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New battery crackdown after 50 blazes this year

New battery crackdown after 50 blazes this year

E-bikes and e-scooters will have to meet new battery standards in coming months in one state, after a spate of difficult-to-contain fires.

Cottoning on to how sustainability is helping growers

Cottoning on to how sustainability is helping growers

Cottoning on to how sustainability is helping growers

Cottoning on to how sustainability is helping growers

Cotton growers have been told they must continue to cultivate sustainable cropping systems to ensure success, at their annual conference on the Gold Coast.

Ezidi refugees mark decade of surviving ISIS massacres

Ezidi refugees mark decade of surviving ISIS massacres

Ezidi refugees mark decade of surviving ISIS massacres

Ezidi refugees mark decade of surviving ISIS massacres

Hundreds of Ezidi refugees have gathered in regional NSW towns to commemorate 10 years since surviving terrorist group ISIS killing men and enslaving women.

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Warnings of reef at risk with centuries-first heating

Warnings of reef at risk with centuries-first heating

Governments have welcomed the UN not listing the Great Barrier Reef as in danger, but new research shows water temperatures are at dangerously high levels.

Submarine workers walk off docks over pay dispute

Submarine workers walk off docks over pay dispute

Maintenance work has halted on navy submarines after workers walked off the job amid a pay dispute with their employer ASC.

Scientists despair as farmers clear nature hot spot

Scientists despair as farmers clear nature hot spot

Scientists say one of Australia's most valuable biodiversity hot spots is in danger of death by a thousand cuts as pastoralists clear the landscape unchecked.

Night vision tech causes pilot fatigue, inquiry told

Night vision tech causes pilot fatigue, inquiry told

A probe into an ill-fated MRH-90 Taipan helicopter crash has been told night vision helmets the pilots were wearing were known to cause fatigue.

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Dogged policing finds $600k of unreleased Bluey coins

Dogged policing finds $600k of unreleased Bluey coins

Dogged policing finds $600k of unreleased Bluey coins

Dogged policing finds $600k of unreleased Bluey coins

Strike Force Bandit investigators have got their man, arresting a 47-year-old accused of pinching $600,000 worth of collector's item Bluey coins.

Teacher released, suspended after alleged student sex

A 30-year-old teacher has been granted bail after detectives investigating reports she allegedly had sex with a student arrested her at a Sydney school.

Fight against 'disgraceful' accessible housing standard

Living in a home built with accessibility in mind is a dream Julie Charlton and others with disabilities like her want to be made a national reality.

Museum faces fine after child burnt by plasma globe

Museum faces fine after child burnt by plasma globe

Museum faces fine after child burnt by plasma globe

Museum faces fine after child burnt by plasma globe

A science museum has been charged over an incident in which a child was allegedly burned when touching a plasma globe after using hand sanitiser.

Digital parking fines soar as wheels turn to curb rise

Digital parking fines soar as wheels turn to curb rise

Digital parking fines soar as wheels turn to curb rise

Digital parking fines soar as wheels turn to curb rise

Ticketless parking fines, criticised for being less fair to motorists, have raised more than $150 million in the past year in NSW as government urges changes.

Detention centre staff suspended over abuse claims

Detention centre staff suspended over abuse claims

Detention centre staff suspended over abuse claims

Detention centre staff suspended over abuse claims

Seventeen workers at Tasmania's troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre have been suspended over historical child sex abuse allegations.

Laws 'powerless' as Aussie animals deemed endangered

Laws 'powerless' as Aussie animals deemed endangered

Laws 'powerless' as Aussie animals deemed endangered

Laws 'powerless' as Aussie animals deemed endangered

Eight Australian animals and five plants have been added to the threatened species list due to threat from habitat destruction or degradation.

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Refugee men in Australia suffer high depression rates

Refugee men are at greater odds of depression and psychological strain from the experiences they have endured than with other Australian men, a study has found.

Cracking coffee code may lead to new Australian brew

A team of international scientists including an Australian professor has cracked the genomic sequencing of Arabica coffee, which could lead to a new brew.

'Horrified': homeless man's recovery from the streets

Perth man Jaron Green lived at a homeless shelter for three years, but now works at that same organisation after his "miraculous" recovery.

Disabled employees struggle to find workplace wellness

The workplace is often not a safe place for Australians living with a disability, who say they are being ignored and excluded from social gatherings.

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Heatwave, cyclones cast doubt on reef coral recovery

Coral cover was up across the Great Barrier Reef before the treasured ecosystem suffered a devastating marine heatwave and two cyclones, scientists say.

Formal complaint over Dutton's alleged Islamophobia

An anti-Islamophobia group has lodged a religious vilification complaint against Peter Dutton, alleging he called Muslim political candidates a "disaster".

Teen charged by terror cops over university stabbing

A 14-year-old boy accused of stabbing a man at Sydney University has been formally charged by counter-terrorism police.

Doctor saved wife before fatal crocodile attack

A doctor and father of three's final heroic act was to save his wife from being attacked by the crocodile that took his life.

'Inhumane' jail cells breach UN rules, report finds

Inhumane conditions inside Tasmanian prison "dry cells" have been uncovered by a report which found some inmates were unable to call for help.

Childcare's staff crisis revealed in new survey figures

More than 60 per cent of early childhood educators plan to leave the sector within three years as mounting staff turnover continues to plague the industry.

Deforestation harms climate less than other degradation

Deforestation alone accounts for a only fraction of climate damage being done to the Amazon's ecosystem, a new study has found.

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