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Nov 16, 2019: Carbon Tax & City Slogans

Charlie Demers and Glen Foster refuse to look fuel-ish when they discuss the carbon tax. Then, Evany Rosen and Todd Graham try to stay civil in their debate on city slogans.



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Jan 25, 2020: The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan & Study Abroad

Graham Clark and Kim’s Convenience’s Andrew Phung are ready to rumble when they compare wrestling icons The Rock and Hulk Hogan. Then, Arthur Simeon and Kate Davis pack their bags when they discuss studying abroad.



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Corona panic and Truganini the woman behind the myth

All the news looks bad - but are we worrying needlessly about our economy, our health system and our institutions?




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Bomba Estéreo - Elegancia Tropical

Bogotá quintet delivers fiery electro-Cumbia contortions with hidden depths.




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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - La Finta Giardiniera (Freiburger Barockorchester; Rene Jacobs)

An overwhelmingly joyous account of one of Mozart’s lesser-known operas.




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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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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Don Giovanni (Ildebrando D'Arcangelo; Mahler Chamber Orchestra; conductor: Yannick Nezet-Seguin)

The most exciting and consistently well-sung Don Giovanni to appear for several years.





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Baykali Ganambarr and Aisling Franciosi in The Nightingale




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Tasmanian news: Sue Hickey's mayoral pay rise bid, health razor gang fears

DAILY BRIEFING: Controversial Speaker Sue Hickey wanted a pay rise when she was Lord Mayor, and the Opposition accuses the Government of sending in a health budget razor.




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This market garden was set up to grow rare vegetables — and is now going gangbusters

An Adelaide community garden started as a hobby by a group of refugees wanting to grow vegetables from Africa and Asia is now proving so popular its produce is being sought interstate.




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Bundaberg Council's 'good news' website criticised as 'propaganda masquerading as news'

A regional Queensland council website being advertised as an online news outlet and accepted by Microsoft as a news source is an abuse of public trust, academics say.



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Suspended Perth Lord Mayor tells inquiry extraordinary events unfolded in organisation

Suspended Lord Mayor of Perth Lisa Scaffidi tells an inquiry into the council that she supported a decision to activate a crisis management plan because an "extraordinary situation" had unfolded within the organisation.




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The Manganiyar Seduction

I came out of this concert wanting to reach for my mobile phone and text 'OMG' to everyone I knew. Not being a text fan or the kind of person to use the OMG (Oh My God) moniker, I was surprised by my own reaction! So what was it about the sight and sound of 43 turbanned musicians from northern India, sitting in velvet-lined, curtained boxes stacked up on the stage of Perth Concert Hall?



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American jazz organist Joey DeFrancesco reunited with rare 'blonde' instrument in Australia after 15 years

When Grammy-nominated American jazz performer Joey DeFrancesco sold his blonde-coloured Hammond B3 organ over eBay to an Australian bidder, he had one condition. That it be made available when he played in Australia.






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Abuse survivor Diane Lynn wants to see the Jehovah's Witness Organisation change their practices.




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Sylvia Marinus said the Jehovah's Witnesses Organisation did nothing to act on her daughter's child sexual abuse.





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Organic livestock production on lower Darling halted by drought

The drought takes its toll on organic farmers who say the big dry has ruined their ability to meet the conditions of their licences, so they cannot sell their livestock as organic.




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Truganini: beyond the myth

For a long time she was misunderstood, erroneously known as the “last of her race”, and almost invariably depicted as tragic figure.  But there is so much more to indigenous Tasmanian woman, Truganini.






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'Greed and arrogance': Former chief scientist jailed for misuse of $75k

Suzanne Miller earnt a high wage but in a "gross abuse of high office" she also illegally spent a further $75,000 in taxpayer funds on personal purchases, a Brisbane court hears.




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Morgan and West and Tumble Circus

What distinguishes Fringe from mainstream? Whimsy and a touch of Circus Interruptus, says 720's cultural correspondent Victoria Laurie






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Megan was in Paris on an arts residency when coronavirus hit. Now she's reimagining her project from home

Artist Megan Walch was just two weeks into a months-long arts residency in the heart of Paris when coronavirus took hold of France. Armed with her camera, she documented her experiences. Now back home in Tasmania, she's just one of the artists adapting her work for an unusual age.




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Glamorgan Spring Bay council boss quits two weeks into job

Ian Pearce's resignation is the latest to plague a small east coast council, blaming his speedy exit on age, health concerns and union harassment.





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Organ donation a discussion Australian parents should have with their children, expert says

Chloe Myors died suddenly, but based on a candid discussion with their 11-year-old daughter before her death her parents decided to donate her organs.





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Organisers of a women's rights rally in Castlemaine say they've sent a strong message to the community

About 300 people took part in Saturday's Reclaim the Night rally, where women and girls marched through the town to Victory Park, sang and carried banners.




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Balgan otherwise known as Pigeon House Mountain lies behind Meroo National Park on the south coast of NSW




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Bumbi, Balgan and the Budawang people by Noel Butler





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Former gang member Lance Daly now helping others to erase the ink that is stifling their future

Lance Daly has been through a heroin addiction, multiple stints in jail and gang violence and now wants to help people remove the marks of the past that are stifling their futures.




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'Have we just discovered a new mechanism of stroke?': Why COVID-19 patients' organs are failing

It's well established that coronavirus targets the lungs; but a growing body of evidence suggests COVID-19 may also cause blood clots that can damage vital organs, including the kidneys, heart and brain.



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Netanyahu and Gantz to lead Israeli coalition government

Israel's Supreme Court rules that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may form a new government while under indictment for corruption charges clearing the way for a controversial power-sharing deal.




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Technology-intensive campaigning and computational propaganda

Political campaigning is fast changing in the digital era.  Elections are now being contested with data and algorithms.  Parties see it as a great opportunity. Others see it as a threat to democracy.  And the changes are now playing out in real time in the United States. Barack Obama was often referred to as the first Internet president, but Donald Trump is fast becoming the king of social media. 







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Megan Schutt on same-sex marriage, the pride of representing her country and 'not taking any crap'

Megan Schutt has no time for the same-sex-marriage haters and her bold online personality is ensuring she is grabbing her chance on the national stage ahead of another ground-breaking WBBL campaign.




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Darra (2019) by Gunybi Ganambarr




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Nomads bikie gang member Brad Bowtell and others sentenced for participation in Hunter Valley criminal group

Senior members of the Nomads bikie gang are sentenced over their participation in a criminal group, during a period of what the prosecutor described as "extreme" and "unpredictable" violence across the Hunter region.




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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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Bushfire burning north of Forster (Courtesy: @murray_keegan)

Social media vision of three bushfires burning on the NSW north coast. An emergency declaration has been issued by the NSW RFS with homes under threat.




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Snow has been falling in Western Australia since records began

Catching a glimpse of snow at the top of Bluff Knoll is a highly sought after WA bucket-list item, but this history of snowfall in WA spans Geraldton to Southern Cross.