Australia and the Philippines are set to sign a major defence cooperation agreement as tensions continue to flare with China over the South China Sea.

#philippines #china #sea

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Are you team car door or car bonnet? This town's history depends on your answer

World News

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Are you team car door or car bonnet? This town's history depends on your answer

Lightning Ridge is a town divided by car parts, disputed facts and a history as elusive as the precious black opal mined here.

#lightning #ridge

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Microsoft 'deeply sorry' for global outage, reports 'broad recovery' of services

Technology

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Microsoft 'deeply sorry' for global outage, reports 'broad recovery' of services

Microsoft rules out any malicious "cyber or AI" activity after a worldwide outage disrupted healthcare services, delayed corporate earnings reports and left schools struggling to communicate.

#microsoft #outlook

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How 1851's Black Thursday helped shape Victoria

Australia & Pacific

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How 1851's Black Thursday helped shape Victoria

It shaped colonial-era Victoria and is remembered as being a "baptism of fire" for the Garden State. But few today know about the Black Thursday bushfire.

#victoria #black #library

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Homes with architectural designs that cost just $1 near completion

Building & Construction

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Homes with architectural designs that cost just $1 near completion

Almost 18 months after the state government launched the architectural designs, the Illawarra build is one of 22 projects being constructed and hopes to be the first to land.

#corrimal #construction #pattern

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ABC 50/50 quiz: Testing your knowledge of 90s Aussie bands and cat people vs dog people

Australia & Pacific

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ABC 50/50 quiz: Testing your knowledge of 90s Aussie bands and cat people vs dog people

Each question in the ABC 50/50 quiz has only two options: one is right, the other is wrong. But be warned: we might try to trick you.

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Boots Riley is ready for the working class to rise up

World News

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Boots Riley is ready for the working class to rise up

Filmmaker, musician and activist Boots Riley’s latest movie I Love Boosters makes the creative’s edict clear: power lies with the people, we just have to rise up and take it.

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The must-see artworks at the Clarice Beckett exhibition

Australia & Pacific

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The must-see artworks at the Clarice Beckett exhibition

Clarice Beckett painted the life and scenery of her coastal home in Victoria until her death in 1935. Selling almost nothing while she was alive, she is now recognised as one of the country's pioneering tonal and abstract artists.

#clarice-beckett #gallery #paintings

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Registered psychologist accused of recruiting for Universal Medicine cult

Health & Wellness

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Registered psychologist accused of recruiting for Universal Medicine cult

A Victorian survivor of childhood sexual abuse went to a psychologist seeking help. Instead, she alleges she was recruited to a cult found to be "socially dangerous" and "sexually manipulative".

#universal-medicine #hickman #victorian

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