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The first mass mortality of Australian wildlife from the deadly H5 bird flu has been confirmed in greater crested terns found on an island off South Australia's south-east coast.

It's been more than 12 months since residents along the Queensland coast watched and waited as Tropical Cyclone Alfred travelled down the coastline.While the cyclone caused damage to southern parts of the state, it also brought some cool relief to one of the world's greatest wonders, the Great Barrier Reef. Grace Whiteside went out to the southern tip of the reef. 

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An Alice Springs court has heard the evidence against a man accused of murdering five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby on the outskirts of the Northern Territory town is so extensive the case had to be adjourned until December.

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Jacinta Allan will not take Labor to an election, marking the end of a premiership marred by scandals that date back to the era of her predecessor, Daniel Andrews, and a collapse in successive polls.

The federal government has signalled it won't be extending the fuel excise cut beyond the end of this week.The tax on fuel was halved for three months to help motorists with soaring costs as a result of the war in the Middle East.Support was extended through July, but at a smaller discount of about 16 cents per litre and it's due to end this weekend.Sharon Middleton runs trucking business Whiteline Transport. She says the increased cost of fuel will eventually be passed on to consumers. 

The federal government has hailed the nationwide AusAlert system test a success despite reports of many people not receiving the alert.

South Australia has recorded seven new suspected cases of H5 bird flu, including five detections at the same site over two days.This brings Australia's total number of H5 birdflu cases to 20, across South Australia, Western Australia, New South Wales and Queensland. Reporter Josh Brine has been at the fishing town of Southend on SA's Limestone Coast.

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An interim review into the NT child protection department's handling of the circumstances of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby prior to her death has been tabled in the NT parliament.

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Telstra's network outage this week caused disruptions across the country - to public transport, payment systems and those trying to call emergency services. Those living in remote and regional areas are heavily reliant on connectivity - so what can be done to future proof our national networks? 

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In an unprecedented move, Australia's consumer watchdog has exercised new powers to block the opening of a Coles supermarket in Kalgoorlie, on the grounds it could knock out smaller competitors in the surrounding region.

Private health group Ramsay given special access to public hospital emergency patients.

The expansion of tele-oncology units in regional Australia is allowing rural cancer patients to access treatments in smaller local hospitals. 

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Tassie prepares as H5N1 bird flu case confirmed in SA and another suspected in WA.

A spectacled porpoise, normally found in Antarctic waters, has washed up on the same coast where two dead migratory birds were found that were confirmed as infected with H5N1 bird flu.

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"It's all too hard": Fuel shock pushes regional businesses to the brink

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