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| UpdatedA study reveals a visit from a rare bird to a tiny NSW town generated hundreds of thousands of dollars for the economy, highlighting the untapped potential of birdwatching tourism.
Topics: regional, birds, travel-and-tourism, port-macquarie-2444, old-bar-2430, cessnock-2325, newcastle-2300, nt, alice-springs-0870, melbourne-3000, perth-6000, burren-junction-2386
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| UpdatedMelbourne teenager Will Connolly, who smashed an egg onto the head of former far-right senator Fraser Anning, says he hopes the money that was gifted to him to cover his legal fees "provides some relief to victims of the massacre".
Topics: terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, government-and-politics, charities, australia, new-zealand
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Meet the man who does more than just collect trolleys — he lifts people with his daily jokes, positive personality and an unforgettable smile.
Topics: people, multiculturalism, community-and-society, refugees, human-interest, everton-park-4053, brisbane-4000
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Taz Traill spends his Monday evenings volunteering at a soup kitchen, and uses his pocket money to buy treats for nursing home residents.
Topics: youth, volunteers, aged-care, burleigh-waters-4220
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| UpdatedAfter years of knockbacks, this group of disabled men finally gets the chance to take on the rough and tumble world of rugby league.
Topics: sport, disabilities, sports-organisations, mens-health, mental-health, rugby-league, ballina-2478, lismore-2480, la-perouse-2036, sydney-south-2000
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Jason Lambert first stepped up to a pinball machine at age four; now, he's preparing to go to Italy for next month's world championships.
Topics: games, kids-games-and-links, all-ages, grown-ups, human-interest, offbeat, people, brisbane-4000
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Some people love classic cars, others trains, but for a dedicated group of volunteer restorers, the humble suburban bus is a thing of wonder.
Topics: history, community-organisations, community-and-society, volunteers, people, whiteman-6068, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedMore than 20 Pixie O'Harris artworks are being restored for an exhibition after the final paintings, which had been missing since the 1950s, mysteriously turn up without note or explanation.
Topics: regional, books-literature, visual-art, history, community-and-multicultural-festivals, community-and-society, children, family-and-children, art-history, arts-and-entertainment, port-macquarie-2444, vic, melbourne-3000, tamworth-2340, byron-bay-2481, lismore-2480, wollongong-2500, newcastle-2300, cooma-2630, sydney-2000, fairfield-2165, taree-2430
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| UpdatedThe release of 10 critically endangered turtles back into the only place they are found on Earth has helped to secure the species' future.
Topics: animals, rivers, biological-diversity, endangered-and-protected-species, environmental-management, conservation, environment, animal-welfare, animal-behaviour, thora-2454, bellingen-2454, fernmount-2454, raleigh-2454, mylestom-2454
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| UpdatedWhile many people know Humpty Doo in the Northern Territory for its legendary pub, news that Waldo Bayley is leaving town is like finding out the beer lines have gone dry.
Topics: people, offbeat, poetry, human-interest, humpty-doo-0836, darwin-0800, nt
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Australian artworks will feature in a new international art-science exhibition in Venice, which hopes to educate people and raise talk about climate change and deforestation, and possible solutions.
Topics: regional, arts-and-entertainment, community-and-society, community-and-multicultural-festivals, environmental-policy, environmental-management, environmental-impact, environment, contemporary-art, port-macquarie-2444, brisbane-4000, sydney-2000, melbourne-3000
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People across Brisbane are gathering over beers, not Bunsen burners, to learn more about the latest scientific discoveries.
Topics: science, science-and-technology, medical-research, academic-research, research-organisations, community-and-multicultural-festivals, lifestyle-and-leisure, community-and-society, human-interest, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedThe Game of Thrones drama ends today for millions of fans, but in one Aussie household it will live on for this pampered pooch which has its own GoT-inspired iron throne.
Topics: fantasy-films, film, industrial-design, community-and-society, relationships, human-interest, popular-culture, bathurst-2795, wagga-wagga-2650, tamworth-2340, dubbo-2830, muswellbrook-2333, lismore-2480
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A cameleer, a coal miner, a carpenter and an artist. Ninety-two-year-old Sandy Chambers has lived enough lives to fill several books and won't retire from "life's big adventure".
Topics: visual-art, contemporary-art, death, aged-care, older-people, boyup-brook-6244
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| UpdatedAfter 25 years without a hairdressing salon the locals of Wedderburn in central Victoria finally open their own community enterprise.
Topics: human-interest, people, lifestyle-and-leisure, mental-health, community-and-society, health, hair, wedderburn-3518
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| UpdatedYou never forget your first car and it seems some of us wish we never let it go, including this 92-year-old who bought back his first Chevrolet and restored it.
Topics: history, community-and-society, automotive, automobile-enthusiasm, lifestyle, renmark-5341, reynella-5161, mildura-3500, adelaide-5000
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A vet, his parents and a band of volunteers perform the delicate operation of rescuing a horse which found itself stuck in mud in a paddock at a property south of Adelaide.
Topics: animals, human-interest, veterinary-medicine, myponga-5202, adelaide-5000, currency-creek-5214, sa
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Overwhelmed by the amount of plastic and rubbish left on beaches, Christine Holden is collecting it in her backyard and turning it into art.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, contemporary-art, visual-art, environment-education, environmental-impact, environment, environmental-management, recycling-and-waste-management, oceans-and-reefs, pollution, water-pollution, boyne-island-4680, tannum-sands-4680
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| UpdatedThe dreams of young Angus Hopkins, whose fight with the NDIS has received national attention, come true as he meets his rugby league heroes as part of the NRL Magic Round.
Topics: cerebral-palsy, disabilities, rugby-league, people, health, human-interest, brisbane-4000
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Jackson Harrigan designed a warning system for beach safety as part of his HSC school work. Now it's a start-up project hoping to make beaches safer by getting more attention for warnings about rips and sharks.
Topics: death, water, human-interest, inventions, coffs-harbour-2450, moonee-beach-2450, manly-2095, bronte-2024, bondi-beach-2026
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When a tree is felled in central Queensland, there's a fair chance this couple will be nearby ready to salvage the timber to create a beautiful family keepsake.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, craft, kids-games-and-links, art-and-creativity, sculpture, benaraby-4680, rockhampton-4700, lower-hawkesbury-2775
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Each week, somewhere in Brisbane a group of people armed with sketch books, tablets and water colours sit together and capture two hours of city life.
Topics: visual-art, history, community-and-society, human-interest, brisbane-4000
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You don't need to bring your wallet to walk away with a basket load of fresh produce at a food swap.
Topics: food-and-cooking, lifestyle-and-leisure, gardening, horticulture, community-and-society, regional, bega-2550, brogo-2550
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Trees are being grown on a stretch of land from the Blue Mountains to the NSW Southern Tablelands to protect the threatened glossy black cockatoo, delivering positive results.
Topics: birds, conservation, trees, mittagong-2575, katoomba-2780
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Ground-penetrating radar technology has discovered multiple unmarked graves at an old Aboriginal mission cemetery in south-west Victoria.
Topics: history, archaeology, regional, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, death, science-and-technology, condah-3303, portland-3305, tyrendarra-3285, wangary-5607, flinders-university-5042, berri-5343, kingscote-5223