ground after more than 100 seismic events were recorded in a single day.





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Council threatens man living in caravan on his own property with legal action, fines of up to $50,000

A 60-year-old man living in a caravan in outback WA faces legal action and fines of up to $50,000 from his local council after erecting a shade structure without a building permit.






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'I need time to heal': Chinese-Australians speak out after racist vandal attack

A Chinese-Australian family whose home was targeted in a coronavirus-related act of vandalism receives an outpouring of support from neighbours, celebrities and fellow Australians online.




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Rival publisher to fill news void after paper's closure

The Pyrenees Advocate will release a new weekly paper from May 1 to fill the void left in Ararat by the closure of the 163-year-old Advertiser.




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'This caravan is our home': Travelling families threatened, shooed out of towns

When Kerry and Troy Allard sold their house and packed three kids into a caravan to travel Australia, they didn't expect to be threatened while they searched for a place to stay.




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Victoria Health to investigate outbreak at a private psychiatric facility

Victoria as recorded six new cases of coronavirus overnight, with a new cluster at a psychiatric facility.



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Wheat allergy, intolerance breakthrough could see harmful proteins bred out of varieties

Researchers have identified all the immune reactive proteins, then mapped and identified the parts causing chronic wheat ailments, giving growers a path to develop new lines.




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Festival search for 'best redhead' and 'fastest potato peeler' heads online

For the first time in its 24-year history, Koroit Irish Festival's search for the region's 'best flaming folk' is to take on a new life online.



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Calls for private health sector to hand back 'very substantial unexpected profit' during coronavirus

A health industry expert is calling on federal authorities to oversee the return of windfall profits, as customers negotiate with insurers to save money.