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Tulips proving popular with tourists in north west Tasmania but it's the soil where the real work is going on

Tourists flock to this tulip farm to see the flowers, but it is under the ground where the serious farming is happening.





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Inside the working farm that inspired the father of Australian colonial art, John Glover

When Carol Westmore bought a farm near Launceston 15 years ago, she inadvertently embarked on a mammoth heritage-restoration project.








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Flinders Island's young entrepreneurs grow adventure tourism and foodie haven to keep economy moving

Tourism operators on one of Tasmania's breathtaking islands are riding a wave of untapped beauty and are reeling in visitors with locally grown produce.






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Three arrested after police car rammed and shots fired at officers in Sunbury

Three people are arrested after a police car was shot at then rammed as officers took shelter in a McDonald's restaurant, in what an Assistant Commissioner says is part of a "worrying trend" of violence towards police.






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Mayor agrees to apologise for introducing MP Emma Kealy as 'best-looking politician in Victoria'

Hindmarsh Shire mayor Ron Ismay comes under criticism for using sexist language when introducing the Nationals MP Emma Kealy at an event in Nhill in western Victoria, later saying it "was not that big of a deal".




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A distinctly Australian industry?

Eucalyptus oil production sounds like a distinctly Australian industry. While we once where the dominant player in the market, we've long been outpriced by cheap imports. Laura Poole reports that families, with a long history in this old art, are trying to keep up local production.




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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

This action fantasy plays very fast and loose with history, but takes itself far too seriously to be really enjoyable.




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Dermatology clinic 'gutted' by fire in Australian Medical Association building

Police investigate two fires in North Adelaide early this morning, including one which spread through the state branch office of the national doctors' union, causing up to $2 million damage.




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Time running out for defiant Adelaide residents facing home demolitions

Time is running out for businesses and home-owners to vacate their land in Adelaide's inner east ahead of demolition works, despite accusations the State Government has effectively blocked landowners from accessing the equity of their own homes.




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Donkey populations in decline due to Chinese medicine 'ejiao'

Demand for the Chinese medicine 'ejiao' is having humanitarian repercussions in Africa due to donkey poaching.




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Magic symbols from Australian history's 'forgotten chapter' uncovered in Victoria

From Ireland's heartland to coastal Victoria, Australian convicts brought with them magic and superstition. Their symbols are still being uncovered today.




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Australians are eating less bread overall, but artisanal varieties are on the rise

For William Jane, the decline in Australian bread consumption has seen his business boom. In the space of two years, he's gone from baking 12 loaves a day to 800.




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Australians are eating more cheese, butter and yoghurt, and Timboon is milking the trend

Australian dairy production is dropping, but a town in Victoria's Western District is taking advantage of changing consumer tastes to turn its fortunes around.




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Two years on, multiple investigations have shed little light on Warrnambool's nurdle spill

Almost two years after millions of microplastics spilled onto pristine beaches in Victoria and sparked an emergency response from authorities, the plastic's origin remains a mystery.




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Maremma sheepdog and little penguin protector retires after nine years on Middle Island

Oddball might have been the movie star, but Tula the maremma is the real hero of Middle Island's famed penguin protection program, and she's retiring after almost a decade of service.




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Queensland's road toll calculations 'extraordinarily complicated', police say

Calculating the road toll is "extraordinarily complicated", according to Queensland police as loved ones say the confusion is compounding their grief following a horror few weeks on the state's roads.





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Pharmaceutical-grade medicinal cannabis 'global shortage' to be met with Australian product

An Australian medicinal cannabis company is working to address a global shortage of pharmaceutical-grade product, reducing cost and improving access at the same time.




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Mary Poppins memorabilia at Maryborough Story Bank



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Mary Poppins traffic lights in Maryborough



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Man in custody after alleged carjacking, stabbing and 200km police pursuit

A man who allegedly stabbed a woman in the hand and stole two cars is shot by police on the Bruce Highway on the Sunshine Coast, and is taken from the scene in an ambulance.




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Alleged carjacker critical after being shot by police on Bruce Highway at Sunshine Coast

A Sunshine Coast mother witnesses the moment alleged car jacker Dylan Matthew Hammond was shot by police and run over by a caravan after a 200-kilometre pursuit that ended on the Bruce Highway yesterday.





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Boxing breaks down barriers between police and young Indigenous people, aims to reduce crime

For police officers and young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the regional Queensland city of Bundaberg, boxing together is a way to move on from a legacy of negative interaction.



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Family wants answers about how son with disability was injured in care home

Eden Camac, who has a complex disability, broke both hips and his left leg while at a supported accommodation facility. An ambulance was not called until 10 hours after the incident and his family wants to know what went wrong.




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Sea lion ends up in humpback's mouth in remarkable feeding frenzy mix-up

A baleen whale off California almost swallowed a sea lion that got in the way during an anchovy feeding frenzy, in an encounter rarely seen let alone caught on film.








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Pet dog pepper-sprayed, tasered and shot by police after attacking courier

An American Staffordshire Terrier that was pepper-sprayed, tasered and shot by police after it attacked a courier, will have its leg amputated. The owner says the courier company was told not to enter the property and came through a locked gate.