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Residents on Queensland's Sunshine Coast vow to fund a $200,000 legal battle against a proposed sand mine.
Topics: courts-and-trials, activism-and-lobbying, mineral-sands, mining-environmental-issues, local-government, maroochydore-4558, qld, australia
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| UpdatedVenus Williams reaches her first Australian Open final since 2003 in a come-from-behind win over compatriot Coco Vandeweghe.
Topics: tennis, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedWhen artist Sven Roehrs asked his mother's neighbour, Professor Alan Mackay-Sim, to sit for a portrait, he did not know he would be painting the next Australian of the Year.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, visual-art, painting, offbeat, australia-day, qld, australia
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| UpdatedAustralian of the Year recipient Alan Mackay-Sim used his acceptance speech to urge politicians to think beyond the political horizon when it comes to research funding — so where does Australia sit in comparison with the rest of the world?
Topics: medical-research, science-and-technology, health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, human-interest, awards-and-prizes, australia
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Computer scientists develop an artificial intelligence that is just as good at picking out skin cancers as dermatologists, according to a new study.
Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, science-and-technology, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health, skin-cancer, skin, diseases-and-disorders, united-states, australia
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| UpdatedThe series may have been settled in Australia's favour, but pride is on the line for Australia and Pakistan in this Australia Day clash at Adelaide Oval.
Topics: cricket, sport, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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| UpdatedFor thousands of years it was thought impossible to regenerate the spinal cord. Now we know it's both possible and safe, thanks to the pioneering work of the 2017 Australian of the Year.
Topics: science-and-technology, stem-cells, medical-research, health, research, australia, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedThe ABC's triple j Hottest 100 has kicked off for 2017, counting down Australians' favourite songs of the past year.
Topics: music, music-awards, arts-and-entertainment, australia
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says he is confident the Government's refugee resettlement deal with the US will go ahead despite concessions from senior cabinet ministers that the arrangement is not set in stone.
Topics: us-elections, world-politics, foreign-affairs, immigration, australia, united-states
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| UpdatedToday means something different to everyone, some are celebrating, some are protesting and others are being welcomed as new Australian citizens.
Topics: national-days, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedThose opposed to Australia Day do so because of the historical significance, but I celebrate on January 26 for a quite different reason — because Australia is a great country to live in, writes Anthony Dillon.
Topics: australia-day, community-and-society, government-and-politics, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, australia
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Dr Karl Kruszelnicki explains Australian of the Year Professor Alan Mackay-Sim's research which has led to groundbreaking advances in the treatment of spinal cord injuries.
Topics: genetics, australia-day, australia
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| UpdatedAustralian history is full of great moments, which could serve as alternative dates for Australia Day, including April 7, when the most Australian movie ever made — The Castle — was released, writes Ben Pobjie.
Topics: federation, history, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, national-days, offbeat, australia-day, australia
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| UpdatedMalcolm Turnbull and Barnaby Joyce are among Government figures to dismiss calls to change the date of Australia Day, despite comments by the Prime Minister's Indigenous advisor and a former cabinet minister.
Topics: community-and-society, national-days, australia-day, history, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedToday marks Australia Day and Indian Republic Day, and both have much work to do before equality is achieved.
Topics: australia-day, women, race-relations, australia, india
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| UpdatedDistinguished Australians have been recognised for their service to regional communities and industries this year.
Topics: community-development, veterinary-medicine, agricultural-chemicals, conservation, australia, sydney-2000, brisbane-4000, perth-6000, melbourne-3000, alice-springs-0870, summertown-5141, jambin-4702, fitzroy-crossing-6765
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| UpdatedOlympic gold medallist Kim Brennan was among Australia's Rio champions to earn Australia Day honours, but her award is for much more than just her skill on the water.
Topics: olympics-summer, sport, australia-day, event, rowing, australia
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| UpdatedThe Dow Jones Industrial Average breaks through 20,000 points for the first time, thanks to some business-friendly policy decisions by US President Donald Trump and strong corporate earnings results.
Topics: stockmarket, business-economics-and-finance, company-news, economic-trends, markets, currency, futures, united-states, australia
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| UpdatedNo summer barbecue would be complete without the great Aussie salute of waving away a fly. Sure it's a nuisance, but the Australian bush fly gets a bad rap.
Topics: science-and-technology, animal-science, invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, australia
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| UpdatedMoises Henriques earns redemption from his 2014-15 BBL final fumble with a match-winning display with the bat in the Sixers' semi-final win over the Brisbane Heat.
Topics: cricket, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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Seven out of 10 Australian men are overweight or obese, yet when it comes to weight loss much of the focus is on women.
Topics: health, mens-health, diet-and-nutrition, exercise-and-fitness, australia
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| UpdatedA Tanzania-born doctor who stared down racism while practicing as a GP in rural NSW is recognised in the Australia Day honours.
Topics: awards-and-prizes, human-interest, harden-2587, nsw, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedQueensland's first female premier Anna Bligh, sports stars Bronte Campbell and Mick Fanning, and television presenter Kay McGrath are among 121 people across the state to be recognised in the Australia Day honours list.
Topics: awards-and-prizes, human-interest, people, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, warwick-4370, southport-4215, mount-isa-4825
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| UpdatedSince the death of her daughter Clea in 2005, Francis Rose has inspired many Canberrans through the difficult experience that is being a victim of serious crime. Today her work is recognised in the Australia Day honours.
Topics: awards-and-prizes, human-interest, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedA nurse who has served at international disaster zones and former prime minister Julia Gillard are among the list of 958 people recognised on the Australia Day honours list for 2017. Here is what some of the recipients had to say.
Topics: event, australia-day, community-and-society, human-interest, government-and-politics, australia