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Review: 'V8 Supercars: The Whole Story' by Gordan Lomas

Gordan Lomas



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The Traitor's Emblem by Juan Gomez-Jurado

Rob Minshull produces Weekends with Warren and is an avid reader.




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Review: Kimberley Freeman's 'Wildflower Hill'

Award winning children's writer Kim Wilkins assumes a pseudonym as she turns her hand to 'chick literature' with Wildflower Hill.



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Review: Michael Robotham's 'Bleed for Me'

Coast FM Book Club reviews Robotham's 'Bleed for Me'



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Review: Ramona Koval's 'Speaking Volumes'

Rare insights into leading authors with Radio National's Ramona Koval.



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Desert Fishing Lessons - Adventures in Australia's Rivers

At sometime in our lives we grab a rod and head to the beach for a spot of fishing.





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Review: 'Surfari' by Tim Baker

Tim Baker



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Review: 'Silent Fear' by Katherine Howell

Katherine Howell



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Review: 'Freudian Slip' by Marion von Adlerstein

Marion von Adlerstein



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Review: 'The Raven's Heart' by Jesse Blackadder

Jesse Blackadder



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Review: 'Living with Max' by Chloe Maxwell

Chloe Maxwell



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Review: 'Just Doomed' by Andy Griffiths

Andy Griffiths



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Review: 'Wotan's Daughter' by Richard Davis

Gold Coast author Richard Davis says the time is ripe to re-evaluate the life of Australian opera singer, Marjorie Lawrence.



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Review: 'Tamlyn' by James Moloney

Sitxteen-year-old Silvermay is in love with a wizard called Tamlyn - who comes from a race that only care about themselves.



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Review: 'The Mind of a Thief' by Patti Miller

Patti Miller



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Clare Calvet's Book of the Week: Country Girl - a Memoir

COUNTRY GIRL A memoirby Edna O'Brien




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How Alison Wylie went from digging in the dirt to 'decolonising archaeology'

Alison Wylie spent her childhood summers at archaeological excavation sites. Today, she's redefining the scientific field to include Indigenous perspectives.




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Treaty's value questioned by Indigenous elders, but recognition of Australia's first people important

This year's NAIDOC Week theme is Voice. Treaty. Truth. But the truth is that many Indigenous people feel voiceless when it comes to expressing where Australia stands on treaty today.




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Braille translator's fight for independence, improved literacy skills as technology evolves

A braille teacher says technology is causing a decline in literacy among people who are vision-impaired, prompting her to bring the tactile language into the mainstream.




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Woman allegedly murdered partner with drug 'cocktail' for $300k super, court told

A woman on trial accused of murdering her partner allegedly poisoned him with a "cocktail of dangerous medication" so she could benefit financially from his death, an Adelaide court is told.




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Volunteer bus driver escapes jail for fatal Wollongong crash and thanks victim's family for sympathy

The family of a grandmother killed when a minibus clipped a fuel tanker offers generous sympathy to the bus driver at his sentencing in Wollongong District Court today.




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30 years since Qantas' top-secret record-holding 747 flight from London to Sydney

It is 30 years since Qantas's bold, record-holding 747 jumbo's continuous flight from London to Sydney in what was a marathon journey featuring specially-made fuel and covert planning.





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Man sentenced to six months' jail for carrying explosive device on Wollongong train

A man has been sentenced to six months in prison after being found with an explosive device at Wollongong train station last Thursday during peak hour.





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Flying Officer, Maurice Francis Hoban was killed in a RAAF training crash in 1943, his grave was destroyed by vandals at Nowra Cemetery.




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Military servicemen's graves destroyed by vandals at Nowra Cemetery

The graves of five young WWII servicemen have been destroyed at a NSW cemetery in what has been described as a "disgraceful" act of vandalism.



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Man suing NSW Public Trustee over claim they altered his mother's will

A New South Wales man claims he has been "deceived" by the state's public trustee after his elderly mother's will was allegedly changed without his knowledge.




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Lawyers call for reform of ADF's 'discriminatory, unreasonable' internal legal system

A former Special Forces soldier says it's time for the ADF to "modernise" its internal legal system and start footing the bills for members who want to use civilian lawyers.






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Paramedic bashed on charity bike ride says he doesn't want teenage attackers charged

Daniel Mansbridge was seven kilometres into a 1,000-kilometre charity ride for children's cancer when he was knocked off his bicycle and bashed by a group of teenagers.





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Medical students and doctor sleep out in their scrubs to end 'Indefinite Detention'

They've battled gale-force winds, cold winter nights, and drunks serenading them with Billy Joel classics at three in the morning. But two young medicos are determined to keep sleeping out in their scrubs to draw attention to the detention of asylum seekers.




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The Murchison meteorite landed in Victoria in 1969 and made geological history

It startled the cows, intrigued the locals and excited scientists around the world. Fifty years on, the Murchison meteorite still defines a town and yields new discoveries every year.




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Energy company apologises for failing to investigate a customer's complaints after issuing bills that 'did not make sense'

Energy Australia has apologised to a customer for issuing him multiple bills that 'did not make sense' despite his repeated complaints.





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Water safety campaigns 'not showing migrant faces' failing to reach those at risk, charity says

With so much of Australia's allure to tourists based on our oceans and waterways, a charity founder has launched a campaign he'd like to see played in airports and pushed via visa applications.







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'Poisonous, nasty' carer Alicia Gawronski guilty of assaulting 81yo dementia patient

After police recorded her abusing an elderly woman, a carer told a court what it heard was "me slapping myself". In finding her guilty, the magistrate described the 26-year-old as "mean-spirited and nasty".