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It's one of the loudest sounds in the ocean, but is it killing whales?
Environmentalists say whales could go deaf during seismic surveys for offshore oil and gas. The reality is more complicated.
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Police forcibly remove people protesting against Israeli-owned ZIM shipping company at Sydney's Port Botany
By Helena Burke and Jack Fisher
Activists have been removed from an entry road in Port Botany, as they attempted to block a ship being unloaded. Stating the ZIM cargo ship is being used to transport goods to Israel.
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From the age of 4, Gordi played contact sports. See how it has impacted his brain
The effect of head knocks over Gordi Kirkbank-Ellis's decades-long sporting career isn’t immediately obvious. That is, until you see what’s happening to his brain.
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Unravelling the inferno that reduced this century-old former hat factory to rubble
By Harriet Tatham, Catherine Hanrahan, and Jack Fisher
The century-old former hat factory caught fire on a Thursday afternoon. Within seven minutes of the first triple-0 call, the entire building, in the most densely populated part of Sydney, was an inferno.
Cocaine is everywhere in Australia. Here's why
Follow the path cocaine takes from Colombian bush labs to your local suburbs — and the battle to intercept it.
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How a meeting at a Chinese Starbucks raised alarm bells for an Australian popstar
Overnight pop sensation Harry "Hazza" Harding held a prestigious job with China's state media. He now believes he was being groomed for espionage.
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When Rhys’s mother found him crawling across the floor late at night, she knew he was in trouble
New research has shown that video games can change the brains of teenagers. But reducing screen time has seen remarkable repairs.
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From 'moonscape' to 'oasis', the pitfalls of controlling water in worsening climate extremes
By regional climate reporter Jess Davis, Mark Doman, Jack Fisher, Katia Shatoba and Alex Palmer
Tracing the epic journey of rivers from source to sea highlights the complexities of managing water in Australia as drought and flood extremes intensify.
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There's a woman haunting the internet. She was created by AI. Now she won't leave
New mind-bending technology that creates media from scratch is evolving rapidly, and it’s billed as the next big disruption.
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Did the plant-based burger industry bite off more than it could chew?
A new generation of plant-based meat alternatives is flooding into Australia's shops, supermarkets and takeaway joints. But do they have what it takes to lure meat lovers away from meat?
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Phyllisia's dream is to play footy. But it takes more than raw skill to make the big league
The Tiwi Islands is home to the most Australian Rules players per capita. Yet only two Tiwi Islander women are playing professionally. Is the AFLW ready to support First Nations women?
'They tortured us': A teenager taken by Australian soldiers thought he was going to die
During the widely celebrated mission in East Timor, Australian soldiers detained and abused 14 men and boys in a secret interrogation facility. Years later, the detainees are still haunted.
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'Our opinion was never valued': Wilcannia speaks out
Leaked documents reveal a litany of failures in the system to protect Aboriginal communities, which left the remote town of Wilcannia exposed despite high-level warnings stretching back up to 18 months.
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He made a $62m fortune keeping his rich clients' secrets. Now they are spilling out
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ICIJ, Background Briefing, Four Corners and ABC Investigations / By Mario Christodoulou, Elise Worthington and Ben Sveen
They're called the Pandora Papers. A leak of 11.9 million files reveals how the rich and powerful disguise and move their money offshore.
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Amar was hoping to be part of Australia's Olympic skateboarding team. But there was a hitch
These are some of the stunning tricks that 22-year-old Sydney university student Amar Hadid was hoping to show off at the upcoming Olympic park skateboarding event.
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'They just kept loading him up with drugs that slowed his heart rate and breathing until it stopped'
On his last night, Isaac asked to stay over at his family home because he was worried about the high number of medications he was prescribed to take. He died the next morning.
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Next door's property value is soaring, here's why Silvana can't cash in
Australia's new international airport represents a potential bonanza for developers and landowners — in some places, a small wire fence is all that separates the multimillionaires from those missing out.
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'They were treating my dad like an animal to be slaughtered': Horror allegations from inside an exclusive home
Dik, Brian and Vera's families paid top dollar for them to live at a "lovely" nursing home, but damning reports from the aged care regulator and allegations by a group of trainee nurses tell another story.
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After the rains, there are many more zero-day disasters to come
By Mark Doman, Nathanael Scott, Alex Palmer and Jack Fisher
The 2017 to 2019 period was the hottest and driest three-year stretch ever recorded for the Murray-Darling Basin, bringing with it a level of water stress that many in the region had never before experienced.
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One Gold Coast man is linked to thousands of companies. He's been named in a huge US leak
ICIJ, ABC Investigations and Background Briefing / By Elise Worthington, Alison McClymont and Mario Christodoulou
Opening hundreds, or even thousands, of companies is perfectly legal. But what happens if those companies are used in arms deals or by criminal syndicates?
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'I really don't see when it's going to go back to normal … if it will ever'
By Sarah Curnow and Ben Knight / ABC Investigations and ABC Victoria
Experts compare the disruption and stress of the coronavirus pandemic to living through a war or the Great Depression. Forget Gen Z — young people may be forever known as Generation COVID.
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Unrecognisable: Historic photos show Australia in shutdown
One day, future generations will look back at the history we're living right now, captured in these photos of a nation in shutdown.
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Charting the COVID-19 spread: Australia passes 10,000 coronavirus deaths
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Australia has officially recorded more than 10,000 COVID deaths in total, with 4,000 of those recorded in Victoria. Here's what the latest data shows.
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A 'horror show' for victims: How the legal system failed when Sarah asked for justice
The typical sexual assault being reported to police is shifting, experts say, and the current legal system is "totally ill-equipped".
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'A shocking indictment': This data reveals the police response to 140,000 sexual assault reports
An ABC News investigation uncovers, for the first time, the outcome of nearly every sexual assault reported to police in Australia between 2008 and 2017. The results are a wake-up call.
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