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How bird flu could spread among Australia's mammals, and what it means for your pets

After weeks of spread among birds in Australia, H5 bird flu has now been confirmed in three mammals.

As bird flu edges towards this remote territory, an unprecedented move is taking place
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'Contaminated': How deadly bird flu crossed a new threshold in Australia
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Nepal suspends search and rescue operations as flood death toll rises to 626
As survival stories emerge from Nepal, authorities have been forced to temporarily suspend the search for thousands of people still missing.
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130,000 faces scanned in a week: The technology changing Australian policing
Long-held expectations about life in public are being quietly rewritten, experts warn.
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Pornography, the 'manosphere' and sextortion: How educators are taking on a growing crisis
Sexual violence is rising amongst young Australians. This consent educator thinks curiosity is a potential solution.
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Exclusive: Memo reveals why NT Police were not charged over this death in custody

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'A mistake': John Howard's admission decades on from a major controversy

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The Pitt made her a breakout star overnight. She thinks that's the problem

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Afghan refugees like Lina are being deported back to face the Taliban. Can Australia help?

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Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell has been talking about autism. Experts say he's recruiting

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Sam was jailed for helping Hong Kong's protesters. He came home to a city in silence

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'I kept going in and out': For some pensioner shoplifters, prison is the goal

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Glenn started new treatment for Parkinson's. Then came the obsessive sexual thoughts

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