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Australia's breakdancers are still fighting for funding and respect ahead of Olympic debut

With breakdancing to make its debut at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Australia's top B-boys and B-girls are chasing respect for their sport in a bid to represent the nation on the world's biggest stage.

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Researchers say native Gympie limes could help fight citrus greening disease killing crops

Researchers say native limes from Gympie could hold the cure for a devastating citrus disease that has killed crops and sent orange juice prices soaring worldwide.

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Stolen Generations survivors reach settlement with Commonwealth, church for historic abuse at Croker Island Mission

Eileen Cummings recalls physical abuse from missionaries for speaking in her language and a beating with an electric cord, but final compensation and a chance to share her story has finally brought closure to a dark period in Australian history.

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New study among First Nations Australians shows effective immune response after COVID-19 vaccines

The study offers immunological evidence that supports the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccinations among First Nations Australians, according to researchers.

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Solutions to rural doctor shortages needed urgently with a focus on general practice, technology, experts say

Time is running out to fix the sinking ship that is rural health care as the industry floats several solutions.

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Campbelltown City Council to trial bin locks to stop garbage-raiding cockatoos in Sydney

Residents in Sydney's south-west will receive locks to keep their lids from being opened by pests or strong winds under a trial.

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Across the Spider-Verse's Shameik Moore 'optimistic' on playing Miles Morales in a live-action film

Following the success of 2018's Into the Spider-Verse, Sony Pictures started thinking about the sequel as soon as the first film was completed.

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CCTV footage shows Melbourne recycling crushed with rubbish to be dumped in landfill

There are calls for the waste collection industry to be overhauled, after the ABC obtains CCTV footage of a private company collecting recycling and waste from a Melbourne apartment building in the same truck.

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Former PM Julia Gillard announces Beyond Blue's support for Indigenous Voice to Parliament as Ken Wyatt joins board

Former prime minister Julia Gillard throws her support behind the Yes vote as former minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt is appointed to Beyond Blue's board.

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Hazard-reduction burns leave a persistent smoke pall over Brisbane, but do they make sunsets better?

Hazard-reduction burns in D'Aguilar National Park near Brookfield have produced a thick layer of smoke sitting over much of Brisbane's western suburbs and CBD.

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Victorian road trauma survivors warn of lifelong consequences in split-second decisions

Thirty-eight more people have died on Victorian roads this year than at the same time last year, as families impacted by past road trauma say the consequences for those left behind will be felt for years.

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Silver in ancient Egyptian bracelets provides earliest evidence for long-distance trade between Egypt and Greece

An analysis of bracelets owned by ancient Egyptian royalty more than 4,500 years ago has found Egypt and Greece were involved in long-distance trade much earlier than realised.

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Nine years after official pest-free status, Macquarie Island is recovering but it's a 'long game'

It's nine years since cats, rats, and rabbits were officially declared eradicated from sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island, but scientists fear a new threat is challenging its fragile ecosystem.

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Historic building ravaged in Sydney fire should be saved, architect says as demolition begins

Sydney warehouses constructed in the early 20th century that have been hit by fire, like the old Surry Hills hat factory, have a good chance of getting rebuilt, heritage architect Hector Abrahams says.

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Claims Defence's 'core funding' slipping while Australia continues purchasing military equipment overseas

New budget analysis finds the Australian Defence Force is receiving less "core funding" than before the last election, with parliament this week set to also scrutinise recent controversial overseas military spending decisions.

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Meet Ukraine's Witch, the lawyer who became a mortar commander fighting Russians in Bakhmut

In Ukraine, they call her Witch, but the origins of Olha Bihar's call sign remain almost as secretive as the start date of Ukraine's long-awaited counteroffensive.

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Psychic scams are swindling Australians out of thousands of dollars, but no one is going after the culprits

Psychic scam artists are extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars from vulnerable Australians who realise too late they've been duped. Now, a former cop-turned-psychic-fraud fighter is calling for the criminal justice system to take it seriously.

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Judge sentences WA bookkeeper Kathleen Griffiths to more than three years jail over $750k theft

A District Court judge has described the actions of Kathleen Griffiths, a respected community member who secretly stole $750,000 over a decade in WA's south west, as that of "quiet, sustained rebellion".

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Paedophile father guilty of sex crimes against daughter jailed for more than a decade

An Adelaide man has been sentenced to up to 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple sexual crimes against his daughter. WARNING: This story contains details readers may find distressing.

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Sunshine Coast boy Balin Stewart's murder trial begins, defendant pleads not guilty

Crown Prosecutor Rebecca Marks tells a Supreme Court jury there had been years of hostility between the two boys which stemmed from their association with a teenage girl.

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Crystal Leanne Hanley's bail revoked after testing positive to illicit drugs twice

Crystal Leanne Hanley — who was arrested over the neglect and manslaughter of her six-year-old daughter — is taken back into custody after breaching her bail conditions twice. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains the first name and image of a person who has…

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Russia puts US senator Lindsey Graham on wanted list

Russia's interior ministry has put US senator Lindsey Graham on a wanted list, Russian media reports, citing the ministry's database.

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Attorney-General apologises to Ryan Kimball's family after media reveals decision not to appeal

Graeme Kimball learnt Queensland's Attorney-General would not appeal the sentence given to the 17-year-old driver of the car his son was a passenger in when journalists called him.

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WA courts in historic statement on past failure to provide justice for Indigenous Australians

WA judges make an historic pledge to right the wrongs of the past and work to build trust and confidence in the justice system among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

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Work to cull number of councils in Tasmania takes another step forward

Attempts to cut down the number of councils in Tasmania have failed dismally in the past. Now, what a reduced number could look like has been released for public comment.

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