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Space trackers and trailblazers reunite to celebrate Australia's starring role in lunar history

It's been six decades since NASA first touched down in outback WA, and it's given current and former residents of Carnarvon plenty of reasons to celebrate.
A large rocket and satellite dish point upwards into the evening sky.

'People grieve in different ways': Emotions still raw a year after the Hunter Valley bus crash

Twelve months after the Hunter Valley bus crash claimed the lives of 10 people, affected communities and first responders are still coming to terms with the tragedy. 
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framed images of the victims of the Hunter Valley bus crash

Ten years on, how does the legacy of a blockade that changed NSW's gas industry stack up?

In 2014, anti-coal seam gas protesters braced themselves for the arrival of hundreds of police, but an 11th-hour decision changed that. Now, while many celebrate the blockade's anniversary, those on the other side of the fence aren't feeling so festive.  
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A large crowd of people gather around a tall, handmade pillar in a soft grey dawn light.