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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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Vintage tractor collection goes to auction in the Victorian Otways as owner retires

'You don't have to be a scientist to work on them': Vintage tractors, some more than 80-years-old go under the hammer, attracting buyers from around Australia.




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Journey from Venice

Ruth Cracknell



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75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking

Paul Levitz




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Eric Koo's visual diary of the Gold Coast

The familiar and nostalgic, philosophical and witty candour are all alive in this documentation of Gold Coast beaches



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Future Babble: Why Expert Predictions Fail - And Why We Believe Them Anyway by Dan Gardner

Rob Minshull produces Weekends with Warren and is an avid reader. You can hear Dan Gardner being interviewed by Warren Boland on Sunday 13th Weekends with Warren.




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Marathon: how one battle changed Western civilisation by Richard A. Billows

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




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The Crossing by B. Michael Radburn

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




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Review: 'The Promise of Iceland' by Kari Gislason

Kari Gislason concedes it would have been very easy to write a sad memoir about his relationship with his dad - but he made a concerted effort not to go down that track.



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The Warsaw Anagrams by Richard Zimler

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




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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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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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The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography

Stephen Fry




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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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Gold Coast Marathon Fun Run part of incredible journey for quadriplegic Brett Morris

Paralysed from the neck down after a football tackle 26 years ago, Brett Morris finishes the Gold Coast Marathon Fun Run in a wheelchair in under an hour, and he's "very happy it's done".





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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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Live: Sydney News: Police on hunt for escaped inmate in Illawarra, Liverpool homes evacuated after fire scare

MORNING BRIEFING: NSW police hunt for Sunjay Dayal, who escaped while undertaking maintenance work in Mount Kiera, while three cars set alight in a garage triggers the fire alarms inside a Liverpool unit block.






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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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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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Brain Hub discusses motion sickness and symptoms of little-known disease Mal de Debarquement Syndrome

Do you suffer from an indescribable feeling of vertigo, constant dizziness and motion sickness? Chances are you could have Mal de Debarquement Syndrome.





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Man trying to evade train fare caught with explosive device at Wollongong station, refused bail

A man who had a container of railway detonators in his bag on a train on the New South Wales south coast pleads guilty to possessing an explosive device in public.






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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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Sydney news: Kaila Murnain back in front of ICAC, former baseball coach faces assault charges

MORNING BRIEFING: Kaila Murnain is back in front of ICAC after telling the inquiry she was advised to "forget" about alleged illegal donations which led to her suspension yesterday.




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Baseball coach allegedly kept footage, torture tallies and diaries naming victims, court hears

A court hears a former NSW Northern Beaches baseball coach allegedly kept torture tallies, diaries naming victims, footage of alleged assaults and was in possession of child pornography.




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Breast anatomy research by dissection technician Katie Gaskin has far-reaching benefits

University researcher Katie Gaskin has completed a detailed study into breast anatomy that could bring far-reaching benefits for fields like cancer treatment, cosmetic surgery, and even bra design.






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Surf lifesaving criticised for focus on sport over rescue

High-profile members of the surf lifesaving movement have described a continual wrestle for resources between spending on sport and spending on rescue equipment.




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Police are investigating the destruction of five military head stones at Nowra Cemetery




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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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Court hears evidence alleging violent physical abuse against 12-week-old baby

Police evidence presented to Wollongong Local Court reveals allegations of violent physical abuse against a 12-week-old baby.





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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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Freya Jobbins started her art practice by creating life sized sculptures