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Why might coronavirus become more "gentle" in time?

On today's episode: * When does it turn from a blip in cases into a second wave? * What should I do if someone needs CPR? * Why might SARS-COV-2 turn into a more "gentle" virus? * Is the virus blood type specific? And Norman has a very interesting piece of research from France. The research found a patient who had the SARS-COV-2 virus in December - a month before the country's first reported case. And the patient had no travel history to China.




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A second season of living in The Heights




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Ghost lights, Macbeth and other theatre superstitions




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Tech Head: YouTube take the fight to fake news

YouTube are stepping up their fight against fake news by introducing an all new fact checking feature.




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Research Filter: Seal comes off second best after fight with Australian ghostshark

Extensive medical scanning of a seal found at Cape Conran on the Victorian east coast has revealed not one, but six fish spines embedded in the seal's face after the fight of its life.




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Sara Watkins - Sun Midnight Sun

Watkins has created a sound that grittily avoids tired country clichés.




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Lady Antebellum - On This Winter’s Night

A nice little stocking filler for the country lovin' type.




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Felix Mendelssohn - Violin Concertos / The Hebrides (violin: Alina Ibragimova; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; conductor: Vladimir Jurowski)

Ibragimova’s svelte, unforced violin tone is just right.




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Rural news highlights

Widening gap between winners and losers in Murray-Darling Basin worries researchers and Coronavirus panic buying pushes meat producers to call for status as 'essential service'




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Rural News Highlights

South Australia repeal GM crop ban, Fire website outcry, Online machinery scams investigated, Sales of lavender booming




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270km flights to buy bread, $15,000 shopping bills are just facts of life on a remote Australian cattle station

Flying a light plane to pick up bread from the local bakery is not something most Australians can relate to, but it is the unique reality for some who call Central Australia home.




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Sewing hair scrunchies raises money for drought-affected communities

Alice Baxby wasn't around to enjoy (endure) the scrunchie hair trend of the 1980s and '90s, but she's selling hundreds of the hair ties to help drought-affected families.




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Bob Pickersgill was a station hand at Bonnie Doon when he rescued the family's three-year-old daughter from a fire




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Canterbury Bankstown Council sets sights on three-dimensional crossings to improve road safety

Three-dimensional zebra crossings have turned up in Iceland, England and even the tiny outback town of Boulia in Queensland and now one Sydney council is exploring whether it could join the trend.




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Cowgirl Riley O'Dell beats the boys to junior bull ride buckle, has Las Vegas rodeo in her sights

Bull riding has always been the cowboy's domain, but young cowgirl Riley O'Dell is bucking the trend and taking home prized buckles in outback Queensland.




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The drought is pushing rural women to breaking point, as doctors urge them to 'get help early'

RobynCaldwellisoneof thousandsof womeninrural Australiadealingwiththe falloutfromthedrought,but everyyearaspecialevent with250countrywomenin aremoteQueenslandtowngives her welcomerespite andstrategies tofightback.




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WA town of Cookernup wins fight to reinstate its postcode

To many, a postcode is just four numbers that direct your mail. To the small community of Cookernup it's the town's identity.




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Tornado hits Harvey overnight as storms lash WA's South West and Perth

A suspected tornado tore through the WA town of Harvey on Thursday night, damaging houses and bringing down trees, as a strong cold front battered the state's South West and brought heavy rain to Perth.




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Knickers the giant steer makes a packet for Blue Tree Project in brief return to limelight

One year on, 2018's most unlikely internet sensation, Knickers the giant steer, has put his big hoof forward for a good cause, raising more than $14,000 in the process.




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The Nightingale roots horror in Tasmania's colonial history with a tale of revenge

In Jennifer Kent's award-winning follow-up to the Babadook, a young convict woman teams up with a young Aboriginal man for revenge in 19th century Tasmania.



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Damon Herriman in The Nightingale




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Baykali Ganambarr and Aisling Franciosi in The Nightingale




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Aisling Franciosi stands with horse in The Nightingale




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Sam Claflin in The Nightingale




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Aisling Franciosi in The Nightingale





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Aurora Australis visible from Tasmania leaves southern lights chasers in awe

Aurora chasers around Tasmania are treated to a spectacular display of the southern lights in conditions described as "just perfect".




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Sue Hickey says her $190,000 pay doesn't cut it. Is she right?

They're some of the most senior figures in the country and are elected to represent the people, but are our politicians earning too much?




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One Night Stand crowd St Helens



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Tasmanian miners hold out hope for brighter future as technology industry grows

Politicians bearing promises have disappointed many miners in Tasmania's wild west in recent times, but increasing demand for metals for electric cars, wind turbines and solar panels is now driving more exploration.





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Movie Review - Midnight in Paris

A Woody Allen romantic's tale where you need to throw out all expectations of realism and go along with the fantasy.





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The Dark Knight Rises

Christopher Nolan's Batman series reaches its cinematic crescendo with a third act that fails to match the middle movement, but serves as a fitting farewell nonetheless.




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Movie Review - The Dark Knight Rises

Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman





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'I thought it was for mums': Why not everyone feels welcome at parents' groups

To many people, they're known simply as 'mothers' groups' and that can mean new fathers like Jeremy Piert don't feel comfortable going along.




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Geometrical hexafoil are thought to serve as a sign of protection.

Geometrical hexafoil are thought to serve as a sign of protection.



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Deportation threat to family just weeks out from daughter's VCE due to father's kidney diagnosis

The world of Raj Manikam and his family came crashing down when a test found a hidden disease that could see them deported due to "significant costs to the community".




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Councillor calls for $1m drought support funding to be redirected away from his area

David Littleproud will seek a review of rainfall figures as Moyne Shire councillor Colin Ryan says his region doesn't need drought support granted by the Federal Government because his area isn't drought affected.




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Drought assistance allocation under review as council seeks to reject $1m funding

A regional council looks set to hand back $1 million in drought funding as the Federal Government concedes it needs to review how it hands out assistance to communities battling dry weather.




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Two years on, multiple investigations have shed little light on Warrnambool's nurdle spill

Almost two years after millions of microplastics spilled onto pristine beaches in Victoria and sparked an emergency response from authorities, the plastic's origin remains a mystery.




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Queensland farmer spends $800,000 carting water as drought ravages key salad-bowl regions

A horror summer season has seen fruit and vegetable growers in Queensland go to extraordinary lengths to grow crops.




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Hairdressers unionise and unite for fight against proposed cut to penalty rates

They do apprenticeships, work with tools and are exposed to chemicals, so why aren't hairdressers paid as well as plumbers? The Australian Workers Union wants that to change.





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Mary Poppins traffic lights in Maryborough



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Bron Noffke in the fighting cage



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Drought declared on the same day the mine closed, but Monto is determined to survive

The Queensland town of Monto that was drought declared and had the local mine close on the same day is determined to see the community survive.




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Bundaberg's Paradise Dam capacity to be reduced to 42pc despite drought

Farmers in the drought-declared Bundaberg region are angry 105,000 megalitres of water will be released from Paradise Dam, saying it will go to waste at a time when water availability is so critical.