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Kindness in the time of coronavirus: Dancing with myself

Where many are likely bored of their home surroundings and ready to break loose into the world, Neridah in Brisbane is inspiring her community to stay indoors with her Quarantine Dance Class.




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Outbreaks in some states, while other ease restrictions

The successes of eradicating the virus between states and territories is varying widely - South Australia has recorded its 12th consecutive day of no new cases, but in Victoria there were 22 new cases today after an outbreak at a meatworks.




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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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Keeping it Kind: Nomad hunts for a home!

For Terra from Queensland, news of the coronavirus outbreak hit while she was travelling the country. Suddenly she found her self without a place to stay, and thousands of kilometres from home.



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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?



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Labor says not enough safeguards to prevent fraud in the early release super scheme

Up to 150 superannuation accounts have been illegally accessed by what the Australian Federal Police says is a sophisticated operation targeting the early release super scheme.




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Research Filter: Seal comes off second best after fight with Australian ghostshark

Extensive medical scanning of a seal found at Cape Conran on the Victorian east coast has revealed not one, but six fish spines embedded in the seal's face after the fight of its life.




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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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Let's Get Quizzical with Tom Ballard and Mel Buttle

Have you been paying attention to the news this week?




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Justin Townes Earle - Nothing’s Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now

The Nashville singer is due some rather larger crowds based on this great fourth LP.




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Kenny Chesney - Welcome to the Fishbowl

Stadium-swelling country abounds on Chesney’s 15th studio album.




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Dylan LeBlanc - Cast the Same Old Shadow

LeBlanc’s second album presents proof positive that break-ups aren’t all bad.




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Old Crow Medicine Show - Carry Me Back

Old-time stylists make a fiery bid for the spotlight.




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The Mavericks - In Time

Their first album for 10 years is more than a purely perfunctory comeback.




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Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou - La Ferme de Fontenaille

Artful simplicity from the couple in the cottage next door.




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Darren Hayman & The Long Parliament - The Violence

A concept album about the 17th century witch trials of Essex? Yes please.




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The Pictish Trail - Secret Soundz, Volume 2

A spirited album converting life’s sadder aspects into music graced with humour and joy.




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Faustus - Broken Down Gentlemen

Traditional folk arrangements redrawn in a refreshingly sophisticated style.




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Josef Suk - Prague / A Summer’s Tale (BBC Symphony Orchestra; conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek)

Bělohlávek and the BBC SO make a powerful case for this intense work.




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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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Rod Stewart - Merry Christmas, Baby

Rod’s first festive collection finds the crooner on fine fireside form.




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Homer of the Wimmera

The fascinating life story of Homer Rieth — a composer, poet and founder of the Minyip Philosophical Society.




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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
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Life in Queensland's Channel Country means you can have a huge flood without any rain

Floodwaters more than 50 kilometres wide came through Queensland's Channel Country earlier this year, but the extended weather forecast is not promising a return to average rainfalls.




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Mixed blessings for Channel Country graziers as floodwater brings strong season for some but leaves others desperate

Floodwaters that crippled North Queensland's cattle industry have turned the Channel Country further downstream into a landscape of dramatic contrasts.




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Hero's bravery award brings back memories for girl saved from sheep station fire 80 years ago

One man's rescue of a four-year-old girl from a fire 80 years ago has been formally recognised, and now the girl he saved wants to give something back to his family.




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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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Canterbury Bankstown Council sets sights on three-dimensional crossings to improve road safety

Three-dimensional zebra crossings have turned up in Iceland, England and even the tiny outback town of Boulia in Queensland and now one Sydney council is exploring whether it could join the trend.





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The drought is pushing rural women to breaking point, as doctors urge them to 'get help early'

RobynCaldwellisoneof thousandsof womeninrural Australiadealingwiththe falloutfromthedrought,but everyyearaspecialevent with250countrywomenin aremoteQueenslandtowngives her welcomerespite andstrategies tofightback.




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Officials measure a world-record attempt for a line of motorhomes in Barcladine, May 26, 2019




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Outback Queensland town Barcaldine wins Guinness World Record for longest line of motorhomes

The outback Queensland town of Barcaldine has officially set a new world record for the longest line of motorhomes.








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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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Barnaby Joyce 'ignoring' South West farmers in Wellington Dam funding knock back

South West farmers accuse Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce of knocking back Wellington Dam desalination funding in favour of cash splashes in the east.




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Meth seized, 12 arrested after drug busts in Manjimup

Police seize $250,000 worth of methamphetamine after raiding several homes and businesses in Western Australia's South West.




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The American dream: WA Indigenous stockmen train for college rodeo

A group of young Indigenous Kimberley stockmen is following the American Dream competing on the professional bull riding circuit in the US.




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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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Illegal pig semen racket busted, with WA pig farmers jailed

Two West Australian pig farmers involved in the smuggling of Danish pig semen hidden in shampoo bottles are jailed to three and two years' jail respectively.




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House-sitting on the rise for older people in financial stress or on verge of homelessness

Sue Prince turned to house-sitting when her home was repossessed but advocates say the trend could be hiding the true picture of homelessness in Australia.




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Meet the Western Australians who took on the Mongol Derby, the world's toughest horse race

Imagine navigating a 1,000km journey across the vast Mongolian wilderness atop a feisty horse, racing 40 others to finish first.




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Seller of The Big Issue in Bunbury struggles to sell street mag due to 'tough economic times'

The Big Issue has been helping disadvantaged and homeless people earn an income for almost 30 years, but one seller says a recent price increase has triggered a drop in sales and income.




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'Retreat' removed from street name in Margaret River honouring fallen WWI diggers

Officials in Western Australia bow to public pressure and change the suffix of a street in a regional tourist town to honour the memory of two fallen World War I soldiers.



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