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Is new streamer Quibi any good?

This week on DTS, why 5G towers around the world are being torched. Plus, we'll put Quibi under the microscope and look at just how secure your Zoom meeting really is. Guests: Rae Johnston, Science and Technology Editor, NITV @raejohnston + Angharad Yeo, ABC television presenter, video game critic, technology journalist and entertainer @angharadyeo





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AI and moral intuition: use it or lose it?

Artificial intelligence is helping us to make all sorts of decisions these days, and this can be hugely useful. But if we outsource our moral intuition to AI, do we risk becoming morally de-skilled?




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Ian Blayney quits WA Liberal Party as Member for Geraldton, looks to join Nationals

Member for Geraldton Ian Blayney quits the Liberal Party and will sit as an independent while his application to join the Nationals is being considered.




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Blue Tree Project tackles mental health and suicide in regional Australia

Jayden Whyte tried to get help twice on the day he died. Now he is being remembered through a striking grassroots project that could help others before it's too late.




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This home was built by the Ryder Cheshire Foundation in Mount Gambier



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  • southeastsa
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  • Australia:SA:Mount Gambier 5290
  • Australia:SA:Mount Gambier East 5291
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NDIS delays leave disabled clients waiting as purpose-built home sits empty for eight months

A purpose-built home for people with a disability in Mount Gambier has sat vacant for eight months despite having clients ready to move in.



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Warwick East State School building engulfed by fire

Firefighters extinguish a blaze at Warwick East State School on Queensland's Southern Downs, one of the oldest schools in the state with a building that dates back to the 1850s.




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How Australia's largest swimming pool was built on a natural mineral spring at Helidon

For a time in the 1960s, a natural spring at the foot of the Great Dividing Range was home to Australia's largest swimming pool and legendary "mini-Woodstock" rock concerts.




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Widow calls for suicide prevention services in regional cities after husband's death

Beth McEwan's world was shattered when her husband Grant took his own life last year. She says he fell through the cracks of the mental health system in their regional city and is calling for services to bridge the gap between hospital and home.




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Couple builds rain-mimicking sprinklers for garden

Using his experience as a scientist, Toowoomba gardener Peter Williamson and his horticulturalist wife Charmaine have developed a sprinkler system that simulates rain.




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Commonwealth Games: Matilda enjoys the quiet life after shining in spotlight as 1982 mascot

Like anyone at the end of their working life, when Matilda the Commonwealth Games mascot retired she had one thing in mind travel. Curious Brisbane tracks her adventures these past 36 years, and reveals where she can be found today.




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Alleged violent carjacker charged after 200km Bruce Highway pursuit

A 23-year-old Wide Bay man is charged with dozens of offences, after allegedly leading police on a 200-kilometre pursuit, carjacking several people, and stabbing a woman earlier this month.




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Farm rejects tradition and sets restaurant trends by growing unusual vegetables that suit the climate

Australians' growing appetite for exotic plant-based foods boosts business for a no-till regenerative farm that's setting trends in some of south-east Queensland's fanciest restaurants.




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Former deputy principal guilty of charges of indecent treatment of a child

Former deputy principal Kenneth Ralph Ernst is found guilty of multiple counts of indecent assault of a teenage girl in the 1990s by a Queensland court.




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Two helicopters collecting water for extinguishing the fires



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  • sunshine
  • Disasters and Accidents:Fires:Bushfire
  • Australia:QLD:Peregian Beach 4573

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Social equity and COVID-19

While the death and disease threats from COVID 19 during the pandemic period are huge, the devastation to the global and local economies are also enormous and there's plenty of research to inform what the effects will be on health, wellbeing and life expectancy.




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Shearing the old-fashioned way, sharing stories sparks conversation about mental health and suicide

A group of shearers tired of losing loved ones to suicide hope that, by sharing their stories, they can spark a broader conversation about mental health in regional areas.




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Foster care groups on a mission to recruit Indigenous carers in remote NSW

Indigenous children are about 10 times more likely to be in foster care than non-Indigenous children, so how can they stay connected to culture and country?



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  • Community and Society:Family and Children:All
  • Community and Society:Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander):All
  • Community and Society:Welfare:All
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Public to get say on fracking guidelines

The public will soon have an opportunity to comment on new guidelines being developed for companies who want to use fracking to access gas deposits in Western Australia.




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Indigenous over-represented in suicide rates: Mental Health Commissioner

The outgoing Mental Health Commissioner says the state's Indigenous population is over-represented in the suicide rate.




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Backyard farmer: problematic passionfruit

The passionfruit vine is a typical grievance for those with a green thumb, a temperamental plant that just won't do what it's told.




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'Fracking' inquiry begins first round of public hearings

The chairman of Australia's first parliamentary inquiry into 'fracking' says the investigation is entering a significant new chapter.




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Police raid uncovers Taser disguised as torch

Police have seized a Taser, disguised as a torch, and drugs during a raid of an Albany house.




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Recreational boating fishers to be quizzed

The Department of Fisheries says as part of its second recreational fishing survey, it has begun interviewing recreational boat fishers.




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Collingwood's Marley Williams found guilty of grievous bodily harm over one-punch Albury attack

Collingwood footballer Marley Williams has been found guilty of grievous bodily harm over a one-punch attack in Albany.





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Man pleads guilty to numerous charges of indecently recording step-daughter

A Denmark man has pleaded guilty to more than 50 charges relating to filming, or attempting to film, his teenage step-daughter.




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Inquiry announced to improve the Patient Assisted Travel Scheme

A parliamentary committee tasked with reviewing the Patient Assisted Travel Scheme wants to hear your experiences with the initiative.




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Inquiry launched into Patient Assisted Travel Scheme

The Member for Moore, Shane Love, is hoping a parliamentary inquiry will address issues with a scheme which helps regional people travel to get medical treatment.




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Curious Central West in 2017: Investigating the confronting to the quirky

In 2017, Curious Central West travelled far and wide to investigate stories that were complex and confronting, while others were cute and quirky.





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Norfolk Island residents divided on Government's $4 million bid to attract cruise ships

The Federal Government has handed Norfolk Island a lifeline to save its tourism industry, but locals have railed against their offering saying it could turn tourists away.



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  • Economics and Finance:All:All
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  • Economics and Finance:Industry:All
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  • Economics and Finance:Industry:Sea Transport
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  • Economics and Finance:Industry:Tourism
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  • Australia:NSW:Norfolk Island 2899

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Bourke building strong future from elders' legacy through Spirit Project

Award-winning journalist Allan Clarke returns to his home town with his storytelling skills to help local youth capture the stories of their elders.




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Living in a dying town: The outback community that refuses to quit

At the end of the bitumen road and surrounded by parched grazing land, Ivanhoe, like many outback towns, is fighting for survival.




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'Emu plucker' avoids jail time after guilty plea to animal cruelty in viral social media video

A Dubbo man is handed a community correction order and community service after pleading guilty to animal cruelty following his appearance in a video of an emu being plucked.




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If you build it, they will come: Historic day for women's cricket at T20 World Cup final

From small crowds and no coverage to filling the biggest stadium in Australia — the speed of the change in women's cricket defies belief, writes Geoff Lemon.




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Surf rage attacker found guilty of assault at Lennox Head

A man who held a champion female surfer under the water until she went limp has been found guilty of assault.





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Teen girl 'humiliated' after errant police strip search at Splendour in the Grass, inquiry told

A 16-year-old girl tells an inquiry she can no longer trust police after she was subjected to a strip search at the Splendour in the Grass music festival when a sniffer dog falsely detected drugs on her.




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Anzac biscuit expert Pam Wright has you covered, especially 'if the Queen happens to come'

For Country Women's Association secretary and cookery judge Pam Wright, whose uncle died a POW and whose father succumbed to his war injuries, Anzac biscuits mean more than just a delicious treat.



  • Food and Cooking
  • Community and Society
  • Unrest
  • Conflict and War
  • World War 2
  • World War 1
  • ANZAC Day

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The Peregian firestorm took her home, now it's time for 90yo Pam to rebuild

The only person to lose a home when bushfires swept through a Sunshine Coast beachside suburb last year is finally seeing it rebuilt.



  • Fires
  • Disasters and Accidents

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Chinese-backed mining company CuDeco goes into liquidation owing $60 million

The former workers of a north-west Queensland mine, who have been waiting for their wages for more than six months, see a reprieve with the company put into liquidation.




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'Magpies and quazzie': The quirky coping strategy Aussies are using to survive coronavirus

Words like 'iso' and 'sanny' are slipping into every day vocabulary, as COVID-19 slang goes viral like, well, "the 'rona'. Experts say its creating a sense of community.




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'It was quicker getting off the Ruby Princess than getting out of Aldi', passengers say

As the Special Commission of Inquiry into the Ruby Princess continues, a Sunshine Coast couple describe their final day aboard.



  • Epidemics and Pandemics
  • COVID-19
  • Health
  • Travel and Tourism
  • Travel Health and Safety

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Renewable gas plant to be built on the Western Downs

Hundreds of thousands of "coffee table"-sized units will help power a renewable gas plant being built on the Western Downs.




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Breast milk bank issues call-out to build reserve for emergencies

Mother's Milk Bank is hoping four mothers in every 100 can donate breast milk to help build a reserve for emergency events like fire, drought, floods, and now a global pandemic.




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John Barilaro could quit as NSW Deputy Premier, run for federal seat

NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro may be on the verge of announcing a switch to federal politics, in an audacious bid that would diminish Labor's parliamentary numbers and put Nationals leader Michael McCormack on notice.



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  • Federal - State Issues
  • Elections

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'Like a nice warm hug': Crafters around the world stitch beautiful quilts for bushfire victims

As bushfire victims work to rebuild their lives after the devastating Australian summer, a group of quilters is stitching together beautiful handmade squares from around the world to offer a gift that is like a "nice warm hug".