Human Interest
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Nikki Gemmell's search for answers Video
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Writer Nikki Gemmell explores the euthanasia debate after her mother took her own life.
Topics: euthanasia, human-interest, australia
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Understanding chronic pain Video
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Nikki Gemmell discovers more about her mother's chronic pain and the impact it had on her life before she died.
Topics: euthanasia, human-interest, australia
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Meeting Elayn Gemmell's doctor Video
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Nikki Gemmell meets with her late mother's GP for the first time.
Topics: human-interest, australia
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A laser being used to scare birds away from Shaw and Smith vineyards Video
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A laser being used to scare birds away from Shaw and Smith vineyards
Topics: rural, human-interest, environmental-management, balhannah-5242, adelaide-5000
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Cherbourg fires up with reborn ceramic venture
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The Indigenous community of Cherbourg in Queensland's South Burnett region works to rebuild one of Australia's first Aboriginal art ventures, the Barambah Potters.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, people, human-interest, ceramic, design, arts-and-entertainment, cherbourg-4605, qld, australia, toowoomba-4350
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Teen 'dared' to jump into river attacked by crocodile
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Teenager Lee de Paauw is "very lucky" to still have his left arm after being bitten by a crocodile when he dared to jump into the Johnstone River in far north Queensland early yesterday morning, paramedics say.
Topics: animal-attacks, human-interest, crocodile, innisfail-4860
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Happy 85th birthday to the Sydney Harbour Bridge (audio)
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Of all the nicknames the Sydney Harbour Bridge has received in the past 85 years, the Iron Lung is one that echoes its significance for those who built it between 1923 and 1932.
Topics: history, community-and-society, human-interest, sydney-2000
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Prince William, Kate meet Paris attacks survivors
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Prince William visits Paris officially for the first time since his mother Princess Diana died there 20 years ago, meeting survivors of the 2015 terror attacks at the Bataclan concert hall and other sites with wife Kate.
Topics: royal-and-imperial-matters, human-interest, terrorism, foreign-affairs, france, united-kingdom
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From the NT to Antarctica, a beef farmer embraces life at Wilkins Runway
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Northern Territory beef farmer Franz Ranacher makes the ultimate sea-change, swapping the heat of the tropics for freezing conditions of Antarctica.
Topics: community-and-society, human-interest, antarctica, australia
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Valuable Steinway piano found at Broome tip Video
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A teenager has his first play of a Steinway piano, which was mistakenly turfed at a Broome tip.
Topics: human-interest, broome-6725
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Asylum seeker 'on borrowed time' wins temporary visa
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An Iranian asylum seeker will be allowed to remain in Australia for another three months on a temporary visa, but still remains "in limbo" once it expires.
Topics: immigration, community-and-society, refugees, human-interest, relationships, federal-government, brisbane-4000, qld
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Newborn pygmy hippo makes debut at Taronga Zoo
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Visitors get a glimpse of a rare newborn pygmy hippo learning to swim, in what could be the Taronga Zoo's cutest addition yet.
Topics: animals, human-interest, zoos, animal-science, zoology, science-and-technology, mosman-2088, nsw
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Dumpster divers make free meals to build community
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A group in Brisbane is turning food thrown out by supermarkets into home-cooked meals which they serve to the lonely, isolated and some who are just plain hungry.
Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, food-and-cooking, recycling-and-waste-management, community-organisations, community-and-society, human-interest, west-end-4101, brisbane-4000
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Creating the perfect butterfly garden
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An increasing interest in nature play and a drive to see students learn more outside of the classroom sees a boom in butterfly gardens being built at schools.
Topics: gardening, schools, invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, animals, human-interest, adelaide-5000
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Dog shot dead by police after it delayed flights at Auckland Airport
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Police shoot dead a runaway dog on the tarmac of New Zealand's Auckland Airport because it was delaying planes taking off.
Topics: animals, human-interest, accidents, police, new-zealand
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Who's a pretty birdie? Why this curlew is in love with its own reflection
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An image of a curious bush stone-curlew caught up in its own reflection at a Brisbane university campus this week goes viral. But is this behaviour normal?
Topics: animals, human-interest, brisbane-4000, qld
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New generation of Irish dancers ready for St Patrick's Day
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It wouldn't be St Patrick's Day without the sound of a traditional Irish jig, shamrock green dresses, towering hair and feet tapping in unison.
Topics: dance, community-and-multicultural-festivals, arts-and-entertainment, human-interest, canberra-2600
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British rowers pack whisky, fishing gear for world record bid
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Two British doctors leave Western Australia on a bid to set a new world record for crossing the Indian Ocean, despite hitting trouble before they even set off when rodents eat into their rations.
Topics: human-interest, regional, geraldton-6530, wa, mauritius
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Dame Julie Andrews embraces return to My Fair Lady as director
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The 81-year-old rediscovers "the wonder of the show" as its director, ahead of the opening of the production in Brisbane this week.
Topics: opera-and-musical-theatre, music, arts-and-entertainment, people, human-interest, actor, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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Larry the lobster horizontal image
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Topics: human-interest, kingston-se-5275
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Looking good Larry! South Australia's famous big lobster reveals new look
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South Australian artist Lucy Bonnin specialises in surrealist works, but her latest project is the most surreal she's ever worked on - a giant lobster.
Topics: human-interest, contemporary-art, offbeat, lifestyle-and-leisure, food-and-cooking, travel-and-tourism, kingston-se-5275, murray-bridge-5253
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Larry the Lobster aerial image
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Topics: human-interest, kingston-se-5275
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Lobster and Lucy image
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Topics: human-interest, kingston-se-5275
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Melbourne apartments fail the heat stress test
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Many of Melbourne's apartment blocks depend entirely on air conditioning for cooling and fail to meet overheating tests adhered to across Europe and the US, researchers find.
Topics: housing, urban-development-and-planning, climate-change, weather, human-interest, melbourne-3000
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Otherworlds: The art of space exploration
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Michael Benson painstakingly creates a series of photographs showing off our solar system's far-flung spectacles for a new exhibition at the Queensland Museum.
Topics: astronomy-space, space-exploration, science-and-technology, arts-and-entertainment, library-museum-and-gallery, photography, human-interest, brisbane-4000, qld
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