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From air sickness to a national championship the dizzying highs of stunt flying

High speeds, low altitudes, and "crazy" games of chicken meet two of Australia's most elite pilots, including the first woman to become the national aerobatics champion in more than 20 years.



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Make-up classes held for teenage girls as they feel pressure of social media, beauty bloggers

Make-up course organiser Larissa Jones says parents can't ignore the pressure their children feel to wear make-up and it is better to coach them and let them talk about their insecurities.




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Nuclear waste site selection process triggers mental health concerns, business boycotts and division, FOI documents reveal

FOI documents also reveal the Federal Government knows the process is creating division in small towns and causing some businesses to be boycotted.




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Professor Luciana Moller (right) with Professor Luciano Beheregaray from Flinders University



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Dolphin brothers and cousins have better success with the ladies if they hang out together

Male southern bottlenose dolphins in South Australia's Coffin Bay have greater sexual success if they hang out with their brothers and cousins, according to new research.




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Outback WA council keeps hand raised for nuclear waste facility, as legal action halts progress on SA sites

Leonora, a small town in the West Australian Goldfields, is being touted as a suitable location for an underground, low and intermediate-level nuclear waste storage facility.




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Cashless debit card trials are being extended, but are they even working?

The Federal Government pledges to extend cashless debit card trials, designed to curb drug and alcohol abuse, but reports of the card's success are mixed.




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App links food charities to businesses ensuring deliveries to the hungry in remote locations

Charities are turning to technology as they struggle to source enough food to feed a growing number of people going hungry in rural and remote communities.



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Plan to open up SA reservoirs with 'undue haste' could see outbreaks of illness, report warns

A report finds Adelaide's drinking water could be under risk of contamination, leading to outbreaks of gastro, because of the State Government's plan to open up reservoirs to recreational activities.




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CASA has 'no concerns' with Regional Express Airlines plane safety following claims of rust on engine

Regional Express Airlines says a video of what is claimed to be a rusty propeller shaft on one of its planes does not actually show corrosion, with CASA saying it had "no current issues" with the safety of Rex aircraft.




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Message thrown overboard 50 years ago washes up, sparking search for author Paul Gilmore

A decades-old message in a bottle is found by a young boy during a fishing trip with his dad on a remote South Australian beach. Now, the search is on for its author.




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Here's how a Melbourne genealogist found the author of a 50-year-old message in a bottle

It took less than 48 hours for the author of a 50-year-old message in a bottle to be found on the other side of the world, after being discovered on a remote South Australian beach this week.




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Message in a bottle author emails reply to young boy who found it 50 years after he wrote it

The author of a 50-year-old message in a bottle, which was recently found washed up on a remote SA beach, resorts to more modern means to express his delight at the discovery to its finder.




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Beach access wheelchairs finally roll out after gathering dust for two years over insurance hurdle

Beach wheelchairs and special matting are finally out of mothballs after two years, thanks to the Whyalla City Council's decision to cover public liability insurance.



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Olympic swimmer Kyle Chalmers has heart surgery less than a year out from Tokyo games

Olympic gold medallist Kyle Chalmers is cautiously optimistic another round of surgery has fixed an ongoing heart condition "once and for all", with less than a year to go before the 2020 Olympic Games.




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Hizir Ferman may have 'progressively suffocated' to death pinned by prison guards, inquest hears

Violent standover man Hizir Ferman may have "progressively suffocated" to death when Victorian prison officers used their body weight to pin him to the ground after forcibly removing him from his cell, an inquest has been told.




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Hairdresser reopening after 25 years gives the locals of Wedderburn a new style around town

After 25 years without a hairdressing salon the locals of Wedderburn in central Victoria finally open their own community enterprise.




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Homeless man sleeping in skip bin in Kerang accidentally tipped into garbage truck

A homeless man suffers a broken tooth and sore back after falling more than 2 metres when the skip bin he was sleeping in was tipped up and into the back of a garbage truck at Kerang, in northern Victoria.




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Off-the-grid DIY tiny house business wins international sustainability award

A company that teaches do-it-yourself builders to design and construct their own off-the-grid tiny homes is recognised for helping make cities safer, more resilient and sustainable.




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Lawyers experience high rates of anxiety and depression, survey finds

Balancing the scales of justice is an onerous responsibility for legal professionals when the freedom, futures, families, and finances of their clients are on the line.




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Victoria moves to decriminalise public drunkenness on eve of Tanya Day inquest

Victoria moves to decriminalise public drunkenness on the eve of a coronial inquest into the death of Aboriginal woman Tanya Day, who suffered head injuries in a police cell in 2017.




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Tanya Day inquest hears police who arrested her for public drunkenness were 'trying to help'

A police officer who arrested Yorta Yorta woman Tanya Day for being drunk in public tells a coronial inquest police were just trying to help her when she was taken into custody.




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Jeff Horn cops public dressing down from trainer Glenn Rushton after loss to Michael Zerafa

A frustrated trainer, a battered boxer and angry family members while retirement is unlikely, there are huge cracks in Jeff Horn's camp after his loss to Michael Zerafa, writes Corbin Middlemas.




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WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Tanya Day hitting her head in custody




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WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Tanya Day hitting her head in custody




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WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Tanya Day hitting her head in custody




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Driver set to avoid jail over death of professional cyclist Jason Lowndes

A judge indicates a woman who pleaded guilty to dangerous driving over the death of cyclist Jason Lowndes, who was killed when he was struck from behind while on a training run in 2017, is unlikely to go to jail.






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Two-year fight at Esso's Longford gas plant ends with union-backed deal

A protest by Victorian oil and gas workers over pay and conditions at Esso's offshore operations has come to an end more than 700 days after workers first set up a picket line at the company's Longford gas plant.




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Lake Tyers, a popular fishing and camping spot for thousands of years, faces environmental pressures

Bung Yarnda, also known as Lake Tyers, has a rich Indigenous history as a fishing and camping place for Gunai clans in east Victoria. Now a thriving coastal town, the area faces the pressures of population growth.



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Competition for milk fierce as rival dairy processors flag interest in Bega Valley

For the first time, dairy farmers in the Bega Valley could have the opportunity to supply the fresh milk market as Lactalis and Saputo look to secure new suppliers.




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Family of Victor Kostiuk face drunk, drugged driver Jesse Reid, who killed him on charity ride

Jesse Reid reached speeds of up to 200kph before he veered onto the wrong side on the road and crashed into a veteran policeman's motorcycle.




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Drunk, drugged driver Jesse Reid jailed for killing police officer Victor Kostiuk on charity ride

Drunk and high-on-ice driver Jesse Reid is sentenced to 10 years in prison over the 2018 death of policeman Victor Kostiuk, who was taking part in a charity motorbike ride in Victoria.





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Regional hospitals compared with third world as doctors put pressure on NSW Government to call for judicial inquiry

Whistleblower doctors in New South Wales say their pleas for a serious inquiry into regional healthcare by the NSW State Government are being ignored since a damning Four Corners expose last month.




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DTU and TU Delft develop stress adapted orthotropic infill for 3D printing

A team of researchers at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) has developed a new method for generating stress adapted orthotropic infill for 3D printing.



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Digital Artisan, JSR and Castem create 3D printed Formless generative heels

Digital Artisan, a Japanese design lab has teamed up with chemicals company JSR Corporation, , Castem, a manufacturer of precision casting parts, to create “Generative Heel – Formless” high heel shoes using 3D printing technology.



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University of Tasmania's Professor David McNeil says a trial crop of plantago in the Ord has produced some of the best yields in the world.




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WA beekeeper program facing axe despite sweet success for youth unemployment

A successful WA program turning job seekers into beekeepers looks likely to fold when federal funding runs out in 2018.





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Japanese war bride's dress illustrates immigration history at National Museum

The Western-style wedding dress worn by a Japanese war bride in 1956 is on display at the National Museum as part of a wider exhibit about immigration.



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German delicatessen owner Johannes Frerck led Sydney Nazis in 1930s before family's deportation

Johannes Frerck was a friendly man who sold sausages and sauerkraut from his Darlinghurst shop he was also a staunch supporter of Adolf Hitler and branded a spy who threatened Australia's security.




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18th-century portrait of Polynesian princess Tynai-mai on show in Cook and Pacific exhibition

A chalk sketch of the 18th-century Polynesian princess Tynai-mai is on display in the National Library's Cook and the Pacific exhibition.




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Do distressing drought images tell the whole story?