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Three quarters of Australians believe climate change is happening, but conservative voters are more likely to believe it is a natural phenomenon, not manmade, and trust their "common sense".
Topics: climate-change, environment, community-and-society, research-organisations, australia
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| UpdatedAn Australian doctor who was one of the heroes in the aftermath of the Bali bombings struggles to get life insurance and is refused income protection because of the post traumatic stress he experienced after the attack.
Topics: health-insurance, health, unrest-conflict-and-war, community-and-society, australia, pacific, bali, indonesia
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WA's Racing Minister concedes he would not place a bet on his own call for a Melbourne Cup public holiday in the state.
Topics: community-and-society, states-and-territories, human-interest, wa
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| UpdatedOn The Run convenience stores are under investigation by the SA Government following reports its traineeship program is a sham designed to keep wages low.
Topics: retail, work, education, community-and-society, sa
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| UpdatedTributes flow for one of Australia's most acclaimed portrait painters, Judy Cassab, who has died at the age of 95.
Topics: death, community-and-society, arts-and-entertainment, painting, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedParts of Port Lincoln flood and the Eyre Peninsula is battered by winds and heavy rain as thunderstorms hit regional South Australia.
Topics: weather, community-and-society, emergency-planning, cleve-5640, port-lincoln-5606, adelaide-bc-5000, adelaide-5000, port-augusta-5700, coober-pedy-5723, sa
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A social media star "getting real" about her half-a-million Instagram following has people questioning her motives, with some saying it is just a "marketing stunt".
Topics: social-media, internet-culture, community-and-society, australia, coolum-beach-4573
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| UpdatedLess than $1 million of a $20 million pre-election commitment by the South Australian Government has been paid to revitalise the Adelaide Park Lands.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, activism-and-lobbying, states-and-territories, local-government, community-and-society, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedRonda Rousey is the biggest name in UFC and she's also inspiring women to take up the sport of fighting.
Topics: sport, community-and-society, women, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedSunshine Coast teen Essena O'Neill, with more than half a million Instagram followers, shows the ugly truth behind her social media images that display "a perfect life", with a media expert saying the move will have a positive impact.
Topics: social-media, internet-culture, psychology, community-and-society, australia, coolum-beach-4573
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| UpdatedThe race that stops the nation, the Melbourne Cup, gets its start from a small Adelaide Hills company which exports its starting gates all over the world.
Topics: trade, company-news, business-economics-and-finance, community-and-society, mount-barker-5251, sa, australia, united-kingdom, england, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedPalmyra residents whose homes could be demolished to make way for the Perth Freight Link fear they could face years of uncertainty.
Topics: road-transport, urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, palmyra-6157
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| UpdatedVirgin Australia and Jetstar cancel all of today's flights to and from the Indonesian island of Bali because of concerns about volcanic ash.
Topics: volcanic-eruption, community-and-society, travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, bali, indonesia, perth-6000, wa
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Gold Coast businesses are learning how to welcome tourists from China to capitalise on the tourism boom.
Topics: tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, food-and-cooking, community-and-society, surfers-paradise-4217, china
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| UpdatedA report says that the systematic violation of human rights against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar's Rakhine state fall within a defined framework of genocide.
Topics: community-and-society, refugees, human, human-trafficking, law-crime-and-justice, elections, burma
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| UpdatedWollongong refugee Eugenia Pyne is one of the lucky ones to have resettled in Australia from Liberia, but the journey to freedom is rarely simple, and never fast.
Topics: refugees, community-and-society, children, women, regional, unrest-conflict-and-war, wollongong-2500, guinea, liberia
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Non-drinkers are regarded as "a bit suspicious", a University of Adelaide student who is studying the alcohol habits of Australians says.
Topics: alcohol, drug-use, health, university-and-further-education, community-and-society, adelaide-university-5005, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedImmigration Minister Peter Dutton says he found a trip to a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan very confronting, but vows to uphold Australia's tough stance on border protection.
Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, federal-government, government-and-politics, jordan, syrian-arab-republic
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| UpdatedA catalogue documenting the early sale of Phar Lap - complete with delivery instructions jotted down in pencil - is bought at auction by the National Museum of Australia for more than $46,000.
Topics: horse-racing, history, community-and-society, library-museum-and-gallery, canberra-2600, act, australia, vic
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| UpdatedMore than 100,000 racegoers are expected to descend on Flemington for the 155th Melbourne Cup, but despite the dry weather forecast there are concerns a "soft and sticky" section of the track could cause trouble for jockeys and their mounts.
Topics: community-and-society, horse-racing, sport, fashion, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedPopular social media service Snapchat clarifies the terms of its latest policy update, assuring users that it still does not store the private photos or messages sent via its application.
Topics: social-media, community-and-society, internet-culture, information-and-communication, united-states
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| UpdatedMore than 218,000 asylum seekers crossed the Mediterranean to Europe in October, a monthly record and more than during the whole of 2014, the United Nations says.
Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, government-and-politics, european-union, greece, syrian-arab-republic
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| UpdatedMarriage equality advocates welcomed an endorsement by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, who says she has "absolutely no concerns" about same-sex unions.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, marriage, family-and-children, community-and-society, australia
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A national redress scheme for victims of child sexual abuse should be funded by the Federal Government to avoid doubling-up on an existing state scheme, the South Australian Premier says.
Topics: community-and-society, child-abuse, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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Lively festivities take place across the world in celebration of the Mexican Dia de los Muertos festival — or the Day of the Dead.
Topics: carnivals-and-festivals, arts-and-entertainment, community-and-society, mexico