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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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Music teacher and actress Kimmie Jonceski stars in musical theatre season during chemotherapy

Music teacher and actress Kimmie Jonceski performed a lead role in a musical while undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer this year and wants her courageous story to inspire other young women facing a cancer diagnosis.




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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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Superannuation early release scheme fraud detected by ATO

The Australian Tax Office reports a "small amount of fraudulent activity" related to its early superannuation access scheme, which was designed to provide financial relief to people left without income due to coronavirus.



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Meditate with Chris Hemsworth, bake with Maggie Beer — the celebrity masterclasses taking off in lockdown

Celebrities, cooks and internationally renowned performers offer online masterclasses, as those in coronavirus isolation look to upskill.




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States and territories urged to beef up threat to shame institutions which hold out from abuse scheme

The Federal Government will name and shame organisations which do not sign up to the National Redress Scheme for victims of child abuse, but a parliamentary committee wants it to go much further.




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Malaysian investors in suspected Pilbara Ponzi scheme visit WA in bid to recover lost millions

Six Malaysian men visit Perth seeking $1.5 million they lost when an alleged Ponzi property scheme masterminded by WA businesswoman Veronica Macpherson collapsed three years ago.




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Cancer treatment video link trial to save patients the 1,500km trek to Perth for chemotherapy

Cancer patients in the remote Pilbara will soon be trialling chemotherapy via video link, saving them a 1,500-kilometre trip for life-saving treatment.





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Apiarist calls for chemical Fipronil to be banned after millions of bees die in Southern NSW

A chemical used to control pests in agricultural crops and termites in buildings has been blamed for the death of up to 10 million bees in southern New South Wales.




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'You can't study chemistry' and other barriers faced by women from non-English speaking backgrounds

Meet the determined young women who are working to break down barriers in the community and workforce, refusing to be defined by a stereotype.




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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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Home battery scheme off to sluggish start in SA, despite $6,000 subsidy

In recent years, SA has developed a reputation for blackouts and energy instability, but uptake of a home battery scheme spruiked as a potential solution remains sluggish.





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Aboriginal communities sue Federal Government over 'racially discriminatory' work-for-the-dole scheme

Remote WA Aboriginal communities are suing the Federal Government in a landmark action over its controversial work-for-the-dole scheme which they argue is unlawful.




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Victorian school likely had 'unsafe' levels of chemicals in soil, inquiry into possible cancer cluster told

A Senate inquiry into a possible cancer cluster on Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula hears evidence from high-profile lawyer Peter Gordon of a "disturbing number of cancer cases" connected to the early years of Bellarine Secondary College.



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Huge hemp haul in Victoria's north-west

A big hemp haul in Victoria's north-west expects their first harvest of edible crop to be the largest in Australia.




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Bohemian Rhapsody superfan breaks world record for seeing movie 108 times

A woman who says she has only been a fan of the iconic rock band Queen for about a year sets the Guinness World Record for clocking up approximately 240 hours, or 10 consecutive days, watching Bohemian Rhapsody in cinemas.




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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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Metals processor Nyrstar responsible for two chemical leaks into Port Pirie environment

Two chemical leaks from metals processor Nyrstar have made their way into Port Pirie's groundwater and a waterway over the past two years, the ABC can reveal.




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SA Government orders a review into EPA policies, after ABC report on Nyrstar chemical spills

The SA Government has ordered a review into the Environmental Protection Authority's policies over notification of environmental incidents, following an ABC investigation into two chemical spills at Port Pirie's Nyrstar smelter.




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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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Autore Pearls bringing shine back to remote Arnhem Land farm

The harvest is underway at one of Australia's most remote pearl farms and its new owners are excited by what they see.




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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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'Bold' scheme launches to power every property on SA's Eyre Peninsula with solar

An ambitious plan to power every property on SA's Eyre Peninsula with solar has been labelled an Australian first but is it too good to be true?




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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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Wacker Chemie opens first U.S. Aceo silicone 3D printing lab

Building on the success of its Aceo Open Print Lab in Burghausen, Germany, Wacker Chemie A.G. has opened its first United States-based rubber silicone 3D printing lab.



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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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Hemp plans unveiled for Aileron cattle station, as NT Government passes legislation

The NT Government gives the green light for famers to grow industrial hemp, with an outback cattle station expected to be the first one to start planting.




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'Paperless arrests', protective custody left off NT scheme meant to prevent watch-house deaths

The custody notification system, designed to help prevent Aboriginal deaths in custody, has been rolled out in the Northern Territory but there are concerns the people most at risk of harm have been excluded from its operation.




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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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Victorians cashing in on NSW Return and Earn scheme as recycling crisis bites

Wodonga grandmother Janice Marcuzzi is among those residents crossing state borders to take advantage of container deposit schemes.




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Eagle poisonings blamed on farming chemical used to kill mites

An agricultural chemical used to control mites is believed to have killed hundreds of wedge-tailed eagles in northern Victoria.




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Sacred white ochre discovered beneath Yirrkala art centre in Arnhem Land

Yolngu people in north-east Arnhem Land consider white ochre sacred and source it to use in ceremonies and art works. A recent discovery beneath a community art centre has the Yirrkala community celebrating.




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Arnhem Land's Malcolm Rosas selected as Gold Coast Suns priority pick ahead of AFL draft

Arnhem Land's Malcolm Rosas becomes the first Northern Territory player picked up by an AFL club for next season but he says the remote community of Bulman will always be home.