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'Ludicrous': How a confluence of factors created a once-in-a-lifetime aurora
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Weather
Four suspected asylum seekers intercepted off WA coast
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Federal Government
Plane makes emergency landing in Newcastle with three onboard after landing gear fails
Source: ABC NewcastleTopic: Air and Space Accidents and Incidents
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Laser Clinics is caught in a PR crisis, and the bad publicity is spreading like wildfire
When franchising works, it works well — but when it doesn't, it can be devastating. Laser Clinics is shaping up to be another case study in what happens when things go wrong.
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Business, Economics and Finance
Arlo can't leave hospital, but new cameras let his family monitor his every move
The introduction of livestreaming cameras mean Arlo's family has 24/7 access to his cot, and medical staff say the impact has been 'life-changing'.
Source: ABC North QldTopic: Infant Health
What cost-of-living relief are you hoping for in this year's budget? Tell us
The federal government will hand down their third budget on May 14 and we want to know what's going to make a difference for you.
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Budget
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Focus on women
Ewe beauty: Trailblazing Jeanine Kimm shears her way to an Australian record
The 31-year-old NSW shearer has set the first Australian women's merino shearing record for the most ewes shorn in an eight-hour period.
Source: ABC RuralTopic: Wool
Women touching hearts and raising Pride awareness through nearly 200 'random acts of crochet kindness'
Tasha Eimer struggled to find her place as a lesbian woman. In a bid to promote inclusion and acceptance she's leading a project to fill her town with rainbow hearts for Pride Month.
Source: ABC Mid North CoastTopic: LGBT
'One of the poorest decisions': Mayor slams own council after it rejects social housing for vulnerable older women
The rejection of a major social housing project that would have provided dozens of apartments for vulnerable women over the age of 50 is "one of the poorest decisions" Hobart City Council has made, its mayor says.
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Local Government
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