'Too late to leave' some areas as bushfire emergency grips NSW

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A person is being flown to hospital with burns, and it is too late late for residents to leave some…

South-east Queensland residents swelter as heatwave records tumble

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Hot weather records tumble across parts of south-east Queensland amid a relentless heatwave,…

North Korea 'test fires missile in show of force'

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South Korean officials say North Korea has fired a ballistic missile, in the first such test since…

Review: Hidden Figures and Fences

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Michael Keaton's gaffe at the Golden Globes linked two acclaimed films about African Americans.

Australia's first lentil beer

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An Adelaide Hills craft brewery is releasing a pale ale flavoured with the 'earthiness' of lentils.

Surrogacy booming in Australia despite legal issues

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Fertility professionals and advocacy groups say surrogacy is experiencing a quiet boom in Australia.

The banana box frog rescue service

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Inside a cold, dark container on the back of a truck, a small green face pokes out of a hand of bananas.

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The 2016 Gambian election

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The 2016 election in Gambia unseated a president who had ruled since a coup 1994, and it sent shock waves across Africa.

Meet the micro-nations of Australia

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The citizens of Australian micro-nations establish their own rules, and shrug off the country's constitutional democracy.

Navigating the seas of schooling

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To send their children to high end schools, families are paying thirty to forty thousand dollars a year. Is it worth it?

The 'Clown Birds' of Lake Conjola

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A simple gesture of goodwill offering the rainbow lorikeets a small bite of bread soon turns into a free for all.

Misophonia: When everyday sounds makes your skin crawl

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The sound of chewing may annoy you, but for some people, it literally creates a flight-or-flight response.

Canberra couple celebrate 70th wedding anniversary

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Former champion show cook Pat Taylor, 87, has a simple recipe for a long and happy marriage.

Revisioning the Aborigine

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Vernon Ah Kee's major solo exhibition, Not An Animal Or A Plant, might have been a retrospective.

Analysis & Opinion : Views on the issues of the day

Donald Trump's tweets are a morning wake-up call like no other

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Turnbull's turnaround from pro-carbon price to anti-renewables

"Clean coal" is not that clean, and won't push down power prices either.By Stephen Long

Turnbull's take-down of Shorten a win for the PM in troubled times

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Analysis: Failures in persuading FIFO workers to live locally

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