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Aboriginal elder, activist and leader, Yami Lester, is laid to rest on the red soil of his homeland in front of hundreds of loved ones in South Australia's far north.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, nuclear-accident, disasters-and-accidents, marla-5724, sa, nt
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Dangerous collisions between boats and whales like the incident near Gloucester Island last weekend are likely to increase, as 30,000 of the mammals migrate up the coast this year, an expert says.
Topics: emergency-planning, emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, animals, human-interest, maritime, accidents, mackay-4740, whitsundays-4802, southport-4215, magnetic-island-4819, townsville-4810, hervey-bay-4655, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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The submerged remains of a US military aircraft that crashed off Queensland's coast, leaving three marines presumed dead, has been found, Defence Minister Marise Payne confirms.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, disasters-and-accidents, accidents, australia, qld, rockhampton-4700, united-states
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Country Fire Authority brigades in Victoria are failing to meet benchmark response times in urban areas demonstrating a need for reform, says chief officer Steve Warrington.
Topics: emergency-incidents, fires, disasters-and-accidents, state-parliament, states-and-territories, melbourne-3000, vic
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Topics: community-and-society, volunteers, disasters-and-accidents, floods, lismore-2480
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Volunteers for the State Emergency Service in northern New South Wales are quitting after being abused, spat on and assaulted in the wake of Cyclone Debbie.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, floods, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, community-and-society, volunteers, lismore-2480, north-lismore-2480, murwillumbah-2484, dunoon-2480, the-channon-2480
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Six men are lucky to be alive after a humpback whale breached under their charter fishing boat and threw it metres into the air in the Whitsundays.
Topics: emergency-incidents, maritime, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, animals, human-interest, airlie-beach-4802, qld, whitsundays-4802, mackay-4740, townsville-4810
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The Dutch manufacturer of a thrill ride that broke apart and killed an 18-year-old man at the Ohio State Fair says excessive corrosion on a support beam led to the "catastrophic failure".
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, united-states
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The trainee pilot of an ultralight plane that crashed during a training flight at Clyde North, south-east of Melbourne, earlier this week dies in hospital.
Topics: air-and-space, emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, clyde-3978, melbourne-3000, vic
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For the first time since WWI, residents from the remote Indigenous community of Wujal Wujal have enlisted in the army, in a bid to disaster-proof their community.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, army, disasters-and-accidents, community-and-society, emergency-planning, cairns-4870
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Traffic is now flowing again after a truck carrying hydrochloric acid exploded and burst into flames on the M1 at Loganholme, south of Brisbane.
Topics: road, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, loganholme-4129, qld, australia, brisbane-4000
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Residents of a high-rise tower in Dubai describe how they managed to escape a fire that ripped through the building in the middle of the night, sending plumes of smoke into the air and burning debris falling below.
Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, united-arab-emirates
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Lightning has struck a stationary plane in the US badly injuring an airport employee who was standing under the wing
Topics: weather, disasters-and-accidents, human-interest, united-states
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An airport worker in Florida is lucky to be alive after the plane he was working under was struck by lightning.
Topics: storm-event, weather, disasters-and-accidents, air-and-space, united-states
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Former US vice president Al Gore reflects on the global climate crisis, his bid to become president, and the near-tragedy that almost claimed the life of his son.
Topics: film-movies, documentary, business-economics-and-finance, emissions-trading, disasters-and-accidents, drought, floods, environment, climate-change, erosion, oceans-and-reefs, great-barrier-reef, government-and-politics, elections, foreign-affairs, australia, japan, france, syrian-arab-republic, united-states
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South Australia's State Library in the Adelaide CBD is evacuated and two people are taken to hospital after paint fumes from renovations drift in through windows.
Topics: emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, adelaide-5000, sa
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A flying instructor and a student are seriously injured during a training flight when an ultralight plane crashes south-east of Melbourne.
Topics: emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, clyde-3978, melbourne-3000, vic
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The receivers track distress signals from search and rescue satellites and relay them to AMSA in Canberra.
Topics: emergency-planning, disasters-and-accidents, travel-health-and-safety, mingenew-6522
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A body has been found in the rubble of a Minneapolis school building following a gas explosion.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, united-states
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Two workers at a Minneapolis school are believed to have died in a blast investigators believe was caused by a natural gas explosion.
Topics: accidents, disasters-and-accidents, schools, death, united-states
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Passengers are taken off two Melbourne trains after electrical sparks are seen shooting from the roof of a carriage on the suburban network in the inner city during peak hour.
Topics: emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, richmond-3121, melbourne-3000, vic
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A plane has made an emergency landing on a beach in Portugal, killing two.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, portugal
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