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FORTY full-time jobs will be lost from the Royal District Nursing Service in South Australia because of reduced referrals for service.

The Brisbane Lesbian and Gay Pride Choir celebrated its 15th year with a sell-out anniversary concert at the Metropolitan Motor Inn in Spring Hill on June 15. Next month, the choir will travel to Hobart to sing with other GLBTI choirs from across Australia at the Out and Loud festival, part of Tasmania's Festival of Voices.

Australian scientists say they have identified a possible 280 additional craters on the Moon, a finding they said could shed light on the history of the Earth's natural satellite.

Andrew Forrest and Van Gogh's The Olive Trees at the Art Gallery of Western Australia.

DARK MOFO continues to lure Tasmanians away from their heaters and out into the cold and it's set to serve up something special on the Hobart waterfront tonight.

Mathematics may not be the first thing your mind turns to when you are caught in a traffic jam.

A diamond martini at the Shangri-La Hotel costs $10,000 and comes with a diamond ring inside the glass.

QANTAS passengers who logged on to the airline's website last night would have been wondering if their eyes were playing a trick on them - Sydney to Melbourne economy class flights were listed for $11,016.

THE emergency landing of a Virgin Australia flight in northwest Victoria should be investigated as a matter or urgency, independent senator Nick Xenophon says.

Michelle de Kretser has been named winner of the 2013 Miles Franklin literary award for her fourth novel, Questions of Travel, at a ceremony in Canberra on Wednesday lunchtime.

A trip to the bridge that cost so many prisoners of war their lives is a poignant experience, writes Peter Feeney Tourists cross the bridge on the River Kwai in Kanchanaburi.

WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange has launched a blistering attack on the Gillard government saying it "bent over more than any other country in the world" to appease the United States.

Tansel Ali is a two time Australian Memory Champion. He has also memorized two Yellow Pages phone books in only 24 days.

A leap and bound over a small section of the Southern Ocean, Kangaroo Island awaits for a distinctive adventure just south of Adelaide, Australia .

Airborne laser technology has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating a bustling ancient city linking Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temple complex.

Australian scientists on Tuesday said they had identified a possible 280 additional craters on the moon, a finding they said could shed light on the history of the Earth's natural satellite.

FEW people are aware that Australia is home to the world's oldest and largest rock art landscape.

As the northern summer tourism season is set to begin, the violent protests in Turkey show no sign of calming down.

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TRAVEL website Just Luxe thinks Bondi rates in the top 12 most sexy beaches in the world.