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Victorian campers who went missing in Gippsland found dead in car

Police find the bodies of Caleb Forbes and Shannon Lowden in their car, almost a week after they went missing near the Baw Baw National Park in eastern Victoria.




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ExxonMobil to sell all of its oil and gas assets in the Gippsland Basin

The global energy giant ExxonMobil has announced it will sell all of its assets in the Gippsland Basin, off Victoria's south-east coast. The sale includes offshore oil and gas platforms, the Longford gas plants and the Long Island Point plant near Hastings.




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Coastal Gippsland residents raise concerns about Star of the South, Australia's largest wind farm

An offshore wind farm proposed for regional Victoria will power almost a fifth of the state's electrical needs, but coastal residents says they are concerned about rising costs and fishing exclusion zones.




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Mysteries of Amazon shipwreck at Inverloch unravelling as erosion and wild weather reveals more

Storms and erosion at Inverloch reveal never-before-seen parts of a 155-year-old shipwreck, the Amazon.






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Gippsland teenager Mubasshir Murshed's parabola equation published in academic journal

A teenager from Gippsland in Victoria has written an equation that has been published in a national academic journal a major achievement for one so young.




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Species of grasshopper not seen since 1960s rediscovered in Gippsland

A species of grasshopper that has not been seen in Victoria since the 1960s is rediscovered at Omeo in East Gippsland.




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Flooding rains, infant milk demand from China buoy South Gippsland dairy industry

While many dairy farmers in northern Victoria are downsizing and selling up due to drought and the cost of water, in South Gippsland they are investing in their businesses.




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Half of Gippsland is battling drought while the other half is dealing with landslides

Rain has been so heavy in parts of Gippsland that it has caused landslides, severely limiting some residents' mobility. Meanwhile, the other half of the region continues to battle through the drought.





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Victorian hospitals across Gippsland, Geelong and Warrnambool hit by ransomware attack

The Victorian Government investigates the scale of a ransomware attack by "sophisticated cyber criminals" on some of the state's major regional hospitals that has forced healthcare providers to go offline.





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Victoria announces drought support for East and Central Gippsland, Millewa communities

Farmers struggling in the driest parts of Victoria will have access to an extra $31m in relief funds, days after the Federal Government announced an extension in drought support.




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Victoria bans commercial fishing on Gippsland Lakes, prioritising recreational fishing

The Victorian Government has passed legislation to phase out the 10 remaining commercial fishing licences in the Gippsland Lakes over the next two years.






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Samantha Fraser's former husband Adrian Basham to face trial over her alleged murder on Phillip Island

Adrian Basham has been committed to stand trial over the death of his wife and mother of their three children, Samantha Fraser, found dead in her Phillip Island garage.





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The three brothers who brought the glitz and glamour of cinema to Gippsland

Many towns are home to unutilised but grand former theatre buildings, once hives of activity that helped people forget their cares with the help of ice-cream in paper cups and green lemonade.




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New research uses different wavelengths of light to 3D print with multiple materials

Although 3D printing is being used for a variety of applications in healthcare, biomedical engineering and manufacturing, it is still pretty limited



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MIT uses 3D printing to build 'origami' robot gripper that grasps objects 120 times its weight

A group of researchers from the Harvard University Wyss Institute and the Massachusets Institute of Technology Computer Science Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, or MIT CSAIL have developed a robot gripper that uses a 3D printed origami structure to lift up to 100 times its own weight.



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Allegations of treachery and collusion have dominated Parliament, as the Government's citizenship crisis deepens

Allegations of treachery and collusion have dominated Question Time in Parliament, as the Government's citizenship crisis deepens. Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce revealed yesterday he was a dual New Zealand citizen, but is arguing he should retain his ministerial duties and vote, while the High Court makes a ruling. Mr Joyce's citizenship status emerged in the same week a New Zealand Labour MP asked about the issue, and the Government is now accusing the Opposition of trying to use a foreign parliament to bring down the Government.



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Philip Ruddock returns to politics to run for Mayor of Hornsby

A dumped Liberal party mayor has opened up on the faction bosses he believes are wrecking the Liberals. Steve Russell was Mayor of Hornsby Council in northern Sydney for four and a half years and was expecting to stay on as Mayor after elections next month. But he'd fallen out with powerbrokers in the party who engineered the recently announced decision to abandon merging smaller councils into bigger, more cost-efficient operations. It appears his successor, the former Federal MP Philip Ruddock, knew Mr Russell's fate before the party wielded the knife.




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Prime Minister seeks to shift focus from citizenship dramas to Australia Day

As Labor continues to hammer the Turnbull Government over its deepening dual-citizenship drama, the Prime Minister has sought to shift the focus to a local council in Melbourne. Malcolm Turnbull has described Yarra Council's move to change the date of Australia Day celebrations as deeply disappointing and an attack on Australia Day. And the Government has announced the Melbourne local authority will be stripped of its power to hold any citizenship ceremonies as a result.






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From backbencher to cabinet minister: Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie wins the party's deputy leadership ballot







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Queensland bull breeders to buy NT's Epenarra Station from Filipino owner for $14 million

David and Suzanne Bassingthwaighte have struck a deal to buy the NT's Epenarra Station, owned by a Filipino businessman.




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Young Pipalyatjara residents show off their new clothes, thanks to Threaded Together, ahead of the 2017 fashion show



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Grape company's gripe with NT Government over water allocation

One of Australia's biggest table grape companies is threatening to rip up vines and scrap its million-dollar plan to expand in the Northern Territory.





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Top End cattle property Tipperary Station plants lemons as it diversifies into citrus, cotton

The Northern Territory's citrus industry takes a leap forward, with thousands of lemon trees planted on iconic cattle property Tipperary Station.




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South Gippsland hailstorm blankets beaches as wet weather sweeps across Victoria

A hailstorm blankets Gippsland beaches in white as a cold front sweeps across Victoria, downing trees and causing flash flooding as it dumps 50 millimetres of rain west of Melbourne.




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Smoking ceremony marks the signing of the Taungurung Country community energy partnership




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On Country renewable energy partnership gets green light

A three-way renewable energy partnership bringing together the traditional land owners, community, and government will deliver a sustainable income and clean energy.



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Family tragedy prompts Aussie volunteers to teach swimming skills in Philippines

A group of volunteers from Melbourne and Wodonga are back home after spending a week in the Philippines teaching children how to swim. They say the trip will save lives.






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Darcy McNamara and Phillip Dunn plead not guilty over Wangaratta murder of Nathan Day

Two men have been ordered to stand trial over the murder of Wangaratta man Nathan Day, with a Victorian court hearing evidence from dozens of witnesses during a week-long committal hearing.




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Gippsland couple Guy and Susan Beesley found after days missing in Victoria's High Country

A Gippsland couple missing in Victoria's High Country since Monday has been found safe and well.




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Darwin's laksa queen threatens council with wooden spoon over damaged median strip

Wielding an oversized wooden spoon, this popular Darwin laksa restaurateur, prepared for battle over a median strip, has taken to social media with a comical protest video.





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Rodeo offers riders at Aboriginal-run clinic a glimpse at path from hardship

The life story of a former world champion bull rider resonates with participants of an Aboriginal-run initiative that is using rodeo to improve lives in the Kimberley.





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Bus company facing multiple charges over worker's death in Humpty Doo

The Northern Territory's largest bus operator is facing a litany of charges over the death of a worker who died after falling into the path of her own tour bus.



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Strong winds flip cars competing in the World Solar Challenge

A solar car competing in the World Solar Challenge has rolled over on the Stuart Highway, just north of Coober Pedy in South Australia. The driver has been released from hospital.