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    Environmentally speaking

    Australians are working to improve our quality of life without harming the environment: furniture made from plastic ocean waste, a rubbish bin for the sea, the tallest commercial timber building, 'green' steel, and sustainable chocolate-making...

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    Fighting cancer with humanity and innovative research
    Australian cancer researchers at internationally recognised Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne are transforming patients’ lives with groundbreaking research fast-tracked direct from the lab to the patient’s bedside.
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    On a high note
    After a rapid rise to success as a child, opera singer Danielle de Niese has taken a measured approach to building her career and, as a result, is now one of the most in-demand classical performers in ...
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    Isle of whisky
    From prohibition to the world’s best in less than 30 years, Tasmanian whisky has claimed its place on the international stage thanks to small producers entirely devoted to their craft.
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    Sire purchase: Australia’s champion bulls
    The biggest supplier of bovine genetics in the country, Genetics Australia, is finding new markets in Latin America and China, as rapidly escalating demand for dairy and beef sees farmers grow their h ...
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    Class: society-style
    The indigenous rights champion
    From humble beginnings growing up in public housing, Professor Megan Davis became the first Australian Indigenous person to be elected to a UN body. She has dedicated her life to improving the rights ...
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    Class: science-style
    Australian startup wages war on drug-resistant superbugs
    The emergence of superbugs, immune to existing antibiotics, is a significant global public health problem. An Australian biomedical company, co-founded by Alison Todd, is developing world-leading diag ...
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    Class: technology-style
    Built to communicate
    Definium Technologies is putting Tasmania on the world stage, collaborating with technology companies and universities to create smart sensors that connect devices cheaply over vast distances, and con ...
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    Class: culture-style
    A career en pointe
    As a principal dancer with the San Francisco Ballet, Damian Smith was a top talent in a world-leading company. Now he’s brought his experience back home to Australia and is drawing on his Indigenous r ...
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    Class: environment-style
    A pure water future
    CSIRO research scientist Dr Dong Han Seo has made groundbreaking discoveries that could solve the global problem of water scarcity and provide clean drinking water for millions of people around the wo ...
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