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People dressed in jumpers and pants walk along a suburban shopping strip.
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A new social cohesion report says it has been a "shocking year for Australia", with the Bondi terrorist attack and other instances of intolerance and racism on the rise.

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Alan Jones holds a trophy
Alan Jones drives his Williams at the 1980 British Grand Prix
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Alan Jones dies a few days after turning 80, after a short illness. He won the the 1980 Formula 1 world championship and 12 grands prix.

Chlamydia poses a deadly threat to koalas, but researchers believe they have found a disease-free population near Newcastle.

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A banteng cattle, brown, with white legs, ad horns, stands in the bush.
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Indonesia's ambassador to Australia wants the two countries to work together to conserve a species of wild cattle that is critically endangered internationally.

Coach hugging a player and smiling in the changing room after a rugby league match
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Canterbury-Bankstown triple premiership winner Paul Langmack has died.

A fluffy echidna walks toward the camera, a track and bushland is in the background
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At first there was just one, now new trail camera footage from Tasmania's Lungtalanana/Clarke Island has shown multiple echidnas survived a near-island-wide bushfire in 2014, exciting conservationists.

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An aerial view of a flooded outback town
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More than three years after floods destroyed the remote outback town of Urandangi, residents still cannot return home, with the local council unable to fund essential rebuilds.

Goalkeeper holding the football in his hands, looking to pass it to a teammate in the outfield
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Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono says he is going through the most difficult days of his life following the death of Tenerife forward Jesus De Miguel after the pair collided during a match.

Bogong Moth maelstrom in the Victorian High Country
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A swarm of thousands filmed on a Victorian mountain top is part of a surge in bogong moth sightings, which researchers say is good news for the endangered mountain pygmy possum.

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