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One of the apostles on the Great Ocean Road
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A new unit at the Port Augusta Prison will provide accommodation for an extra 90 prisoners.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, states-and-territories, port-augusta-5700
Fairfax Media says it is considering a proposal to turn The Recorder newspaper into a weekly edition.
Topics: print-media, port-pirie-5540
A group of South Korean activists have defied threats of 'merciless retaliation' from North Korea by launching tens of thousands of balloons carrying propaganda leaflets across the border.
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An environmental assessment has given the catchment below Wivenhoe Dam in south-east Queensland its worst grade since monitoring began in 2000.
Topics: water, water-management, water-supply, rivers, public-sector, wivenhoe-hill-4311, brisbane-4000, cape-moreton-4025, southport-4215
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An American man has been charged for smuggling a nearly complete Tyrannosaurus skeleton and other fossils from Mongolia into the US
Topics: dinosaurs, law-crime-and-justice, mongolia, asia, united-states
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Conservators at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra are themselves being put on display.
Topics: library-museum-and-gallery, act, canberra-2600
An American man has been charged for smuggling a nearly complete Tyrannosaurus skeleton and other fossils from Mongolia into the United States.
The Proserpine Sugar Mill in north Queensland.
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A new report has found systemic problems involving the piloting of ships through Great Barrier Reef waters and the Torres Strait.
Topics: great-barrier-reef, sea-transport, regulation, federal---state-issues, cairns-4870, townsville-4810, rockhampton-4700, mackay-4740, gladstone-4680, torres-strait-islands
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Television cameras have been banned from Queensland Parliament for the second time this year.
Topics: state-parliament, television-broadcasting, journalism, brisbane-4000
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Paedophile Dennis McKenna has pleaded guilty to 30 further charges of abusing children while he was the warden at a WA country hostel.
Topics: sexual-offences, courts-and-trials, katanning-6317, perth-6000
The Northern Land Council has confirmed an internal investigation is being conducted into its operations, including ownership of development corporations.
Topics: indigenous-policy, federal-government, federal---state-issues, darwin-0800
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Water bombers are helping fight the fire burning in the Crows Nest National Park north of Toowoomba.
Mayor Ray Brown says it will mean gas and mining companies contribute more to infrastructure and communities. He's talking to Neroli Roocke.
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In this week's episode of the Arts Quarter, Anne Maria Nicholson speaks to Bell Shakespeare's founder John Bell about its future, looks at Opera Australia's new production of Salome and the unpredictable art of Victor Gordon.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, australia
Indigenous elders sharing their knowledge of fire management in the Northern Territory
Listen to what agribusiness consultant, Peter Whip and grazier, John Hardie from Muttaburra have to say about new regulations which allow them to thin gidgee
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New regulation allows farmers to do a simple tree count to see if they can legally knock some down.
Topics: pest-management, forestry, land-management, muttaburra-4732, longreach-4730
Federal MP Craig Thomson addresses the media after NSW Police raided his central coast home this morning.
Topics: government-and-politics, police, federal-government, australia
An education staff advocate says the New South Wales Government has broken a promise to support education in the south east.
Topics: government-and-politics, access-to-education, cooma-2630, bega-2550
MLA chief economist Tim McRae says the EYCI is falling due to a dry season
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Mayor Ken Rollond says pipes put along the side of Glenelg jetty were an eyesore and something needed to be done by the SA Government to make the view more attractive in the tourist precinct. More on the story here
Topics: environmental-impact, local-government, oceans-and-reefs, states-and-territories, glenelg-5045, sa, adelaide-5000