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Controversial stand-up comedian Ivor Dembina, who is known for his outspoken views on politics and is appearing at Adelaide's Fringe festival, defends the right to joke about sensitive subjects.
Topics: comedy-humour, arts-and-entertainment, human-interest, carnivals-and-festivals, sa, adelaide-5000
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New York City swing dance aficionado Lana Turner brings her passion for getting people onto the dance floor Down Under.
Topics: dance, carnivals-and-festivals, people, community-and-multicultural-festivals, human-interest, perth-6000
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While relationships between prison inmates and psychologists are rare, one expert says even highly trained therapists are not immune to bias and potential manipulation.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, mental-health, psychology, health, human-interest, sydney-2000
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They nail items into their heads, swallow swords and juggle chainsaws, but who are the real people behind these freak show acts at the Adelaide Fringe?
Topics: performance-art, offbeat, carnivals-and-festivals, community-and-multicultural-festivals, human-interest, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedHelium balloons are killing wildlife at one of Victoria's top nature tourism destinations, with an Australian fur seal the latest animal to be saved from a painful death caused by a burst balloon.
Topics: animals-and-nature, environmental-impact, environmental-health, water-pollution, human-interest, animals, land-pollution, cowes-3922
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Is being a school groundskeeper the best job in the world? These three devoted men think so.
Topics: primary-schools, human-interest, gardening, careers, people, brisbane-4000
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Gowns worn by Princess Diana for everything from meeting diplomats to dancing with movie stars feature in an exhibition celebrating the fashion of one of Britain's favourite royals.
Topics: fashion, design, royal-and-imperial-matters, human-interest, united-kingdom
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Historian Kevin Kaeding said Coca-Cola had been bottled at Thebarton since 1951.
Topics: community-and-society, human-interest, thebarton-5031
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A 1984 ABC story about a new bottling line at Coca Cola's Thebarton plant
Topics: human-interest, community-and-society, history, thebarton-5031
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Dozens of street signs in a South Australian town a forming a unique "open access" war memorial — the only one of its kind in Australia.
Topics: world-war-2, history, human-interest, people, local-government, regional, community-and-society, defence-forces, loxton-5333, vietnam, indonesia, egypt, act
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| UpdatedIt's always distressing and tragic when we hear a report of shark attack. But what is the actual likelihood of dying due to a shark encounter in Australia and how concerned should you be?
Topics: offbeat, human-interest, lifestyle, lifestyle-and-leisure, community-and-society, death, australia, vic
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An orangutan from Adelaide Zoo, who died after giving birth to a stillborn infant, will live on through a memorial guard post to be built in South-East Asia which will be staffed to help protect wild apes.
Topics: animals, human-interest, zoos, community-and-society, zoology, adelaide-5000, sa
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Topics: animals, human-interest, offbeat, kenilworth-4574
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| UpdatedPauline the 100-kilo red-haired beer-drinking barking pig which wandered off with the family dogs two weeks ago has been found a kilometre from his Sunshine Coast home.
Topics: human-interest, animals, offbeat, kenilworth-4574
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| UpdatedA day in the life of one of Australia's best pet photographers involves patience, pet food and the ability to talk to animals.
Topics: photography, fine-art-photography, animals, human-interest, milton-4064, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedWhat does it take to service the 330 public toilets in some of the most remote and difficult places to get to in Tasmania.
Topics: national-parks, human-interest, offbeat, environmental-impact, tas, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedAn Australian model and his skateboarding friend are hailed as heroes in New York after they save seven teenagers who fell through ice in Central Park.
Topics: human-interest, united-states, australia
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| UpdatedThe largest cruise ship to come to Brisbane, the Ovation of the Seas, has docked at Fisherman Island, as it is too big to fit under the city's Gateway Bridge.
Topics: human-interest, people, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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Rusting and unseaworthy boats that linger on Sydney Harbour and leak oil and fuel are threatening marine life and waterways, according to environmental and marine advocates.
Topics: environmental-impact, lifestyle-and-leisure, travel-and-tourism, environmental-management, human-interest, water-pollution, sydney-2000
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A Brisbane man is headed to Russia to attempt to break a world record in the sport of snow sailing.
Topics: winter-sports, human-interest, windsurfing, brisbane-4000, russian-federation
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Are houses on lots as small as 80 square metres the solution for those comfortable with high-density living but despise apartment blocks?
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, house-and-home, community-and-society, housing-industry, architecture, human-interest, perth-6000
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As if riding a unicycle wasn't hard enough, try riding one up and down a mountain.
Topics: lifestyle-and-leisure, offbeat, human-interest, sport, act, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedWhen a large goanna ran into a busy restaurant, a young waitress on a working holiday from France dragged the reptile out by the tail.
Topics: animals, human-interest, offbeat, travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, community-and-society, tathra-2550, bermagui-2546, france
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| UpdatedThere are plans to wipe out one in five of Australia's remaining feral rabbits with a new strain of the calicivirus to be released next week.
Topics: animals, human-interest, rural, animal-science, animal-welfare, australia, act, wa, qld, tas, nt, nsw, sa
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| UpdatedOne of three mates who emerged unharmed after their boat overturned in crocodile-inhabited waters says he won't be buying a lottery ticket after the experience.
Topics: crocodile, animal-attacks, human-interest, darwin-0800