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Australia's soaring rental market has some people looking for creative solutions to avoid falling through the cracks ab.co/3wUKnAn (via )
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A literary professor gets metaphysical with a genie in George Miller's Three Thousand Years of Longing — a romantic fantasy about the power of storytelling and myth-making ab.co/3TERnLl (via )
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Nearly 40 years after the discovery of the Titanic shipwreck, high-resolution video reveals new details about the famed ship and its slow decay ab.co/3ALTmoq (via )
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Maybe you worked in the family business or got a job at the local shop. What was your first job and what lessons did you learn from it? ab.co/3CS0qm0 (Life Matters via )
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As wage growth remains stubbornly low, more Australians than ever are running a small business alongside their full-time job to increase their income. ab.co/3R9ln0n (via )
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Spring has arrived and the BOM's winter data is in. The results suggest some of us might be getting a bit soft, though yearly rainfall records still look likely to tumble in some areas. ab.co/3q6OjtK (via )
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Double J's Dan Condon mines the lesser-known gold from the catalogue of one of Australia's most cherished rock bands. ab.co/3B5awyA (via )
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Like many Australian workers, teacher Katie Magriplis is actively looking to completely change careers. Helping workers like her upskill is a key ask at today's job summit. ab.co/3B4PsIU (via )
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The James Webb space telescope has revealed dazzling new detail of a slice of the cosmos 32 million light-years away ab.co/3R8qv4A (via )
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Your spy skills could soon be put to the test by a new 50-cent coin covered in secret, coded messages ab.co/3wK8kKo (via )
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Australia's housing market decline spreads across all capital cities and most regional areas, with national prices falling by the most in any month since 1983. ab.co/3wK1N2k (via )
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Disarming honesty is Jacklin’s speciality. And her frank lyrics and singing are as beautiful and impactful as ever as she casually catalogues the kind of confessions most of us would feel too shy expressing, writes Al Newstead. ab.co/3KFG15F (via )
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The Bureau of Meteorology is on alert for yet another La Niña season. Get up to speed on what it means. ab.co/3cyTsHS (via )
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The head of the Australian Retailers Association wants kids aged 13 to 15 to be allowed to work as a means of easing labour shortages. But are they really ready for the workforce? ab.co/3Rl73RP (RN Breakfast via )
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'I am often asked, would I have started it all again if I had to repeat it? Yes, indeed. And with more persistence and determination,' said Gorbachev in 1992.
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Across most of Australia it's a criminal offence to identify someone under the Public Guardian or Trustee, but the Queensland government is under pressure to change that. ab.co/3AzWvHR (via )
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With Australia's rising cost of living, living with your parents is no longer a sign that something has gone wrong, with hundreds of thousands of Australian adults yet to move out. ab.co/3RhqzPl (via )
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A long-term study surveying nearly half a million adults finds a lower risk of death among those who drink tea — regardless of how they like it. ab.co/3pWWpFw (via )
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Only 10 per cent of male magpies swoop, but it's an unforgettable experience — for both human and bird. (via )
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After 18 months as an apprentice, Zac gave it up because he could not afford to live on a wage of $17 an hour. (via )
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Emily Townsend very publicly quit her job at News Corp over its bushfire and climate change reporting. She thought she was burning her bridges. Then the messages arrived. ab.co/3Aw5mdM (via )
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NASA's long-awaited return to the Moon is set to come one step closer with the launch of the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built. (via )
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Back Roads heads to King Island Tasmania, a place famous for cheese, seafood and treacherous seas. This is shipwreck territory, but despite the roaring winds, the locals regard their island as a calm and safe haven.
Watch tonight at 8pm on and iview.
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Novice investors were convinced to place their hard-earned money in Greywolf, assured of life-changing riches. Instead they became part of a trail of financial destruction. (via )
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The method we choose to brew our coffee can be cultural, social or practical. But how much do they really impact what's in your cup? And is there a healthier way to grab your coffee hit? ab.co/3RirGhK (via )
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Severe conditions have revealed some incredible hidden treasures and pieces of history — from a World War II bomb to fossilised dinosaur tracks. ab.co/3Cy9f4t (via )
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Rising out of the Scottish city of Grangemouth in the early 80s, Cocteau Twins were the blueprint for shoegaze and dream pop bands in the 80s and 90s. ab.co/3ctnpJl (via )
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Can we actually work from anywhere with an internet connection? We interviewed workers who left the city but held onto their jobs to see how they fared. One year on, some had no regrets. Others moved back. ab.co/3e3RWy9 (via The Conversation on
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Insisting that it's 'nothing spectacular', Catherina van der Linden is celebrating her 110th birthday today. Her milestone birthday makes her among the oldest living Australians ab.co/3AQ2cCS (via )
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At the start of the pandemic, Australia saw a puppy-buying frenzy. Has the pandemic strengthened or worsened relationships between owners and their pets? #InternationalDogDay (via )
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Figures show international tourist arrivals are less than half what they were pre-COVID, as backpackers continue to stay away. ab.co/3pKRsiR (via )
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A severe drought has exposed 113-million-year-old dinosaur tracks on a riverbed in Texas ab.co/3Ki10eK (via )
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Many of us enjoy a drink at the end of a stressful day. But for some, this is less of a discretionary treat and more of a nightly must-have ab.co/3pITMa7 (The Conversation via )
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Audio of a black hole has gone viral — here's how NASA created it (and what else we can 'hear' in space). (via )
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With scorpion venom reportedly fetching huge dollars, some 'farmers' are rushing to cash in. But what’s it being used for, and does the science stack up? (via )
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Australians raided almost $1.6 billion from their own superannuation accounts to pay for treatments including dental, IVF and elective surgery in the past three years, almost 20 times more than a decade ago. ab.co/3R8mInD (via )
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