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Eris block 1 by Gilmour Space

Historic first for Aussie space industry

An Australian company has been given first-of-its-kind approval to launch a rocket out of a small Queensland town.

Construction site at The Hutchins School in Sandy Bay where 1,973 human remains have been exhumed from the former Queenborough Cemetery and are to be reinterred at the Cornelian Bay Cemetery. Picture: Nikki Davis-Jones

2000 bodies exhumed at Aussie sports field

The removal of the bodies from an Australian school sports field is believed to be the largest mass exhumation in the nation’s history.

The Maltese Shih tzu was dumped in a Sydney yard. Picture: 7NEWS.

Dog act: Moment sick dog dumped in yard

A dog is set to have life saving surgery after it was allegedly dumped in a random yard with a heartbreaking note.

A group of Japanese monkeys which were given to Launceston by Japanese sister city Ikeada in 1981 will be sterilised and left to naturally die after a decision from the city council yesterday. A troop of Japanese macaques that have been living in the Australian city park home for four decades will be prevented from reproducing due to concerns of disease and inbreeding. Picture: City of Launceston

City to sterilise beloved Japanese monkeys

Japanese monkeys gifted to a local council in 1981 will be sterilised and left to die naturally following a vote this week.

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The south-eastern parts of Australia are ready to be smashed by an intense heatwave, which is set to continue through to the end of the week and into the weekend.

‘Unreliable’: Dire blackout warning

Aussies are being warned they will swelter through one of the hottest summers on record, with power blackouts on the cards due to a surprising culprit.

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‘Red flag’: Pandemic fears as virus spreads

Experts have raised a “red flag” over a concerning situation unfolding across the US.

Astronomers have pinpointed the origin of mysterious repeating radio bursts from space

Mysterious space radio wave origin revealed

The slowly repeating bursts of intense radio waves from space have puzzled astronomers for years.

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Elvis the crocodile destroys enclosure

Elvis is safe and luckily didn’t swallow any of the pump but the gesture is a reminder of how dangerous ‘Australia’s Crankiest Crocodile’…

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Giant huntsman startles tourist lad

Check out the hilarious moment this lad was left terrified after finding a huge spider on his shoulder! Ben Shufflebotham was out with his friend…

Shocking moment huge shark leaps onto fisherman’s boat

Shocking moment huge shark leaps onto fisherman’s boat

Anglers in South Korea were in disbelief after a 100kg shark lunged out of the water and onto their boat.

(FILES) In this file undated handout image obtained August 11, 2020, courtesy of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases(NIH/NIAID), shows a transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient,captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. - The US biotech firm Eli Lilly on October 7, 2020 announced it was seeking an emergency use authorization (EUA) for its lab-produced antibody treatments against Covid-19, after early trial results showed they reduced viral load, symptoms and hospitalization rates.

Covid origin revealed after bombshell probe

A two-year investigation into the Covid outbreak has revealed where the virus most likely came from.

Shark attacks spear fisherman off QLD coast

Shark attacks spear fisherman off QLD coast

Fisheries Queensland said there were no shark nets at the location where the man was attacked.

A man was attacked by a shark off Curtis Island off Gladstone. Picture: Google Maps/Supplied

Shark attacks spear fisherman

A man aged in his 60s was spearfishing when he was bitten by a shark off Curtis Island receiving injuries to both of his arms.

Tourist rushed to hospital covered in blood from shark attack in Thailand

Tourist rushed to hospital covered in blood from shark attack in Thailand

A German tourist was rushed to hospital while covered in blood from a horror shark attack in southern Thailand.

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