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Cambodian refugee who escaped the Khmer Rouge regime with her family now runs prospering mango farm

Muy Keav Ma escaped Cambodia's murderous Khmer Rouge as a child with her family. Australia offered her refuge, and decades on, despite seemingly insurmountable setbacks, she is now a successful mango farmer.

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In Australia, state election challenges powerful slot machine industry

When David McMillan stole A$5,000 from his dying father's small business last year, he knew it was time to kick a gambling habit that had consumed his life since he started emptying paycheques into slot machines at 17.

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The referendum rules have been decided. What does this mean for the Voice?

On Wednesday night, the Senate passed a bill to amend Australia’s referendum machinery laws, ending a long and sometimes tense debate on the rules that will govern the Voice referendum later this year.

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Research suggests deaths among WA homeless people on rise, as rough sleeping rate surges

Research suggests there are a growing number of West Australians dying while homeless or not long after, coinciding with a rise in the number of people sleeping rough and how many support services are having to turn away.

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Voice to Parliament referendum question and constitutional amendment announced

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reveals the proposed question Australians will be asked at the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum later this year, as well as the proposed change to the constitution.

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Five men charged after 52kg of meth found on 'black flight' from PNG to Australia

Five men are charged after allegedly trying to fly 52kg of methamphetamine from Papua New Guinea to Australia on a plane that couldn't be tracked on radars.

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Project Iron Boomerang rail connecting Pilbara, Bowen Basin's iron and coal to face senate committee

A man's dream to connect the iron ore and coal fields of the Pilbara in the west and the Bowen Basin in the east is being scrutinised by a Senate committee this week.

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Nationals seek nuclear submarine base in central Qld

The government should consider central Queensland as the home of a new nuclear submarine base, three Nationals parliamentarians say.

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From Menindee to New York, Mina Guli has run 200 marathons to put water on the global stage

Mina Guli's body is broken and battered after she completed her 200th marathon in a year, traversing 8,440 kilometres across the world and arriving at the first UN Water Conference in 46 years.

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How Tropical Cyclone Freddy became one of the most energetic, long-lasting storms on record

The record-breaking cyclone that formed off the Western Australian coast is among the most energetic ever recorded. Did climate change play a part?

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Newcastle man charged over 'black flight' loaded with $15 million of meth

A NEWCASTLE man is one of five people charged in relation to a 'black flight' from PNG to Australia that had 52 kilograms of methamphetamine onboard with a street value of $15 million.

Newcastle Herald

Calls for Taliban to let Afghan girls return to high school as boys' classes resume

It has been 18 months since girls could go to high school, and the Taliban says schools will remain closed for girls until a plan is in place to reopen them in line with Islamic law.

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In Of an Age, Australian director Goran Stolevski paints a tender portrait of young queer love in 90s suburban Melbourne

Of an Age, the second movie by Macedonian Australian Goran Stolevski, taps into the director's memories of feeling alienated as a teenager growing up in Melbourne suburbia.

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Morning Mail: SUV epidemic blamed on tax perks, Etihad accused of greenwashing, Trump indictment delay

Tax incentives lie behind Australia’s love affair with heavy-polluting vehicles, experts say

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Experts, lawyers lift lid on Australia's 'woefully under-funded' prison mental health services

It's our nation's secret shame. Experts are saying the neglect of mental health services in prisons has reached a crisis point and could constitute a human rights violation.

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The Great Southern Reef is in more trouble than the Great Barrier Reef

Marine heatwaves are damaging reef ecosystems around Australia, but while the tropical north has received the lion’s share of the attention to date, we equally need to worry about the temperate south.

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Yes, the 1.5 million Australians getting rent assistance need an increase, but more public housing is the lasting fix for the crisis

Australia is in the grip of a housing crisis, with low-income households hit hardest by rising rents and falling vacancy rates.

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5 Indigenous engineering feats you should know about

For many millennia, Indigenous Australians have engineered the landscape using sophisticated technological and philosophical knowledge systems in a deliberate response to changing social and environmental circumstances.

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What to expect when you’re expecting an El Nino

The declaration of an El Nino watch this early in the year carries some uncertainty. But it’s still got people thinking about dry conditions.

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New Zealand’s opposition worried about AUKUS deal

Gerry Brownlee, the New Zealand opposition foreign spokesman, says Australia's AUKUS deal creates issues for New Zealand.

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Study charts decade of loss on Australian reefs

More than half of the most common species on the reefs that ring Australia have suffered population declines over the past decade

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Multicultural community leaders want more collaboration with charities

Australia's migrant communities want charity and not-for-profit organisations raising funds for international causes to work more closely with them to help them get more bang for their buck.

The New Daily

Alan Kohler: Banking is a paradox at the heart of capitalism

Banking is the confidence trick at the heart of capitalism, but preserving the trick has meant that banks have become arms of the state.

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NASA boss Bill Nelson visits Canberra, amid concerns for Australian space industry's failure to launch

Industry figures privately express concern that Australia's fledgling space industry has lost momentum, as the head of American space agency NASA pays a visit to Canberra.

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How does inflation in the UK compare with the US, Europe and Australia?

Inflation rose to 10.4 per cent in February up from 10.1 per cent in January in a suprise reversal of a recent downward trend

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