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Telepresence robots to help sick kids across Australia 'attend' school in new pilot project

Fred couldn't go to school for more than a year after being diagnosed with a brain tumour, but that changed with the help of a robot. Now, a charity is working to give more unwell children access to the same technology.

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Indigenous community grows desert garlic north of Alice Springs

A farm north of Alice Springs could help reduce Australia's reliance on imported garlic.

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The Loop: Europe pushes for Moon to get its own time zone, The Weeknd breaks Spotify streaming record, Rafael Nadal pulls out of Indian Wells tournament — as it happened

The news Australia is searching for and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is the Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories as they happened.

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Housing squeeze forces region-to-region migration

Regional Australians are moving further away from capital cities, likely pushed out of some country areas by the housing squeeze and soaring rents, a new

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Morning Mail: voice misinformation warning, solar beats coal, moderate Liberal under threat

A communications expert fears the referendum could be swayed online, rooftop power will soon outstrip coal, and Bridget Archer could face deselection fight

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Scientists urge focus on new tech to ‘remove’ emissions

It's time for Australia to get serious about new technologies that can strip historic greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere, top scientists say.

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Family of rugby league great Arthur Beetson will 'live the dream' when the Redcliffe Dolphins debut in the NRL

The Dolphins' first NRL game against the Sydney Roosters was a "dream" of Australia's first Indigenous captain, the late Arthur Beetson.

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Electric ute arrives in Australia, but how will farmers rate its performance?

The Chinese-made vehicle will cost you almost $93,000 and is being heralded as a step forward, but doubts are being raised about whether it will pass muster in the agricultural sector.

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Push for improved building standards as increased risk of extreme weather events wreaks havoc on Australia's housing stock

Australia has set a goal of building a million new homes in the next decade, but new homes built to the national minimum standard are unlikely to be liveable in the aftermath of extreme weather events.

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Government says opposition leader’s Aukus comments ‘irresponsible’ – as it happened

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Collection of books used by Matthew Flinders during 1801 circumnavigation donated to the National Archives of Australia

The collection, which has been donated to the National Archives of Australia, includes Matthew Flinders' handwritten corrections to Captain James Cook's maps.

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Young families fuel rural renaissance as inland migration boosts regional towns, data shows

Australians are moving further inland and further away from coastal capital cities, creating a rural renaissance in some "unusual" places, internal migration data shows.

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Suspected beach murderer extradited to Australia to face court

The man accused of killing Queenslander Toyah Cordingley on a tropical beach was extradited from India overnight to face court in Australia.

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Australia's most intact Cooyoo australis fossil discovered in Richmond with specimen in its belly

Tourists discover one of the most complete fish fossils in Australia. Here's what was found in its belly.

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'A stench of tokenism': how environmental reforms ignore First Nations knowledge

The Albanese government is embarking on a suite of environmental reforms: beefing up Australia’s carbon credit scheme, and establishing a market to fund environmental restoration. These big policy changes may seek to justify colonial practices imposed on First Nations people and their country.

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Rooftop solar poised to become Australia's biggest power source amid coal's demise

A new report says more than 3.4 million Australian customers have a rooftop solar system, with the rate of new installations running at roughly 300,000 a year, accelerating the decline of fossil fuel-fired power.

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'Are you asking us to sleep under the Harbour Bridge?': 3 myths about international students and the housing crisis

There is a story doing the media rounds that international students – particularly from China – will now “flood” back to Australia. It is claimed this will push up already high rents for scarce housing in our major cities.

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Buy now, pay later? Not so fast, as the government looks to tighten regulation by year's end

Millions of Australians have buy now, pay later accounts, but the easy credit may soon be harder to come by as the government vows to crack down on the industry by the end of the year.

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As migration returns to Australia, advocates call for more protections for exploited workers

As immigration returns to pre-pandemic levels in Australia and the federal government seeks to overhaul the migration system, Indjerit is sharing her story in the hope she can prevent others from being exploited.

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Courtney Stewart leads La Boite Theatre in Brisbane with a focus on new Australian work by people from diverse communities

As an actor, Courtney Stewart has often struggled to find satisfying parts; as a director, she's been able to flip the script — and never more so than in her new role.

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Australia's summer of extremes ends after cooler temperatures, below-average rain

The low temperatures are abnormal as climate change now ensures the vast majority of seasons are warmer than past years, even when the cooling influence of La Niña is present.

Newcastle Herald

Country town cricket and why Mardi Gras matters far past the parade

WE watched the Mardi Gras on ABC because a dear friend from my childhood, a person we regard and embrace as family, was on one of the floats.

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Scientists urge focus on new tech to capture emissions

Scientists say Australia must pour effort into scaling up new technologies that can suck emissions out of the atmosphere, while it also works to cut them.

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Drivers asked to go without a car in Uber experiment

Fifty Australian drivers will be paid to go without their own car for a month in a social experiment designed to accelerate transport trends.

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Rooftop solar to be nation's largest energy generator

Following the closure of the Liddell power station in April, rooftop solar will become the country's biggest power generator, according to new analysis.

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