Justin Huntsdale
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 6
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- Sep 13, 2026
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- Jul 9, 2026
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Australia's 'incognito' nuclear reactor marks 20 years of innovation (opens the original)
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Australia's only nuclear reactor, OPAL, is marking 20 years in operation at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation on the outskirts of Sydney. The reactor is critical in producing nuclear medicine and irradiating silicon for use in major electronic projects. The reactor will be central to researching the latest in battery and electricity technology with real-world implications. Behind the dense bushland and barbed wire that surround the Open Pool Australian Lightwater (OPAL)
Giant great whites filmed swarming dead whale off NSW South Coast (opens the original)
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Bodyboarder and drone pilot Lilly Pollard has filmed a number of large sharks eating a dead whale off Bawley Point in NSW. One of the great white sharks was estimated to be more than 5 metres in length. Ocean researcher Duncan Leadbitter says such incidents will increase as whale numbers grow. Professional bodyboarder and marine mammal rescue volunteer Lilly Pollard always wanted to film a shark from a drone and hit the jackpot with her first experience last Friday. A floating humpback whale car
Deer stranded on rock shelf highlights looming urban pest problem (opens the original)
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A deer became stranded on an ocean rock shelf in Wollongong this morning. Emergency services were unable to get to the animal due to tides and terrain. A Wollongong councillor says while recent culling in national parks is positive, more needs to be done to control deer in urban areas. It was a regular a sunny winter morning on Wollongong's Blue Mile as people walked their dogs, swam in the ocean rock pool and rode their bikes along the popular shared pathway. The only difference was groups of p
Library book returned after 150 years, $28k fine waived (opens the original)
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A book borrowed from the Kiama Library has been returned about 150 years after it was due. The Antiquities of Athens was discovered inside a chest in a bricked fireplace during a renovation. The book will be added to a special collection at the library and will no longer be available for loan. It might be about 150 years late, but The Antiquities of Athens has been returned to the New South Wales library from where it was borrowed. The book was discovered in a tea chest bricked into a fireplace
Decade-long friendship between Roy Orbison's hit maker and Australian singer (opens the original)
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Joe Melson, the songwriter responsible for co-writing some of Roy Orbison's biggest hits, has died. Australian musician Damien Leith has been meeting Melson online weekly to write songs for 14 years. Their friendship developed after Melson discovered Leith's Roy Orbison tribute album released in 2011. Monday mornings have been an exciting, if not slightly surreal time in Damien Leith's home. It is the time of the week when the 2006 Australian Idol winner sits down in his home studio in Wollongon
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