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| UpdatedBy choosing to play an "alternative" anthem during its Indigenous round, the NRL has opted to play politics, writes The Link's Stan Grant.
Topics: community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, nrl, sport, australia
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian says she doesn't like paying tolls while announcing the city's motorists would be slugged more than $4.50 for a trip on the newest section of the WestConnex Motorway.
Topics: community-and-society, government-and-politics, road-transport, sydney-2000, parramatta-2150, penrith-2750
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Being an air hostess in the 1960s was a sought after job. But bodies were carefully policed: at Qantas, if a hostess put on too much weight she could be rostered off until she'd lost it.
Topics: community-and-society, women, history, australia
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| UpdatedThe work of Aboriginal artist Peter Waples-Crowe aims to create an alternative space for queer people in the Indigenous community.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, gays-and-lesbians, indigenous-policy, visual-art, sexuality, melbourne-3000
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Eccentric ABC Radio Adelaide presenter and staunch Port Adelaide fan Peter Goers makes his way to Shanghai to support the Power in its first match played internationally.
Topics: australian-football-league, community-and-society, adelaide-5000, port-adelaide-5015, sa, china
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Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull says a plan to drug test welfare recipients and potentially manage their spending is a sensible, rational and compassionate policy that is "based on love".
Topics: welfare, community-and-society, government-and-politics, federal-government, budget, drug-use, health, australia
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| UpdatedHere is a selection of photos sent in by ABC Open audience members from around Australia.
Topics: photography, visual-art, community-and-society, lifestyle-and-leisure, regional, rural, australia
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| UpdatedRefugees who have recently arrived in Australia are being helped to transition to driving in Australia.
Topics: refugees, driver-education, charities-and-community-organisations, community-and-society, police, rockhampton-4700, afghanistan
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Reuniting refugee families in Australia is a complicated and difficult task but now a group of Wollongong university students is taking on the challenge.
Topics: refugees, community-and-society, education, family-and-children, university-and-further-education, wollongong-2500, syrian-arab-republic
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A South Australian working dog clinic raises more than $7,000 for beyondblue and awareness for rural mental health.
Topics: rural, mental-health, human-interest, animals, health, suicide, community-and-society, charities-and-community-organisations, lucindale-5272
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| UpdatedResidents in the historic Perth suburb of Guildford are mounting a last-ditch bid to prevent a fast food giant coming to their island sanctuary.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, local-government, human-interest, perth-6000, guildford-6055
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| UpdatedCanberra Liberal MLA Mark Parton says he was making a point about the ACT's gambling rates yesterday when he compared problem gambling to chocolate addiction.
Topics: gambling, community-and-society, local-government, government-and-politics, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedThe Tasmanian Government will charter a freight ship and get a TasPorts-operated vessel to sail more often in an effort to satisfy King Island freight demand.
Topics: sea-transport, community-and-society, tas
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Newcastle's Anglican Diocese says it may have to sell church assets to make up a $1 million shortfall in the amount due to be paid to survivors of abuse this financial year.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, anglicans, royal-commissions, newcastle-2300
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"We see a lot of sad things", senior nurse Karen Hales admits, as she and colleague Kathryn Resili reflect on why nursing brings them daily satisfaction, as they mark International Nurses Day.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, health, community-and-society, sa, adelaide-5000
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How do you educate teenagers about the dangers of drinking and taking drugs in a way that isn't boring and doesn't involve long notetaking lectures from teachers? Invite them to a virtual party.
Topics: drug-use, health, drug-education, education, drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, cairns-4870, australia, qld
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| UpdatedOn the back of the Government's plan to drug test welfare recipients, Queensland MP and former policeman Llew O'Brien says it is a "no brainer" that politicians should be subjected to random breath tests in Parliament.
Topics: budget, government-and-politics, welfare, activism-and-lobbying, federal-parliament, parliament, community-and-society, liberals, nationals, political-parties, liberal-national-party-queensland, federal-government, australia, maryborough-4650, qld
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Facing likely eviction after losing a court fight, an Adelaide charity group that helps disadvantaged children urges it be allowed to stay in its current premises or for someone to offer an alternative venue.
Topics: activism-and-lobbying, charities-and-community-organisations, community-and-society, forestville-5035, adelaide-5000, sa
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Native Title Act changes that the Government declared urgent in February will not pass Parliament until at least mid-June, amid a stand-off between the major parties.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, mining-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedFormer ABC journalist Jonathan Harley remembers how Mark Colvin always taught him to look for new ways of telling a story, and how the old-school journalist learnt and mastered a completely new storytelling medium.
Topics: journalism, community-and-society, human-interest, abc, australia
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When prominent business adviser Mary-Ellen Field decided she would donate her kidney to Mark Colvin, they had so far only met on the internet.
Topics: journalism, community-and-society, human-interest, abc, australia
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Sarah Brown, CEO of Western Desert Dialysis, wins an award for her work with Aboriginal dialysis patients in remote communities in the NT and WA.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health, diseases-and-disorders, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, people, community-and-society, alice-springs-0870, nt, wa, sa
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| UpdatedAs Cyclone Ella heads towards Fiji, the country's North Emergency Operation Centre has been activated and the region's Commissioner Jovesa Vocea is confident people are well prepared.
Topics: community-and-society, disasters-and-accidents, cyclones, pacific, fiji
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| UpdatedWith production down, prices down, one cane crushing mill closing and cane farmers saying they can't make ends meet, can Fiji's iconic sugar industry survive?
Topics: community-and-society, government-and-politics, rural, agribusiness, crop-harvesting, pacific, fiji
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| UpdatedA missionary in PNG says three women accused of practising witchcraft in PNG's Enga province are still in danger, despite being rescued by police.
Topics: community-and-society, women, religion-and-beliefs, law-crime-and-justice, pacific, fiji