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This year's Mount Everest "summit window" was brief and it was deadly. When the window closed last week, twice as many had perished as last year, making 2019 one of the deadliest years on record.
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Fake blood, simulated gunfire and barricades. Two Australian men were horrified by how American schools prepare children for a massacre. Now their ad is shaking up the country.
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There were jeers and ironic chants in the crowd, but Steve Smith and David Warner came together on the pitch in a full international for the first time in 12 months to help guide Australia to an opening World Cup win over Afghanistan.
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The number of flu cases in Victoria is three or four times higher than normal and experts say it may only be the tip of the iceberg because we don't test everyone who gets sick.
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Five years after Colorado began its "great experiment" with recreational weed, the state's economy is booming. But then violently ill people started showing up at hospitals.
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The Coalition's election victory was born in a "sliding doors" moment almost 12 months ago when a matter of votes could have swayed May's election outcome, writes Tom Iggulden.
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Sydney woman Ruth McCance is confirmed to be among eight climbers missing after attempting to climb Nanda Devi, India's second-highest mountain, with reports of a heavy avalanche on their proposed route.
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A Virginia Beach police chief says a man who shot dead 12 people at a local government centre "will be forever referred to as 'the suspect' because our focus now is the dignity and respect for the victims in this case and to their families".
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An explosion of social media sites promoting young Asian women keen for marriage causes a spike in abuse and exploitation, with claims some women are being held captive in suburban homes in situations that could constitute human trafficking.
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Weakness in retail, construction and business investment is expected to drag GDP growth down to the lowest level since 2009 when first quarter data is released this week.
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The death of a close friend in a mountain climbing accident was a life-changing moment for Brisbane doctor Andrew Peacock. Now he spends half the year globetrotting on grand adventures.
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A Michael Walters goal inside the final minute sees the Dockers pip the Magpies, while the Cats defeat the Swans, and the Crows, Lions and Giants also post wins.
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A box on one of Brisbane's busiest streets has taken the street library concept and turned it into a pantry to help those less fortunate.
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In the 1960s a US sports institute began promoting the idea of using supernatural powers to achieve athletic greatness. Some ideas were "bonkers", others are still used in sport today.
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A regional New South Wales town is set to become a major player in oil production and the renewable fuels market with a plant using world-first technology to recycle thousands of used tyres a year.
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Tuesday marks the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre — a bloody crackdown on a pro-democracy movement erased from history in China, but still remembered by the people who witnessed the chaos that swept Beijing.
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An early goal from Mohamed Salah and a late one from Divock Origi give Liverpool a 2-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur in the all-English Champions League final as coach Juergen Klopp finally gets his hands on Europe's biggest prize.
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With whale season upon us, all eyes are on the east coast of Australia in the hope of spotting Migaloo the albino humpback on his 30th birthday.
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In the shadow of mass fish kills at the start of the year, residents of Menindee in NSW are now worried for the rich and rare birdlife that relies on the area to breed.
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Little is known — but a lot is expected — of Australia's current women's football coach, Ante Milicic. Ahead of the FIFA World Cup in France, the former Socceroo speaks exclusively to the ABC about his passion for the game and what it means to lead the Matildas on the game's biggest stage.
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Just as they had resigned themselves to a future of renting, a radio advert stopped the Glenncross family in their tracks. More than a decade on they remain one of the thousands of success stories from the WA Government's Keystart program.
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Over the past year, I've been trying to cut my carbon footprint by 75 per cent through a different experiment each week. This is what I've discovered, writes Jo Clay.
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Sitting with the elders of Swan Hill felt a world away from the politics of Canberra.These are the people we don't see; the voices we don't hear, writes Stan Grant.
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Emma Strong did not know her home was host to a strange kind of graveyard until she started a home renovation. Her journey to return the markers to the descendants has been equally surprising.