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How Australia is working with Vietnam to achieve gender equality
Empowering women through improved professional and educational opportunities is a key strategy to reduce gender-based violence. According to Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Hugh Borrowman, it's an agenda that the Australian government is firmly committed to.
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Hottest year on record?
TRIPLE J HACK | The World Meteorological Agency is expecting that 2015 will finish up as the hottest on record.
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South Australia's bushfires
ABC NEWS | Photos of the bushfires in South Australia's Mid North which have burnt through more than 85,000 hectares.
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Innovations in cricket
ABC NEWS | Cricket is not the game it once was so take a look at some of the innovations that have changed the game.
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Terrifying bushfire experience
ABC News | A man has seen a home burn down and had flames "lapping" at his car in a frightening ordeal in South Australia.
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Can hot tea cause cancer?
ABC Health | New research has linked drinking hot tea to cancer, but it's unlikely to be an issue for most tea drinkers.
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Travelling music teacher
ABC Local Radio | A travelling teacher is helping to bring music to isolated students in rural Victoria.
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Australia's Indigenous past
ABC 7.30 | A rusty tin containing 1920s photographs has cast new light on the lives of coastal Aborigines.
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The Horse Massager
ABC OPEN | Meagan Sommerville started out massaging her own horses as a hobby, now she makes a living from it.
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Enter the Birdland
ABC CANBERRA | Photographer Leila Jeffreys captures birds as individuals in bold and intimate portraits.
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Internet sensation
ABC ADELAIDE | The pint-sized singer who hiccupped his way through the Australian national anthem has become an internet star.
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Domestic violence crisis
THE DRUM | Australians share stories of domestic violence for International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
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'Bloodbath' inside Bataclan
ABC News | An Australian teenager reveals the terror at the Bataclan concert hall, when gunmen opened fire and shot dead 89 people.
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Martial arts holidays
ABC NEWS | Intense martial arts training holidays in Thailand are the new way thousands of Australians are hoping to getting fit fast.
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Australia's oldest mosque
RN | Adelaide Central Mosque was once a meeting point for early Muslim migrants and now stands as a monument to diversity.
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Living with body dysmorphia
ABC Local Radio | People with Body Dysmorphia Disorder share torment of perceived defects in appearance.
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