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RFS makes court request over $51m bushfire aid raised by comedian Celeste Barber

A court hears the NSW Rural Fire Service may ask the state's Attorney-General to relax restrictions so it can distribute the $51.3 million raised by comedian Celeste Barber to help victims of the Black Summer bushfires.



  • Disasters and Accidents
  • Bushfire
  • Fires
  • Charities and Community Organisations
  • Charities
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Kelly-Ann Ressler's teary evidence at Ruby Princess inquiry

Epidemiologist Kelly-Anne Ressler Ressler says her colleagues at NSW Health "were working very hard" and that if they could have their time over to deal with the Ruby Princess's arrival again "it would be very different" during evidence at the special commission of inquiry on May 6, 2020.



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'Worth every minute, every cent': Dubbo police celebrate 'staggering' drop in crime

When police launched a youth outreach program in Dubbo six months ago, they would have been happy to see charge rates drop by 10 per cent. But Project Walwaay has wildly exceeded expectations.




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Bushfire relief EFTPOS cards welcomed by fire victims, businesses during coronavirus

Over $340,000 raised by celebrity bushfire relief concert Fire Aid 2020 is being pre-loaded onto EFTPOS cards linked to local businesses, tackling two disasters with one innovative idea.




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Tracking the coronavirus spread: The two clusters fuelling the new case tally

Outbreaks at two locations — one in Sydney and one in Melbourne — are behind many of the new COVID-19 cases identified in the past week.




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Goldfields

As part of Ausmusic Month, ABC Ballarat takes you through 30 CDs from local artists in 30 days.



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  • Arts and Entertainment:Music:Dance
  • Arts and Entertainment:Music:Electronic
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  • Arts and Entertainment:Music:Australian Composers
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La Cucina dell'Arte

Simplicity is the best antidote to over-complex artistic performance, says 720's cultural correspondent Victoria Laurie




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Man of Steel

Briony Kidd takes a look at the latest Superman film.





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Behind the Candelabra

Steven Soderbergh's tale about Liberace works as both a serious drama and a fun addition to the ranks of camp cinema




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Elysium

Neill Blomkamp's follow up to "District 9" has an intriguing concept but seems more interested in pleasing action fans rather than sci-fi lovers.






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Adelaide Film Festival: Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa

12 hostages, 24 hours, 1 Partridge!




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Adelaide Film Festival: Charlie's Country

This quietly powerful examination of one man's life is a sad indictment on a modern nation struggling to reconcile with the customs and culture of the original custodians.




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Adelaide Film Festival: Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa "OLD SCHOOL RADIO RULES!"

Clever dialogue and big British comedy talent make this compulsory viewing especially for radio lovers.







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Adelaide Film Festival: Sons and Mothers "An unfailingly honest portrait of a unique group of men"

Abner Bradley, Alirio Zavarce, Ben Wishart, Damien Turbin, Duncan Luke, Kym Mackenzie, Ryan Rowland, Richard Samai





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Drawn to a close: the end of the Dobell Prize

Over the years as I've trawled through annual Archibald Prize for portraiture at the Art Gallery of NSW, I have always taken the time to also peruse two of the other exhibitions shown simultaneously: the Wynne Prize for sculpture and landscape painting and the Dobell Prize for drawing, named after Australian artist Sir William Dobell.




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Deckchair Review: Jappeloup

Every week Drive sends a listener to the Festival Films to be their deckchair reviewer. Here's what our reviewer thought of Jappeloup.




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Leonard Cohen and the art of ageless music

One of the most influential lyricists of the past 50 years delivered a marathon performance of his classics in a voice that gets richer by the year.




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Absolutely at Fringe World

Allan Girod's is a small and entirely winning one-man show at this year's Fringe World.





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The Grand Budapest Hotel

Wes Anderson's latest is a fun, exuberant, giddy delight delivered in a visually stunning package




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McConville's Hamlet shines a dark light on Bell Shakespeare's powerhouse production

After Damien Ryan's energetic and enjoyable Henry V last year, it is pleasing to see that Bell Shakespeare has brought the director back to tackle Shakespeare's most complex and nuanced tragedy, Hamlet. And the marriage is a solid one. To start, casting Josh McConville as the grief-struck prince of Denmark has paid off handsomely. McConville approaches Hamlet's descent into his 'prison' of madness with powerful and dexterous complexity, bringing the contradictions that render the character into a fulsome and multi-faceted presentation of Shakespeare's vision for Hamlet.




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Shooters, Fishers and Farmers MP Philip Donato retains the seat of Orange in 2019 NSW election




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Black-skinned chicken breeders are developing genetics to entice Australian consumers

Australian consumers are slowly opening up to the idea of eating a different kind of poultry the black-skinned chicken.




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'Deliberate attempt to choke' brumby, rendering it lame, sees Tamworth man fined for act of cruelty

A self-described experienced horse breaker has been fined and sentenced to a community correction order for a "silly decision" to use a lasso to strangle a brumby.




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NSW rural communities feeling 'forgotten' by healthcare system

Meet Payden, who is two weeks old and one of 21,000 babies born into regional NSW towns every year who, on average, have a lower life-expectancy than their counterparts in the city.





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Electric car uptake drives Clarence Valley copper mine quest by German start-up

Australia may be on the cusp of electric cars, but could the production of environmentally friendly vehicles take a heavy toll on the Clarence Valley?





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Shenhua mining under fire after 'damning' report highlights flawed environmental modelling

A Chinese mining giant is being accused of underestimating the impact a proposed open cut mine will have on groundwater on the New South Wales Liverpool Plains.




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Outdoor swim enthusiast travels to New Zealand to swim with icebergs naked

Swimming in icy water is not something everyone aspires to do but it should be, according to an outdoor swimming enthusiast.




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Federal election 2019 results deliver the Nationals a new sense of success and stability

Having retained all 16 of their seats, welcomed a record number of women to the party and consolidated under leader Michael McCormack, there could be a renewed sense of stability for the country-based party.




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New dams and pipelines 'urgently needed', says local government, as NSW water supplies run drastically low

With towns across New South Wales at risk of running out of water within months, there are renewed calls for an urgent upgrade of water storage infrastructure.





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Water stations may help koalas survive ongoing drought and heat events, research finds

Water stations reduce heat stress and other effects of drought and extreme weather events on koalas and other animals, new research finds.





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Aboriginal skydiver makes history by jumping into his ancestral homeland for NAIDOC week

Indigenous skydiver Marley Nolan-Duncan makes history by jumping out of a plane and into Gamilaraay country, the home of his ancestors.




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Model maker Russ French has some high-value clients




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Model-maker lands billion-dollar defence clients from his regional NSW workshop

Russ French's highly detailed military models have helped secure billion-dollar contracts, with one even landing at the Pentagon. These are no toys.




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After years without decent rain, Tenterfield community is given the gift of drinking water

After more than two years without any decent rain, a community in the far north of New South Wales is been given a reprieve.




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David Kelly Maayu Mali

David Kelly from the Maayu Mali Residential Rehabilitation Centre in Moree




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AgQuip, Australia's largest field day, provides drought relief and future planning for farmers

Australia's largest agricultural field day may not exactly be a spending spree this year, but it does provide farmers with a reprieve from drought.