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They are a pest for animals and humans alike, but why do fleas go crazy when the temperature soars, and what can we do to fight them off?
Topics: weather, animals, animal-science, environmental-impact, adelaide-5000, melbourne-3000, hobart-7000, sydney-2000, brisbane-4000, darwin-0800, perth-6000
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A new paper describes the idea of "genetic nurture", where parents' genes, even those not passed on to their child, have major effects on kids' health and educational attainment.
Topics: genetics, science-and-technology, australia
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As the SA Government spruiks its education record ahead of the state election, it is facing accusations from Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham of slashing funding since Jay Weatherill became Premier.
Topics: states-and-territories, education, government-and-politics, schools, elections, adelaide-5000, sa
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Teachers are allowing students to call them by their first names as some schools move away from the use of titles and surnames.
Topics: education, schools, primary-schools, public-schools, secondary-schools, community-and-society, family-and-children, family, renmark-5341, woodville-gardens-5012, lobethal-5241
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The blood test would make diagnosis easier, cheaper and more broadly available than the current invasive and expensive options. But will people want to know years out that they will one day suffer from Alzheimer's disease?
Topics: brain-and-nervous-system, medical-research, science-and-technology, research, diseases-and-disorders, alzheimers-and-dementia, health, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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Brisbane residents are being asked to join a global movement called Love Food Hate Waste, where they are cut the amount of good food they throw away by participating in a six-week challenge.
Topics: recycling-and-waste-management, environment, activism-and-lobbying, people, human-interest, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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Australia's elite track cyclists push themselves to the limit as they train for a place on the team for the Commonwealth Games on Queensland's Gold Coast in April.
Topics: cycling, sport, people, human-interest, commonwealth-games, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, southport-4215
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While it may have a reputation for narcissism, Instagram is being embraced by the art world, with Insta-friendly works and exhibitions.
Topics: visual-art, arts-and-entertainment, internet-technology, australia
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In a bold pitch, state and territory governments are calling for every three-year-old child in Australia to have access to 15 hours per week week of early childhood education. A review, released today, says childcare should be more focused on learning rather than just making it easy for parents to work.
Topics: child-care, children---preschoolers, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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Photographs of naked Australian farmers on social media are being used to spark conversations about rural mental health and to promote greater interest in farming.
Topics: women-in-agriculture, agricultural-crops, photography, mental-health, regional, geraldton-6530, st-helens-3285
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| UpdatedThe gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students staying on until year 12 has been closed for the first time in any state or territory, but NAPLAN results show a divide between the two groups.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, education, secondary-schools, schools, act, canberra-2600, australia
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Eleven-year-old kart-racing gun Sebastian Ruiz can start his path to emulating Mark Webber on what is now a world-class track bearing the former F1 star's name.
Topics: motor-sports, sport, canberra-2600, act, australia
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For the first time there's evidence that disability, renal failure and diabetes are causing high levels of psychological distress in older Indigenous Australians.
Topics: community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, government-and-politics, health, older-people, australia
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A huge haul of ancient stone tools from India has archaeologists scratching their heads over who was smart enough to make them.
Topics: science-and-technology, research, palaeontology, evolution, archaeology
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Trump's call for unity and trust in government rang hollow with a divided congress and an electorate more circumspect than ever, writes Zoe Daniel.
Topics: world-politics, donald-trump, united-states
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Real estate sales companies are using big commissions to tempt mortgage brokers, financial planners and accountants to sell overpriced properties to unsuspecting clients.
Topics: housing-industry, consumer-finance, consumer-protection, accounting, australia
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| UpdatedIn early morning operations in Canberra and Brisbane, ASIO officers move to secure the thousands of top secret and classified Cabinet files obtained by the ABC.
Topics: politics-and-government, political-parties, defence-and-national-security, security-intelligence, australia
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| UpdatedAustralians flock outside to witness — and document — the rare super blue blood moon, with the country having one of the best seats in the world for the unusual lunar spectacle.
Topics: the-moon, astronomy-space, science-and-technology, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedAfter cutting short his reality TV stint on I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here and copping a spray from former team member Lleyton Hewitt, Bernard Tomic says he is determined to play for Australia again and prove his doubters wrong, but not before the "whole situation with Tennis Australia" is addressed.
Topics: tennis, arts-and-entertainment, television, australia
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| UpdatedPerth barrister Lloyd Rayney is appealing against a $2.6 million payout he was awarded for being defamed by police who named him the "prime" and "only" suspect in the murder of his wife Corryn, arguing the amount was not enough for the damage caused.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedCrocodile-infested floodwaters have forced the "evacuation" of around thirty tonnes of Barramundi, which will be airlifted to higher ground.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, floods, nt, humpty-doo-0836
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| UpdatedSince the NT's Royal Commission handed down its findings in November, getting young people on remand out of detention and into more appropriate housing has been a key part of the Government's response to managing youth detention.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, royal-commissions, youth, community-and-society, government-and-politics, darwin-0800, nt, alice-springs-0870
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| UpdatedOne night, when Yolngu rapper Baker Boy and his brother were searching through their father's cupboard looking for John Wayne movies, a video cover featuring a glamorous couple caught their eye: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
Topics: music, arts-and-entertainment, indigenous-music, music-industry, milingimbi-0822, nt, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedAn Israeli legal rights group says it is suing two New Zealanders for allegedly convincing the pop singer Lorde to cancel her performance in Israel, in what appears to be the first lawsuit filed under a contentious Israeli anti-boycott law.
Topics: world-politics, courts-and-trials, music, people, territorial-disputes, israel, palestinian-territory-occupied, new-zealand
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| UpdatedToday's inflation figures from the Bureau of Statistics show Australians are paying more for life's essentials, while the cost of most other shopping items has actually fallen.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, banking, retail, government-and-politics, australia