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Some prisoners are being released to protect them from COVID19

A sick prisoner's push for early release in the midst of the COVID pandemic.




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Federal election 2019: Voters with a disability say the electoral process lets them down

As the Federal election draws closer, disability advocates call for changes to ensure people with disabilities have a better voting experience.




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Behind the #FillTheMCG campaign to break a world record

The T20 final brings to an end a five-year campaign to beat the world-record crowd of 90,815 for a women's sporting event, writes Brittany Carter.




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'High risk for little reward': Dolphins beach themselves to catch fish

A pod of humpback dolphins in the Fitzroy River in central Queensland are using rare and risky behaviour to catch their prey.




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Farmers feeding the nation struggle to feed themselves as donations dry up

While farmers are keeping the nation fed during the coronavirus lockdown, many struggle to put food on their own tables. The ABC joined a charity travelling around hard-hit rural areas helping farmers through the tough times.




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Thousands of farmers ready to put drought behind them, battle supply shortages instead

After soaking rains in February, for the first time in three years farmers have a real opportunity to sow a crop, but they must first face international importation issues and supply shortages of agricultural chemicals and fertiliser.




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Fashion industry needs budding engineers, mathematicians, according to Frock Club founders

Bright minds are being encouraged to consider jobs in fashion, rather than traditional STEM careers such as engineering and mathematics.




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Dumped geese divide Daylesford, as council considers rehoming them from popular lake

This gaggle of geese is beloved by Instagrammers, but the local council says the abandoned birds are destroying the environment and must be rehomed.




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Future Babble: Why Expert Predictions Fail - And Why We Believe Them Anyway by Dan Gardner

Rob Minshull produces Weekends with Warren and is an avid reader. You can hear Dan Gardner being interviewed by Warren Boland on Sunday 13th Weekends with Warren.




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Earworms: Why we get them and how to shake them off

Has an earworm crawled into your head and started gnawing on your brain, looping a specific song until you go crazy?




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Woman in her 90s confronts Adelaide home invaders, forcing them to flee

An "extremely brave" woman aged in her 90s confronts two home invaders when they break into her retirement village unit.





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Costume-themed 'bin outings' are going viral – in a good way

The mundane task of putting the bins out just got interesting, as people around the world don fancy dress for their weekly walk to the kerb — all in the name of finding some fun during social isolation.




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Lord Howe Island is overrun by rats but people are divided about how to deal with them

People on Lord Howe Island are trying to save their slice of paradise from a rat infestation, but a controversial eradication program has divided families and friends on the tiny outpost 600km off the NSW coast.




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Martial arts school offers free classes to children being bullied to help 'empower' them and build confidence

Free martial arts classes being offered to victims of bullying could have a major impact on the mental health of young people, experts say.




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Balgo's remote artists hope footy-themed bonnet art can transform community

Where some people have seen wrecked cars in the desert, artists in a remote WA community saw a blank canvas. Rocked by two deaths, the people of Balgo have set about doing something special.




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Artist Lucienne Rickard will spend a year drawing extinct animals, erasing them each day

Lucienne Rickard will draw an extinct species every day for a year but at the end there will hardly be anything left to show for her work.




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Rural families desperate as private school and boarding costs push them into financial hardship

Many rural parents are facing increasing debt and overdrawing their accounts in a bid to pay for "exorbitant" boarding fees. There are calls for more financial help for those living in isolated parts of Australia.




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Aurora australis: Where to view the southern lights and how to photograph them

You don't need to travel to the South Pole to get a perfect photo of the green and pink lights of the aurora australis there's incredible vantage points right here in our own backyard.




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Stories of the Stolen Generations preserved in Bringing Them Home archive at National Library

The stories of the Stolen Generations told in their own voices are preserved in a unique audio archive at the National Library.




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Townsville Mayor says feeding people staying in parks encourages them to stay there




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Australian anthem rewritten to represent all Australians and promote Indigenous constitutional recognition

The national anthem has been rewritten and performed for the first time in Alice Springs by a group that says it should be more inclusive of all Australians.



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Farmers wanting to take care of themselves but needing Government help to make it happen

Farmers say they should be able to make enough money to look after themselves. But as they contend with one of Australia's worst droughts, it's set to produce a billion-dollar welfare bill as taxpayers help keep them afloat.




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Gold Coast homeless kids get helping hugs in unique project to get them off streets

In some of the darkest corners of the Gold Coast, a hug from police liaison officer Saga Selsby can be life-changing.



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Great Barrier Reef changes image from marine park to theme park with underwater statues and hotels

Underwater statues and submerged hotels are some of the latest attractions on the Great Barrier Reef, concerning an old-school dive operator.




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Tamil family fails to win ministerial intervention as Scott Morrison rules out allowing them to stay

Scott Morrison steps in after former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce suggested the family facing deportation to Sri Lanka should be allowed to remain in the central Queensland town of Biloela.




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Drought-stricken NSW braces for an early bushfire season with not enough water to take them on

How do you fight fires in a state that is 98 per cent in drought and short on water? It's a question being pondered by firefighters on the verge of fire season.




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Russian players miffed at Canada's Hayton for leaving helmet on during anthem




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Khabib open to July return, vows to 'smash all of them'




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Five issues to avoid for accessible presentations. Learn how to duck them with these techniques

Five common accessibility presentation problems — the frustrating five — can thwart your attempts to enlighten your listeners. Rest easy. This article identifies these troublesome issues, then details the techniques you can use to avoid the issues, whether you are using IBM® Symphony® or Microsoft® PowerPoint®.




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The Risks - Know Them - Avoid Them

It seems many people are breathing some relief, and I’m not sure why. An epidemic curve has a relatively predictable upslope and once the peak is reached, the back slope is also predictable.




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Stopthemillenniumhollywood.com v. City of Los Angeles

(California Court of Appeal) - Affirmed. Plaintiff challenged a trial court ruling that a proposed development failed to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act. The appeals court found that the trial court did not err in concluding that that the project failed to comply with the CEQA requirement of an accurate, stable, and finite project description.




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Stopthemillenniumhollywood.com v. City of Los Angeles

(California Court of Appeal) - Affirmed. Plaintiff challenged a trial court ruling that a proposed development failed to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act. The appeals court found that the trial court did not err in concluding that that the project failed to comply with the CEQA requirement of an accurate, stable, and finite project description.




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Creating a New Language File for a Theme Translation

Recently, I’ve had a lot of customers asking me about creating a theme translation file for some of my themes. What I always assumed was a straightforward process actually has…

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Themes By Bavotasan Is Becoming Bandicoot Pro

In November 2017, we here at Bandicoot Marketing acquired Themes By Bavotasan from Chris. It was great to meet Chris during the acquisition and hear about all of the hard…

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Entering Phase 2, Prospective Reopening / Sleep & COVID-19 / New Health Care Workers Anthem

California moves toward Phase 2 in changing its stay-at-home rules. We check in with businesses who could soon reopen their doors. A Sutter Health sleep expert talks odd dreams and interrupted sleep, and an anthem to healthcare workers.





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Dispensaries saw the biggest sales day of the year after Denver’s initial stay-at-home order looked to close them

On Monday, Denver dispensaries saw their biggest sales day of the year so far, according to data firm Flowhub. Sales were up 140% compared to an average Monday, the company reported.




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Most of Colorado’s neighbors don’t have stay-at-home orders. Here’s how that’s working out for them.

Gov. Jared Polis has recently made working with Colorado's neighboring states part of his strategy to emerge from the grip of the coronavirus contagion, mentioning cross-border collaboration more than once during his daily COVID-19 press briefings last week. But the governor has acknowledged that states surrounding Colorado "have different policies" with "different trajectories of the infection."




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New Themes: Escutcheon and Orvis

Introducing two dark, minimalist free themes for writers and visual artists.




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New Theme: Revelar

Introducing Revelar, the newest addition to our free themes offering.




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New Theme: Rebalance

Introducing Rebalance, a free theme for photographers, artists, and graphic designers.




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New Theme: Karuna

Karuna is a sleek new business theme for health and wellness-focused sites.




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New Theme: Ixion

Ixion is a professional theme designed with schools, non-profits, and organizations in mind.




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New Themes: TextBook and Dara

Introducing two new free themes: Dara, a classic, elegant theme for businesses, and TextBook, geared to schools, colleges, and non-profits.




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New Theme: Lodestar

Introducing Lodestar, the perfect theme to help you create a one-page website for your small business or organization.