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The Wrap: COVIDSafe app and don't forget the truckies

Have privacy concerns and legal worries about the COVIDSafe app been addressed adequately by the Government? And truck driving is a tough job that's been made more difficult by the restrictions and fears created by COVID-19.



  • Government and Politics
  • Business
  • Economics and Finance

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Your guide to teaching at home, without the tears and tantrums

If the home teaching ideas are starting to run thin, trust us, you're not alone. Dr Karl joins RN Drive to share a few great ideas for making science fun at home.




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Govt gives businesses industry-specific guidelines on how to continue in "COVID-safe" manner

The Government has updated the SafeWork Australia website with industry-specific guidelines for businesses to re-open and carry on in a "COVID-safe" manner.




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The Homefront: Should I consider homeschooling outside of the pandemic?

Millions of parents across the country are struggling with remote learning during coronavirus quarantine measures - but others are choosing to 'unschool' their kids on a longer term basis.




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National Cabinet considers re-opening of the economy

Friday's National Cabinet meeting will focus on what parts of the economy can, and should, begin to tentatively re-open.



  • Infectious Diseases (Other)
  • Government and Politics

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Coalition contest to pick Eden-Monaro candidate in strife

The Coalition contest to choose a candidate for the Eden-Monaro by-election is rapidly descending into farce.




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Malawi blocks lockdown as experts worry about COVID-19 in Africa

Last month, the government of Malawi tried to impose a lockdown, but was knocked back by the courts.



  • Infectious Diseases (Other)

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Aged Care Commission threatens to revoke license for aged care facility at the centre of deadly COVID-19 outbreak

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission is threatening to revoke the license of the facility at the centre of a deadly COVID-19 outbreak at Penrith in Sydney's west.



  • Aged Care
  • Government and Politics
  • Infectious Diseases (Other)

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Will our arts industry have the same support it had pre-COVID?

Australia's $15 billion arts industry has been smashed apart by the restrictions put in place to tackle coronavirus, so when restrictions do finally lift, will our arts industry have the same support?



  • Arts and Entertainment
  • Infectious Diseases (Other)

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Will I suffer burnout thanks to Covid-19?

According to a new model of measuring burnout symptoms, our personality types, along with our at-home juggle, may be impacting our achievement levels.




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Vulnerable Amazonian communities at severe risk of COVID-19

There are fears without adequate protection, entire tribes in the Brazilian Amazon could be eradicated.




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What the world can learn from South Korea's COVID success

South Korea has this week further relaxed their social distancing rules, allowing a phased reopening of businesses as the nation has largely managed to get on top of the coronavirus outbreak.




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Privacy experts warn of dangers in implementation of COVIDSafe app legislation

Parliament is set to pass legislation introducing tough penalties for people or agencies who access data from the COVIDSafe app in violation of its stated purpose.




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The Wrap: Adelaide Uni ICAC, and making water from nothing

On The Wrap this week, we take a look at why South Australia's Independent Commissioner Against Corruption announced he's investigating allegations of improper conduct at Adelaide University, and a scheme to bring water to a remote community in the Northern Territory.



  • Government and Politics
  • Business
  • Economics and Finance

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Sara Watkins - Sun Midnight Sun

Watkins has created a sound that grittily avoids tired country clichés.




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Bellowhead - Broadside

Album four from one of folk’s 21st century success stories.




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Heidi Talbot - Angels Without Wings

A fifth solo album somewhat unbalanced by inappropriate guest turns.




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Ernest Bloch - Voice in the Wilderness, Schelomo, From Jewish Life; Kol Nidrei (cello: Natalie Clein; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; conductor: Ilan Volkov)

A lovely piece of programming, tenderly performed.




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Felix Mendelssohn - Violin Concertos / The Hebrides (violin: Alina Ibragimova; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; conductor: Vladimir Jurowski)

Ibragimova’s svelte, unforced violin tone is just right.




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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 21 (feat. piano: Mitsuko Uchida; The Cleveland Orchestra)

Uchida's measured approach reaps rewards, capturing the joy in this life-affirming music.




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Ludwig van Beethoven - Violin Sonatas (violin: Leonidas Kavakos, piano: Enrico Pace)

This joyous set of Beethoven's sonatas takes its place among the very best.




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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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David Bowie - The Next Day

A triumphant, almost defiant, return – innovative, dark, bold and creative.




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John Foxx and the Maths - Evidence

Foxx’s third Maths-assisted set is probably his best post-Ultravox LP.




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COVID-19, Trump and China, and the ALP’s election fiasco

How the US and China have handled the coronavirus contagion and the secret history of Labor's election debacle.




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Boris Johnson's COVID leadership, and Margaret Thatcher's legacy

What impact will Boris’ bout of COVID-19 have on his leadership and the nation’s fight against the virus?  His former boss, political columnist Charles Moore weighs in. Later in the program Moore discusses his best-selling three volume biography of Margaret Thatcher. Was the Iron Lady really an eco-warrior? Would she have supported Brexit?




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Turnbull's legacy, and 75 years after Hitler's death: who did he really see as the enemy?

Weighing up Turnbull’s legacy This week, former Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull published his memoir A Bigger Picture.  In it he settles old scores with colleagues over his 2018 ousting, which he describes as an “act of madness.” What is his legacy, and how will history judge our nation’s twenty ninth Prime Minister? Jacqueline Maley, columnist at The Sydney Morning Herald. Jennifer Oriel, columnist at The Australian   And, the death of a führer April 30th marks seventy-five years since Hitler’s suicide. Cambridge historian Brendan Simms challenges past scholarship on the führer, and argues that Hitler saw Anglo-American global capitalism, not Bolshevism – as Germany’s real enemy. He says this philosophical link reveals worrying connections between Hitler and the rise of populism today. Brendan Simms, Professor in the History of International Relations at Cambridge University, and author of Hitler: Only the World was Enough.  




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Is the Swedish model a death sentence? And, does Australia need a post-Covid economic partnership with the US, Japan and India?

Sweden's virus experiment: death sentence, or a way forward?




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The Covid Diaries – episode 1 Home

Stolen hand sanitizer, an iso wedding, losing all three of your jobs in one week – life at home in lockdown in Australia, as told through the intimate audio diaries of three women.



  • Community and Society
  • Health

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Curious North Coast: How far south did crocodiles once live?

Crocodiles have been reported as far south as Angourie in northern New South Wales, but did they ever inhabit the region?





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A Barcoo Independent newspaper clipping describes a fire at Bonnie Doon, outside Blackall, November 29, 1940




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Aileen Harrison and her brother play outside their rebuilt Blackall home after it was destroyed by fire in 1940





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Cowgirl Riley O'Dell beats the boys to junior bull ride buckle, has Las Vegas rodeo in her sights

Bull riding has always been the cowboy's domain, but young cowgirl Riley O'Dell is bucking the trend and taking home prized buckles in outback Queensland.




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A Guinness World Record-breaking parade of camping vehicles outside Barcaldine, May 26, 2019




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A Q&A with Mike Brown, the Fort Smith venue owner hosting first live COVID-era concert

Governor Hutchinson's May 4 directives on the re-opening of indoor and outdoor venues indicate closures will be lifted on May 18, but that's not what the event calendar at Fort Smith's Temple Live says.

The post A Q&A with Mike Brown, the Fort Smith venue owner hosting first live COVID-era concert appeared first on Arkansas Times.








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Little Rock schedules video ‘town hall’ Monday on code revision; city Board meeting Tuesday includes conflicting opinions on short-term rentals in Hillcrest

Code revisions, short-term rentals and a donation of city land to the state's proposed billion-dollar freeway project through downtown are on the agendas of city meetings next week.

The post Little Rock schedules video ‘town hall’ Monday on code revision; city Board meeting Tuesday includes conflicting opinions on short-term rentals in Hillcrest appeared first on Arkansas Times.




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Bridgetown bushfire: Lives and homes no longer under 'imminent threat' in WA's South West

A bushfire that was threatening lives and homes in Bridgetown in Western Australia's South West is contained and an emergency warning downgraded.




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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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Residents near Albemarle's WA lithium refinery fear jobs are going to city workers

An American company building WA's largest lithium refinery has received pushback from locals in WA's South West, amid concerns it is sourcing most of its workers from Perth.







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Mother Cassandra Doohan who murdered her baby Anastasia Hand fails to avoid life jail term

A judge has ruled a young West Australian mother who violently shook her baby daughter to death must serve a life jail term, with at least 13 years behind bars before she can be released.