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| UpdatedAaron Schokman's world spiralled out of control after being diagnosed with narcolepsy. His relationships with his friends and family crumbled around him. There is a drug that helps him live a better life, but he can barely afford it.
Topics: sleep-disorders, diseases-and-disorders, health, sleep, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedLet's just say the latest national snapshot of the state of renting a home in Australia does not paint a pretty picture. That's putting it lightly. It's dire.
Topics: housing, government-and-politics, housing-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, australia
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| UpdatedHouseholds signed up to the NSW Solar Bonus Scheme stand to pay an average $1,600 extra for their electricity when the program winds up at the end of 2016. The ABC spoke to a few families to find out how they plan to beat the bill shock.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, state-parliament, parliament, australia, nsw, sa, vic
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Gambling in the world of competitive eSports is growing so rapidly that it is only matter of time before organised crime gangs get involved in match-fixing unless something is done to stop them, the new integrity commissioner says.
Topics: games-industry-professional-gaming, gambling, community-and-society, games, arts-and-entertainment, sport, australia
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Tucked away in a back street of the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick, Dale Cornell's business is one of the few remaining players in Australia's rapidly shrinking clothing manufacturing industry.
Topics: fashion, design, arts-and-entertainment, manufacturing, industry, brunswick-3056, vic, australia
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| UpdatedLeading Australian designer Alex Perry shares his thoughts on the state of the industry, dealing with knock-offs and his advice to help young designers.
Topics: fashion, design, arts-and-entertainment, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedEmerging Australian designers are being run out of business by cheap overseas copy cats, prompting calls from fashion industry experts for an urgent revamp of the laws aimed at protecting young talent.
Topics: fashion, design, arts-and-entertainment, law-crime-and-justice, laws, government-and-politics, melbourne-3000, australia, vic, sydney-2000, nsw
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| UpdatedUnregulated betting websites that allow underage gamers to gamble away huge amounts of money look set to be shut down after video game giant Valve announced a crackdown on the controversial practice of skins gambling.
Topics: gambling, internet-technology, computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, community-and-society, games-industry-professional-gaming, arts-and-entertainment, games, australia, united-states
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The company behind the hugely popular video game Counter-Strike is sued in the US over its involvement in the controversial online gambling market known as skins betting.
Topics: games-industry-professional-gaming, games, arts-and-entertainment, gambling, community-and-society, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, united-states, australia
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| UpdatedGambling using one of the world's most popular video games is out-of-control and nothing is being done in Australia to protect young people from it, experts have told the ABC.
Topics: gambling, internet-technology, computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, community-and-society, games-industry-professional-gaming, arts-and-entertainment, games, australia
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| UpdatedFrom the Prime Minister, to survivors of domestic violence, to the thousands who have paid tribute as her position comes to end, the consensus is clear: Rosie Batty's fight to change how we think about family violence has redefined what it means to be Australian of the Year.
Topics: australia-day, awards-and-prizes, domestic-violence, community-and-society, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, australia, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedA group of Melbourne film lovers fear the the city's longest running cinema could be forced to close before the wider population even knows of its existence and long history.
Topics: history, community-and-society, arts-and-entertainment, film-movies
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| UpdatedA natural catastrophe is emerging underneath Hawaii's emerald waters and scientists are warning the rest of the world, including Australia, to prepare for one of the worst coral bleaching events on record.
Topics: oceans-and-reefs, environment, environmental-impact, environmental-management, great-barrier-reef, climate-change, hawaii, united-states
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| UpdatedThomas Wrigglesworth says his confidence started to grow when he cleaned bowled his second victim in what was his first game as a bowler.
Topics: human-interest, cricket, vic, sale-3850
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| UpdatedCommuters travelling through Melbourne City Loop can now text, chat and stream content over the internet as mobile coverage becomes available in the tunnels.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedA long-snouted, big-eared rat with features never before seen by science is discovered by researchers in a remote, mountainous region of Indonesia.
Topics: animal-science, science-and-technology, research, melbourne-3000, indonesia
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| UpdatedMuch of south-eastern Australia is set to be hit by an unusually early October heat spell, with the weather bureau forecasting the hottest AFL grand final in almost three decades.
Topics: weather, australian-football-league, melbourne-3000, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedMelbourne commuters are being warned to planned their journey in advance today, as a train worker strike is set to grind both the city's rail network and major roads to a halt.
Topics: community-and-society, melbourne-3000
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A man and his mother whose investment property was turned into a cannabis crop house by tenants say their faith in humanity is restored after a group of Geelong tradeworkers volunteered to help repair his home.
Topics: human-interest, drug-offences, crime, norlane-3214, vic
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| UpdatedTrent Lister is facing bankruptcy after his property was turned into a highly sophisticated cannabis house just months after renting it out to new tenants.
Topics: drug-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, norlane-3214, vic
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| UpdatedAustralia's top fugitives are identified as part of an annual manhunt launched by police forces around Australia and Crime Stoppers.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, sexual-offences, burglary, assault, australia
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| UpdatedPolice warned a family violence victim she would need a "bullet in the brain or a knife in the stomach" before they could intervene against her abusive partner, the Royal Commission into Family Violence is told.
Topics: royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, domestic-violence, community-and-society, vic
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| UpdatedA wanted man who requested Victoria Police use a better picture of him on Facebook has been arrested.
Topics: police, law-crime-and-justice, social-media, internet-culture, melbourne-3000, vic, bendigo-3550
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| UpdatedFamily violence offenders in Victoria could be placed on a register, which people could then use to find out if their partner has a violent history, under a police proposal.
Topics: domestic-violence, community-and-society, police, royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, vic, australia
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| UpdatedHomophobia, anti-terrorism laws and racism are barriers preventing some family violence victims from seeking help, according to public submissions released by Victoria's Royal Commission into Family Violence.
Topics: domestic-violence, community-and-society, royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, vic