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Jeremy's Frontyard view




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Paedophile and former magistrate Peter Liddy applies for release from South Australian jail

One of Australia's most notorious paedophiles has applied for parole, but South Australia is considering whether the former magistrate should be indefinitely detained behind bars.




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Family-owned butcher sources all produce from within 50km of shopfront

AWE Richards Butchers shop is something of a rarity, with everything for sale sourced less than 50 kilometres from its 80-year-old shopfront in South Australia's Bordertown.





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Volunteers from the Lucindale Lion's Club have been working around the clock to get the site ready for the campers.



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  • Arts and Entertainment:All:All
  • Arts and Entertainment:Events:All
  • Arts and Entertainment:Events:Carnivals and Festivals
  • Arts and Entertainment:Music:All
  • Community and Society:All:All
  • Australia:SA:Lucindale 5272


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One Night Stand was a true debut for Chelsea Manor with the festival openers' first live gig in front of 15,000

Just eight months from forming, South Australian punk band Chelsea Manor found themselves playing before 15,000 screaming people at their first live gig.



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  • Arts and Entertainment:All:All
  • Arts and Entertainment:Music:All
  • Arts and Entertainment:Music:Bands and Artists
  • Community and Society:Youth:All
  • Australia:SA:Lucindale 5272
  • Australia:SA:Mount Gambier 5290

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Streetscape from the Toowoomba suburb where Naponi lives





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Bald Hills head-on crash cuts short Shahid Islam's life, days from a fresh start

The 36-year-old's family were preparing to embark on a new chapter in their lives, moving closer to friends and community. Now they're preparing the husband and father's funeral.




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Kurdish Queenslanders desperate to hear from families trapped in Syrian conflict

The battle between Turkey and Syria may be 13,000 kilometres from Toowoomba, but the effect of the war is being anxiously felt by the Queensland city's new Kurdish community.




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Women on SES emergency frontline hope to inspire others by debunking boys' club myth

One year ago, Tanya Wittmann couldn't swim. Today she is qualified in swift water rescue and hopes to encourage other women to join the SES.




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Dog lost on the Birdsville track 200km from anywhere reunited with owner at the Big Red Bash

Pip the dog was found wandering alone on the Birdsville Track, but a series of lucky breaks have led her to be reunited with her owner more than 220km away.





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If your coastal home could be threatened by flooding 80 years from now, would you want to know?

The threat of flooding to Australia's coastal areas due to climate change is very real for some with the luxury seaside shire of Noosa in Queensland formally declaring a "climate emergency".






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Samuel Dale Johnson sings from horseback




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Police evacuate residents from burning street



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  • Disasters and Accidents:Fires:Bushfire
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Peregian Beach man rescued from bushfire thanks officers after close call

The dramatic rescue of 94-year-old Andrew Michael from the Peregian Beach firestorm on Monday was captured on video. He's now returned home and says his rescuers did "a very good job".




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Paedophile tried to elicit oral sex from two boys with 'truth or dare' game in drain while on bail

A 25-year-old man lures two boys to a secluded location and offers to pay them $5 for oral sex, just months after he was given bail for possessing graphic and violent child porn material, a court hears.




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Warren Strange from Knowmore, a legal service for abuse victims




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Sylvia's daughter Clare, before she passed away later in life from a seizure.




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Pumping PFAS-contaminated water from airport expansion into ocean is 'insanity', chemical expert says

Chemical experts warn a Queensland council that a plan to dump millions of litres of PFAS-contaminated water into the sea off the Sunshine Coast as "insanity".




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Possum hitchhikes 100 kilometres from city home in spare tyre on the back of a ute

A juvenile possum that hitched a lift on a 100-kilometre road trip in the tyre of a ute will remain in its new home, young enough now to grow up without mum and dad.




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Around 12 tonnes of golden perch allegedly taken illegally from Darling River near Menindee

A 36-year-old man is arrested and charged for illegally taking and selling 12 tonnes of golden perch from the Darling River over a 20-month period.




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River Lives: Tour from fish kill epicentre to mouth of River Murray in South Australia

Locals at the heart of a devastating fish kill say politicians lack the vision or intent to overcome water management deficiencies, as the ABC visits towns from Goolwa to Menindee to find out who, if anyone, is in control of the Murray-Darling Basin.




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Menindee locals take break from fish kills, drought to dance by Darling River and hope for brighter future

Amid the mass fish kills and the ongoing drought, residents of Menindee in outback NSW hope a festival will be the first of many positives that draw tourists back to the region.




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'Slap on the wrist' for illegal fisherman accused of taking 12 tonnes of golden perch from Darling River

A commercial fisher has been fined $15,000 and had his boat confiscated after pleading guilty to seven charges of illegal fishing in the Darling River.



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  • Environment:Rivers:Murray-Darling Basin
  • Law
  • Crime and Justice:Illegal Fishing:All
  • Australia:NSW:Broken Hill 2880

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Fish kill rescue plan needs to remove fish from Darling River urgently, say Menindee locals

Menindee residents say the New South Wales Government is moving too slowly to prevent the loss of important native fish breeding stock in the Darling River, as authorities warn of further large-scale fish kills in to summer.




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Mutawintji from above




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Authorities move fish from Menindee with fish kills expected over summer




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Albany council to recover 80 per cent of investments from failed Lehman Bros

The City of Albany says it will be just a few hundred thousand dollars out of pocket from investments in failed US investment bank Lehman Brothers, after the latest settlement agreement.





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Thieves try to steal ATM at Albany with machinery stolen from council depot

Thieves have caused significant damage to a shopping centre while trying to steal an automatic teller machine in Albany.





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WA Government moves to forcibly reclaim prime beachfront land in Albany from Singaporean developers

The State Government says it has sent a serious warning to the owners of one of Albany's prime vacant lots, by signing off on a plan that would allow it to forcibly reclaim the site.




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Man to front court accused of sparking Narrikup fires

A 40-year-old Albany man is due to appear in court this month after being charged with deliberately lighting three fires in Narrikup.




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Man to front court over hydroponic cannabis

A 55-year-old man has been charged after police allegedly uncovered a hydroponic set-up being used to grow cannabis at an Albany house.





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Saved by sickness: the story of an ANZAC from Albany

An illness is rarely something that saves a life, but in the case of Tom Sharp, that is what is likely to have happened.




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Who's profiting from the pandemic?

The coronavirus pandemic is causing pain and suffering the world over, but then there are always those who never let a good crisis go to waste. Some are benefiting from COVID-19 for legitimate reasons: just think of companies that make video conferencing apps, ventilators, or canny investors. But there are also more nefarious players looking to bank a win off the back of coronavirus fear and confusion: scam artists, fraudsters, counterfeiters. This week, Geoff Thompson, Mario Christodoulou, Meghna Bali and Kat Gregory investigate who's winning in these turbulent times and how.




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Curious Central West: Place name origins unravelled from Curly Dick Road to Dark Corner

The names of towns, roads and localities of central and western NSW are a treasure trove of toponymy, or the study of name origins, but their meanings also provide powerful connection for people and the places they call home.




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Curious Central West in 2017: Investigating the confronting to the quirky

In 2017, Curious Central West travelled far and wide to investigate stories that were complex and confronting, while others were cute and quirky.




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Raunchy colouring-in books and support for local shops helps NSW farmers find respite from drought

Lucy Moss's boutique in Coonamble is bursting with colour, and her latest venture offers various shades of relief for drought-affected farmers.