Nepal Flash Flood Leaves Hundreds Missing in Himalayan Border District

Nepal flood rock collapse won’t be the last

By Tirthankar Ghosh and Levan Tielidze On the morning of August 26, a section of mountain near Langtang Lirung peak in Nepal suddenly collapsed. A huge mass of rock,
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Lee Kernaghan Performs At The Tamworth Country Music Festival

Funding deal secured for Gympie Music Muster

The Queensland Government has announced three-year guaranteed funding for the Gympie Music Muster. The country music festival, held at the town of Gympie north of Noosa
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snowfields

Snow resorts facing big challenges as season is cut short

The Australian snow industry is being hit with a “severe lack of snow” that has led to early season shutdowns and a crisis for resort businesses. In a statement
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Nepal Flash Flood Leaves Hundreds Missing in Himalayan Border District

Nepal flash flood shows danger of cascading disasters

By Milad Haghani and Zahra Shahhoseini A catastrophic flash flood has struck northern Nepal on the Tibetan border, killing at least 157 people and leaving hundreds
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Sugar consumption

Sugar tax could ‘prolong life and prevent cavities’

A new study shows a 20 percent sugar tax could add years to human life and prevent millions of tooth cavities. Griffith University researchers say the tax could prevent
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Delayed independence

Youth struggle with debt and delayed independence

A new study of Australia’s youth paints a picture of a generation struggling with early debt and delayed independence. It found young people have a “less linear path
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Air traffic controllers

Airport runway near misses happening more often

By Graham Wild Four close calls on Sydney Airport runways in as many weeks have put air traffic management in the spotlight. It’s too early to determine the exact
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Secret pool filming

Ban on covert filming at Brisbane pools

Brisbane City Council has introduced tougher device rules at its public pools to prevent covert filming. The new rules will prevent the non-consensual use of all
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Samford Parklands Village Green aerial

New parkland ‘village green’ opens at Samford

The new $5.8 million Samford Parklands Village Green is now open for public use. The parkland has open lawns, picnic shelters, children’s play spaces and walking
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Portrait of a baby fur seal (long-nosed fur sea) (Arctocephalus forsteri) on the earthquake uplifted shores of Kaikoura on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand.

Grim threshold crossed in spread of bird flu

By Jane Younger Australia has crossed another grim threshold in its H5N1 bird flu outbreak. For the first time, the virus has infected an Australian mainland mammal: a
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