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TikTok filters are the latest weapon in online activism — but do they work?

TikTok creators say using this filter will raise money for charity. It's the latest example of digital activism sweeping social media platforms, but it sounds a little too good to be true — so, is it?
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Screenshots from three TikToks showing various watermelon games.

New exhibition details Australian lives over 60 years

The National Archives of Australia exhibition shows Australia from the 19-30s to 19-90s capturing everything from natural disasters to day-to-day life.
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Duration: 1 minute 37 seconds

Miwatj Yolngu art exhibition tackling truth-telling and global warming

A group of Yolngu elders and artists travelled from Arnhem Land to regional NSW to open an art exhibition focusing on truth telling and global warming.
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Duration: 1 minute 36 seconds

The true story of Nick Cave and the group once labelled the most dangerous band in the world

Once labelled the "most dangerous band" in the world, Mutiny in Heaven tells the story of The Birthday Party.
Bare-chested man leans over and sings into a microphone.

Remote Furniture: Unique crafted furniture from Millingimbi Island

Hand crafted furniture taking Indigenous stories and art to the world.
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Duration: 11 minutes 49 seconds

One of Russia's top ballerinas quits Bolshoi over war with Ukraine

Prima ballerina Olga Smirnova, one of Russia's top dancers, quits the prestigious Bolshoi in Moscow, becoming the biggest star to leave Russia over the war in Ukraine.
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Russian dancer Olga Smirnova

Gunumidjina Gwala Daraniki mural timelapse

Larrakia artist Denise Quall and her team painted Gunumidjina Gwala Daraniki on the Bennett St gable of the ABC Darwin building, at the southern road gateway to the city, in June 2021. This is a time-lapse of the process.
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Duration: 1 minute 9 seconds

Man left 'raw and completely degraded' after a Canberra removalist allegedly racially abused him

Mechanical engineer Aditya Kumar says he was called a "curry dog" and an "Indian dog" during a dispute with a removalist.
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A man crosses his arms and looks serious, with trees in the backdrop.

'Something has to change': Matriarchs join school camp to teach women about consent

A few extra seats on the Yalata school bus were left for elders and community leaders, to help Yalata Anangu School teach culturally sensitive topics.
An older woman site in front of a campfire with bright clothing on.

Glover Country: The historic property that inspired famous landscape artist

An historic property which inspired one of Australia’s most admired landscape artists, John Glover, has been painstakingly restored. Four-thousand hectares of ‘Patterdale Farm’ is now officially protected, but the owners continue to run a highly successful fine wool enterprise. (Encore presentation from 13 Oct 2019).
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Duration: 14 minutes 35 seconds

So is Emily in Paris really that bad? Here's why its nominations are making people angry about the Golden Globes

The Golden Globes receives heavy backlash for particular nominations this year, and even more for the omissions of certain television shows.
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Michaela Coel (left) sits smiling at her phone. Lily Collins (right) smiles for a selfie on a Parisian balcony

Pioneering black actress Cicely Tyson dies aged 96

The Oscar-nominated, two-time Emmy Award winner who also nabbed a Tony Award aged 88, was introduced to a new generation of moviegoers through 2011 hit The Help. But there's still so much more to her career than that.
Cicely Tyson smiles as she looks into the camera wearing a sequin hat and what appears to be a resin necklace and a black dress.

'The Plane Crash That Destroyed A Government'

80 years ago, an RAAF bomber carrying three senior wartime cabinet ministers, crashed on approach to Canberra Airport, killing all on board
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Duration: 8 minutes 33 seconds

George Young biography released

Jeff Apter has released a book about George Young, called 'Friday on My Mind'
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Duration: 12 minutes 37 seconds

NSW government announces $50 million for Arts sector amid pandemic

The money will be delivered in two stages and will assist the likes of Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Opera Australia and the Australian Chamber Orchestra
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Duration: 5 minutes 20 seconds

Art in the age of Coronavirus

The Coronavirus lockdown has created a new movement with people recreating famous works of art at home
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Duration: 4 minutes 53 seconds

Alison Lester and Alice Pung on storytelling

Authors Alison Lester and Alice Pung join Virginia Trioli on Mornings to chat about the 'Storytelling Gala: 2020 Hindsight' at The Wheeler Centre.
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Duration: 17 minutes 30 seconds

Fashion designer invited to enter a world closed to most Australians

In a ground-breaking collaboration, Melbourne fashion label Gorman teams up with Indigenous artists whose work depicts places where sacred cultural knowledge has been passed down for thousands of years.
Indigenous artists from Fitzroy Crossing, WA, have teamed up with Lisa Gorman (left) founder of Melbourne fashion company Gorman