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In Lightning Ridge, historian Barbara Moritz likens finding people to chasing opal. A long-time resident and former census officer, Ms Moritz said the recorded population of the town “has always been inaccurate”.... Read more »

At Australia’s biggest gold mine, a real life video game is playing out. These days, the two open-cut pits at the Boddington Gold Mine, around 130km south of Perth, are largely empty... Read more »

When mechanic Dave Cowan felt his NSW Central West home rattle on Tuesday night, he thought there had been an explosion. “All of a sudden I heard this great big rumble then... Read more »

The view of the Whitsundays is postcard-perfect. The setting – a private yacht – extravagant. There’s a gym downstairs, a spa upstairs and a staff ratio of 14:1. Floating off the Australian... Read more »

There’s stressful situations, and then there’s being willingly strapped into a chair inside a plane that’s submerged at the bottom of the sea. It’s a concept almost too unfathomably awful to contemplate.... Read more »

In Brief The government has announced it won’t renew its membership with the European Southern Observatory.Some astronomers are concerned about the long-term impacts it could have on Australia’s innovation and leadership opportunities.... Read more »