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CSR Sugar owner linked to palm oil deforestation in Indonesia

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ABC News

The owner of some of Australia's most famous food brands is linked to deforestation in Indonesia…

Hanson criticises Culleton's lack of political experience

ABC News

The rift within One Nation grows increasingly public with party leader Pauline Hanson criticising…

'There's a massacre on my street': Pleas for help in Syria go unheeded

ABC News

The Syrian regime and the Russian Government ignore calls for urgent humanitarian evacuations from…

Meet the Aussies brewing hallucinogenic tea

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Brewers of ayahuasca say they've learned big life lessons through drinking the tea.

Why are British people called 'poms'?

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Books and Arts

Former Oxford English Dictionary editor John Simpson weighs in on Australian slang, selfies and more.

A tribute to Sharon Jones

Double J

Friends, family and fellow musicians talk about Sharon Jones' magnetic performances, energy and that incredible voice.

Cosmic dust found on rooftops in three cities

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ABC Science

British researchers have discovered cosmic dust for the first time on rooftops in Paris, Oslo and Berlin.

A Tasmanian man is charged in relation to a fox carcass allegedly brought in from the mainland, and which had reignited an ongoing argument of whether a task force set up to investigate the presence of foxes in the state was running on false…

Electricity industry pushes for carbon price to aid clean energy transition

Industry are calling for stable climate change policy, in order to move toward clean energy systems.

Thu 08 Dec 2016, 6:54 pm AEDT

Australia's electricity industry has issued a strongly worded plea to federal and state governments to quickly decide on…

Egyptian mummies 'virtually unwrapped' for first time in thousands of years

An X-ray of a mummy reveals the jewellery on the body.

Thu 08 Dec 2016, 6:53 pm AEDT

Twenty-first century technology like CT scans is shedding light on the lives of six ancient Egyptians, including a temple…

Barnett Government lashes Labor over election pledge to cut public sector

Thu 08 Dec 2016, 6:48 pm AEDT

Senior ministers in the Barnett Government lash WA Labor Leader Mark McGowan over his plan to cut public sector pay, executive positions and departments.