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Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have returned to the earth's surface.

‘Welcome home’: Smiles as astronauts finally return to Earth

SEE THE PICS: After spending nine months stuck in space, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are back on Earth, smiling, waving and cheering as they exited SpaceX Dragon.

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Lifesavers are alarmed at a lack of swimming skills and abilities among primary school children.

Disturbing trend as school swimming carnivals under threat

The great Australian tradition of the swimming carnival is under seige with disturbing statistics leading schools to consider abandoning the events. 

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A cleanroom assembly in ASML, where the building blocks of the company's high-tech lithography machines are made.

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Federal Health Minister Mark Butler.

Labor to spend $7m upgrading health website

The Albanese Government has promised it will spend $7 million upgrading a national health website that was supposed to enable Australians to shop around for affordable healthcare if it is re-elected.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: The coronavirus pandemic can seem so safely submerged in the past that we sometimes have to stop and ask ourselves: Did that really happen? It did.

Five years on ghosts of a COVID-19 pandemic still haunt us

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The coronavirus pandemic can seem so safely submerged in the past that we sometimes have to stop and ask ourselves: Did that really happen? It did.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is on a mission to rescue astronauts from the ISS.

SpaceX capsule reaches stranded US astronauts in space

A SpaceX crew capsule has arrived at the International Space Station, delivering the replacements for NASA's two stuck astronauts.

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Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk are just some of the many billionaires profiting off Australian digital services, and the Greens want them to be taxed on that revenue.

The eyewatering figure tech giants are making off Australians

‘It’s time the tech giants and the billionaire tech bros paid their fair share.’

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Australia’s national grief and loss helpline is set to close on Tuesday.

National grief and loss helpline forced to close

Australia’s national grief and loss helpline is set to close on Tuesday due to a lack of sustainable funding from the Federal Government.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a crew of four is on its way to the International Space Station.

SpaceX launches new crew to replace stranded astronauts

SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket has lifted off from Florida carrying four astronauts who will replace the two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station.

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Vice-chancellors get a hard time for their hefty salaries, but talent costs money.

Why university ‘fat cats’ are worth every cent

MARK HUMPHREY-JENNER: Vice-chancellors get a hard time for their hefty salaries, but talent costs money.

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Married men are 3.2 times more likely to be obese than those unmarried, a study found. (Robert McGrath/AAP PHOTOS)

Being married triples obesity risk in men: study

Men and women tend to be heavier when married, with marriage increasing the risk of men being overweight by 62 per cent, new research has found.

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Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, centre, have been stranded at the International Space Station since June 6. (NASA via AP, File)

Mission to save trapped astronauts called off at last minute

NASA has delayed at the last minute the launch of SpaceX rocket carrying a replacement crew for the ISS in a mission that was meant to rescue stranded US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.

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As International Women’s Day rolls around, my social media feeds fill with self-congratulatory posts. It all feels so hollow. Not because celebrating women is bad, but because it should be about real action.

Self-serving LinkedIn posts won’t save women from violence

As International Women’s Day rolls around, my social media feeds fill with self-congratulatory posts. It all feels so hollow. Not because celebrating women is bad, but because it should be about real action.

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Daniel Timms is helping to transform treatment for patients with his BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart. (St Vincent's Hospital/AAP PHOTOS)

Patient up for ‘pint’ after world-first artificial heart transplant

In a process labelled as an unmitigated success, an Aussie patient has become the first in the world to leave hospital after an artificial heart transplant.

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Charlie Teo settled a civil case in the NSW Supreme Court this week.

Neurosurgeon Charlie Teo pays settlement to family of mum who died after operation

The patient fell into a coma the day after her surgery and never regained consciousness.

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