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A man has been rescued off the coast of Newcastle after spending 19 hours in the water.
A major rescue operation was launched in the early hours of Friday morning [[Nov 8]], after the Vietnamese national, aged in his 20s, fell from a bulk carrier vessel.
It was a local fisherman who eventually found the man.
Swansea doctor, Glen Valaire, pulled him onto his fishing boat, bundled him in blankets, and brought him back to shore.
Vessel Master of Marine Rescue New South Wales, Jason Richards, says he's relieved the man was saved.
"Very good to get a positive outcome that's for sure, it was quite worrying for quite a while. We got out there pretty quickly, started the search. We were joined by two water police vessels and another marine rescue vessel from Lake Macquarie, two helicopters and a challenger jet so it did become a very big search effort."
Australian Border Force officials are investigating the circumstances around the incident.
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A man who allegedly stabbed another man to death in central Adelaide has been charged with murder.
Police say they responded to reports a 23-year-old man had been stabbed at an accommodation complex the Adelaide C-B-D just before 8pm on Friday [[Nov 8]].
The victim, later identified as Lewis Parkin, was found with life-threatening injuries and rushed to hospital - but died shortly after.
Police say the incident was not random and they believe the two men knew each other.
The 42-year-old accused man is due to appear before the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Monday.
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A body believed to belong to a teenage boy has been found in bushland in Sydney's southwest with police treating the death as suspicious.
Emergency workers were called to an area in Wilton early on Saturday morning [[Nov 9]].
The road was closed and officers set up a crime scene with specialist police called to the location.
The individual is yet to be identified.
Police are appealing for anyone with knowledge of the incident to come forward.
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Federal energy and climate minister Chris Bowen says electric vehicle ((EV)) owners will be able to use their electric vehicles as batteries on wheels by the end of the year.
Speaking at an E-V conference in Sydney, Mr Bowen says a revised standard is now in place to make bidirectional charging, or reverse charging, possible in Australian homes.
"No longer will charging be a one-way street, you can charge when you want to charge, and you can discharge back to the grid when that suits you. Obviously, you'll be looking at energy prices, or set it up so it happens automatically. It's really putting consumers in charge and the process from now is those manufacturers that enable vehicle to grid charging and those charging companies that enable it can register their products to the clean energy council and get approval."
Vehicle-to-grid technology is hailed by many experts as a critical part of a future grid dominated by renewables.
They say using car batteries will help provide bulk energy when needed and critical grid services.
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As world leaders prepare to head to the U-N Climate Change Conference, Pacific Island nations are calling for urgent funding to address the loss and damage caused by extreme weather events.
Fiji has been called a hotbed for ocean warming, with crucial reefs devastated this year due to global coral bleaching events.
Experts in Fiji say there's no time to wait and they want their voices heard at the upcoming climate talks in Azerbaijan.
Meteorologist Samisoni Waqavakatoga outlines the widespread impacts of coral bleaching.
"One of the impacts of ocean warming is coral bleaching and with that being said ecosystems are affected right from the sea with fish and everything that is living in the ocean to the people who live off the sea."
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The Bureau of Meteorology is warning those living in Western Australia and the Northern Territory to expect severe heatwaves this weekend.
Maximum temperatures are expected up the the low forties, with the temperature remaining high well into the evenings.
Residents are advised to seek places to keep cool and to remember to hydrate.
Severe heat waves can be dangerous for many people, particularly older people and children.
Meteorologist, Miriam Bradbury, says the region is experiencing the hottest November weather in years.
"The Northern Territory has also been seeing persistent heatwaves over the recent weeks, and this weekend even going into next week is no different unfortunately those low to severe intensity heatwaves will continue particularly across sort of the central and northern parts of the Northern Territory so really hot conditions continuing."
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An inner-city Sydney public school has been crowned World Building of the Year, beating over 200 shortlisted entrants.
Its competition included towering skyscrapers, museums and major transport hubs - all bidding to take home the prize at the 2024 World Architectural Festival in Singapore.
Darlington Public School in Chippendale features strong connections to Indigenous culture, weaving designs into the building's identity and facades.
Aboriginal artworks are displayed around the school and in the cladding to preserve ancient stories and students can learn about Indigenous food and culture with a community garden that grows native plants.
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Superstar singer Beyonce has topped the list of Grammy Award contenders, earning 11 nominations, including an album of the year nomination for her venture into country music, Cowboy Carter.
Beyonce's nominations have brought her career total to 99, more than any other artist.
She had been tied for the lead with her husband, rapper Jay-Z, who has 88.
Behind Beyonce, Billie Eilish, Charli X-C-X, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone are tied with seven nominations each.
Pop phenomenon Taylor Swift and newcomers Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter scored six each.
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Overseas, Matilda Caitlin Foord has helped Arsenal to a ruthless 5-NIL thumping of Brighton in the Women's Super League.
Foord scored the Gunners second at Emirates Stadium, before teammate Frida Maanum stole the show with a strike on the edge of the box.
Manchester City also threw around it's weight with a 4-NIL rout of Tottenham thanks to a Khadija Shaw hat trick.
Matildas Mary Fowler and Charli Grant both started on the bench.
