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Erin Molan lifts lid on feud with NRL great Andrew Johns

Erin Molan has put to rest her rumoured feud with rugby league great Andrew Johns.




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Dec 14, 2019: Home for the Holidays & Telemarketers

Lara Rae and Rob Pue refuse to overstay their welcome in their debate on going home for the holidays. Then, John Hastings and Derek Seguin dial it up a notch on telemarketers.



  • Radio/The Debaters

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Can we cultivate social solidarity in a time of physical distancing?

Any meaningful recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will require imagination, risk, solidarity and vulnerability; it will mean refusing to ‘free-ride’ and a willingness to sacrifice. How can we cultivate this capacity for social solidarity in our time of social fragmentation and mutual distancing?



  • Ethics
  • Community and Society
  • Health
  • Epidemics and Pandemics

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Jamie Lidell - Jamie Lidell

Lidell layers on 80s pop-soul production techniques for his latest studio album.




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T. Rex - The Slider: 40th Anniversary Box Set

Bolan’s brilliance came through clearly on T. Rex’s seventh LP.




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Forest holiday homes in WA's Nornalup beautiful, but dangerously vulnerable to bushfire

A holiday house in the middle of a beautiful forest may sound wonderful, but what if your favourite isolated retreat became a bushfire death trap?





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Backpackers prepare for life on the farm amid growing demand and working holiday visa surge

A farmer who trains backpackers in grain and livestock farming says demand for good seasonal workers in WA is outstripping her ability to supply them and her agency is stretched to the limit.




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When WFH collides with schooling at home the game has to change

PPT (paid pajama time), WFH -  whatever you want to call it - for many of us, it’s the first time we’ve been forced to work outside the office environment.  So, how might we best navigate remote work - and keep our jobs and minds intact? Mark Mortensen is Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD Business school. He’s been researching virtual working for 20 years and he walks us through what he’s learnt about remote collaboration and team dynamics. And to raise the bar even higher, if you have school-aged children in Victoria, you may be experiencing a rising tide of tension in your home as your kids log in to remote learn. And other states, listen up 'cause you may be next! As executive general manager of marketing and sales for MYOB and mother to three kids, Natalie Feehan has navigated an integrated work life for a long time. She shares what’s worked and hasn’t in this brave new world where school, home and work collide. Just don’t mention the cake.




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Two women dead after car, bus collide on Indian Ocean Drive near the Pinnacles north of Perth

A car and a bus carrying 34 people crash on Indian Ocean Drive north of Perth, at the turn-off to the world-famous Pinnacles rock formations, leaving two Chinese tourists who were in the SUV dead and a third in hospital.




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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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How Australia's largest swimming pool was built on a natural mineral spring at Helidon

For a time in the 1960s, a natural spring at the foot of the Great Dividing Range was home to Australia's largest swimming pool and legendary "mini-Woodstock" rock concerts.




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Stradbroke Island bushfire rages ahead of school holiday population boom

A large bushfire is continuing to burn through swamp and bushland on North Stradbroke Island, off Brisbane, ahead of an expected influx of 8,000 school holiday visitors.




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Police urge patience between beachgoers and drivers after holiday clash

Police urge beachgoers and motorists to be considerate of each other after video emerges of a confrontation between a driver and holidaymakers who had set up camp along Rainbow Beach.





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Lennox Head hang-gliding incident leaves instructor dead, passenger in critical condition

Police praise bystanders who rushed to help two men involved in a hang-gliding incident that killed the 67-year-old instructor, from Byron Bay, and left his Irish passenger critically injured.




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Prison guards try to keep lid on inmate tensions as drug supply runs dry

The situation in Woodford Correctional Centre, north of Brisbane, becomes "quite volatile" since coronavirus measures prevent prisoners from seeing family and friends, cutting off the illegal drug supply.



  • Prisons and Punishment
  • Law
  • Crime and Justice
  • Drugs and Substance Abuse
  • Community and Society
  • Crime
  • COVID-19

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Foul play not ruled out in disappearance of Thea Liddle, missing for six months

Police search a Mooball property as they investigate the disappearance of 42-year-old Thea Liddle who has been missing since October.




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Police search for missing woman Thea Liddle at her last residence

Police search for woman missing from Mooball in northern New South Wales.




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Khalid Ali




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'Not a time for holidays': Calls to shut off rural shires from coronavirus

State borders are closed, but has the time come to cordon off the shires from visitors too? Some rural and country leaders think so.




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Is Anzac Day a public holiday? Here's who gets the day off

Anzac Day 2020 falls on a Saturday, which means for most Australians, there's no public holiday this year. Why? And when is your next public holiday?





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When art and science collide

A Toowoomba artist says art has a valuable part to play in helping understand scientific concepts.



  • ABC Local
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  • Arts and Entertainment:Visual Art:All
  • Arts and Entertainment:Visual Art:Painting
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  • Australia:QLD:Toowoomba 4350


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Working in Australia for $3 an hour life on the working holiday visa

If people who arrive in Australia on the working holiday visa want to stay a second year, they have to do 88 days of work in regional parts of the country. Some report exploitation and abuse.




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WA truck crash killed couple on holiday




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Philip Dalidakis resigns from Daniel Andrews's Labor Government and Victorian Parliament

In a shock announcement, former minister Philip Dalidakis resigns from the Victorian Parliament, effective immediately, to take a senior position at Australia Post.




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Gemma Cosgrave and Steven Arthur died when their car collided with a truck on the Bruce Highway at Cardwell. (Supplied)




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Squalid homes demolished, residents relocated from Aboriginal reserves, in shadow of big-money mines

People are living in squalor right next to the richest mines in the country, and no-one's prepared to take responsibility for maintenance.




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Quarantined WA couple home at last after Antarctic holiday diverted to Uruguay

After six weeks in lockdown and quarantine, a couple who contracted COVID-19 while on an Antarctic expedition have finally made it home.




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AGL defers Liddell, Torrens power plant closures in bid to avoid summer blackouts

The Federal Government has applauded a decision by the energy giant, but environmental groups say the move is "risky and irresponsible."




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Plastic bottle lids inspire 3D-printed prosthetic limbs, artworks, and future leaders

What started as a school project to make art from drink bottle lids has ended up with 3D-printed prosthetic limbs made from recycled plastic.




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Farming couple leaves soggy Ireland for a working holiday in drought-stricken NSW

Irish empty-nesters Derek and Jackie Edwards are living the dream on the other side of the world, working on farms for food and board in Australia.




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Island holiday destinations in all shapes and sizes that don't require your passport

With more than 8,200 islands sprawled around Australia, there's a good chance you can't name them all so we've listed some of them to inspire your next getaway.




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Half of Gippsland is battling drought while the other half is dealing with landslides

Rain has been so heavy in parts of Gippsland that it has caused landslides, severely limiting some residents' mobility. Meanwhile, the other half of the region continues to battle through the drought.




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Federal Government rocked by revelations Barnaby Joyce may not have been validly elected

The Federal Government has been rocked by revelations Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce may not have been validly elected. Barnaby Joyce is the latest to be caught by uncertainty over his citizenship - telling Parliament he may be a dual citizen of New Zealand because his father was born there. Mr Joyce is staying on as Deputy PM while the High Court determines his eligibility, but the Opposition believes he should stand aside immediately. The case could have huge implications for the Coalition, which holds the Lower House with a slim one seat majority.




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Water prices in southern Murray-Darling skyrocket as increased water demand 'collides' with dry conditions

New analysis of water prices in the southern Murray-Darling Basin finds water prices sitting at levels only previously seen during the Millennium Drought.




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Lids 4 Kids founder asked to put a cap on donations

Lids 4 Kids is processing 50,000 bottle caps a week. But with nowhere for them to go, they're piling up inside one Canberra man's home.




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Federal Court rules union regulator's probe of AWU donations to GetUp! was invalid

A Federal Court judge finds the Registered Organisations Commission's investigation into donations made to the activist group in 2006 when former opposition leader Bill Shorten was leading the union was not politically motivated, but it was launched on a "flawed"basis.




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Woman dies after fire truck and car collide in 'horrific' Canberra crash

A female driver dies in hospital after a collision between her car and a fire truck in an inner suburb of Canberra.




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Thrill ride junkie Andrew Grover embarks on US holiday to ride 69 rollercoasters

Andrew Grover's addiction to the dizzying thrills of theme park rides began in the US when he was seven. Now 34, he's heading back for the ultimate adrenaline spree.





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Bushfires deliberately lit by 'cunning, versatile criminals', more common in school holidays, expert warns

The rate of deliberately lit fires escalates rapidly during the school holiday period, according to an expert in arson investigations, as Queensland authorities reveal action has been taken against 21 juveniles and nine adults in recent weeks.




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Abandoned Great Barrier Reef island resurrected into eco-friendly luxury holiday destination

An abandoned southern Great Barrier Reef island off the coast of central Queensland, has seen guests visit for the first time in five years.





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Backpacker tax ruling gives farming groups hope it'll entice working holiday labour back to Australia

'What a waste of time and energy': Farmers, the strongest opponents of the Federal Government's backpacker tax, have welcomed a court ruling saying it was discriminatory.




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Holiday the eco way!

Want to go on a guilt-free holiday? Then consider taking an eco-holiday. This might be a trip with a difference and it's more than likely to have a low carbon footprint. Judging by recent trends, getting back to nature without contributing to atmospheric pollution seems to be all the rage!




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People v. Astorga-Lider

(California Court of Appeal) - Affirmed an order declaring a deed of trust void, in a case where a woman pleaded guilty to grand theft for encumbering a married couple's real property with a fraudulent deed of trust.



  • White Collar Crime
  • Property Law & Real Estate
  • Criminal Law & Procedure