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Women pushed onto train tracks in 'crazy' Melbourne knife attack

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Five of the world's best country gardens

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Acclaimed Australian landscape designer Paul Bangay lists a few of his favourite country gardens.

Fashion designer's journey to restore African pride

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Lawyer and designer Phoebe Mwanza reconnects with her ancestral roots through fashion.

Has the insurance industry gone too far?

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Insurers say providing coverage for mental health as they do for broken bones would send them broke.

Biker Church: An unconventional house of God

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The word of God is delivered unconventionally at Mount Gambier's Longriders Christian Motorcycle Club.

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