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3D printing and the “plateau of productivity”

When the hype around 3D printing was at its peak, it was confidently predicted that every household would soon have a personal printer. That’s not the way it turned out. But 3D printing is coming back and it’s slowly making its way toward the verdant “plateau of productivity”.




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Planning for a problematic future

We all know the value of planning, but in a complex, complicated and often confounding world it can be difficult knowing how to start. Scenario Planning is planning tool for uncertain situations - find out what it entails and how it might benefit organisations and businesses.



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  • Urban Development and Planning
  • Community and Society

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Technology-intensive campaigning and computational propaganda

Political campaigning is fast changing in the digital era.  Elections are now being contested with data and algorithms.  Parties see it as a great opportunity. Others see it as a threat to democracy.  And the changes are now playing out in real time in the United States. Barack Obama was often referred to as the first Internet president, but Donald Trump is fast becoming the king of social media. 





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Mascot Towers unit owners to foot bill for repairs prompting calls for better consumer protections

Property experts call on the NSW Government to do more to ensure residents of strata apartments are better protected if their buildings are affected by major structural damage, with owners of the Mascot Towers likely to foot the bill for costly repairs.




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Myki ticket machines to stop producing unwanted receipts after software upgrade

A software upgrade to more than 500 Myki ticket machines fixes an issue that has baffled Victorians for years and also caused littering problems and security concerns.








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Crazy stunts, crazier storylines professional wrestling hits central Queensland

A Queensland primary school teacher has shocked his students and jumped into a wrestling ring to live out a lifelong dream.





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Fee-free overdue policy prompts library renaissance among young Tasmanians

Book-loving Tasmanians are bucking the trend and turning to libraries in their thousands, less than a year after the state became the first in Australia to abolish fines and processing fees for overdue books.




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Apiarist calls for chemical Fipronil to be banned after millions of bees die in Southern NSW

A chemical used to control pests in agricultural crops and termites in buildings has been blamed for the death of up to 10 million bees in southern New South Wales.




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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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Canberra's noise laws to face 'protest jam' as musicians band together to 'save' nightlife

Amid plans for a five-star hotel for Canberra's centre, some of the city's biggest music success stories plot to save its nightlife, claiming currently unenforced noise limits could kick into effect and threaten venues when the hotel starts hosting guests.




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Australian Uyghurs call on Federal Government for protection amid detainment fears

Uyghurs living in Australia are urging the Federal Government to offer them protection after more than 30 countries, including the USA, condemned China over its "horrific campaign of repression" against its Uyghur minority.





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Chinese national guilty of money laundering over 'large-scale prostitution ring' is spared jail

Hon Leung Chu, who laundered the proceeds of a nationwide prostitution ring from his apartment is spared jail, but could still face deportation.




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Adelaide man found guilty of stealing $300,000 from foreign property investors

Yida Benny Xiong failed to put $300,000 from two foreign investors money into the purchase of a plot of land in Adelaide and instead spent the money himself.




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Adelaide man who stole $300,000 from property investors avoids jail

Yida Benny Xiong ripped off two female foreign investors in excess of $300,000 in a property scam that was used to fund his luxurious lifestyle, an Adelaide court hears.




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Adelaide council's proposed plan for skate park generates interest on social media

An Adelaide council's proposed plans for the upgrade of a skate park generates curiosity on social media, with an artist impression seemingly resembling part of the male anatomy.




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Managing Coorong seals could provide local jobs, say Indigenous elders

They have wreaked havoc on birds and the local fishing industry, but now locals are coming up with new ideas to control rampaging fur seals in South Australia's Coorong.





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Former AFL and SANFL player handed four-year ban by ASADA for taking prohibited substance

Joshua Glenn is banned from competitive football for four years by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority after testing positive to a prohibited substance.




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Eggs are about to cost more, with drought pushing up price of grain and production

Major and smaller supermarkets are upping the price of eggs as chicken farmers become the latest casualties in the ongoing drought.




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Excerpt from an ABC TV program titled Women Feel Guilty Whatever They Do

A section of an ABC television program titled Women Feel Guilty Whatever They Do, aired on March 27, 1985. It features stay-at-home mother Liz Crawford and working mother Deborah Brennan.





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Rosalyn O'connor runs a social media page which provides meals for those in need.








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Police provide timeline of Darwin shooting

NT Police say the shotgun used in the mass shooting in Darwin yesterday was illegally acquired, potentially as far back as 1997.





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Protestors gather in Sydney to condemn Hong Kong extradition law

A group of 1,000 protesters gathered in Sydney on Sunday to urge the Australian Government to condemn a proposed new law in Hong Kong which would allow criminals to be extradited to mainland China.




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One of several Gold Coast properties raided by police (Supplied: QPS)




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Queensland Environment Minister Leeanne Enoch announces Adani approval




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Laverton's nocturnal cow problem and the two men who took matters into their own hands

When an outback town in WA was faced with the unusual problem of cows leaving their paddocks and roaming their streets by night in search of food, two men were tasked with doing something about it.




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Irlen syndrome, the condition medical experts say doesn't exist, promoted to school teachers

According to medical experts, a condition that requires coloured glasses does not exist, yet WA and NSW teachers have attended training sessions on it.





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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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When the local Anzac Day service was cancelled, residents of this street improvised

Only a few weeks ago Karon Baker was in tears when her local Anzac Day service was called off, but by 6:30am this morning, she couldn't wipe a proud smile off her face.




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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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Victorian Education Minister James Merlino says offer from Federal Government to non-government schools is "completely inappropriate".

Victorian Jobs Minister Martin Pakula and Education Minister James Merlino provide an update on the coronavirus outbreak on April 29, 2020. There has been one death, taking the state's death toll to 18.



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  • University and Further Education