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Town's decade-long labour of love restores 131-year-old butter factory to former glory in SA

Thousands of donated hours, countless sausage sizzles and a donation to assuage a former scout's conscience over a stolen cheese wheel, have breathed new life into this historic South Australian butter factory.
A woman and two men on a deck built in front of a historic restored butter factory with a barrell roof

Freediver overcomes fear of ocean to recover precious items dropped from Australia's longest jetty

Peter Wissink struggled with a phobia of the ocean after his father died. Now, he's known around town as the man who saves people's precious items when they are accidentally dropped into the water.
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An underwater shot of a man freediving in the ocean.

How these brothers turned a modest family farm into an agricultural empire, changing the future for rural families

Mick and Ben Hewitt often do business in boardrooms, but it is clear the brothers are truly content in the dust and dirt.
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Two men wearing cowboy hats stand near horses at sunrise.

Town's op shop offers a place to chat for the lonely and those new to town

Margreet Diment knows what it's like not having a space to relax and chat. So she opened an enterprise in Bordertown to help the many migrants affected by the housing shortage.
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A woman with long white hair stands at a shop counter with items for sale behind

Arts veteran looking at stars, watching sunsets and preparing for Adelaide Festival after MND diagnosis

A Motor Neurone Disease diagnosis means time is ticking for arts veteran Roz Hervey, making her determined to make memories whenever she can.
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Roz Hervey sitting on set at a Restless Dance Theatre rehearsal

Taylor Swift's understanding of the element of surprise is her best marketing tool

While Taylor Swift's fans pride themselves on keeping up with her clues, even they were caught off guard by the news a new album is on its way. 
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Taylor Swift holding a Grammy and smiling widely wearing a white sleeveless evening gown and long black gloves

Graziers describe 'unbelievable' rainfall in parts of far north-west NSW and south-west Queensland

Landholders in eastern parts of the country are still in shock after ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily caused a year's worth of rain to fall in just two days, drenching their properties.
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A sweeping view of an outback property with brown water covering most of it.

Royal biographer says the King's cancer diagnosis won't destabalise the monarchy

The cancer revelation of King Charles comes after the monarch spent three nights in hospital in January where he underwent a corrective procedure for a benign enlarged prostate.
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Duration: 39 seconds

Cheerleading isn't 'meant just for females' according to this 13yo boy headed for world championships

Thirteen-year-old Loghan Sculthorpe has made the Australian squad for the World Cheerleading Championships where he'll compete with a male teammate for the first time.
Young boy in team lycra green and black standing held up by girls holding one leg up behind him as flier in a cheer stunt.

South Australian woman, believed to be Australia's oldest person, dies aged 111

Catherina van der Linden died on Australia Day at Southern Cross Care's West Beach Residential Care home surrounded by her family. Her body will be donated to the University of Adelaide's Body Donation Program.
A woman sits in a chair outside with a glass of champagne in her hands

After days adrift and partially amputating his own finger, this Swiss sailor is recuperating in WA

The last place Ralph Bender expected to wind up was southern Western Australia missing part of his hand.
Sailor Ralph Bender with his boat in Koombana Bay

analysis:Should an 18-year-old kid who hasn't played an AFL game be subject to this level of exposure?

With local media in a frenzy over the West Coast Eagles top draft pick Harley Reid, Greig Johnston examines whether constant scrutiny of an 18-year-old yet to play a game is fair.
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A digitally altered image featuring, from left to right, Boris Becker, Harley Reid and Tiger Woods.

Toddler freed from shopping centre claw machine

It took officers from a tactical crime squad to rescue the three-year-old, who received a fluffy toy for his troubles.
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Duration: 1 minute 37 seconds

From fine dining to dragons and dumplings, this is what's on at BrisAsia 2024

This year's BrisAsia festival features several new events, including an Asian street food festival and a children's program.
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A close up of oysters on a plate with granita and roe, and another dish with orange coloured sauce and green leaves to garnish.

Could the Amelia Earhart mystery be solved?

An American company believes it's found the wreckage of Earhart's plane, which went missing in the Pacific Ocean in 1937.
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Duration: 1 minute 40 seconds

Imran Khan and his wife sentenced to 14 years in prison

A court has sentenced former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 14 years in prison for corruption, a day after he received a 10 year sentence for leaking state secrets.
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Duration: 6 minutes 14 seconds

Barber turned RAAF pilot urges other Indigenous young people to give it a crack

The Wiradjuri and Muruwari man's unconventional journey to becoming a pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force took a few different turns, but he now flies cargo and people, assists with humanitarian aid and disaster relief, and wants to inspire Indigenous youth to fly.
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A man in a uniform stands infront of a plane

King Charles and Princess of Wales both discharged from hospital

King Charles leaves hospital following a three-night-stay, just hours after his daughter-in-law the Princess of Wales returned home to Windsor. 
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King Charles waves as he walks alongside Queen Camilla

Altitude masks and ice baths all part of Everest trek training for adventurous mates

James and Mark have travelled the world together. Now they are aiming to inspire others entering middle age with their next journey.
A man takes a selfie on top of a hill wearing a hat, glasses and a black mask.

Australia's junior rodeo champions dream of big bucks and buckles in the United States

Teenage cowboys and cowgirls are working hard to achieve their goals of competing on the bigger US rodeo circuit.
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A girl rides a horse around a barrel.

Volunteer's life of community service a legacy of the father he never knew

When Kevin Douglas' father died, a small country town rallied around his family. He has spent the next six decades helping others in his community as a way to pass on that kindness.
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A grey haired man in blue blazer holds framed Australia Day award

The picturesque Australian town where locals can’t afford to live

Apollo Bay is a tourist mecca whose population explodes roughly 10 times in the peak visitor season. But locals and workers without deep pockets say they're struggling to stay, exacerbating the pressures on those who remain year-round.
The view of a coastal town settled on a crescent-shaped bay.

A quick guide to Australia Day across the country

From dawn services to harbour swims, there are plenty of ways Australians will be marking the national holiday this Friday.
The Sydney Opera House is lit up in an Aboriginal artistic design.

New Tasmanian spins a way around post-traumatic stress disorder through mobile yarn business

Jaymi Milic moved to Tasmania and started a horse float-based yarn store in a bid to reduce her post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, and it is working.
A woman in a red shirt smiling to camera with a horse float filled with colourful yarn-related products in the background.

AFL draft disappointment driving young footballer forward

Only a few dozen footballers from across the country are selected in the AFL draft each year. For those who miss out, like Broken Hill's Jackson Savage, you can either give up or do everything you can to make that dream a reality.
A man teenager wearing a red singlet leaning up against a fence outside the West Broken Hill Football Club