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Queensland's Environment Minister 'devastated' following Adani coal mine approval

Queensland Environment Minister Leeanne Enoch's comments at an Indigenous festival reveal Labor is divided on the Adani mine's recent approval, the State Opposition says.




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Transgender law reform to allow Victorians to change birth certificate gender without surgery

The Victorian Government prepares to reintroduce a bill which would make it easier for people to alter the sex recorded on their birth certificate to male, female or any other gender descriptor of their choice.




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By Jupiter! Stargazers can get up close and personal with planet

If you look up to the eastern sky tonight, you're likely to spot one of the biggest planets at its brightest. Jupiter, the fifth planet from the sun and largest in our solar system, is visible to stargazers this month.




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Teen basketball star LaMelo Ball bound for Wollongong in major signing for Illawarra Hawks

A teenage basketball star from a celebrity family in California is set to move to Wollongong in New South Wales in one of the most intriguing signings in Australian basketball history.




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Queensland Environment Minister 'shed tears' over Adani approval process, video shows

A new video shows Environment Minister Leeanne Enoch telling a room full of people she has shed tears over the approval of Adani's Carmichael coal mine, while also saying current environmental legislation is flawed.




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Lawyer X royal commission hears Paul Dale asked to speak to Tony Mokbel and Carl Williams after arrest

Former drug squad detective Paul Dale wanted to speak to gangland bosses Tony Mokbel and Carl Williams nine days after he was arrested for the burglary of a drug house, the royal commission hears.




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Hawthorn's Ben Stratton suspended for two weeks for pinching, stomping on Essendon players

Hawthorn captain Ben Stratton is suspended for two weeks by the AFL tribunal, one week each for repeatedly pinching Essendon's Orazio Fantasia and stomping on the foot of Shaun McKernan.





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Canberra cafe owner who boasted about lavish lifestyle on social media guilty of drug trafficking

A 27-year-old Canberra man is found guilty of running a major drug operation to fuel a flamboyant lifestyle complete with expensive cars and inspirational quotes played out on Facebook and Instagram.




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SANFL tribunal reduces Casey McElroy's six-week ban to four for playing in men's league

A female footballer who played in a men's South Australian country league has her suspension reduced to four weeks by an independent tribunal.




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Woman arrested after Sydney high-rise death at Zetland apartment complex

Police arrest a woman they had urged to come forward to authorities after a 23-year-old plunged to her death at a high-rise complex in Sydney's inner east.




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Queensland woman seeks access to dead husband's sperm to have second child

The Queensland Supreme Court will decide whether to allow a widow to use her dead husband's sperm to give her young son a sibling, as they were planning to do so before he died.





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Australian students receive heroes' welcome in Nepal as they help rebuild classrooms damaged in earthquake

Canberra Grammar students discover the unexpected benefits of rebuilding damaged classrooms in Nepal, as they form special bonds with school hosts in the heart of the Himalayas.




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Second woman told that Queensland police destroyed evidence in her rape case

Kelly says the way police handled the investigation into her alleged assault "has been the most devastating part of it" after she was told her rape kit was destroyed and then never existed at all.





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Melbourne surgeons celebrate rare living-donor liver transplant from father to daughter

Feisty little Mila is more her father's daughter than anyone might guess. The one-year-old's failing liver was entirely replaced with a section of her dad's, after Victoria's first father-child organ donation.




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Plant-based diet trend drives consumer demand for alternative mushrooms

Consumers are pushing demand for alternative mushrooms to new highs as plant-based diets become increasingly popular and people seek nutritious meat substitutes.




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Narooma's young and homeless forced to live in a tent in their popular sea-change town

Narooma is a haven for holidaymakers and sea-changers, but many young people are finding it impossible to rent in their own home town.




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Anglicare Eurobodalla Homeless Support Service Coordinator Krystal Tritton




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Sydney news: Murder charge expected in high-rise death, concerns over missing backpacker delay

MORNING BRIEFING: The ex-girlfriend of a woman who fell to her death from a Sydney apartment block is expected to be charged with her murder, while a backpacker says the alarm about Theo Hayez's disappearance should have been raised much earlier.




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Thousands of fish killed after Byron Bay residents pressure council to open lagoon

More than 12 tonnes of dead fish have been buried after a council on the New South Wales north coast bowed to public pressure and opened a lagoon.




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Lisa Millar replaces Virginia Trioli as Michael Rowland's co-host on ABC News Breakfast

At age seven, Lisa Millar was singing the ABC News theme and practising her interview technique on her little sister. After 25 years of reporting in Australia and overseas, she's now looking forward to the challenge of co-hosting a daily morning television program.




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Canberra's noise laws to face 'protest jam' as musicians band together to 'save' nightlife

Amid plans for a five-star hotel for Canberra's centre, some of the city's biggest music success stories plot to save its nightlife, claiming currently unenforced noise limits could kick into effect and threaten venues when the hotel starts hosting guests.




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Adelaide Hills man who allegedly stockpiled guns and secretly filmed sex acts granted bail

An Adelaide Hills man charged with unlawful firearms possession as well as engaging in indecent filming is granted bail by a magistrate but prosecutors say they will seek a review of that decision.




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Truck driver loses licence over incident caught on dashcam on Adelaide's South Eastern Freeway

Dashcam footage shows an out-of-control truck hurtling through a red light at the base of Adelaide's South Eastern Freeway, moments after the vehicle lost its brakes and was forced onto the wrong side of the road.




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Chiropractor who indecently filmed hundreds of clients at Adelaide clinic faces victim in court

One of hundreds of victims of an Adelaide chiropractor who indecently filmed clients, including children, says the man took away her "dignity" and "confidence", but has vowed to move on with her life.




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Man charged with indecent assault of girl in Rundle Mall shop in Adelaide's CBD

A man accused of indecently assaulting a child at a Rundle Mall shop is tracked using CCTV and arrested, after police allegedly uncover child exploitation material at his home.




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Car for sale on Gumtree stolen with seller's five-year-old son inside in Adelaide's Hope Valley

A man whose Subaru WRX was stolen while his five-year-old son was still inside says he was scared for his life but the boy thought it was "just fun".




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Alleged Adelaide Oval brawlers involved in altercation outside court

Two people charged with aggravated assault over a fight at an AFL game at Adelaide Oval are engaged in another altercation outside court.




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World number one Ash Barty to headline revamped Adelaide International in 2020

World number one Ash Barty is locked in to headline the 2020 Adelaide International, joining a strong list of female players including world number five Simona Halep.




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Stabbing investigation leads to discovery of magic mushroom lab inside Hackham West home

Police investigating the stabbing of a 40-year-old man, who was found lying on the road at Hackham West overnight, uncover a drug lab believed to be used for growing magic mushrooms.






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What's it like going back to the place your life changed forever?

Almost 10 years after being thrown from a motorbike and losing the ability to walk, the ABC's Charles Brice is about to return to the crash site for the first time before handcycling more than 300 kilometres to raise spinal research funds.




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Documents reveal maintenance of Collins Class submarines could be scrapped from SA by 2024

Full-cycle docking of Collins Class submarines could disappear from its current site in South Australia by 2024, Freedom of Information (FOI) documents reveal.




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AFLW dispute continues as players reject collective bargaining agreement

Divisions in the AFLW over a proposed collective bargaining agreement put the future of the league's 2020 season in limbo, as the head of the players' association criticises a "damaging" campaign against the deal.




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Senate inquiry following Angel Flight crashes urges CASA to relax maintenance standards

The aviation safety regulator is being urged to relax maintenance requirements for Angel Flight and other charity flight services, after a Senate inquiry slammed an earlier ATSB report into the charity's fatal crash rate.




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Elderly man on mobility scooter dies after falling onto train tracks in Adelaide

Ambulance officers are unable to save a man who tumbled off a train platform and onto the tracks in Adelaide's north-west this afternoon.







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Cannabis oil advocate Jenny Hallam wants to work at 'cannabis university', court told

The lawyer for medicinal cannabis advocate Jenny Hallam asks for his client to avoid conviction, saying she needs to travel to the United States as part of her new job at a New South Wales cannabis farm.




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Riverland man charged over alleged indecent assault of 8yo in public toilet appears in court

A man is charged with the alleged indecent assault of an eight-year-old in the public toilet of a venue in South Australia's Riverland region on Sunday.




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Kyle Pryde arrested in Queensland over alleged bikie murder of Jason De Ieso

A sixth man wanted over the alleged 2012 shooting murder of Adelaide panelbeater Jason De Ieso is arrested in Queensland, with SA Police saying they will seek to extradite Kyle Pryde from Brisbane.




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'Extreme risk' identified in SA buildings due to combustible cladding

An audit reveals 30 South Australian buildings require urgent remedial work to deal with potentially flammable aluminium cladding but the State Government is refusing to identify which ones are at risk.




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Mister RYE co-founders Alexis Branlard and Marion Vigot




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Adelaide hospital beds mothballed, health jobs cut, despite record ramping

The SA Government has revealed plans to mothball 60 public hospital beds and offer further redundancies in the health system, despite record levels of ambulance ramping outside emergency departments in recent months.