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ABC TV's Stargazing Live is looking for your view of the night sky.
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Host: John Barron
Panel: Tessa Khan, Norman Swan and Sharri Markson
The panel discusses Pauline Hanson’s immunisation comments, prescription drug prices, medical specialist fees & the effectiveness of lock-out laws.
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| UpdatedThe Oscar-winning actress accuses Hollywood of exporting a "not-very-good image of women", and is working behind the scenes to bring gender balance to American films and TV shows
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| UpdatedFive farmers in the Bothwell area have each bought a fire engine as they expect extensive blazes to strike again, drawing praise from the Tasmania Fire Service.
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A painter credited with bringing abstract impressionism to Australian audiences, Adelaide-born Sydney Ball, dies aged 83.
Topics: death, community-and-society, painting, visual-art, arts-and-entertainment, adelaide-5000, sa
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Few people are talking about revolutionary and maybe unexpected ways people will use driverless cars once they are autonomous and common place, writes Jonathan Roberts.
Topics: computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, community-and-society, australia
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Debi Hazelden loves a challenge and not even rain, hail and shine will stop her from trying to complete 100 triathlons in 100 days to raise money for the Red Cross.
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| UpdatedThe Gatwick Hotel in St Kilda is closing down in four months due to pressure from politicians and police, the owners say.
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| UpdatedThere are growing calls for the New South Wales Government to fix derelict and run-down public housing properties, as the state's waiting list passes 60,000 people.
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| UpdatedA health and safety organisation said it may be time to consider mandatory laws around the wearing of helmets on quad bikes
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| UpdatedAngus Stone reveals his band Dope Lemon, playing at Womadelaide on Saturday, gets its name from a scene where the Wolf of Wall Street wrecks his Lamborghini while stoned.
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A sofa, mattresses and shopping trolleys are found at Lake Tuggeranong as part of the Clean Up Australia Day effort on Sunday.
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About 50 anti-discrimination activists stage a protest outside the Melbourne Magistrates' Court as three members of the anti-Islam United Patriots Front faced religious vilification charges.
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Charity worker John Lee and several homeless campers speak to Samantha Turnbull about the need for a legal camping area in the Tweed Shire.
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| UpdatedThe death of a man in a makeshift camp at a northern New South Wales public park prompts calls for a designated area for homeless people to sleep without the threat of being fined.
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| UpdatedTwo men drown while trying to swim across a lake in Melbourne's north after drinking alcohol, police say, despite the efforts of a former lifeguard who came to their aid.
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This graphic illustrates the plans for St Kilda Road under Melbourne's Metro rail project.
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| UpdatedBusinesses and residents around part of Melbourne's St Kilda Road are nervous about the impact of the city's Metro rail project, which will see trees ripped out, trams re-routed and a giant construction pit dug in the ground.
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| UpdatedGet ready Melbourne. The massive $10.9 billion Metro rail project will deliver two nine-kilometre rail lines from South Kensington to South Yarra via the CBD, and five new stations. But what will it mean for the grand southern entrance to the city?
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