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Treated sewage route to farmland proposed by Colac council in bid to secure water supply and food bowl future

As urban sprawl puts pressure on the food bowl on Melbourne's fringes, and as water becomes increasingly scarce, one council has a bold idea that might just catch on.




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Australian artists reveal how they maintain a living wage and a creative practice

Working 7 days a week, juggling multiple gigs, all for $28,000 a year this is the life of an Australian artist in 2019.





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Ballarat construction worker dies in wall collapse at Mount Pleasant home

WorkSafe and police investigate the death of a construction worker who was demolishing a Ballarat home when he was killed in a wall collapse this morning.




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Danny Frawley's wife Anita Frawley reveals AFL star's mental health 'deteriorated' before death

The wife of former AFL star Danny Frawley reveals her husband had removed himself from treatment and medication for his depression about eight months before his death last week.




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George Pell seeks leave to appeal child sex abuse convictions in High Court

George Pell's lawyers lodge an application seeking leave to appeal the jailed 78-year-old's child sexual abuse convictions in the High Court of Australia.




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Man charged with cold case murder of Adelaide mother Suzanne Poll intends to plead not guilty

A Victorian man accused of murdering Adelaide mother-of-two Suzanne Poll at her workplace in 1993 will plead not guilty to the charge, a court has heard.





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Montague Street Bridge crash bus driver Jack Aston wins appeal against convictions

A judge overturns the convictions of a bus driver who crashed into the Montague Street Bridge in South Melbourne, injuring six people. But Jack Aston will remain in prison while he is assessed for a community corrections order for lesser charges.




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Montague Street Bridge bus driver Jack Aston freed from jail after appeal

A bus driver jailed for seriously injuring six passengers when he crashed into South Melbourne's Montague Street Bridge in 2016 is released after an appeal.






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Cox Plate: Kings Will Dream returns to Moonee Valley just 12 months after fracturing pelvis

After fracturing his pelvis and nearly bleeding out after last year's Cox Plate, Kings Will Dream is set to write another chapter in an unbelievable comeback story at Moonee Valley, during a fortnight of intense scrutiny over the treatment of horses within the racing industry.




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Driver Lorraine Nicholson realised four women killed in Navarre crash were 'probably grandmothers' as well, court hears

A jury hears of the moment the woman accused of causing a crash that killed four people in western Victoria realised the deceased were "probably grandmothers" as well.








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75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking

Paul Levitz




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The Rascally Cake by Jeanne Willis and Korky Paul

Rob Minshull produces Weekends with Warren and is an avid reader





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Team-ups of the Brave and the Bold

J. Michael Straczynski and Jesus Saiz




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Review: Paris Dreaming by Anita Heiss

It's 'Koori chick lit' for the very first time; A romantic romp in the vein of Sex and the City with some big plusses - a little reluctance for love and an Indigenous Australian central character in the international art world.



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Kursk: The Greatest Battle by Lloyd Clark

Rob Minshull is an avid reader, and the producer of Weekends with Warren Boland.




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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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Review: 'Silent Fear' by Katherine Howell

Katherine Howell



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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Set in San Francisco in the desolate aftermath of World War Terminus, the enjoyable science fiction novel 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' follows the journey of two humans who remain on Earth instead of undertaking the more usual interplanetary emigration.




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

Jesse Blackadder



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Melbourne Storm defeat St George Illawarra Dragons 16-14 in Wollongong

The Storm hold on in a tight encounter against the Dragons to win 16-14 in Wollongong, as both sides struggle to cover for their missing State of Origin stars.




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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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Dharawal language push for all Illawarra children as PhD student pursues 15-year plan

An educator on the New South Wales south coast hopes to have all the region's school children fluently speaking their local Dharawal language in the next 10 years.



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Meals on Wheels surviving on bequests from deceased clients as funding stagnates: volunteer

Volunteers for Meals on Wheels say the charity is under threat with branches surviving on bequests as Federal Government funding for the service plateaus.




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Homelessness in regional, rural areas outpace cities as domestic violence, drought tightens grip

The dishevelled older man on a city street is no longer accurate as a homeless stereotype with women, youth and regional families falling below the poverty line.





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Appin coal mine explosion still felt 40 years after 14 miners were killed

A new memorial planned for the 14 victims of the Appin mine disaster will bring little comfort to the families still shattered by the explosion of 1979.





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Matthew De Gruchy, who killed his family as a teenager, set to be released from jail

In March 1996, teenager Matthew De Gruchy bludgeoned his family to death in a "frenzied attack" in NSW. Twenty-three years later, he is set to be released from prison as a 41-year-old man.







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NDIS cut-off at 65 leaves older people with acquired disabilities in world of pain

The NDIS cuts off at 65, so anyone who gets an acquired disability has to make do with an aged care supplement. This is not enough, according to a family caring for a quadriplegic.




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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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Pilot killed in plane crash at Braidwood, east of Canberra

Authorities say a man had been trying to land a light aircraft near Braidwood, one hour east of Canberra, when he was killed in a crash this morning.




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Triple murderer Matthew De Gruchy free after serving 23 years of 28-year sentence

Triple murderer Matthew De Gruchy has been driven away from Sydney's Long Bay jail after serving 23 years of his 28-year sentence for bludgeoning to death his mother and younger brother and sister.