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'I thought, geez, that's unusual': Rain brings fishy phenomenon to outback town

Fish have been found on the streets of Yowah, in outback Queensland, after record rainfall.




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To get over her crippling shyness, Kaley started inviting complete strangers to lunch

Kaley Chu knew she needed to do something to change her life — her shyness was holding her back at work, and she felt like the world's most boring person. She decided to attack the problem head on.





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Dolphin given a hand off the sand by trail runner at remote Hardwicke Bay beach

Alan Clarke thought completing a 500km run across some of Australia's roughest terrain would be his biggest challenge. But that all changed when he spotted something in the shallows.




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Wild dog fence funding pledge of $25 million to fix 1,600km welcomed by South Australian sheep industry

The Coalition has promised to fix 1,600km of SA's dog fence if it returns to government, an announcement warmly received after almost 20,000 sheep were lost to wild dogs last year.




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Underground coal gasification technology, banned in Queensland, holds hope for Leigh Creek

A controversial underground coal gasification project could tender for an SA Government electricity supply contract formerly held by a renewable energy project.




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Pilot falls unconscious for 40 minutes over Adelaide airspace in light plane

A flight school is forced to improve its safety regime after a student pilot who was sleep deprived and sick flew into Adelaide's controlled airspace after falling unconscious at the controls.




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Futuristic renewable-energy agribusiness Sundrop Farms sells to trans-Tasman investment firm

A world-leading agriculture business that uses sunlight and seawater to grow tomatoes has been sold but the final price is a closely-guarded secret.




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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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Emeroo Station to shut down after funding changes make Indigenous work program unviable, says CEO

Bungala Aboriginal Corporation chief executive blames funding changes for Emeroo Indigenous station closure.




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Water discovery in ancient underground valley boosts hopes of development in APY Lands

Outback drillers find water 90 metres below the surface of SA's APY Lands in an underground valley millions of years old and remote communities are hoping it will provide a much-needed economic boost.




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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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Gayle's Law loophole, allowing nurses to see patients alone, draws concern from union

The nurses' union says a law requiring remote health workers to be accompanied when going on unscheduled or after-hours callouts is being undermined by the State Government.



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Fossils of giant new species of sea creature found on South Australia's Kangaroo Island

The fossils of a giant new species of sea creature are discovered on South Australia's Kangaroo Island and with its formidable legs with spines used for crushing and shredding food, scientists are comparing it to Tyrannosaurus rex.




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RSPCA worried about welfare of horses due to 'unprecedented' feed shortage

Horse sanctuaries close and horse owners are forced to consider putting their horses down amid an "unprecedented shortage of hay".





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Gun brought to Royal Adelaide Hospital as violent incidents increase, union says

A patient bringing a loaded gun into the Royal Adelaide Hospital and nurses being threatened with knives are just some of the concerning incidents plaguing staff at South Australian hospitals, the union for nurses says.




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Gallery founders



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Shopping trolley dumping is 'costing everyone' and needs a government solution, council says

Adelaide councils are considering a range of options to address the problem of abandoned shopping trolleys including GPS tracking, locking systems and a bounty for returned trolleys.




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Accused Terowie murderer admits to killing relative whose bones were found in fireplace

A man pleads guilty to killing a relative whose bones were found in a fireplace of a home in South Australia's Mid North eight years after the man went missing.




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Bones found during backyard search for more remains of murder victim Martin Meffert

South Australian police say they have discovered the bones of murdered man Martin Meffert during a dig at a property in the state's Mid North today.




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Driver who rammed man with ute over trailer dispute found guilty of manslaughter, not murder

A Flinders Ranges woman who killed a man after ramming him with her ute as part of a family dispute over a trailer is found guilty of manslaughter, not murder, with an Adelaide judge saying she "cannot be sure" the woman intended to kill.




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Man reported after police allegedly uncover 800 litres of homemade alcohol at his property

A South Australian man is reported for allegedly selling alcohol without a licence after police uncovered about 800 litres of homemade alcohol at his property.




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Man killed close friend by falling on him during drunken fight at Telowie Beach, court hears

A South Australian man killed his close friend when he landed on top of him during a drunken fight, causing an internal cyst to fatally rupture, a court hears.





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Ghost town restoration of Farina a labour of love for volunteers across the years

For more than a decade, Australians have travelled to the South Australian outback ghost town of Farina, in an effort to restore the crumbling buildings.




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South Australian man sentenced after killing friend in drunken fight at Telowie camp site

A South Australian man has been jailed for killing his best friend at a remote camp site during a drunken fight after falling on him and rupturing an internal cyst.




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Domestic violence report of country women shows attitudes aren't changing quickly enough

The voices of young country women and their experiences of intimate partner violence are being heard, but wider campaigns to address the crisis may not be.




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Teddy bear fence 'slashed' by vandals as SA Government, councils decide on its future

A controversial teddy bear fence, which stretches for more than a kilometre on South Australia's Copper Coast Highway, is being deliberately hacked apart by knife-wielding "haters", its creator claims.




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Kate Disher-Quill lost her hearing as a child. Now she's telling stories of the Deaf community in a book, Earshot

When Kate Disher-Quill was given hearing aids at the age of 10, she felt disconnected. Now the 31-year-old photographer has drawn on her experience to tell the stories of people like her in a book, Earshot.




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Former neo-Nazi and counter-violent extremism experts issue warning to Australia

Arno joined a neo-Nazi skin head group to "repulse" society. He says governments are ignoring his warnings about far-right extremists like he once was.





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Police appeal for information after newborn's body found abandoned

NSW Police are appealing for any information after the body of a newborn baby was found in Stockton, near Newcastle.



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Body of newborn baby found in backyard of Newcastle house as police search for mother

Police found the baby's body in Newcastle early on Tuesday morning. Police hold "serious and grave concerns" for the safety of the baby's mother, who they say may need to seek urgent medical treatment.




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Police find teenage mother of newborn whose body was found in Newcastle backyard

The 18-year-old mother of a newborn baby boy whose body was found in a backyard on Tuesday has been found in Penrith and taken to hospital.




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Alleged police brutality of man in custody on Australia Day under independent review

An independent investigative commission reviews allegations of police brutality against an Aboriginal man at a station south of Newcastle in New South Wales.




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Greta Migrant Camp children in the camp playground



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Migrant Freddie Graf at the Back To Greta Day in June



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Singleton community in shock after house fire claims lives of three 'little angels'

Residents of a quiet suburban street in NSW's Hunter Valley say they watched on helplessly with a young mother whose house burnt down in front of her with three of her children inside.




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Going single use plastic-free 'the next natural step' for Dungog




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It started with Boomerang Bags, now Dungog dumps single-use plastics for good of the planet

A small town team harnesses sewing power to create more than 4,000 reusable alternatives to single-use plastic bags in a bid to save the planet.



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Myuna Bay Sport and Recreation Centre received a call to close and these documents dispute the reason why

One phone call closed a popular waterfront camp that has hosted thousands of children over 75 years but documents obtained by the ABC show that a NSW Government office went against the advice of experts.




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South Sydney v Dragons, Knights v Tigers: NRL round 19 scores and stats

The second-placed Rabbitohs just get home against the Dragons 20-16 after the Tigers hold on in a thriller against the Knights, winning 28-26.




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Review finds 'reasonable' risk of earthquake collapsing Eraring's coal ash dam onto Myuna Bay sports centre

A State Government-commissioned review finds the risk of a NSW coal ash dam wall collapsing in an earthquake is "reasonable", but more work is needed to determine the level of risk.




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Dartbrook coal mine approved to recommence operations in the Upper Hunter

A controversial plan to reopen a 'mothballed' coal mine in the New South Wales Upper Hunter Valley is approved, but a five-year extension on the mine's life is denied.




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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.