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| UpdatedThe most coveted award of the Oscars descends into chaos, with La La Land mistakenly named the best picture winner, instead of Moonlight.
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A Maitland woman is going to extraordinary lengths to better her community and get residents talking about the city's potential.
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Jimmy Kimmel singles out some of Hollywood's elite while hosting the 88th annual Academy Awards. We take a look at some of the highlights from his Oscars debut.
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| UpdatedThe Iranian winner of best foreign language film condemns Donald Trump's "inhumane" US travel ban, after boycotting the awards "out of respect for the people of my country".
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Hundreds of animals are adopted into new families over the weekend in a state-wide promotion by the RSPCA which sold animals for $29 over three days.
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Legend of big wall climbing John Middendorf is making somewhat of a comeback into the world of extreme climbing by reinventing the portaledge, all from his shed in southern Tasmania.
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Dutch police don't just arrest any citizen — but they make an exception for 99-year-old Annie to help her cross off a rather unusual item from her bucket list.
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A Brisbane woman is searching for women who own classic cars in the hopes of documenting the love affair that exists between them.
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| UpdatedHere's what Hollywood's best and brightest are wearing at the Academy Awards.
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Superhero blockbuster Batman v Superman and documentary Hillary's America are bestowed with a tying four "honours" at Hollywood's hall of shame — the annual Razzies anti-awards show.
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A new adventure race through backyards, beaches and wilderness on Tasmania's north-west coast lures more than 650 runners.
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| UpdatedLucille Conlin Horn was born prematurely, weighing less than a kilogram, so her parents put her delicate life in the hands of a sideshow doctor at New York's Coney Island who put babies on display in incubators to fund his research. She went on to live for nearly a century.
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| UpdatedMany backyard weeds, including dandelions, plantain and cat's ears, can make a nutritious and delicious addition to your diet, urban forager Sarah Aylott says, but you have to be very sure you know what you are picking.
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| UpdatedThe home of late socialite Susan Renouf is passed in at auction, but gets plenty of interest from people keen to get a peak inside one of the most famous properties in Toorak.
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| UpdatedWhile the export alpaca market has largely been about the fleece and more recently meat one central Victorian breeder is focusing on exporting genetics.
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The Story Island Project is collecting real-life tales of life on and around the Brooker Highway to inspire creativity and improve literacy among school students.
Topics: community-and-society, community-organisations, history, primary-schools, schools, human-interest, glenorchy-7010, hobart-7000