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One dead, two people critical after severe storm hits Sydney's northern beaches abc.net.au/news/2021-12-19/o…

'Never seen anything like it': One dead, two people critical after severe storm hits Sydney

A severe weather event lasting minutes leaves a trail of destruction and power outages across Sydney's northern beaches with one woman dead and two others seriously injured.

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Attaching spyware on the world's most venomous spider is a delicate operation abc.net.au/news/2021-12-19/f…

Caitlin attaches spyware to funnel-web spiders to work out when they are a high risk to humans

To investigate the movements of the Sydney funnel-web spider UNSW researcher Caitlin Creak attaches a tracking device with superglue to their bodies. But not without gassing them first for her own...

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Female Paralympians with higher support needs will be missing from the track in Paris 2024 — here's why abc.net.au/news/2021-12-19/w…

Female Paralympians with higher support needs will be missing from the track in Paris 2024 — here's...

"It was absolutely devastating like training six days a week and then to be told basically you're too disabled."

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We spoke to hundreds of women. These are the most common things you talked about abc.net.au/everyday/we-spoke…

Nothing is taboo when women talk to each other, right? Yumi and Claudine don't think that's true -...

Hundreds of women have shared stories with us they have otherwise been too afraid or ashamed to tell anyone. Here are some of the ones that stood out to us.

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Plagued inner west light rail line to run limited services early next year with CBD trams abc.net.au/news/2021-12-16/n…

Plagued inner west light rail line to run limited services early next year with CBD trams

Some Sydney commuters will be able to ditch replacement buses early next year when services resume on the inner west line which has been sitting empty due to cracked trams.

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Introverts do like socialising, they just have a shorter 'battery life' abc.net.au/everyday/introver…

Introverts do like socialising, they just have a shorter 'battery life' - ABC Everyday

Kylie is an introvert. She loves socialising and sparks with energy, but if she overdoes it, she feels drained and can experience headaches.  

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First Vietnamese-Australian football club shows 'the community has come a long way' abc.net.au/news/2021-12-16/v…

First Vietnamese-Australian football club shows 'the community has come a long way'

Volunteers and parents at first-ever Vietnamese-Australian football club talk about how football helps them challenge stereotypes and combat the loss of tradition.

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When Sam first came out, his mum cried for weeks. Now, she says she can't live without him abc.net.au/everyday/coming-o…

When Sam first came out, his mum cried for weeks. Now, she says she can't live without him - ABC...

Growing up in a Catholic Italian community, Sam wasn't sure why he didn't belong. Since coming out, gaining his family's acceptance has been an ongoing process — but things are looking up.

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Ashley is usually the only female carpenter on site — a new $57m program aims to change that abc.net.au/news/2021-12-16/w…

Ashley is usually the only female carpenter on site — a new $57m program aims to change that

Women tradies, who make up about 2 per cent of workers on construction sites in NSW, welcome an injection of more than $50 million to boost numbers, saying it's a step towards making women on sites...

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Is the AdBlue shortage reaching crisis point and what does it mean for shoppers and drivers? abc.net.au/news/rural/2021-1…

Is the AdBlue shortage reaching crisis point and what does it mean for shoppers and drivers?

The government says we have about five weeks' worth of AdBlue left. So what happens if we run out altogether?

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What I've learnt about children during my time as ethics teacher abc.net.au/everyday/what-i-v…

What I've learnt about children during my time as ethics teacher - ABC Everyday

'Does being vain mean you're a bad person?' and other questions kids have asked me.

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Why suppliers fear the major supermarkets abc.net.au/news/rural/2021-1…

Why suppliers fear the major supermarkets

When you buy your groceries, do you think about how supermarkets treat suppliers?

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The anticipated rise in COVID cases in NSW is finally here — and La Niña is not helping abc.net.au/news/2021-12-11/n…

The anticipated rise in COVID cases in NSW is finally here — and La Niña is not helping

More than seven weeks after NSW's "Freedom Day", COVID-19 case numbers in the state are finally beginning to rise as an expert warns indoor celebrations are "high-risk settings".

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I married the boy I took to the formal: High school sweethearts reflect on young love abc.net.au/news/2021-12-10/i…

'I married the boy I took to the formal': High school sweethearts reflect on young love

High school alumni talk about why they stuck with their formal date, or the heartache of breaking up with their first love.

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Gladys Berejiklian rules out running for federal seat of Warringah abc.net.au/news/2021-12-10/f…

Former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian declines Prime Minister's pleas to run at federal election

Gladys Berejiklian says she "won't be contesting the seat of Warringah, or any other seat for that matter", putting an end to PM Scott Morrison's push to parachute her into the key Sydney seat.

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Live: All of today's coronavirus news in the one spot abc.net.au/news/2021-12-10/c…

All of today's coronavirus news in the one spot — as it happened

Look back at all of the coronavirus news from across Australia for Friday.

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These students got together to talk about suicide prevention. The results could help others across Australia abc.net.au/news/2021-12-10/s…
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Noah's backpacker hostel in Bondi locked down due to COVID-19 abc.net.au/news/2021-12-09/n…

Noah's backpacker hostel in Bondi locked down due to COVID-19

A backpackers hostel at Bondi Beach in Sydney's east is placed in lockdown due to COVID-19. 

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Tree clearing at site south of Sydney re-commences despite protests from koala conservationists abc.net.au/news/2021-12-09/t…

Tree clearing at site south of Sydney re-commences despite protests from koala conservationists

The construction work on the Figtree Hill housing development is continuing after a legal bid by a local advocacy group to halt it failed.

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