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Judge Joel Bennathan said Brand would face "inevitably a significant custodial sentence".

A mother with her baby in the jungle of the Baegu region with the sea behind them.
A woman with dolphin teeth necklace head jewellery
Two men in a 90s style black and white promo pic
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The song for an orphan recorded in an isolated Pacific community was used by a French band for a global hit adopted by corporate giants, but the singer and her family never saw a cent. Now a push is on to make amends.

Alan Jones smiles
Alan Jones holds a trophy
Alan Jones drives his Williams at the 1980 British Grand Prix
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Alan Jones dies a few days after turning 80, after a short illness. He won the 1980 Formula 1 world championship and 12 grands prix.

A close-up of a baby bandicoot, held in the palm of a human hand.
A bandicoot perched on a rocky surface.
Two baby bandicoots huddled together.
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Researchers say new discoveries about bandicoot species could have conservation implications for South Australian populations of the marsupials.

A banteng cattle, brown, with white legs, ad horns, stands in the bush.
Article is a 3 minute read.

Indonesia's ambassador to Australia wants the two countries to work together to conserve a species of wild cattle that is critically endangered internationally.

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Chlamydia poses a deadly threat to koalas, but researchers believe they have found a disease-free population near Newcastle.

Coach hugging a player and smiling in the changing room after a rugby league match
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Canterbury-Bankstown triple premiership winner Paul Langmack has died.

Wicker husband touches fisherwoman's face with his hand in a scene from Wicker.
Article is a 5 minute read.

The story of an "ugly" fisherwoman and her irresistible basket husband has a huge heart at its woven core.

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