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Gold Coast beachgoers have found giant stinging jellyfish swimming in local waters and washing up on the beaches.
Topics: oceans-and-reefs, human-interest, animals, lifestyle-and-leisure, marine-biology, tallebudgera-4228, qld
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| UpdatedThousands of pelicans have found their way to Lake Brewster in southern NSW to breed and feed.
Topics: animal-behaviour, water-management, human-interest, animals, environment, conservation, hillston-2675
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Tiny blood spots on Dennis Hewitt's retinas were a sign that he was suffering from a rare form of leukaemia called hairy cell.
Topics: leukaemia, eyes, human-interest, austins-ferry-7011, hobart-7000
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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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| UpdatedA blue whale is spotted swimming with a pod of dolphins off Victoria's south-west coast as an expert says large amounts of krill point to a good year for whale-watching ahead.
Topics: animals, human-interest, mammals---whales, animal-science, science-and-technology, portland-3305, vic
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For Richard Linden, the loss of his son to a shark attack was beyond his capacity to cope, until he found a way forward in writing and performing live.
Topics: grief, shark, music, human-interest, nannup-6275, lancelin-6044
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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.
Topics: environment, water-pollution, recycling-and-waste-management, community-and-society, human-interest, tuggeranong-2900
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Shirley Finn's murder was described as a "bowling ball"-style execution.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, human-interest, perth-6000
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The cold case of the murder of Shirley Finn is under the spotlight again as new people come forward to Australian Story ahead of an inquest in 2017.
Topics: human-interest, murder-and-manslaughter, perth-6000
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| UpdatedScientists say they've been hearing worrying stories about platypus numbers, so they are setting off on a nationwide search to find just how the species is faring.
Topics: animals, human-interest, environmental-management, environment, jindabyne-2627, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedFarmers are already feeling the effects of climate change and, in a bid to protect their crop from destructive weather, are investing in protective houses for their paddocks.
Topics: rural, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, climate-change, environment, human-interest, agribusiness, agricultural-crops, fruits, vegetables, crop-harvesting, farm-labour, qld, australia
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| UpdatedNew Tasmanian laws amending the Police Powers Act will allow officers to arrest anyone who they "reasonably believe" has evaded police, following calls for change after the tragic death of young mother Sarah Paino in 2016.
Topics: laws, human-interest, hobart-7000, launceston-7250
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As light rail works its way down Northbourne Avenue, the ACT Heritage Council is reminding Canberrans that rail was always part of the vision for the city.
Topics: history, urban-development-and-planning, human-interest, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedIt is set to be the biggest concert the Gabba has ever seen ... so what are the best ways to get to and from Adele's performances this weekend?
Topics: music, events, human-interest, woolloongabba-4102, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedAfter fire destroyed the historic Kandanga pub, locals made sure the small Queensland town was not without a meeting place where anyone was welcome to have "a beer and a yarn".
Topics: community-and-society, fires, disasters-and-accidents, people, human-interest, kandanga-4570, qld, maroochydore-4558
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Unemployed Darwin tradies are being evicted from rental homes while properties bought five years ago are increasingly selling at a loss, real estate agents say.
Topics: housing, unemployment, human-interest, darwin-0800
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Set up in 2014 by community organisation Launch Housing, HomeGround is a real estate agency that aims to create more affordable housing by tapping into the large private rental market.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, consumer-finance, economic-trends, housing-industry, money-and-monetary-policy, lifestyle-and-leisure, human-interest, australia
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Western Australia has had its wettest summer on record and fewer hot days than usual as tropical weather headed south.
Topics: weather, floods, rainfall, human-interest, perth-6000
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The buildings of Sydney city are one step closer to being awash with street art after a proposal to reduce the paperwork needed to commission artworks on walls is passed.
Topics: street-art, arts-and-entertainment, human-interest, sydney-2000
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The Cairns Frog Hospital may be forced to move almost 150 kilometres from its home in the next month, as its owner struggles to find a suitable location in Cairns.
Topics: animal-welfare, animals, human-interest, cairns-4870, qld
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| UpdatedA gritty pub in Melbourne's west knocks back a string of lucrative development offers in order to stay true to its old-school roots and protect its tenants, who might otherwise have nowhere else to go.
Topics: welfare, urban-development-and-planning, human-interest, footscray-3011, melbourne-3000, vic
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Topics: human-interest, university-and-further-education, women-in-agriculture, teachers, education, career-counselling, community-and-society, careers, public-schools, shepparton-3630, bendigo-3550, maldon-3463
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Topics: human-interest, university-and-further-education, women-in-agriculture, teachers, education, career-counselling, community-and-society, careers, public-schools, shepparton-3630, bendigo-3550, maldon-3463
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Topics: human-interest, university-and-further-education, women-in-agriculture, teachers, education, career-counselling, community-and-society, careers, public-schools, shepparton-3630, bendigo-3550, maldon-3463
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| UpdatedAustralians are working more and for less money, with many people unhappy in their jobs but three regional Victorian professionals changed their careers for a better quality of life.
Topics: human-interest, university-and-further-education, women-in-agriculture, teachers, education, career-counselling, community-and-society, careers, public-schools, shepparton-3630, bendigo-3550, maldon-3463, united-states