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Keran Villis image
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Topics: community-and-society, people, health, regional, loxton-5333
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Peter Allen at home image
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Topics: community-and-society, rural, health, port-augusta-5700
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Topics: community-and-society, regional, health, people, berri-5343
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Australian woman among eight climbers missing in India's Himalayas after avalanche
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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.
Topics: missing-person, community-and-society, disasters-and-accidents, avalanche, india, australia, united-kingdom, united-states
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Lynette and Stephen image
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Topics: indigenous-culture, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, environment, environmental-management, albany-6330
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Stephen with his totem image
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Topics: community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, environment, environmental-management, science-and-technology, botanical-science, albany-6330
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Topics: community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, indigenous-protocols, environment, environmental-management, albany-6330
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Adopting an Indigenous totem could be a simple way to care for country
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Australians are being encouraged to adopt a totem to protect plants, animals and landscapes.
Topics: community-and-society, indigenous-culture, indigenous-protocols, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, environment, environmental-management, environment-education, animals, aboriginal-language, plants, albany-6330
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Bambigi pool side supplied image
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Topics: swimming, sport, indigenous-culture, indigenous-policy, government-and-politics, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, regional, regional-development, rural-youth, youth, griffith-2680
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Bambigi kids on pool side image
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Topics: swimming, sport, regional, regional-development, community-and-society, indigenous-policy, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, rural-youth, youth, griffith-2680
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Bamigi founders Piper and Alison image
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Topics: swimming, sport, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, aboriginal, regional-development, regional, community-and-society, rural-youth, youth, griffith-2680
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Bambigi kids swimming in Griffith image
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Topics: sport, swimming, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, youth, rural-youth, regional-development, regional, griffith-2680
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The teen helping teach Aboriginal kids how to swim
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A teenage girl from the New South Wales Riverina has started a charity to help teach Aboriginal children how to swim.
Topics: aboriginal, swimming, indigenous-culture, indigenous-policy, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, sport, regional-development, youth, regional, griffith-2680, wagga-wagga-2650
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Whale shark numbers healthy at Ningaloo but concerns remain for world's biggest fish
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Whale shark experts from around the world gather in Exmouth to explore the latest research and management of the world's biggest fish.
Topics: shark, science-and-technology, animal-science, animal-behaviour, animals, environment, oceans-and-reefs, regional, community-and-society, regional-development, business-economics-and-finance, industry, tourism, travel-and-tourism, conservation, exmouth-6707, ningaloo-6701, perth-6000, maldives, india, saudi-arabia, mexico
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'Predatory' payday lender accused of exploiting vulnerable remote communities
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Hundreds of Indigenous people living in communities across the West Australian desert are being signed up to loans by a Gold Coast-based lender they can neither afford nor understand, advocacy groups say.
Topics: consumer-finance, aboriginal, regulation, consumer-protection, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, corporate-governance, community-and-society, people, human-interest, kalgoorlie-6430
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'Broken, humiliated' and only $27 in the bank: Rental stress hits in Queensland
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A drop in incomes, a lack of full-time work and high cost of living pushes regional Queensland households to be the worst in the nation for mortgage and rental stress, where more than a third of their income goes to putting a roof over their heads.
Topics: community-and-society, charities, charities-and-community-organisations, community-organisations, housing, qld, brisbane-4000, palm-beach-4221
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How one town defied the system to take refugee resettlement into its own hands
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A coastal paradise town becomes a safe haven for refugees, despite being outside of a government-supported resettlement zone.
Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, immigration-policy, community-and-multicultural-festivals, port-macquarie-2444, sri-lanka, sydney-2000
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The Black Knight and the Iron Maiden: A love story entwined with an island's devastating past
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Their ancestors were on opposite sides of a lucrative and devastating mining project that changed a Pacific island forever. And yet, their love bloomed.
Topics: history, mining-environmental-issues, environment, relationships, race-relations, community-and-society, people, human-interest, kiribati, pacific, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, fiji
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High expectations for Marise Payne's new role as Minister for Women
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Australia's newly minted Minister for Women has been advocating behind the scenes for women in the Liberal Party for decades. But Marise Payne has her work cut out for her in this new job.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, politics-and-government, women, womens-status, community-and-society, domestic-violence, australia
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'You are loved': The words of a stranger saved Natasha's life, now she's spreading notes of hope (photos)
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After a stranger's powerful words helped Natasha Young turn her life around, she started tying laminated notes with message of hope on the bridge. But Brisbane City Council is taking them down.
Topics: suicide, community-and-society, people, human-interest, health, mental-health, local-government, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, anxiety, depression, diseases-and-disorders, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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Amanda and Jess with mother image
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Topics: cancer, breast-cancer, ovarian-cancer, health, womens-health, women, community-and-society, human-interest, darwin-0800
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Jess and Amanda Profile image
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Topics: breast-cancer, cancer, ovarian-cancer, health, women, womens-health, community-and-society, human-interest, darwin-0800
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A 'sad day' for the Eyre Peninsula as locals say goodbye to rail transport
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About 500 locals turn out in Cummins, on SA's Eyre Peninsula, to farewell one of the final trains passing through the town as the region prepares for more trucks on the road.
Topics: rail-transport, grain, community-development, road-transport, work, agricultural-crops, 20th-century, crop-harvesting, community-and-society, cummins-5631, canada, adelaide-5000, port-lincoln-5606, united-states
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Your best photos for the week ending May 31, 2019
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Here is a selection of photos sent in by audience members from around Australia. If you have any photos that you'd like to share, send them in via the upload page. You can also share your photos with us by using #ABCmyphoto on Instagram.
Topics: photography, visual-art, community-and-society, regional, lifestyle-and-leisure, travel-and-tourism, australia
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Your best photos from the past week gallery
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Here is a selection of photos sent in by ABC Open audience members from around Australia.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, photography, visual-art, fine-art-photography, community-and-society, regional, rural, lifestyle-and-leisure, australia