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Funding to improve Fernleigh track extension

The grant will allow council to build the shared pathway on parkland behind the TAFE.

Newcastle Herald

Queensland native title case makes history

Native title rights of five traditional owner groups across the Torres Strait and northern Cape York have been formally recognised by the Federal Court.

AAP

Cape York native title claim celebrated by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups

The first joint native title claim from traditional owners on the Australian mainland and in the Torres Strait will cover land and more than 2 million hectares of water.

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Gascoyne, Lyons rivers considered for listing as large Aboriginal cultural heritage site

Much of the Gascoyne and Lyons rivers could soon be listed as an Aboriginal heritage site, but there are concerns from primary producers about the level of consultation taking place.

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Patricia O'Callaghan reflects on two 'difficult' years of COVID, lockdowns as head of Destination Gold Coast

The head of Destination Gold Coast, Patricia O'Callaghan, hangs up her CEO hat in exchange for another, and reflects on "some of [the city's] darkest days".

ABC News

Appeal over ferry pony death guilty ruling

Spirit of Tasmania ferry operator TT-Line has lodged an appeal after being found guilty of breaching animal welfare laws over the deaths of 16 polo ponies.

AAP

Manus Islander uni graduate calls on PNG women to chase dreams, challenge cultural norms

When Sophie Sindra Hepota, 37, boarded a plane from Papua New Guinea to Australia, she waved goodbye to her husband and young children for three years. Now she wants young women at home to chase their dreams and challenge traditional roles.

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Watch A Pack Of Husqvarna Nordens And 701 Enduros Adventure In Australia

Husqvarna Australia hosted its annual Husky Trek event in August, 2022, in Queensland, and over 50 riders took Norden 901s and 701 Enduros on an epic journey.

RideApart

Fresh water is beyond 'entrenchment'

There should be no need for a flawed legal device attempting to 'entrench' our freshwater assets from possible privatisation - the waters are the life blood of the land, beyond ownership

Newsroom.co.nz

NSW government under pressure to scrap further 29,000 Covid fines after court ruling

State forced to cancel 33,000 fines so far but Revenue NSW argues ‘technical’ supreme court decision ‘does not mean offences were not committed’

The Guardian - AU

Australia to withdraw or refund thousands of Covid fines after landmark court case

NSW officials will scrap little more than half the 62,138 Covid-related fines issued

The Independent UK

Trots ready to harness new site to make way for Hunter Park

"If funding was made available for Hunter Park, we won't be standing in the way."

Newcastle Herald

Celebrity crocodile wrangler Matt Wright charged in relation to helicopter crash which killed Chris 'Willow' Wilson

The television star faces seven charges, including attempting to pervert the course of justice and destruction of evidence, related to a fatal helicopter crash in February.

ABC News

Lake Eyre Basin plan creates uncertainty

Members of an advisory committee commissioned to inform the federal government on the management of the Lake Eyre Basin say the proposed management strategy is a "box-ticking" exercise.

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New Zealand couple with 'gem fever' spending every winter 12 metres underground in Qld

This New Zealand couple bought a small-scale mining claim and spend every winter digging for precious gems, but what is married life like when you're working 12 metres underground on Queensland's Gemfields?

The Guardian - AU

Australians turn to interstate train travel amid soaring domestic air fares heading into holiday peak

Exclusive: Bookings for journeys between Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane have more than doubled

Newcastle Herald

New winding boardwalk with panoramic views of Pirrita Island a summer must-do

A winding walk through the mangroves with panoramic views of Pirrita Island is expected to be a major drawcard for nature tourists on the shores of Lake Macquarie.

ABC News

Apsley residents stunned as Border Inn Hotel heritage pub damaged by car crash

Police are looking for two people after a car crashed into a 170-year-old hotel in Victoria's far west.

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Cities, just not as we know them – get ready for NSW's Six Cities Region

Australia’s first multi-city region, the Six Cities Region, is being developed in New South Wales. A multi-city region, also known as a mega-region, establishes an integrated network of globally and locally connected cities.

ABC News

La Niña forgot Queensland towns still in drought, despite widespread rain

The La Niña weather pattern has devastated communities differently. For some, it's been too much rain; for others, not enough.

The Guardian - AU

Not ‘the only gay in the village’: Hay rolls out welcome mat for rainbow community

Rainbow on the Plains festival celebrates LGBTQ+ pride with colour, a parade and Australia’s largest human rainbow

ABC News

Failed dreams of building 'New Australia' utopia in Paraguay jungle in 19th century

Disenchanted with Australia in the 1890s, 500 people travelled to Paraguay in search of a better life, inspired by a radical socialist. But their plans for a tropical utopia, with strict rules about booze and sex, were "bound to fail".

ABC News

Reflections on Australia's last desert nomads, Pintupi Nine and Richters, and the homelands movement

The very last Aboriginal Australians to live as hunter-gatherers emerged from the Western Desert in the mid-1980s. David Scrimgeour was the first doctor to check their health.

ABC News

Gold Coast schoolies 'congratulated' despite an increase in arrests

Authorities have declared week one of schoolies a success, but revellers headed to the region from Victoria and NSW have been warned a "robust" police response awaits them.

ABC News

Emma Flukes cycles 1,800km Tassie Gift despite Graves' disease and a bout of Shermer's neck

Emma Flukes cycles a 1,800-kilometre all-terrain route across Tasmania despite an autoimmune disorder and fatigued neck muscles that left her devising a pulley system to keep her head upright.

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