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| UpdatedThe drought in outback Queensland has forced a family to sell the property they have called home for almost 100 years.
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One quarter of Canberra children are overweight or obese, according to an ACT Government report, with little change in the numbers over the past five years.
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| UpdatedRolling Stones frontman Sir Mick Jagger becomes a father for the eighth time at the age of 73 — two years after the birth of his great-grandchild.
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Jenny Kee is a pioneer of Australian fashion design who has swapped success for a more spiritual path, after suffering a series of grave setbacks in her life.
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A Newcastle family twice impacted by breast cancer is fundraising to better support others affected by the disease.
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| UpdatedThere is "no question" some child deaths would have been prevented if Victoria had a stronger child protection system, the state's Commissioner for Children and Young People says, following the tabling of damning report.
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Forget the urban concrete landscape, parkour goes agricultural with hay bales and tractors at the Kyneton Show in central Victoria.
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Hay bales and tractors replace concrete and street signs at a parkour agricultural course at the Kyneton Show.
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Three-year-old Joseph is reunited with his family after the stolen car ordeal.
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Indigenous people have always sought to improve their lot, and waves of government policies have created impediments to that.
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| UpdatedThe Northern Territory Parliament bans the use of mechanical restraint chairs on children in youth detention that shocked Australia when their use was revealed in a Four Corners episode.
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Three children, including a 10-year-old boy, are among a group of Victorians recognised by Ambulance Victoria for helping people during a medical emergency.
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Opera singer Deborah Cheetham was forcibly removed from her birth mother at three weeks old, and re-homed with a white Baptist family in Sydney. Only as an adult did she discover her personal history as part of the Stolen Generation.
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Active and happy grandmas have been put front and centre to encourage children to embrace and celebrate their elders.
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Two highway patrol officers deliver a baby by the side of the road when they discover the driver of a speeding vehicle is rushing a pregnant woman to hospital.
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An Albury mother writes a children's picture book to raise awareness of autistic children.
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A sports camp for bush families gives outback kids the chance to forge friendships and develop skills.
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