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Veteran Robert Milton uses art as therapy




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Doctor Christopher Kwan Chen Lee, who said some women deserve to be raped, suspended indefinitely

A Melbourne doctor is banned from practising after sparking outrage with online chat room posts, including one that said "some women deserve to be raped" and another that said his marriage "would end in murder" if it fell apart.




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Steelvision Morwell's $400,000 grant just months from collapse has Opposition calling for answers

The Victorian Opposition says the Government needs to release reports into how Steelvision got a grant to set up in the Latrobe Valley months before it went into administration, leaving millions in debt.




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Krystal De Napoli says descriptions of variable stars date back thousands of years in Indigenous oral history



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Island holiday destinations in all shapes and sizes that don't require your passport

With more than 8,200 islands sprawled around Australia, there's a good chance you can't name them all so we've listed some of them to inspire your next getaway.





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Kangaroo pet food culling program to remain in Victoria, but red tape has farmers concerned

Victoria finally has a permanent kangaroo pet food program, but farmers are concerned red tape will result in carcasses left to rot in paddocks.




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Samantha Fraser escaped religious cult before alleged murder by former husband, court told

A Victorian court is told Samantha Fraser, who was allegedly murdered by her husband at Phillip Island last year, was disowned by her extended family when she left their religious cult.




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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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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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Shapeways and EOS partner to venture into orthosis and prosthesis market

New York-based 3D printing marketplace Shapeways is partnering with Industrial 3D printing specialist EOS to offer and supply market-ready orthosis and prosthesis to designers and businesses.



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Thyssenkrupp to launch Additive Manufacturing TechCenter Hub in Singapore

German conglomerate thyssenkrupp will build an Additive Manufacturing TechCenter Hub in Singapore in 2019.



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Watch Yngwie Malmsteen try to break the world's first 3D printed, smash-proof guitar

Swedish metal giant Sandvik has unveiled what was described as “the world’s first smash-proof 3D printed guitar.”




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Local council scraps Australia Day

A local government council in Melbourne's inner northeast has voted to stop recognising January 26 as Australia Day. Yarra City Council has also decided to scrap citizenship ceremonies on the date, despite threats from the Federal Government that politicising such ceremonies is a breach of federal law. The move has angered some locals but Indigenous groups say Yarra City Council had an obligation to act.




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Treasure Trove: 1950s autograph book






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WWII Japanese 'otherworldly' jika-tabi boots on display at Australian War Memorial

Australian soldiers in WWII were mystified by the strange footwear of their Japanese enemies, but they also gave them a competitive advantage.





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Toyota Dreaming: How two dot paintings were swapped for a government 4WD

Dot paintings swapped for a government four-wheel drive in 1986 are now prized in a Canberra collection.





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Rare 1663 map of Australia by Joan Blaeu painstakingly restored to former glory

A priceless 17th-century map of Australia is back on display after being painstakingly restored.




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Big In Japan with David Elliot-Jones

As an experiment, David Elliot-Jones went to Japan to make it big. A documentary crew followed him. This is his story.



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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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Z Special Unit 'silk' map used in Borneo during WWII on display at Australian War Memorial

A "silk" map used by WWII Australian commandos in Borneo is on display at the Australian War Memorial.




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Treasure Trove: Z Special Unit's Borneo map




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Giant photographic panels on show for first time to celebrate Parliament House's 30th birthday

Nine photographic panels, so large that they've never been displayed in public until now, depict the construction of Parliament House in Canberra 30 years ago.



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National Archives to display Apollo II moon rocks on 50th anniversary of moon landing

Fragments of moon rock and an Australian flag sent into space will go on public display next year to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the lunar landing.




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'Everyone's on tenterhooks waiting to see what happens' as bushfires surround Geeveston, Tasmania

Temperatures in parts of NSW are expected to exceed 40 degrees including the outskirts of Sydney.




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Clive Palmer paid $1 for Queensland Nickel before its collapse, liquidator tells court

Clive Palmer paid just $1 for his Queensland Nickel business seven years before it collapsed over fatal cashflow problems, a liquidator tells a court in Brisbane.




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Clive Palmer settles majority of $200 million lawsuit over Queensland Nickel's collapse

Resources magnate Clive Palmer settles the majority of the $200 million lawsuit over the collapse of Queensland Nickel, including striking a deal with government-funded liquidators chasing millions in unpaid entitlements for refinery workers.




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Policeman appears to hit Indigenous woman in Charters Towers in video posted on social media

The Queensland Ethical Standards Command will review an incident after a "disturbing" video emerged showing a police officer appearing to strike a woman several times in the face.




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Indigenous dance captured by French portrait photographer Charles Frger

The ancient rituals of some of the more mysterious aspects of Indigenous dance are off-limits to most Australians, but Frenchman Charles Frger has been invited to capture them in a new light.







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Townsville aged care residents benefit from horse-sized animal therapy

You might expect to see wheelchairs and walking frames in the corridors of an aged care facility, but you might not expect to see a 850-kilogram horse.





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Marine science mecca in north Queensland facing brain drain as young people leave for capital cities

The departure of some of north Queensland's best and brightest students is worrying the region's leaders and prompting them to devise a retention solution.




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Case dropped against man accused of attempting to kidnap 6yo at caravan park

The case against Queensland man Ronald John Toft, who was accused of trying to kidnap a six-year-old girl at an Adelaide caravan park earlier this year, is dropped.





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Barramundi farming closing the taste gap over its wild-caught cousins, says award-winning producer

An award-winning barramundi farmer says the product can be the equal of wild-catch with careful water management, smashing the stigma around freshwater fish.




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Kerbside trash and treasure transformed into art by Magnetic Island photographer

When Magnetic Island resident George Hirst saw piles of household items left on the side of the kerb for collection, he believed they were telling a story. So he turned it into art.