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Australian mineral prices fall despite renewable energy future

The price of Australian minerals used in batteries and electronic components is falling, despite rising local and international demand for the renewable energy projects that rely on them.




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Nurse practitioners are often the key contact point for rural patients. Do they get enough credit?

In many small rural towns nurse practitioners are sole practice managers, writing prescriptions, billing through Medicare, and referring to specialists. Are they supported enough?






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Bats turn north-west Queensland sky black as drought raises numbers earlier

Bats have been migrating earlier than usual this year due to inland drought and a lack of food in Queensland's south-east, with red flying foxes seen covering Mount Isa's sky.




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A new pterosaur, or prehistoric flying reptile species, has been discovered in outback Queensland

Australian researchers find a new species of pterosaur in outback Queensland. The apex aerial predator had a 4-metre wingspan and walked on all four limbs when on land.




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Min Min lights in rural Queensland subject of new documentary film

Camping under the night skies, documentary maker Don Meers says he looked out and saw what he had travelled for the famed Min Min lights.




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Queensland Premier forced to apologise after threatening Katter MPs over Fraser Anning speech

Annastacia Palaszczuk is forced to apologise to Parliament over her threats to strip Katter's Australian Party MPs of resources when they refused to denounce former colleague Fraser Anning's speech calling for a Muslim immigration ban.




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New-age librarians embrace new technologies to accommodate growing communities needs

One high-tech regional library hosts a "zoom room" for video conferencing, an interactive jumping floor for kids, eBooks and eAudiobooks and yes, plenty of good, old-fashioned printed books.



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Man jailed for seven years for violent attack on 92yo woman in her home

The life of a 92-year-old woman bashed in her own home in Mount Isa in north-west Queensland has been completely ruined, family say, as her attacker is sentenced to seven years in jail for the violent assault.




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Single Wire Earth Return (SWER) lines provide power to rural stations

Single Wire Earth Return (SWER) lines provide power to rural stations




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Solar panels on a shed as part of a power pod at Glenagra Station

Solar panels on a shed as part of a power pod at Glenagra Station



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Queensland's Glenagra Station in new power trial aimed at finding a better way

A self-generating power pod trial on a cattle property in north-west Queensland aims to provide rural properties with a more reliable, cheaper, and renewable power source.




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Sturt Desert Rose native flower



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Desert roses are gaining popularity as hardy drought plants in outback Queensland

The hardy desert rose is rising in popularity, with nurseries unable to keep up with demand, as green thumbs seek drought-tolerant colour in the dry outback.



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Murrandoo Yanner lays next to a small croc with a sign on its belly



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Murrandoo with croc



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University of Queensland, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, David Trigger



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'Crocodile case' giving hunting rights to Indigenous people still significant after 20 years

Experts say the landmark High Court 'Crocodile case', which granted Indigenous Australians the right to fish and hunt for traditional foods, is still significant 20 years later.



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Working in Australia for $3 an hour life on the working holiday visa

If people who arrive in Australia on the working holiday visa want to stay a second year, they have to do 88 days of work in regional parts of the country. Some report exploitation and abuse.







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Wildlife shelters inundated, as drought pushes native animals into urban areas in search of food and water

Wildlife carers in Victoria say more native animals are being injured or killed as prolonged dry weather drives them to seek food and water closer to urban areas.




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Digital disruption transforms crime writing, but the print book isn't dead

Digital disruption has changed the craft of writing, and crime writing in particular, according to those in the industry, but has not caused the death of print books.




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Federal election 2019: Rural Victorian voters feel forgotten as AEC abolishes voting booths

Rural Victorian voters are frustrated as the electoral commission decides to abolish more than 25 polling booths in the Mallee and Wannon electorates without consultation.




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