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Bermuda Boxing Youth To Compete In Canada

Bermuda Boxing Federation [BBF] youth program athletes are off to compete in Scarsborough, Canada in the Olympic-Style boxing event, set to take place this Saturday August 24th, 2019. The event, hosted by Gideon Boxing Academy, will see five youth travel to train and compete. The team, Carlita Trott, Otero Smith, DaMeko Francis-Dill, Kahlil Smythe and […]

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Das Wohltemperierte Clavier (Books I and II) (feat. piano: András Schiff)

Schiff transcends all questions of instrumentation to deliver a pure experience.




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Arkansas Racing Commission sticks with competition for Pope County casino; Mississippi operators promise lawsuit if they don’t win

The Racing Commission had a long and open discussion but again cleared the Cherokee Nation's belated application for a casino permit in Pope County. A Mississippi casino operator says it will sue if the Cherokees win the permit.

The post Arkansas Racing Commission sticks with competition for Pope County casino; Mississippi operators promise lawsuit if they don’t win appeared first on Arkansas Times.





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Fraser Island traditional owners' compensation drags on over 'what we should have got a long time ago'

The Indigenous owners of Fraser Island, the world's largest sand island, are frustrated by delays in their claim for compensation from the Queensland Government.




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Retrial ordered for trio jailed for killing Peta Fairhead who was dumped at Joondalup hospital

The Court of Appeal unanimously overturns the convictions of three men found guilty last year of killing a mother who was left outside a Perth hospital in 2016, with the trio now set to face a retrial.




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'Serial sex monster' Garry Narkle is a gentlemanly and pampering husband, wife tells court

The wife of a man once described in the WA Parliament as "a serial sex monster" describes her husband as gentlemanly and pampering as she advocates for his release from prison.




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Selfies, wedding dresses and campers: China's big crush on Port Gregory's pink lake

Large numbers of Chinese tourists are flocking to the pink lake near Port Gregory in Western Australia, but has it become a victim of its own popularity?




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South Australian border collie wins working dog competition, trainer first female winner

When Peta Bauer first moved to a remote station for work more than 20 years ago she was the only female on the farm's staff. Now she's a record-winning sheepdog trainer and things are different.




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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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Yakka Park in Lucindale used for the annual South East Field Days will be home to 5000 campers for the One Night Stand.



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Outback Rugby League competition pins hope on game's survival during player drought

For keen rugby league player Owen Whyman, times are tough enough in the Darling River town of Wilcannia without losing the game he looks forward to each week.




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Warmer temperatures spark pool health warning

As warm temperatures continue throughout much of Western Australia, residents are being warned about diseases which lurk in dirty pools and waterways.




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Walgett loses all water, some air conditioning as heatwave pushes temperatures near 40 degrees

Residents have been left without water for a day after a breakdown at a local treatment plant and as western NSW sweated through a heatwave.




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'Rare, really rare': Campers treated to surprise visit by ocean giant in the shallows

Campers on the north coast of Western Australia have had the "really rare" chance to walk next to a feeding whale shark estimated to be seven to 10 metres long.





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Concrete barriers have been installed to block access to illegal campers




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Butterflies have a 'bumper year' on Gold Coast but moths are surging too

An entomologist says it's been a 'bumper year' for moths on the Gold Coast but when will our backyard lights be safe from these 'drab' insects?




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Game of Thrones is ending but iron throne keeps legend alive for one pampered Bathurst pooch

The Game of Thrones drama ends today for millions of fans, but in one Aussie household it will live on for this pampered pooch which has its own GoT-inspired iron throne.




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Nigel's riverfront property dream turned into a nightmare, he says he just wants 'fair' compensation

Nigel Lazenby always dreamed of owning a house with river frontage, but that turned into a nightmare when a landslip wrecked his and other homes along the Tamar River in 2016. Now, Nigel is one of a group of owners who just want "fair" compensation.



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Riverland student who stabbed classmate found not guilty due to mental incompetence

A student who stabbed a classmate at Renmark High School in South Australia's Riverland is found not guilty on the grounds of mental incompetence.




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Plastic dumped in Melbourne's Yarra River to be turned into outdoor furniture

Thousands of bottles, soy sauce containers, wrappers and microplastics that have been fished out of Melbourne's iconic river will be melted down to create seats along the water's edge.





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Dumped gravel and rock blocks environmental water from flowing into Murray-Darling forest

An irrigation channel used to release water into a forest along the Murray River in NSW is filled with earth and rocks, with an irrigator saying it's a sign of frustration boiling over in the area.




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Folau's $14m compensation claim unresolved after 12-hour talks

Sacked Wallaby star Israel Folau will return to court on Wednesday as negotiations with Rugby Australia over his unfair dismissal claim remain deadlocked.




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Premier League and Champions League competitions suspended

England's elite soccer leagues are suspended until at least April as the chaos stemming from the coronavirus outbreak continues to impact world soccer.




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Jockey Linda Meech dumped from Victoria Derby ride, with Michelle Payne fined for Twitter response

The owner of racehorse Thought of That defends himself against claims of sexism after dropping jockey Linda Meech in favour of Mark Zahra for Saturday's Victoria Derby at Flemington.




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Kangaroo tail and stew, damper and dancing during Goldfields NAIDOC celebrations

Throughout Kalgoorlie-Boulder during NAIDOC week, people came together in an effort to build better understanding and appreciation of Aboriginal history and culture.




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Great Southern wildflower photo competition showcases rare and colourful blooms

From late August every year, wildflowers blanket the south west corner of Western Australia. The ABC Great Southern's wildflower photo competition showcases the most beautiful blooms of the season, submitted by audience members.




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George Pell's 'unimpeachable' child sex abuse convictions should remain, prosecution tells appeal court

Prosecutors argue George Pell's victim was a "witness of truth" as they contend the disgraced Cardinal's child sex abuse convictions are "unimpeachable" and should be upheld.




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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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The Book of Lists: The Original Compendium of Curious Information by David Wallechinsky and Amy Wallace.

Rob Minshull produces Weekends with Warren and is an avid reader




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Mystery shopper surveillance ramped up to ensure consumers get what they pay for

Shopping these days is no private affair as shopper surveillance ramps up towards the Christmas period. What you might not be aware of is that traders and their employees are also being keenly observed.




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The competition delusion; and a call to nationalise big data

Competition is often seen almost as a universal good. But economist Nicholas Gruen says a slavish adherence to making everything a competition is damaging our trust in public institutions. Also, the Belgian community trialling an ancient form of democracy. And if big data is made collectively, would nationalising it help to ensure the benefits are widely distributed?



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Bong Joon-ho's Parasite wins Sydney Film Festival official competition prize

The Korean film Parasite, about a lower-class family who con their way into a wealthy household, wins in a year dominated by social issues.





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World number one Ash Barty to headline revamped Adelaide International in 2020

World number one Ash Barty is locked in to headline the 2020 Adelaide International, joining a strong list of female players including world number five Simona Halep.




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Kittens dumped in Adelaide's Tea Tree Plaza shopping centre, CCTV footage captures man and woman involved

Two seven-week-old kittens are dumped in a garden bed at an Adelaide shopping centre, and the RSPCA is seeking help to identify the couple involved.





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Frost, sub-zero temperatures and blizzards possible as cold front moves across south-east

An unusually early cold snap is delivering snow, frost and strong winds, and while temperatures will increase back towards average for a few days as the system moves out to sea, another bout of bad weather will soon move east from WA.




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Traumatised police officer takes criminal action after case manager EML dragged out workers' compensation claim

A former police officer who suffered "horrific and graphic traumas" after being trapped in a crashed squad car has launched criminal action after being forced to wait more than a year for a workers' compensation payout.




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Wicked Campers faces the wrath of Country Women's Association over slogans on its vans

The Country Women's Association is set to take on Wicked Campers after one of its members took direct action and painted over of slogans on one of its vans.





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Australian botanicals and native honey give NSW gin distiller unique edge in London competition

Bound by tradition but using honey from stingless bees and Australian botanicals proves to be more than just a silver lining for a NSW distiller.




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Sexism trumped by tenacity as NSW mid north coast chef cooks a royal treat for Queen and rock and roll royalty

Chef Julie-Anne Booth, after a lifetime sometimes cooking for royalty, is back home sharing her food experiences with regional food producers.




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Sydney news: Woman charged with murder over Camperdown stabbing, easing weather slows Tenterfield bushfire

MORNING BRIEFING: A woman has been charged with murder after a man was found with multiple stab wounds in a Sydney apartment complex, while easing weather conditions have helped firefighters in Tenterfield gain the upper hand on a bushfire.




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Grateful strawberry farmers peg hopes on new harvest after needle tampering disaster

One year after the worst disaster to hit Australia's strawberry sector, growers are optimistic about this year's harvest but say they are not out of the woods just yet.





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Child sexual abuse compensation claims flood in after WA's statute of limitations lifted

It is now decades since Todd Jefferis first raised the alarm about the sexual abuse atrocities carried out at Katanning's St Andrew's Hostel in Western Australia, but his fight for justice might finally be nearing an end.