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The mystery of the tinned beetroot

Why has it been absent from the supermarket shelves?
Beetroot plant.
Duration: 9 minutes 48 seconds

Published: Source: ListenTopic: Vegetableswith Alice Matthews

Farmers hit with $100,000 insurance bills as extreme weather events become more frequent

Farmers consider running the gauntlet and leaving machinery uninsured as premiums go through the roof, with insurers blaming erratic weather, inflation, and increasing costs for the price hikes.
Ryan Milgate standing in a paddock of crop

Published: Source: ABC RuralTopic: Agricultural Insuranceby Angus Verley, Lara Webster and Brandon Long

Lack of oxygen could have caused fatal plane crash that killed three people: ATSB

A preliminary report suggests hypoxia could be the reason three aerial firefighting crew members, including 22-year-old William Jennings from the US, died when their plane crashed in rural Queensland in November.
An image of a young man smiling into a camera while wearing a tuxedo, city lights beyond the river.

Published: Source: ABC North West QldTopic: Ruralby Larissa Waterson and Emily Dobson

The human body doesn't come with a manual, so here's a list of regular services every owner needs

Robyn gets her car serviced every year, so she thought she should do the same for her herself. Doctors found a hole in her heart.
A doctor checks a patient's blood pressure.

Published: Source: ABC Southern QldTopic: Healthby Peter Gunders

After catching a burglar on her property, Stephanie accessed a fund allowing her to install extra home security

A federally-funded Neighbourhood Watch program is offering people in certain parts of the country rebates to improve home security.
A woman in a green blouse in front of a brick home.

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Crimeby Emmy Groves

Life returns to scorched national park after bushfire burns almost 3,500 square kilometres

A researcher who had cameras stationed throughout a central Queensland national park has captured the devastation of a months-long bushfire and the green shoots of returning life.
Burnt bushland next to a picture of the bushland covered in greenery

Published: Source: ABC CapricorniaTopic: Bushfiresby Katrina Beavan

Small 'rabbit huts' may be simple, but the history within is priceless

People power is fighting to save the few that remain along almost 555km of rabbit-proof fence in southern Queensland.
iron shack with chimney

Published: Source: ABC Southern QldTopic: Historyby Kemii Maguire

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Regular Health Checks

Here are some recommended preventive health checks doctors want you to consider.
Duration: 41 seconds

Source: ABC News

Epsilon Station in south-west Queensland received 146mm of rain

Epsilon Station was inundated after 146mm of rain fell in a short period of time.
Duration: 24 seconds

Source: ABC Broken Hill

Storms backs up drains in Railway St

Storms on Monday caused minor flooding on the main street of Dirranbandi, located near the NSW border.
Duration: 17 seconds

Source: ABC News

Ruth Ashburner-Gorse and Ken Edwards have built a two-storey silo hotel using recycled materials.

A south-east Queensland couple has built a two-storey silo hotel by hand, giving urbanites a taste of the country.
Duration: 2 minutes 31 seconds

Source: ABC Southern Qld

National News

NSW bureaucrat suspended with pay pending corruption investigation into Sydney property deal

The senior planning department official purchased a property in the upper north shore suburb of Gordon within one of the government's planned Transport Oriented Development Zones before the policy was made public last year.
Corruption findings face legal challenge after ICAC's High Court 'disaster'

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Corruptionby Maryanne Taouk

Former WA Liberal Party leader David Honey loses preselection battle for Cottesloe to Sandra Brewer

The property council chief wins the preselection battle for the Liberal heartland seat of Cottesloe, defeating former WA Liberal Party leader David Honey. 
A side-on close-up shot of Property Council WA chief executive Sandra Brewer.

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Government and Politicsby Rebecca Trigger, Cason Ho and David Weber

Australia's anti-doping chief issues grave warning over 'grossly irresponsible' Enhanced Games

Australian sport's anti-doping chief slams an Olympic-style event with no drug testing as "grossly irresponsible" and warns of severe ramifications for athletes taking part.
Australian swimmer James Magnussen shirtless after a race at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Doping in Sports

Police declare crime scene after body reportedly found in vehicle at Mackay beach

Emergency services were called to Harbour Beach in Mackay shortly after 1pm following reports of a body being found in a car.
Police officers standing near vehicles at a beach.

Published: Source: ABC Tropical NorthTopic: Policeby Lillian Watkins and Hannah Walsh

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