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ABC News Quiz: Will you get the numbers like Biden?

Joe Biden cleaned up and Michael Bloomberg limped away with just one small win on Super Tuesday. Will you emerge victorious from this week's News Quiz?






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Costume-themed 'bin outings' are going viral – in a good way

The mundane task of putting the bins out just got interesting, as people around the world don fancy dress for their weekly walk to the kerb — all in the name of finding some fun during social isolation.




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Why isn't she laying eggs? How do I thwart Mr Fox? A newbie chook owner's guide

Live chicken sales are skyrocketing as people seek to rely on a more sustainable backyard to supply their pantries in lockdown. If you're embarking on life as chook owner, we have your big questions answered.




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Captain Tom tops UK charts in time for his 100th birthday with coronavirus hit single

Captain Tom Moore, the British Army veteran who raised more than $55 million for Britain's National Health Service, tops the UK music charts with a cover of You'll Never Walk Alone.




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Big Kev the dinosaur roams the earth once again

Giant fibreglass dinosaur Big Kev has escaped extinction after a community outside Darwin demanded it be saved.




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Snowtown killer Robert Wagner denied bid for non-parole date to be set

Snowtown "bodies-in-the-barrels" serial killer Robert Joe Wagner loses his bid for a non-parole period to be set, confirming the original judgment that he should never be released.




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Mintabie community launches Federal Court legal action against South Australian Government weeks out from eviction

A community weeks away from being evicted has launched legal action against the South Australian Government in a bid to stop their town's closure.



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Mintabie community's legal action slammed by traditional owners hoping to take opal-rich land back

Aboriginal traditional owners hit out at legal action launched by residents of a condemned outback town, with one leader saying the argument amounts to the second taking of Aboriginal land.




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Leon Bignell wants office stalemate with SA Government 'reported to the United Nations'

Two Labor MPs are still waiting to get offices within their electorates more than a year after the state election, with one labelling the delay as a "clamp down on democracy".




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Quad bike safety plans sparks rift between ACCC and manufacturers

Quad bike manufacturers claim ACCC-favoured mandatory rollover protection will not improve safety as another child dies in rural NSW on Monday.




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Coober Pedy man charged with murder after alleged stabbing

A Coober Pedy man has been charged with murder following the alleged stabbing of another man in South Australia's far north.



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Rock-climbing victims identified as architect and researcher after bodies discovered in Flinders Ranges

The bodies of two climbing partners who fell to their deaths from a remote cliff face in South Australia's Flinders Ranges were discovered with the help of an aerial drone, one of the men's friends has revealed.




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How an ancient trade is helping one of SA's oldest farming families survive the big dry

Holowiliena Station is in the grip of a horror drought, but reviving an ancient trade is proving a lifeline to this farming family.




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Pelicans, ducks and other waterbirds in peril as drought's grip tightens across outback

Pelicans and other waterbirds are dying in the outback and disappearing from waterways, as the effects of drought compound an already-concerning long-term decline in populations.




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Black-footed rock-wallabies making a comeback with the help of rangers despite foxes and cats

In the rocky ranges of central Australia, a group of rangers are fending-off feral cats and foxes to save an increasing population of endangered wallabies.




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Birdwatchers see rare birds escaping the drought in search of food and water in southern Australia

Birdwatchers are spotting crimson and rare orange chats in southern Australia, refugees of the drought in the inland.




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Rose Tattoo guitarist helps kids explore issues in Love Bites sex and relationships education program

A stalwart of rock band Rose Tattoo retrains for a role that will help him give back to the community.




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Newcastle morgue delays blamed for ice binges linked to prolonged Sorry Business

A post-prison release service in far-western NSW blames delays at the Newcastle morgue for a spike in ice benders by some of its grief-stricken Aboriginal clients waiting up to six weeks to bury loved ones.




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AGL defers Liddell, Torrens power plant closures in bid to avoid summer blackouts

The Federal Government has applauded a decision by the energy giant, but environmental groups say the move is "risky and irresponsible."





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Nomads bikie gang member Brad Bowtell and others sentenced for participation in Hunter Valley criminal group

Senior members of the Nomads bikie gang are sentenced over their participation in a criminal group, during a period of what the prosecutor described as "extreme" and "unpredictable" violence across the Hunter region.




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Canberra Raiders upset Melbourne Storm, Bulldogs beat Rabbitohs, Knights smack Cowboys

South Sydney misses its chance to jump into the top four, losing to the Bulldogs, after the Storm lost to the Raiders and the Knights broke their drought with a big win over North Queensland.




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Woman charged over alleged stabbing of strangers, daughter in Salamander Bay supermarket

A 26-year-old woman is charged with 11 offences after allegedly stabbing members of the public, as well as her daughter, in Salamander Bay near Port Stephens.



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Inquiry into alleged Catholic abuse cover-ups identifies credibility issues among senior church officials

Findings from a probe into alleged cover-ups of child abuse within the Catholic Church in NSW have identified credibility issues among members of its upper echelons.




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Man accused of stabbing police gets emotional after having bail refused

Oliver Scales-Copeland, who is accused of stabbing two police officers at a service station north of Sydney yesterday, represents himself in court and becomes emotional when his bail application is refused.




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Convicted paedophile and former NSW minister Milton Orkopoulos wins bid for parole

The NSW Parole Authority is set to grant parole to convicted paedophile and disgraced former government minister Milton Orkopoulos.




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Parkinson's not just an older person's disease and 'not life or death, I just shake a bit'

Port Macquarie resident Kim Dahler was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in her 40s and wants others to know life can still be fulfilling.




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Seabin 'rubbish bin for the water' comes to Australia

An estimated eight million tonnes of plastic rubbish enters the world's oceans each year and an Australian invention called a Seabin is doing something about it.




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A billion trees planted by 2030? It can't be done, forestry industry says

The forestry industry believes the Coalition's pledge of planting 1 billion trees by 2030 is unrealistic, unless it removes barriers preventing the sector's growth.




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Robot in cabinet

Robot in cabinet



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Federal election 2019: Why living in a big electorate can be a disadvantage

The NSW regional electorate of Cowper has the largest number of voters in the country, the latest Australian Electoral Commission elector count reveals.




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Australian artworks on climate change to feature in international exhibition

Australian artworks will feature in a new international art-science exhibition in Venice, which hopes to educate people and raise talk about climate change and deforestation, and possible solutions.




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Rare bird and passionate twitchers provide huge economic boost

A study reveals a visit from a rare bird to a tiny NSW town generated hundreds of thousands of dollars for the economy, highlighting the untapped potential of birdwatching tourism.




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Golden bowerbirds' building prowess helps scientists monitor climate change, and alarm bells are ringing

Researchers monitoring the impact of climate change say golden bowerbirds and other highland rainforest species are being pushed to higher altitudes by temperature rises and fear they'll eventually have nowhere left to go.




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When schoolkids lock their mobile phones away in pouches for the day, amazing things happen

What would happen to the dynamic in a school if the students locked away their mobile phones for the day? A lot, it turns out and it's all positive.




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Family offers reward after North American bison shot and skinned near Coffs Harbour

Chief the bison was killed with a high-powered rifle on a rural NSW property and it is believed the culprits can sell the animal's hide for thousands of dollars.




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Chief, the North American Bison was found shot and skinned at a property at Bucca, north of Coffs Harbour




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William Tyrrell inquest hears person of interest Bill Spedding was with his wife on day of disappearance

Whitegoods repairman Bill Spedding tells an inquest into the disappearance of William Tyrrell he was having coffee with his wife on the day the toddler vanished, before revealing the "devastating impact" of the police investigation on his life.




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William Tyrrell 'person of interest' Bill Spedding to sue NSW Police over investigation

Washing machine repairman Bill Spedding is seeking up to $1 million in compensation after accusing NSW Police of causing him "reputational damage" by wrongly linking him to the disappearance of William Tyrrell.




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The drought is now so severe it is biting in even the greenest corners of the country

Farmers along Australia's normally green east coast are reeling from the worst drought they have ever seen and face a tough summer if it doesn't rain in the next few months.




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Sydney news: Woman charged with murder over Camperdown stabbing, easing weather slows Tenterfield bushfire

MORNING BRIEFING: A woman has been charged with murder after a man was found with multiple stab wounds in a Sydney apartment complex, while easing weather conditions have helped firefighters in Tenterfield gain the upper hand on a bushfire.




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Stolen patchwork quilts bind community together as patchworkers seek help to find charity donations

A plea made by a group of patchworkers to help find their stolen quilts has been heard internationally.



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Rural Fire Service member Liam Birrer skips HSC exam to fight bushfire

Student Liam Birrer was supposed to be sitting a HSC exam instead he was fighting a bushfire in his local community.




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Washing machine repairman Bill Spedding (r) being interviewed by Detective Justin Moynihan (l).



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How police investigating William Tyrrell's disappearance wrongly targeted Bill Spedding

The whitegoods repairman who became the chief suspect in one of Australia's biggest child abduction mysteries reveals for the first time how the ordeal "shattered" his life.




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Watch the intense police interrogation of Bill Spedding over the William Tyrrell abduction

Four Corners has obtained exclusive video of the police interrogation of washing machine repairman Bill Spedding, who was wrongly accused of abducting three-year-old William Tyrrell from outside a home on on the NSW mid-north coast.