Energy Australia: Renewables are the solution to rising power prices

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Energy Australia has joined the chorus of groups calling for a bipartisan approach to renewables.

Live politics: Xenophon blocks childcare bill

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The Nick Xenophon Team has announced it will not support the Federal Government's welfare package.

Q&A;: Lambie takes on Abdel-Magied

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Jacqui Lambie had a screaming match with Islamic youth leader Yassmin Abdel-Magied over sharia law.

Australia behind in obesity prevention

Exercise (ABC News) ABC Health

Obesity affects almost a quarter of Australians, but help can be almost impossible to find.

Solar batteries 'exploding' in popularity

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The first national audit of solar batteries shows 7,000 were installed in Australian homes last year.

Earth's deepest trenches contain pollution

Amphipod (Wikimedia commons) ABC Science

Deep ocean trenches have levels of toxic chemicals 50 times higher than a highly polluted river system in China.

Victoria's threatened tiger quoll remains elusive

The elusive Victorian tiger quoll (ABC News) ABC Environment

Hundreds of cameras set up to monitor Victoria's tiger quoll have failed to photograph the animal for three years.

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Melania Trump: America's First Lady in absentia

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Since attending her husband's inauguration, Melania Trump has stayed out of the spotlight and out of the White House.

Whales popped 'like balloons': Macabre clean up after mass stranding

Volunteers in New Zealand manage to refloat 100 surviving pilot whales (ABC News) ABC Environment

Authorities have cut holes in 300 whale carcasses to avoid them exploding as they decompose in Golden Bay, New Zealand.

The Exercise Room: Keeping it simple

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Do you over-complicate things when it comes to exercise? Kusal Goonewardena says simplicity is the key to fitness success.

Pocket piano earns young inventor top prize

Pocket piano earns young inventor top prize (ABC Radio Melbourne) ABC Radio Melbourne

A Melbourne boy's piano that can be played inside a pocket has earned him a top student inventor's prize.

Mystery 'crop circles' found in outback town

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A recurring circle formation in the Northern Territory has been raising all sorts of creation theories.

Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned

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Many popular fairy tales have a dark twist, and now some have been translated from French into English for the first time.

Why is the Jerilderie Letter so important?

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The Jerilderie Letter was Ned Kelly's famous manifesto written in 1879. What did it say and what's it's significance in 2017?

Analysis & Opinion : Views on the issues of the day

Verrender: Coal-fired generators have no future in Australia

The debate over carbon emissions and electricity couldn't have occurred at a more appropriate time.By business editor Ian Verrender

Why it's time for Australia to launch its own NASA

The NBN's Sky Muster II satellite launched from South America. Perhaps one day Australia might have more direct space involvement.By Simon Driver, University of Western Australia

Complex truth of pregnancy remains shrouded in taboos

Pregnancy women are often portrayed as almost holy, sanctified, and often infantilised.By Olivia Humphreys for Earshot

How not to talk about cancer

The cancer lexicon is littered with both subtle and explicit references to battle.Darren Saunders

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