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'They destroy lives': How property investors lost millions to a failed housing scheme

Life

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'Peeling back the water': How these women are mapping ancient whale migration paths

Australia

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Australia has around 100,000 eggs in IVF storage. Some want to see unclaimed eggs donated

Australia

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Dreaming of spreadsheets and battling stage fright: Behind the world Excel championships

Life

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Nuclear energy sank the Coalition at the election — can it power their comeback?

Politics

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INTERVIEW: Israeli forces take action against flotilla trying to deliver aid

Middle East

06:27

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Australian men face loneliness crisis: what’s driving it and how to fix it

Mental Health

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Police are on a hunt to find a Sydney rapper after a gangland murder happened at a service station last year.

Sydney rapper wanted over fatal service station shooting

Australia

01:27

Convicted killer Erin Patterson is set to appeal the guilty verdict in her mushroom murder trial.

Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson to appeal guilty verdict

Australia

02:23

PNG approves defence treaty with Australia

Politics

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With temperatures warming up around many parts of the country, Surf Life Saving has launched a national safety campaign to mark the beginning of patrolling season.

Surf Life Saving launches campaign as coastline patrol season begins

Australia

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Pizza, porn, and getting high: Inside the grip of a severe tech addiction

Life

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In America's war on autism, families like Eileen's are on the frontline

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This Christian community embraces traditional living. But ex-members allege it has dark secrets

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Why Brooke chose Facebook over an IVF clinic to find a sperm donor

Life

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'Not exactly glamorous': The 'disheartening' reality of dating in rural Australia

Australia

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'When I wear the clothes... I feel proud': How these women fleeing conflict find strength

Australia

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Diana lived in her car while battling cancer. A new housing initiative is offering hope

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An atomic bomb, a missed train and an extraordinary story of survival.

World

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What this grieving daughter found online is helping thousands in Australia

Life

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Watch Insight on Tuesday 30 September at 8.30pm (AEST) on SBS and SBS On Demand

With social media, AI chatbots, banking, maps and a camera all on a device kept in your hip pocket, technology seems non-negotiable. But do the costs outweigh the conveniences? Kumi Taguchi speaks with tech enthusiasts and abstainers, and those experiencing tech addictions – asking are we too reliant on our digital devices?

Watch Dateline on Tuesday 30 September at 9.30pm (AEST) on SBS and SBS On Demand

With US Health Secretary RFK Jnr declaring autism an “epidemic,” Dateline reports from America on the intense societal, and political divisions surrounding autism and meets the families living it.

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