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Australia Wide — 164 episodes

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A mood for change on the streets of Bendigo as Jacinta Allan steps down

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Truckies brace for higher fuel prices

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Millions of devices sent nationwide AusAlert test siren

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More suspected bird flu cases in South Australia

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Mobile coverage inaccurate, Hanson in the bush, Pine Gap protests | Australia Wide this week

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Med students excluded from 'Paid prac' program expansion

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What's behind One Nation's rise in regional Australia?

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Kumanjayi Little Baby child protection review finds departmental failings

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Protestors call for Pine Gap closure | Australia Wide

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Fuel price concerns, data centres in the NT, and former servicemen call for recognition | Australia Wide this week

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BHP workers strike as mining giant hits record production

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Death of homeless man in winter prompts call for housing help

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Peter Falconio’s murder in the outback still haunts Australia 25 years on

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Rifle Company Butterworth veterans say government refuses to recognise service

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Telstra outage, tourism slump and space junk | Australia Wide this week

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H5 bird flu strain detected in Australian seabird for first time

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Fallout from Telstra outage continues as more services come back online

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Commuters, customers, and emergency callers affected by nationwide Telstra outage

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Free flights and vouchers to lure tourists back to outback Australia

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Surveillance for deadly H5 bird flu increased for Queensland’s seabirds

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First suspected positive H5 bird flu case detected in NSW

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Secret police recordings of croc celebrity Matt Wright released

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ACCC blocks Coles supermarket to protect Kalgoorlie’s independents

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Concern as private health giant wins access to public emergency patients at regional hospital

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'Life-changing' virtual chemotherapy helps rural cancer patients

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Bird flu washes in, mining giant class action, and a queer choir | Australia Wide this week

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Female workers allege sexual discrimination and harassment at Fortescue mines

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Tasmanian egg producers brace for deadly strain of bird flu

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Bird flu concern grows as washed-up porpoise sent for testing and SA checks dead birds

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Giant petrel second bird to test positive to bird flu at Cape Le Grand beach

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Fuel pain continues, data centre plans, and a Men's Kitchen | Australia Wide this week

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Suspected H5 bird flu detected in Australia

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Australia's rapid expansion of data centres moves into the regions

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Fuel shock expected to be felt for years as businesses urge extended relief

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Accused criminals flown from remote areas as 20 WA courts close

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Death in custody inquest details emerge a year after Kumanjayi White's death

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Escaping Ivan Milat, Starlink concerns and young renters' struggle | Australia Wide this week

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Andrew Forrest defends native title deals after $150m Yindjibarndi win

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Government documents flag risks around Elon Musk's Starlink

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Hitchhiker tells NSW missing persons inquiry of Ivan Milat encounter

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Famous outback race claims another life after serious motorbike crash

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Crack down on illicit vapes and tobacco, shark attack survivor and outback movie magic | Australia Wide this week

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Wagga Wagga's homeless have 'nowhere to go' despite emergency response

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Queensland crackdown cuts illicit tobacco and vape shops, but black market adapts

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Farmers buy CCTV cameras to stop fuel theft

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Patients demand fix to 'unacceptable' travel subsidy scheme

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Katherine welcomes PFAS legal action, farewell to manual cars and crocs rowing | Australia Wide this week

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After escaping sexual slavery, Yazidis re-traumatised by return of 'ISIS brides'

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Katherine residents welcome legal action against 3M over PFAS firefighting foam

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Defence manufacturing hub plan gets mixed response in Collie

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End of an era as Liddell Power Station demolished after 50 years of operation

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Aboriginal community workers say diphtheria response 'heartbreaking'

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Diphtheria outbreak, child protection clamp down, and a mouse plague | Australia Wide this week

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Big swells and strong winds to batter Gold Coast's already exposed beaches

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Language and staffing shortages hinder diphtheria outbreak response in remote communities

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PM visits Kumanjayi Little Baby’s family as former child protection staffers speak out

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Apology for 'appalling' display of autopsy body parts without consent

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WA mouse plague pushes regulator to approve stronger bait

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Reactions to Budget ’26, running the Larapinta and flying drones using head movements | Australia Wide weekend edition

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Community concerned over SA government push to lift fracking ban

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What's in the budget for regional Australians?

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What will a changed NDIS mean for children with autism living in regions?

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How the federal budget could ease the regional housing crisis

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Vigils for Kumanjayi Little Baby, Inland Rail scrapped, and teenagers turn bush rescuers | Australia Wide this week

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How the community of Alice Springs is grieving following unimaginable tragedy

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Residents of Wagga Wagga camp where newborn died say they have 'nowhere else to go'

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Two rescuers among three dead in boating accident on NSW coast

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Healing ceremonies as NT grieves death of Kumanjayi Little Baby

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Alice Springs in mourning, gun control and listening to whales | Australia Wide this week

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NT Police find body believed to be missing Alice Springs girl

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Outback tourism braces for financial hit after fuel-related cancellations

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Memorial service held to remember and reflect on Port Arthur massacre, 30 years on

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Bitumen shortage a problem for Australian roads

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Regional fears over NDIS, illegal fishing and a dedicated bugler | Australia Wide this week

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How will the NDIS overhaul affect regional and remote Australians?

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Papunya residents living in extreme heat sue NT government over unsafe housing

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YouTubers face police probe after filming inside Dezi Freeman's hideout

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Australia's biggest AI factory planned for remote WA

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Oil refinery fire, space awe, and epilepsy advocacy | Australia Wide this week

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Unopened remote votes discovered in seat won by One Nation

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Rinehart ordered to pay royalty bonanza to rival in battle of mining dynasties

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Regional air routes first casualty in jet fuel price hikes

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Why humanity needed the Artemis 11 mission now

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Fuel price hikes force families to reconsider travel for medical treatment

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Space and sovereignty; how Artemis is strengthening industry in regional Australia

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Gold Coast traffic burden 'could worsen' with expansion of Dreamworld

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Teaching birds to sing to bring an endangered species back from the brink

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Fuel price pain, Dezi Freeman hunt over, and Pro Hart's legacy | Australia Wide this week

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Thousands lost, as fuel crisis bites regional tourism operators

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Packed trains, busy charities and struggling farmers and fishers. How fuel shocks play out in the bush.

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Tourists bussed out as cleanup underway in Exmouth

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Dezi Freeman killed by police in Victoria's north-east after seven-month hunt

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Fuel price pain, TC Narelle anxiety and couple's risky move | Australia Wide this week

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Anxious wait as Cyclone Narelle intensifies off WA coast

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Alice Springs residents conflicted over Pine Gap's role in US strikes in Middle East

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Far north Queensland cleans up after TC Narelle

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Fuel price fears, weather whiplash and a win over weeds | Australia Wide this week

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Residents shelter as Tropical Cyclone Narelle crosses Cape York

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PM directs fuel to regional Australia as tourism operators take cancellations

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Petrol price spiral could put mobile early childcare education services at risk

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From fire to flood, how climate change contributed to a summer of whiplash weather

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Locals celebrate 'mud coming back' to wetland once choked in weeds

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Devastating floods, fuel price hikes, and rare animals captured on camera | Australia Wide this week

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Bundaberg man missing off houseboat as flood cleanup begins

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Two bodies found in search for backpackers missing in floodwater

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War in the Middle East sees Australian fishers stranded

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Bundaberg locals evacuate as major flooding nears its peak

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Relief as food supply routes open but NT flood emergency continues

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Iran conflict impacts Australia, flood insurance fight and skin cancer concerns | Australia Wide this week

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The fight against high skin cancer rates in regional Australia

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Psychological concerns for generations who may never see night sky

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Is flood insurance fit for purpose in disaster prone areas?

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How will the war in the Middle East affect regional Australia?

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Record rainfall, high-speed rail, and a 'hug suit' for accessible haircuts | Australia Wide this week

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Tasmanian tightens firearm laws in response to Bondi attack

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Regional patients struggle to access mental health teleservices

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Wittenoom traditional owners launch $1.5b asbestos contamination claim against WA government

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Slow journey to a high-speed rail gathers pace

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Heavy rain soaks outback, cutting roads and inundating cattle stations

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Greyhound closure, fishing bans and rebuilding a community | Australia Wide this week

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Voters divided as Barnaby Joyce considers contesting New England for One Nation

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Concern over lead air pollution results over Hobart

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Broken Hill greyhound racetrack to close creating 'flood' of dogs needing homes

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The push to make central Queensland an even bigger defence hub

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Traditional owners 'won't accept' handback of rehabilitated Argyle diamond mine site

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Youngsters inspired by hometown hero Olympian Cooper Woods | Australia Wide this week

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Mixed feelings in Farrer as voters face by-election following leadership spill and Ley resignation

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Woman rescued in Alice Springs as town inundated with floodwater

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Volunteers say neglect by state's wildlife department caused bushfires on WA's south coast

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Border Force launches operation targeting illegal fishing off Queensland coast

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What benefit is there for Australia to send the Australian of the Year to space?

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Heroic swim, development in search for Gus, and visiting Wittenoom | Australia Wide this week

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Tropical Cyclone Mitchell headed for popular Exmouth

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Gus Lamont’s disappearance declared major crime, suspect identified

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K'gari traditional owners hold smoking ceremony for Piper James on beach where she died

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Boy swims four hours to shore to save family swept out to sea

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Police "strongly believe" Dezi Freeman deceased

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Victorian bushfires, gun laws, and surfing Broome | Australia Wide this week

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What will $25 billion hospital funding deal mean for regional health?

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Vic bushfires ease but heatwave broadens risk

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International fire crews fly-in to help fight bushfires

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Emergency feed arrives for remote WA pastoralists amid worst drought in decades

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Mixed response to euthanasing dingoes involved in death of backpacker

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Coalition split, remembering Bondi, and a homeschooling boom | Australia Wide this week

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Teens filling aged care workforce gap

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Communities across Australia mark National Day of Mourning

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Mother of teenager found dead on K'gari says life 'will never be the same'

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Space industry bags $217 million to launch rockets in regional Australia

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Smokes 'menu' a sign of illegal tobacco trade in country WA

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Victorians face long road to recovery

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Great Ocean Road communities hit by flash flooding

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PM visits flood affected Queensland as more rain looms

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Gun laws are set to change, what will it mean for guns in Australia?

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Tourists replaced by bushfire evacuees at border holiday town

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Farmer killed in bushfire disaster in Victoria as hundreds of structures lost and farm stock losses grow

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NSW to tighten gun laws and PM launches national buyback scheme

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Why is Australia slow to embrace offshore wind farms as part of the energy mix?

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How do we manage the shifting sands of our changing coastline?

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SA’s algal bloom; one of the biggest environmental disasters of 2025

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"The world needs a lot more light," Jewish community in regions react to Bondi shooting

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Families plead for drivers to slow down amid increasing road toll

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Tiwi Islands named the newest Indigenous Protected Area