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Epic bike ride challenging misconceptions about people with disabilities

A group of friends with disabilities is about to undertake a cycling adventure to challenge the misconceptions about people with disabilities. They're going to ride from Australia's lowest point at Lake Eyre to the highest point Mt Kosciuszko. Two of them will peddle the 2000 kilometres together on a tandem trike.





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Coconut faces a looming global supply shortage, but could an Australian industry crack it?

Consumer demand for coconuts is booming and world supply is struggling to keep up, so an industry awaits as Australia imports nearly all the coconut it consumes.







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Productivity Commissioner Jane Doolan discusses the draft water report






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Curious North Coast: Byron Bay



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Cyclone Debbie six months on: How do people with disability cope during a disaster?

The daily challenges of living with a disability are often significantly heightened during times of natural disasters.




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Coffin Bay oyster grower Steve Thomson talks about the oyster shortage and his war on waste







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Bathurst's historic street lamps: Confusing tourist traffic since 1933

It's an old joke in Bathurst that locals can spot an out-of-towner because they turn the wrong way around one of the historic lamp standards in the city's CBD. But what's the reason behind this road rule and is it unique to Bathurst?



















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Why was Lismore on the NSW North Coast built on a floodplain?






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Queensland National MP David Littleproud becomes Australia's new agriculture minister








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Parliament House construction milestones and their symbols to help form new display

Three objects carefully preserved at Parliament House tell the story of its construction and will form part of a new display.






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Treasure Trove: Art Deco mural painting

The huge oil painting that served as a blueprint for Napier Waller's art deco mural on Melbourne's Newspaper House has been restored at the National Gallery of Australia.




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I'll Put A Girdle Round About The Earth to grace Art Deco exhibition at National Gallery

A 1933 painting that was made for a Melbourne mural is about to go on show in a new Australian Art Deco exhibition.






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Treasure Trove: Colonial family portrait




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Foxes costing the Australian sheep industry $28 million




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WWII Lancaster pilot heading to UK for Bomber Command commemoration

A retired Canberra surgeon is among 15 Australian veterans returning to England to commemorate Bomber Command during World War II.