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Friday, March 5, 2021

Sydney Mardi Gras 2021: Everything you need to know

Sydney's annual Mardi Gras celebration will look very different to previous years, but even in a global pandemic the city's most colourful show must go on.

Held in February, the 2020 festival was the last major event before Sydney went into lockdown.

This year the parade will not be free to attend, the first time in its 40 year history. 

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'Every Queensland household' entitled to unclaimed millions

An estimated 1.5 million Queenslanders could be entitled to money left sitting in the hands of the Public Trustee's office.

The untouched money is a mix from deceased estates, credits from utility companies and retailers, and overpaid fees from real estate agents and government bodies.

The Public Trustee is currently holding lost fortunes in excess of $169 million and are calling on Queenslanders to come forward to see if any of it belongs to them. 

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Why educators are rethinking the importance of handwriting

How good is your handwriting? And did you ever learn cursive writing?

Times have certainly changed in our classrooms, the part-replacement of pens and pencils with keyboards has seen our educators have a rethink on the importance of handwriting.

Australian schools now even have the option to type the writing response in the Naplan test. 

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Ocean search for missing woman Melissa Caddick called off

Police have called off the ocean search for missing businesswoman Melissa Caddick.
Divers today searched 6000 square metres of ocean floor at Dover Heights in Sydney, just a few hundred metres from Caddick's home.
Nothing of interest was found. 

New device to revolutionise cancer scans

Cancer patients are set to benefit from a new PET scanner, the first of its kind in Australia which will revolutionise the way tumours are targeted and tracked.
Conventional PET scans require patients to lie on a bed for 20 to 30 minutes, but the new whole-body imaging machine can perform scans in a quarter of that time.
Instead of having to take a series of images, the scanner can capture the body's tissues and organs from head to toe in one single scan. 

Pope Francis arrives in Iraq on historic visit to rally Christians despite pandemic

Pope Francis arrived in Baghdad on Friday to kick off the first-ever papal visit to Iraq and marking his first international trip since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Francis' plane touched down at Baghdad's airport just before 2pm local time (10pm AEDT).

The 84-year-old will urge the country's dwindling number of Christians to stay put and help rebuild the country after years of war and persecution, brushing aside coronavirus and security concerns. 

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One dead, three injured in horror Princes Highway crash

A woman is dead, another passenger is fighting for life and two children are in a critical condition after a crash on the Princes Highway outside of Wollongong.

A police spokesman said the driver of one car died at the scene and three others were injured when two vehicles collided southbound at Figtree about 7.15pm on Friday.

An off-duty paramedic was first on the scene after driving past the crash, 9News has learned. 

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YouTube pulls Myanmar military channels as UN prepares to meet on crisis

YouTube has removed five channels run by Myanmar's military for violating its guidelines.

The video service announced the move on Friday, as demonstrators defied growing violence by security forces and staged more anti-coup protests ahead of a special UN Security Council meeting on the country's political crisis.

YouTube said it was watching for any further content that might violate its rules. 

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