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Mystery shopper surveillance ramped up to ensure consumers get what they pay for

Shopping these days is no private affair as shopper surveillance ramps up towards the Christmas period. What you might not be aware of is that traders and their employees are also being keenly observed.








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Artist Tanya Stubbles recovers from brain injury with massive work for Chinese client

Artist Tanya Stubbles created 22 artworks for a Chinese client six months after leaving a brain injury unit in Sydney.




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Paramedic bashed on charity bike ride says he doesn't want teenage attackers charged

Daniel Mansbridge was seven kilometres into a 1,000-kilometre charity ride for children's cancer when he was knocked off his bicycle and bashed by a group of teenagers.






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Body parts come in all shapes and sizes




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Freya Jobbins started her art practice by creating life sized sculptures






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Freya Jobbins in her studio near Picton






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Commuters sick of waiting for high-speed rail options

The train Harris Cheung catches to work in Sydney each day takes an hour-and-a-half the same time it took to travel the route on a steam train in the 1930s.






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The Indefinite Sleepout in Wollongong Mall, the young doctors supported by Grandmothers for Refugees






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Medical student Hannah Clements, Dr Javed Badyari and Rebecca Newtown in their swags in Wollongong Mall on night four of the sleepout




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Medical students and doctor sleep out in their scrubs to end 'Indefinite Detention'

They've battled gale-force winds, cold winter nights, and drunks serenading them with Billy Joel classics at three in the morning. But two young medicos are determined to keep sleeping out in their scrubs to draw attention to the detention of asylum seekers.




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The Murchison meteorite landed in Victoria in 1969 and made geological history

It startled the cows, intrigued the locals and excited scientists around the world. Fifty years on, the Murchison meteorite still defines a town and yields new discoveries every year.




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Artist creates monsters and gains self-acceptance after disfiguring car accident

Almost 30 years after a car accident left Picton artist Freya Jobbins' face disfigured, she's deconstructing dolls to make creations that shock.




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Energy company apologises for failing to investigate a customer's complaints after issuing bills that 'did not make sense'

Energy Australia has apologised to a customer for issuing him multiple bills that 'did not make sense' despite his repeated complaints.






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Stephen Grimmer, brother of murdered toddler Cheryl Grimmer, pleads guilty to unrelated child sex offences

Stephen Grimmer, the brother of murdered toddler Cheryl Grimmer who disappeared in 1970, pleads guilty to indecently assaulting a 14-year-old girl.




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Water safety campaigns 'not showing migrant faces' failing to reach those at risk, charity says

With so much of Australia's allure to tourists based on our oceans and waterways, a charity founder has launched a campaign he'd like to see played in airports and pushed via visa applications.





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Grumman tracker pilots who flew the restored aircraft



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Grumman Tracker plane 2







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Shorebird pied oyster





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HSC without exams provides alternative pathway through high school

As students stress and cram for final-year exams in the hope of getting into university, a small group of students prepares to finish high school without having to sit one test.