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Storms rage through outback towns as Kirrily aftermath continues

Towns in SA, NSW and Queensland continue to feel the effects of the cyclone, which is bringing rain and wind to isolated areas.
A huge storm looms over a mining town.
Duration: 9 seconds

Published: Source: ABC Broken HillTopic: Extreme Weather Eventsby Josh Mercer, Lily McCure and Isabella Carbone

Legally blind rodeo racer challenges views on disability with innovative storytelling

Barrel racer Megan McLoughlin surrounds herself with storytellers who understand her challenges to bring her story to life — and friends with bells and whistles to help her safely navigate the rodeo arena.
A close-up selfie of a woman on a horse in a cowboy hat and a man holding a large digital camera. 

Published: Source: ABC North and West SATopic: Disabilitiesby Isabella Carbone

'The story of the truth of Australia': Prominent Australians pay tribute to Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue

Prominent leaders have united in sympathy to pay their respects to one of the nation's most acclaimed and admired Indigenous leaders, Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue.
Lowitja smiling
Duration: 5 minutes 21 seconds

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Community and Society

Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue remembered as 'one of the most remarkable leaders this country has ever known'

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this story includes images of an Indigenous person who has died. Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue, who fought endlessly for the rights of her people, has died aged 91.
Lowitja smiling

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Community and Societyby Nicola Gage and Eric Tlozek

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How can a Snowtown 'bodies-in-the-barrels' perpetrator be freed from jail?

As a journalist who covered the shocking murders, it is hard to fathom how one of the men who helped give Adelaide the moniker 'the murder capital of Australia' can be allowed out of jail, writes James Wakelin.
Snowtown accomplice Mark Ray Haydon.

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Crimeby James Wakelin

First Nations group threatens to sue SA Water over $313m desalination plant scheme

The First Nations people of the Eyre Peninsula are threatening legal action against SA Water to stop the construction of a desalination plant they say will cause "insurmountable damage" to fish traps that predate colonisation.
An Indigenous woman with long, silver hair stands in front of a rocky beach.

Published: Source: ABC Eyre PeninsulaTopic: Aboriginalby Jodie Hamilton and Emma Pedler

In May 1999, police made a chilling and gruesome discovery in a country town's old bank vault

In the outer suburbs of Adelaide in the 1990s, unimaginable horrors were taking place. Eleven people died in what were described as the worst serial murders in Australia.
A composite of images linked to the Snowtown murders.

Published: Source: StatelineTopic: Homicideby Rebecca Brice and James Wakelin

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Recent rain in Andamooka saw the town's main street turn into a makeshift swimming pool.

A recent rain in Andamooka saw the town's main street turn into a makeshift swimming pool. Now that the rain has dried up, locals are checking the dirt for opals, which often wash up after big rains.
Duration: 16 seconds

Source: ABC North and West SA

The ferocity of the Bangor bushfire at night.

Firefighters on scene captured the ferocity of the 2014 fire.
Duration: 13 seconds

Source: ABC North and West SA

Queensland truck driver charged over fatal rail collision

Tributes are flowing for the two train drivers killed in 'horrific' collision on Barrier Highway.
Duration: 1 minute 37 seconds

Source: ABC News

Second place in the sing off

Second place went to Timor-Leste workers in Port Augusta, South Australia who sang the "Feliz Navidad".
Duration: 2 minutes 51 seconds

Source: ABC News

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Urn containing ashes reunited with family who'd stored them in microwave sent to flood victims

The urn containing ashes was lost in Cairns two weeks ago after being stashed in a microwave that had been donated to flood victims. It took a little help from local radio before it could be reunited with the family.
woman and man holding ornate glass urn

Published: Source: ABC Far NorthTopic: Human Interestby Brendan Mounter, Charlie McKillop and Amanda Cranston

Three men plead not guilty to murder of drug dealer in robbery gone wrong

A Supreme Court jury is told a known ice dealer was gunned down in his car as he fled a "drug rip" — the ripping off of a drug dealer — north of Newcastle. 
A man in a singlet taking a selfie in the mirror.

Published: Source: ABC NewcastleTopic: Crimeby Giselle Wakatama

Environmentalist slams approval of one of largest proposed greenfield coal mines

Whitehaven Coal's Winchester South coal mine in central Queensland's Bowen Basin plans to extract up to 17 million tonnes of coal a year for about 30 years.
Mine infrastructure in a coalfield, blue sky.

Published: Source: ABC CapricorniaTopic: Mining (Rural)by Katrina Beavan

Police recover 4WD vehicle from WA cliff crash that killed two men

Authorities have recovered the wreckage of a four-wheel drive after it plunged over a steep cliff at a remote WA beach, killing Matthew Farr and Louis Eeles, and seriously injuring a third.
Two young men with long hair smiling holding big fish.

Published: Source: ABC Midwest & WheatbeltTopic: Policeby Alice Angeloni

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