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Total fire ban extended for Victoria, as North Queensland awaits category two cyclone
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Bushfires
'Catman' shares heartbreak after 'catastrophic' bushfire damage
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Disasters, Accidents and Emergency Incidents
Harcourt community reeling after fire levels homes and businesses
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Bushfires
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Evacuations ordered as out-of-control fires burn in Victoria's Otways
Fires in the Otway National Park are moving towards the town border of Colac, as firefighters continue to battle blazes across the state.
Fire at night seen from a fire truck.
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Bushfires
Cyclone Koji forms as category two system with landfall forecast Sunday morning
North Queensland residents are readying themselves as a category two cyclone moves towards them.
crashing waves with grey storm clouds overhead
Source: ABC North QldTopic: Cyclones
The rhetoric of the Trump administration has taken a chilling turn
There have been plenty of examples of the Trump administration's contempt for legalities, diplomacy and alliances, but this week Trump and his lieutenants went further.
Donald Trump points his finger while partially poking his tongue out
Source: ABC NewsTopic: World Politics
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Greenland shark eyes may hold anti-aging secrets
The Greenland shark is thought to live for about 400 years but somehow its eyes appear to barely deteriorate, according to a new study that has implications for human health.
A spotty-skinned bluey-grey shark with a milky eyeball that's got a white copepod hanging off it.
Source: ABC ScienceTopic: Marine Biology
With five Emmys and two Golden Globes noms, everyone's loving The Pitt
ER launched Noah Wyle's career in 1994. Thirty years later he's back in the emergency room — and scooping awards season — as Dr Robby in The Pitt.
A TV still of Noah Wyle, 54, stethoscope in his ears, crowding, with Supriya Ganesh, 28, and more, over a person on a gurney.
Source: ABC EntertainmentTopic: Television
PFAS to perfection: The story behind regional NT town's 'designer' water
The tap water in the Northern Territory town of Katherine — which includes a "designer" mix of river water from the world-famous Nitmiluk National Park and mineral-rich groundwater — has been named Australia's best drop.
Beakers water contamination
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Water Supply
How the Sopranos transformed TV as we know it
Restaurant owners in New York would eventually complain of "the Soprano effect" when they lost trade on Sunday nights as patrons headed home to watch the show.
A still from The Sopranos showing a group of dark-haired men looking menacing while standing in front of a delicatessen.
Source: Today in HistoryTopic: Television
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Summer living
How to avoid fly and maggot infestations in your home
Forecast heatwave conditions across large parts of the country could mean flies and maggots are more prevalent. Here's how to deal with them.
blowfly
Source: ABC LifestyleTopic: Insects
How to avoid heatstroke and when to call Triple Zero as temperature soars
Extreme heat forecast for the next few days has prompted warnings form health experts. Here's how to stay safe.
A generic image of a man drinking water during heatwave.
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Weather
Why do nudists prefer to bare all?
Millions of Australians head to the beach over summer, kitted out in board shorts, bikinis or budgie smugglers.
But a smaller group will swim wearing nothing at all.
A woman floating in water at a beach.
Duration: 3 minutes 45 seconds
Source: ABC South East NSWTopic: Beach Holidays
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The day hungry rioters and police 'lost their heads' over beef
During the Great Depression, Adelaide residents were getting hungrier and more desperate by the day. Then the state government made a wildly unpopular decision.
Steam rising from red meet cooking on a black surface.
Source: Today in HistoryTopic: Riots
'Mission accomplished': The day 'El Chapo' was captured
"Mission accomplished: we got him," began the triumphant tweet from Mexico's then-president Enrique Peña Nieto.
A handcuffed man in a navy polo is escorted by two soldiers wearing camouflage print
Source: Today in HistoryTopic: Law, Crime and Justice
As Melbourne's iconic trams thrive, Asia's oldest tramway faces extinction
Melbourne's iconic trams thrive in a car-centred world, but Asia's oldest tramway is now facing extinction.
two men in tram conductor uniforms hang out of a tram in Kolkata
Source: The WorldTopic: Transport
Young pilot's secret midnight mission to make history
In 1931, a young pilot named Guy Menzies became the first person to fly solo across the Tasman. It was a secret midnight mission that secured his place in history.
A plane resting upside down in a swamp.
Source: Today in HistoryTopic: Air Incidents
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