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| UpdatedA tiny number of performers worldwide stuff their adult frames into cannons, to be shot across an arena at 60 kilometres per hour. Queenslander Warren Brophy is one of them.
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Fifteen-year-old Connor Meldrum, who was badly injured in a cliff accident, will undergo surgery to have fitted to his skull a custom-printed polyethylene material that mimics the properties of living bone.
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| UpdatedMichele and Georges Meffre sold their belongings in France, spent 20 years sailing around the world — adopting two Chilean children along the way — before calling Tasmania home.
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With laughs and tears a Brisbane program is using old photographs to spark stories and conversations.
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Before 11-year-old Nicholas Thompson met Australian fishing icon Paul Worsteling, the classroom was the last place he wanted to be.
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Hundreds of people have signed a petition calling on Queensland MPs to stop a departmental plan to remove 'historic' fishing huts in and around a national park in the state's north.
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"Nipple sucker 3,000" and "jug juicer" are terms invented by a group of frustrated mothers, who are fighting Facebook's claim that the items are medical devices after the sale of them was banned under the site's commerce policies.
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| UpdatedABC TV weather presenter Jenny Woodward describes the moment she thought she was having a heart attack. She hopes sharing her story will convince others to dial triple-0, with paramedics saying no-one ever died of embarrassment.
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For the second year running, a male performance team from Sydney becomes stranded in the desert due to car troubles en route to the Top End.
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The retail market is especially tough for the humble local newsagent, with many of them being forced to expand their services to stay in business.
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| UpdatedTourists love what the Gold Coast has to offer, but has its popularity made things harder for families who call the city home?
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The hunt is on to find the relatives of people pictured in three portraits, believed to be from the 1920s, discovered lost at the Queensland Museum.
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Cat owners on Bruny Island who let their cats stray could be slapped with hefty fines under Tasmania's toughest new management laws.
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