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A black market 'exploded' when cigarettes hit $50 a packet, says one expert. Is cutting the price the answer?
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Budget
Mary-Anne might be Australia's most famous madam, but her brothel can't take certain credit card payments
Source: The BusinessTopic: Discrimination
'It's become a bit of a sport': The 'disgusting' online abuse faced by Sam and her community
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Disabilities
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France lifts TikTok ban in New Caledonia as calm returns
French authorities lift a ban in New Caledonia on TikTok, which they suspect was fuelling recent unrest in the French Pacific territory.
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Demonstrations
Kimberley reefs avoid major coral bleaching event due to tropical storms bringing heat relief
Marine scientists are buoyed to find two reefs off the Kimberley coast have escaped the brunt of excessive sea temperatures over summer, but are worried about what's around the corner.
Source: ABC KimberleyTopic: Environment
The $4,000 travelling mistake that left drag superstar Hannah Conda at the 'lowest point in her financial life'
It's Pay Day! Australian drag superstar Hannah Conda explains the expensive reality behind the scenes of her glitzy appearances on RuPaul's Drag Race, and the travel mistake that led her to the lowest point in her financial life.
Source: Pay DayTopic: Arts, Culture and Entertainment
How end-of-life doulas are changing the way people think about death
After losing her son to suicide six years ago, Kate Slatter thought she knew how to handle complex grief. But it was after the sudden death of another close family member that she found herself overwhelmed and in need of an end-of-life expert carer.
Source: ABC NewcastleTopic: Death and Dying
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National Reconciliation Week
Tour company teaching traditional culture on country honoured at Qld Reconciliation Awards
Increasing numbers of visitors to Far North Queensland are learning about traditional culture on country. The Indigenous guides showing them around say it goes to the meaning of reconciliation.
Source: ABC Far NorthTopic: Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
First Nations fishers 'scared out of the water' will take fight for traditional rights to United Nations
After years of legal battles in their own countries, First Nations activists from around the world are working together to shine a global spotlight on the systemic failure to protect Indigenous fishing rights worldwide.
Source: ABC South East NSWTopic: Indigenous Policy
UN committee puts WA's botched Aboriginal heritage laws in global spotlight
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination says the Cook government's botched rollout and reversal of changes to the state's heritage laws could constitute a breach of international convention.
Source: ABC KimberleyTopic: Indigenous Policy
Kado is one of only three speakers of Ngalia. He designed an app to pass down his knowledge to the next generation
The remote town of Leonora, more than 800 kilometres from Perth, is an unlikely technology hub, but its only school has been chosen to launch a new app aimed at preserving language and culture.
Source: ABC GoldfieldsTopic: Aboriginal Language
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