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'What a legacy': Pioneering researcher Richard Scolyer dies aged 59
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'The Thorn Birds' star Rachel Ward traded 'empty' Hollywood for farm life in Australia
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Peter Garrett to head independent inquiry into the Aukus submarine pact
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After making headlines at 15, Mohamed Semra is now making history
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In Moldova, I met a woman with a dangerous plan to save her life
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‘Grossly unfair’: Meta slams Australia’s bid to make platforms pay for news
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How Richard Scolyer made his mark in melanoma research
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Calling all budding storytellers living with disability
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Wong says she believes activists who say they were sexually assaulted in Israeli custody
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Farm profits to dive by 70 per cent as drought and costs bite
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