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Two king penguin chicks have been born in a breeding program on the Gold Coast.
Topics: animals, animal-science, lifestyle-and-leisure, zoos, conservation, southport-4215
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| UpdatedAlbury's Wagirra Trail project team is keen to increase the amount of Aboriginal language they use on the Yindyamarra Sculpture Walk.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, history, community-and-society, travel-and-tourism, local-government, lifestyle-and-leisure, sculpture, environment, albury-2640
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The dining experience might be Italian, but an Adelaide restaurant hopes translating its menu into Chinese will entice more foreign tourists to dine there.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, adelaide-5000, sa, china
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| UpdatedA West Australian company hopes to crack into Australia's lucrative wellness market with what they hope will be the next super food to take health conscious consumers by storm — lupin flakes.
Topics: health, food-and-cooking, lifestyle-and-leisure, wa, australia
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| UpdatedNearly a third of Australian pharmacists are recommending complementary medicine products that are not supported by hard evidence — so why are chemists stocking them and do your herbal supplements actually work?
Topics: vitamins, health, diet-and-nutrition, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle-and-leisure, doctors-and-medical-professionals, australia
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| UpdatedSome passengers on a stranded luxury cruise ship that was towed back to Melbourne express their frustrations over disrupted travel plans, while others have taken the delay in their stride.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, melbourne-3000, new-zealand
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Men aged 40 and over account for 75 per cent of all motorbike deaths in Queensland, with the latest police figures challenging the notion that young men are the biggest risk.
Topics: road, people, grief, lifestyle-and-leisure, safety-education, brisbane-4000, mount-nebo-4520, qld
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| UpdatedHere is a selection of photos sent in by ABC Open audience members from around Australia.
Topics: photography, arts-and-entertainment, visual-art, community-and-society, regional, rural, lifestyle-and-leisure, australia
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| UpdatedAn Alice Springs man reignites his passion for eating insects after heavy rains in Central Australia brought swarms of hoppers in to feast on the fresh green grass.
Topics: lifestyle-and-leisure, food-and-cooking, human-interest, alice-springs-0870
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| UpdatedA tropical low has delivered the second wettest day on record for the city of Karratha in WA's north.
Topics: floods, rainfall, weather, lifestyle-and-leisure, travel-and-tourism, karratha-6714, broome-6725, exmouth-6707, onslow-6710, port-hedland-6721, roebourne-6718
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The decommissioning of the Tolosa water reserve as a drinking water source by TasWater sparks memories of the nearly forgotten area called Merton.
Topics: 19th-century, lifestyle-and-leisure, human-interest, glenorchy-7010
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Judges at the Sydney Royal Fine Food Show taste, smell and eye off hundreds of breads in a bid to find the perfect loaf.
Topics: food-and-cooking, lifestyle-and-leisure, awards-and-prizes, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedGambling researchers say more needs to be done to determine the level of harm caused by poker machines, after figures show punters lost $5.7 billion on New South Wales poker machines last financial year.
Topics: community-and-society, gambling, lifestyle-and-leisure, clubs-and-associations, tweed-heads-2485, sydney-2000
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| UpdatedBookmakers describe the crowd at the Hobart Cup as the smallest they have seen, as members of the public take to Facebook to blast organisers.
Topics: social-media, horse-racing, lifestyle-and-leisure, sport, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedA Western Australian farmer shows of his museum-like shed display of vintage tractors.
Topics: agricultural-machinery, rural, human-interest, offbeat, community-and-society, history, older-people, lifestyle-and-leisure, katanning-6317
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| UpdatedFour prominent chefs and cooks tell us about their favourite knives and why they love them.
Topics: food-and-cooking, lifestyle-and-leisure, books-literature, lifestyle, australia
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| UpdatedEver wondered what it would be like to swap the rat race for a quieter country life? Meet the tree changers.
Topics: community-and-society, regional, human-interest, lifestyle-and-leisure, lifestyle, australia, orange-2800, new-norfolk-7140, elliott-7325, hynam-5262, natimuk-3409, mildura-3500, kyneton-3444, shepparton-3630, bellingen-2454, coffs-harbour-2450, stanthorpe-4380, mackay-4740, wiluna-6646, alice-springs-0870
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| UpdatedHundreds of lost sunglasses and swim goggles have been washed up on a Gold Coast beach by unusual surf conditions.
Topics: offbeat, people, community-and-society, environment, environmental-impact, water-pollution, pollution, lifestyle-and-leisure, oceans-and-reefs, burleigh-heads-4220
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| UpdatedThis outback rooster has an identity crisis. He bites like a kangaroo, wants pats like a kangaroo and even kicks like a kangaroo.
Topics: livestock, rural-tourism, rural, animals, lifestyle-and-leisure, travel-and-tourism, human-interest, offbeat, ti-tree-0872, ali-curung-0872, alice-springs-0870
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| UpdatedPopular Australian fashion retailers Marcs and David Lawrence appoint voluntary administrators, while Alannah Hill will close its David Jones concession stores.
Topics: retail, company-news, fashion, business-economics-and-finance, lifestyle-and-leisure, australia
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| UpdatedChina may be a place of endless business opportunity and excitement but Elders China CEO Craig Aldous shares some advice about patience and sticking to what you know.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, trade, rural, lifestyle-and-leisure, beef-cattle, china, australia
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| UpdatedThe mayor of Bathurst Gary Rush has downplayed concerns about the ongoing costs of a major local kangaroo relocation project, saying preventing vehicle collisions is the priority.
Topics: animals, animal-welfare, environmental-management, motor-sports, lifestyle-and-leisure, community-and-society, government-and-politics, local-government, volunteers, bathurst-2795
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The owner of the Royal Hotel Gympie has made a strong declaration on social media that bullying, intolerance and discrimination of others will not be tolerated.
Topics: discrimination, gays-and-lesbians, breastfeeding, family-and-children, community-and-society, food-and-cooking, lifestyle-and-leisure, gympie-4570
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| UpdatedAs pubs across England heave on a Tuesday night, football fans in Melbourne cheer just as loudly while sipping their morning coffees.
Topics: english-premier, soccer, sport, human-interest, lifestyle-and-leisure, clubs-and-associations, melbourne-3000