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Toowoomba's ABC garden winners of 2015

Congratulations to the winners of the ABC categories in the 2015 Toowoomba Chronicle Carnival of Flowers Garden Competition.




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A day in the life of Toowoomba's grand champion gardeners

After 25 years of entering Toowoomba's Carnival of Flowers garden competition, two 72-year olds have won grand champion.





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Greek immigrants share gardening secret for Renmark Rose Festival

Step inside one of the beautiful open gardens on show during the Renmark Rose Festival. Artemis and Harry Ppiros are Greek immigrants who kept their green thumbs busy after retiring from their Riverland fruit block.




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Choir of Unheard Voices embrace Mzaza's foreign music

Musical therapist and violinist Greta Kelly uses the power of music to take people away from their daily worries. This is why she felt compelled to get in touch with Choir of Unheard Voices.






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Survey on impacts of COVID-19 paints a picture of distress, hardship and resilience

The ANU study has found that two-thirds of Australians feel anxious or worried about their own and others' safety, and a substantial number believe they'll contract the virus in the next six months.




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How Australia's third-biggest employer Wesfarmers has weathered the coronavirus storm

Prime Minister Scott Morrison wants "to get Australia back to work", and says he's now focused on flattening the unemployment curve and creating a "COVID-safe economy".




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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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Man charged with murder of Mildura council staff member Karen Belej

Detectives charge a man with murdering a woman who was found shot dead at a house in north-west Victoria at the weekend.




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Effigy of Federal Water Minister David Littleproud floats toward SA in Murray-Darling Basin Plan protest

An effigy of Federal Water Minister David Littleproud, dumped into the Murray River at a protest over the Murray-Darling Basin Plan is continuing to float towards South Australia.





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Desert roses are gaining popularity as hardy drought plants in outback Queensland

The hardy desert rose is rising in popularity, with nurseries unable to keep up with demand, as green thumbs seek drought-tolerant colour in the dry outback.



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Scandinavian Hardanger fiddles played in Lord of the Rings soundtracks trending in Australia

An Australian fiddlemaker is helping to spice up the dying craft by creating Hardanger fiddles, a Norwegian instrument that gained international fame in The Lord of the Rings soundtracks.




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George Pell will not seek reduced sentence if appeal against guilty verdict fails

Disgraced Cardinal George Pell will not seek a reduced sentence if the Court of Appeal upholds his conviction for sexually abusing two Melbourne choirboys in the 1990s.





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Ballarat murder trial aborted, jury dismissed after 'reckless' TV report on Karen Ashcroft case

The trial of a man accused of murdering a Victorian grandmother is aborted after a local TV news bulletin broadcast inaccurate information, and details that had not been heard by the jury.




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George Pell's appeal against child sexual abuse convictions to be heard in Supreme Court today

Jailed Cardinal George Pell will front Victoria's highest court today to appeal against his child sex abuse convictions, arguing proper process wasn't followed at trial and a reasonable jury could not have found him guilty of the crimes.




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crockford homeless

A tight rental market and rising cost of living is stretching homelessness services beyond their budgeted capacity.





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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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Locals devastated after council votes to remove 'iconic' geese from Daylesford

Locals in the Victorian town of Daylesford say they are shocked and devastated by council's decision to remove an "aggressive" gaggle of geese from the area, describing them as "a bit of an icon" in the tourism hotspot.




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Murdered Carisbrook police officer honoured 161 years after his death

Senior Constable Edward Barnett was shot and killed attempting to stop an armed robber in 1858. Now he has finally been honoured with one of Victoria Police's most prestigious medals.






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George Pell's surviving victim reacts to the cardinal's appeal being dismissed

The former choirboy sexually abused by Cardinal George Pell welcomes the dismissal of Pell's appeal and says he hopes the "stressful" court process has come to an end.




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George Pell loses appeal against child sex abuse convictions, may lose Order of Australia honour

The Prime Minister suggests Cardinal George Pell will be stripped of his Order of Australia honour, as Pell plans to take his rejected appeal against his child sex abuse convictions to the High Court.




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How train drivers deal with death and how the admin process afterwards does not always help

Around one person dies on Victoria's rail lines every week, with most long-term train drivers experiencing at least one fatality in their career.




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Ballarat man arrested over 1993 murder of Suzanne Poll in Salisbury

Police arrest a Victorian man over the stabbing murder of Adelaide woman Suzanne Poll at a shop in April in 1993 after a DNA breakthrough.




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Daughter of murder victim Suzanne Poll thanks police, as Victorian man extradited

The daughter of 1993 Adelaide murder victim Suzanne Poll has thanked police for their efforts in investigating her mother's death. A Victorian man has been extradited to South Australia charged with Ms Poll's murder.




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Man charged with cold case murder of Adelaide mother Suzanne Poll intends to plead not guilty

A Victorian man accused of murdering Adelaide mother-of-two Suzanne Poll at her workplace in 1993 will plead not guilty to the charge, a court has heard.




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Ride Like a Girl sports a classic underdog tale, but isn't necessarily an instant classic film

Ride Like a Girl's real strength is it never lets anything get in the way of telling the superb true story at its heart.





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Big buzz about bees: More young people turn to backyard beekeeping

Backyard beekeeping is abuzz with popularity with long waitlists to own a hive in some parts of Victoria.





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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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Marathon: how one battle changed Western civilisation by Richard A. Billows

Rob Minshull produces Weekends with Warren and is an avid reader.




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The Warsaw Anagrams by Richard Zimler

Rob Minshull produces Weekends with Warren and is an avid reader.




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Review: 'V8 Supercars: The Whole Story' by Gordan Lomas

Gordan Lomas



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Review: 'Wotan's Daughter' by Richard Davis

Gold Coast author Richard Davis says the time is ripe to re-evaluate the life of Australian opera singer, Marjorie Lawrence.



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Disability advocates slam lack of accessible housing in push for universal standards

Disability advocates renew their push for local councils nationwide to ensure that new housing is universally accessible to address what they describe as a critical shortage of accommodation.