Eliza Buzacott-Speer is a digital producer and reporter based in the ABC's Brisbane office. You can follow her on Twitter at @elizabuzacott.
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| UpdatedHonking, catcalls, following and sexual propositions — these are just some of the intrusions women risk having to put up with when they lace up their shoes and go for a run.
Topics: sexual-offences, women, men, community-and-society, exercise-and-fitness, health, australia, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedExperts say awareness about mental health needs to go beyond simply sharing a social media post, in order to break down the stigma.
Topics: mental-health, health, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedWillow the koala joey strikes up an unlikely friendship with a butterfly during a photoshoot at Symbio Wildlife Park in New South Wales.
Topics: animals, human-interest, zoos, helensburgh-2508, nsw
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| UpdatedMatilda Wormwood is one of Roald Dahl's most enduring characters — smart, strong, kind, and fiery, but, more than that, an ordinary little girl with a love of reading and learning.
Topics: books-literature, children, arts-and-entertainment, human-interest, australia, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedFrom wondercrump to uckyslush and quogwinkle to grobblesquirt, the "gobblefunk" language that Roald Dahl used in his children's books has become part of his legacy.
Topics: books-literature, arts-and-entertainment, human-interest, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedAncient Mayan astronomers were far more advanced than previously thought, new analysis suggests, and a leading professor hopes the discovery will remedy the "misrepresentation" of the civilisation.
Topics: history, community-and-society, science-and-technology, united-states
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| UpdatedWith just days until the Olympics, many Australians are counting down until our athletes take to the arena. But there is another group of people, little thought about but integral to the success of the team — the support staff.
Topics: olympics-summer, sport, paralympics, sports-organisations, australia, brazil
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| UpdatedSpending time living and working in the United Kingdom is a rite of passage for many Australians — especially dual citizens — but after the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union, this ritual might be in for a shake up.
Topics: referendums, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-kingdom, australia, european-union
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| UpdatedThe authors of a fairytale book about a prince and a farm boy who meet and fall in love, which will be officially published after surpassing its crowdfunding goal, say they are "thrilled" the "long overdue" project has met its target.
Topics: community-and-society, gays-and-lesbians, human-interest, books-literature, new-zealand
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| UpdatedA "gender pay gap" bake sale at the University of Queensland during its Feminist Week, which will charge based on gender, sparks outrage from students and threats of violence towards the organisers.
Topics: feminism, community-and-society, women, university-of-queensland-4072, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedAs Australia grapples with how to combat a childhood obesity crisis, a group of US researchers suggest the humble emoji may hold the key to encouraging children to make healthier food decisions.
Topics: diet-and-nutrition, health, child-health-and-behaviour, children, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedInside the walls of the high-security Brisbane Women's Correctional Centre, prisoners and foster cats come together to help one another towards a positive future.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, human-interest, animals, brisbane-4000, wacol-4076
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| UpdatedDr Karl explains the science behind a daredevil experiment by physicist Andreas Wahl, who used a loaded gun to shoot at himself underwater.
Topics: science-and-technology, physics, human-interest, australia, norway
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| UpdatedA Christmas Day fishing trip turned into a perilous rescue mission for Evan Hanias, when he stumbled upon a dog struggling in the water — which just happened to belong to Australian cyclist Anna Meares.
Topics: animals, human-interest, offbeat, west-lakes-5021, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedThough its reputation as a "boys club" persists, street artists who happen to be female — many shun the "female artist" trope — are claiming their place on the streets.
"On the street I didn't have to ask permission to express myself; it was a way of taking back some of the power from an often rarified, elite and exclusive art world," says one artist who goes by the name Baby Guerrilla.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, street-art, contemporary-art, popular-culture, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, australia
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| UpdatedMars, Jupiter and Venus are coming together this week in the sky over Earth, in a "planetary dance" that promises to delight astronomers.
Topics: science-and-technology, astronomy-space, australia
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| UpdatedRose Bretécher was 15 when she first started experiencing intrusive, repetitive thoughts that she might be a paedophile. Pure O, a little-known type of obsessive compulsive disorder, is typified by upsetting thoughts and vivid, seemingly uncontrollable imagery that can be debilitating to live with.
Topics: mental-health, health, anxiety, diseases-and-disorders, australia
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| UpdatedPriscilla Kincaid-Smith, who has died at the age of 88, was a world-renowned nephrologist and trailblazer for Australian female medical researchers.
Topics: human-interest, medical-research, women, liver-and-kidneys, doctors-and-medical-professionals, science-and-technology, vic, hawthorn-3122, melbourne-3000, australia
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| UpdatedAustralian students will soon be learning how to use 3D printing to churn out living replacement body parts, as universities team with their European counterparts to offer a world-first degree course.
Topics: medical-research, health, science, research, university-and-further-education, university-of-wollongong-2522, wollongong-2500, brisbane-4000, royal-melbourne-institute-of-technology-3000, queensland-university-of-technology-4000