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How a teenager is helping make safer roads for women
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How a teenager is helping make safer roads for women

Women have had to fight for the freedom to study, work, play, and simply move through public spaces without fear. As reports of crimes against women continue to make headlines, a teenager in Ambala decided to act on one small but visible part of a much bigger problem.

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Peacock found in couple’s Brisbane bathroom leads to creative bid to reunite bird with tattoo artist
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Peacock found in couple’s Brisbane bathroom leads to creative bid to reunite bird with tattoo artist

When they returned they found Hex admiring himself in the mirror Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A peacock that seemingly fell hopelessly in love with himself in a bathroom mirror after breaking into a Brisbane house remains on the run after being evicted. Geoff and Delwyn Ballantyne left their Alexandra Hills home last week for an evening coffee and returned to find a fully grown peacock gazing adoringly at himself in their bathroom mirror.

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8% pay rise: ‘We are not being paid realistic salaries’— PSWU
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8% pay rise: ‘We are not being paid realistic salaries’— PSWU

The eight per cent increase in base pay for public sector workers in 2027 will not address what the Public Services Workers’ Union (PSWU) describes as the fundamental problem of unrealistic salaries in the public service. Mr Adjei was speaking on Joy News’ PM Express on Monday, November 2, during a discussion on the eight per cent base pay increase agreed for public sector workers for 2027.

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Country diary: The sound of thousands of cranes is truly oceanic
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Country diary: The sound of thousands of cranes is truly oceanic

The sound of thousands of cranes is truly oceanic. Hortobágy, Hungary: Their sheer size is striking enough, but the noise is something else, especially when they gather in huge migratory flocks With a standing height of 1.4 metres, common cranes are Europe’s tallest birds and at this famous national park they collect in astonishing numbers as they migrate.

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