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Artist impressions for multi-storey towers in Garthowen Cres, Castle Hill
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Future of Castle Hill North precinct confirmed

A future proofed masterplan for a rapidly growing city in Sydney’s northwest has been approved by the Hills Shire Council — resulting in planning changes that would allow hundreds of homes to be replaced by towers of up to 20 storeys high.

Aria Awards 2018 Red Carpet. Picture: Supplied
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ARIAs fashion goes next level

The ARIA gongs have been dished out, but there’s still plenty of time for the internet to weigh in on the celebs’ fashion choices. Here are the best images from music’s big night.

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Ashley Little Boy Big Disease

Saving Ashley: What a life is worth

HE’S only five and has a deadly disease he can’t yet pronounce. It would cost us $240,000 a year for the only drug that will save him but who should pay? This is the battle to keep one cheeky, gap-toothed, puppy-loving special little boy alive.

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Life on planets orbiting red dwarf stars is likely to have faced a completely different set of evolutionary challenges to our own.

Take a tour of TRAPPIST1

ALIENS just got real. NASA’s discovery of six new Earth-like worlds certainly stacks up the odds. But any life-forms on those planets will have been shaped in very strange ways.

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A couple cycle on the esplanade along Machans Beach near Cairns during high tide & strong winds, result of tropical cyclone Justin. Queensland / Weather

Unique Far North weather

PART THREE: Cyclones are a part of life in Far North Queensland. Weather enthusiast Jacob Grams tells of his passion for storm chasing and what makes weather in the Far North unique.

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02/02/2011 NEWS: 02/02/2011 NEWS: Jenny Bolton , with her son James Friel , 9 mths, she is very worried her house will not survive, is among over 700 people take shelter in the town shire hall ahead of extreme Cyclone Yasi , hitting the town later tonight, Innisfail, FNQ.

How cyclones affect the Far North

PART TWO: Cyclones are a part of life in Far North Queensland. What’s in store for us in the future and how we’re preparing. Cairns has been lucky to avoid direct hits, but how long can that luck last?

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