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Regional book festivals help raise town profiles, encourage new writers

In the age of online shopping, regional writers festivals are helping keep bricks-and-mortar bookshops alive and encouraging a new generation of authors and readers.

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Knowing which sheep your woollen jumper came from possible with electronic identification (eID) tags

Want to know which sheep mob your woollen clothes came from? Thanks to these new electronic sheep ear tags, you might soon be able to.

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Panama grants legal rights to sea turtles, boosting 'rights of nature' movement

Sea turtles in Panama now have the legal right to live in an environment free of pollution and other detrimental impacts caused by humans, a change that represents a different way of thinking about how to protect wildlife.

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Gloria Moyle runs for Kalgoorlie-Boulder mayor having survived council siege 31 years ago

A former council worker who survived a gunman's siege at the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder's administration building more than 30 years ago is set to run for mayor.

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Historical re-enactment troop from Gundagai to train mounted rangers at South African rhino sanctuary

Protecting rhinos from armed poachers isn't a typical assignment for the president of a historic battle re-enactment troop in Gundagai — but his unique skill set is required in South Africa.

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Joe Biden celebrates a 'crisis averted' in Oval Office address on bipartisan debt ceiling deal

US President Joe Biden declares a "crisis averted" in his first address from the White House's Oval Office, touting the passage of a bill to suspend the US debt ceiling and avoid economic catastrophe.

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Mother dies in NSW house fire that hospitalised two children in Orange

Police say a man escaped the blaze but suffered burns when he tried to re-enter the property.

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Language app Feed the Monster the latest tool in battle to save endangered Warumungu language

A language app designed to help children in Syria learn Arabic is now preserving an endangered First Nations language. As a cartoon monster in the app grows, so too do children's literacy skills — and the number of people who speak Warumungu.

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Prisoner escapes from Rockhampton Hospital sparking search by police, Corrective Services

Queensland Police and Corrective Services are searching for a prisoner who removed his handcuffs and escaped from Rockhampton Hospital.

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Vaginismus leaves many women in pain and avoiding sex, but it can be treated

Navigating pain for women can be a twisted maze of questions, referrals and specialists, but amid the ever-growing list of diagnoses lies a silent condition that is experienced by many. It's called vaginismus.

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Farmers on WA's south coast say unattended roadside stalls are making healthy profits despite vulnerability

Country drivers are familiar with increasingly common roadside produce stalls with bargain prices and farmers are grateful that people almost universally do the right thing.

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Queensland professor's life potentially saved by South Australian doctor who saw him on TV

Professor Dan Angus was being interviewed in a ABC News television story when a doctor he'd never met noticed a sinister spot on his face while watching from home.

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Merriwa Grove disability care closure leaves vulnerable residents facing relocation

A residential disability and aged care facility in regional Victoria is closing due to financial pressures, leaving families scrambling to find solutions for their loved ones.

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South Australian government yet to make changes after grandmother's delayed cancer diagnosis

The daughter of an Adelaide woman whose cancer diagnosis was delayed by three months says she is "sad and angry" a new system designed to prevent similar incidents has not been put in place.

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Seagulls are declining in birdwatching surveys — have we hit 'peak gull' or are they hiding in plain sight?

Numbers of super smart seagulls are declining in Australia's largest citizen science project but researchers aren't sure if we've hit "peak gull" or the birds are outsmarting the survey.

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Humpty Doo barramundi farm trials black jewfish in world first for aquaculture

Australia's largest barramundi farm has started trialling black jewfish, which is valued for its meat and its thick swim bladder, considered a delicacy and aphrodisiac in Asian markets.

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Kowanyama traditional owners fear climate change is happening before their eyes

A Far North Queensland community with deep connections to water is seeing the streams and seasons change, and with it, their food and cultural security.

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Katherine named the worst hotspot for animal collisions in Northern Territory

The Big Rivers region poses the greatest wildlife-related road risk for Northern Territory drivers, as the dry season increases chance of animal collisions.

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Findings of REM sleep research could help Australians be diagnosed with Parkinson's disease sooner

Wendy Merrington's father, uncle and grandmother all lived with dementia. She hopes a study of her sleep will reveal whether she, too, is in danger of developing a neurodegenerative condition or Parkinson's disease.

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Football umpires say spectator abuse leading to shortage of match officials, especially juniors, women

Sporting organisations say experiences like Ceana's are deterring umpires, especially juniors and women, and that's adding to a shortage of match officials.

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Victims of defective bushfire rebuilds plead for federal government help, facing fourth winter with no home

They were insured when the bushfires came, but not when they lost everything to defective builders. Now they are asking the federal government to step in and help.

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Australia's homeless hidden in plain sight

Australians without a home discuss where they bed down each night — and how they came to be there.

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Forecast rain a welcome relief for farmers after bureau's grim June outlook

A glance at the Bureau of Meteorology's rain forecast would suggest almost no chance of a wet June, so why are the seasonal and weather forecasts contradicting each other?

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How to decipher the Bureau of Meteorology's long-range outlook

It might not give you the forecast for a specific date months in advance but the BOM's long-range outlook can be a great tool for assessing your odds of sunshine and rain down the track. So how can you use it?

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Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation trial of the century all boiled down to the question of who was lying

Ben Roberts-Smith's loss is seen as a major win for Australian investigative journalism, with the Federal Court finding in favour of the substantial truth in the news articles about him.

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