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DIY obstacle courses keep this two-year-old entertained in lockdown

Brisbane parents Lachlan and Kristin Ryan are keeping their energetic daughter Sophia entertained while in lockdown with games and obstacle courses.





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SARS and MERS - what did the earlier epidemics teach us?

Singapore and South Korea – partly because of their experience with previous corona virus outbreaks – have managed this pandemic without locking people in their homes or shutting down their economies. How did they do it?




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SARS, Ebola and now Covid-19 - world health and the role of the W.H.O.

For over 60 years the World Health Organisation has been the pre-eminent international health organisation but questions have been asked about its response to several infectious diseases. This is the story of the WHO, its strengths and its failings. Episode first aired 1 March 2015




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Waltzing the Wilarra

Last night, Waltzing the Wilarra inspired that same elation, that slight prism shift. This show is funny, poignant and unerringly confident, enlivened by a suite of superb ballads by the play's writer-composer David Milroy.



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The Manganiyar Seduction

I came out of this concert wanting to reach for my mobile phone and text 'OMG' to everyone I knew. Not being a text fan or the kind of person to use the OMG (Oh My God) moniker, I was surprised by my own reaction! So what was it about the sight and sound of 43 turbanned musicians from northern India, sitting in velvet-lined, curtained boxes stacked up on the stage of Perth Concert Hall?



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Riverdance, The Farewell Tour

A thunderous celebration of Irish music, song and dance, Riverdance has tapped its way onto the world stage since its inception in 1994, has thrilled more than 22 million people in over 300 venues worldwide throughout 32 countries across 4 continents, and has grossed over US$1.6 billion worldwide.




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The warrior who haunts the Kimberley

The ghost of Jandamarra has returned to the warrior's Kimberley heartland in a spectacular production, says 720's cultural reviewer Victoria Laurie.




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Oliver Morrison: ABC Junior Arts Reviewer

720 ABC Perth put the call out for eight young bright things (aged 8 - 12) to become our ABC Bright Young Arts Reviewers for the 2011 AWESOME Festival.




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Sofie Kerr: ABC Junior Arts Reviewer

ABC Junior Arts Reviewer, Sofie Kerr reviews the 2011 AWESOME Festival.




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Emily Felstead: ABC Junior Arts Reviewer

720 ABC Perth put the call out for eight young bright things (aged 8 - 12) to become our ABC Bright Young Arts Reviewers for the 2011 AWESOME Festival. On Saturday 19th November, our reviewers got their ABC media passes and headed for a tour of the festival - seeing performances and installations that feature from 19 - 27 November in spots around the city.




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Jack Higgins: ABC Junior Arts Reviewer

720 ABC Perth put the call out for eight young bright things (aged 8 - 12) to become our ABC Bright Young Arts Reviewers for the 2011 AWESOME Festival.




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Rohan James: ABC Junior Arts Reviewer

720 ABC Perth put the call out for eight young bright things (aged 8 - 12) to become our ABC Bright Young Arts Reviewers for the 2011 AWESOME Festival. On Saturday 19th November, our reviewers got their ABC media passes and headed for a tour of the festival - seeing performances and installations that feature from 19 - 27 November in spots around the city.




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'The Boys' hits hard at Wollongong

The latest production of Griffin Theatre Company's 'The Boys' is a performance so disturbingly real that you're relieved when the house lights come up and you can leave.




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Review: Arcadia

If you have to take a quick crash course in thermodynamics and chaos theory before seeing a play, is it really worth seeing? It's a question that could be posed by Arcadia, Tom Stoppard's bulgingly brainy theatre piece that Black Swan State Theatre Company has chosen for its second 2012 season offering.




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Review: It's Dark Outside

In expert hands, even memory loss can be a topic for satisfying drama, says ABC 720's cultural correspondent Victoria Laurie




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Galaxy almost 5 billion light-years away discovered by WA desert telescope

A high-tech telescope situated in Western Australia's desert discovers a galaxy almost five billion light-years away.




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Father of pearls

At first glance, operating an aquaculture hatchery 60km out to sea with no running water or power just does not add up. But there's something in the water off the Abrolhos Islands.




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Space exploration brings both everyday innovations and massive economic benefits to Earth

Space exploration has given us conveniences such as smartphone cameras, memory foam mattresses and satellite navigation, but it also boosts the economy.




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Rotary Club funds 400 dementia headsets




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Rotary Club of Geraldton's dementia music therapy trial a success, sparks plan for national push

A Rotary Club in WA has been trialling a form of cheap and simple therapy for people living with dementia. Having seen some remarkable results, the plan is now to push the program further.



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Ian Blayney quits WA Liberal Party as Member for Geraldton, looks to join Nationals

Member for Geraldton Ian Blayney quits the Liberal Party and will sit as an independent while his application to join the Nationals is being considered.




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Houtman Abrolhos National Park listed in bid to protect pristine island chain

The coral haven of the Houtman Abrolhos island chain off the coast of WA has been officially listed as a national park, with plans to protect the area and make it more accessible to tourists.





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Why is everyone being so nice about Ian Blayney's defection to another political party?

Ian Blayney is a regional MP who decided to quit the WA Liberals and move to the Nationals. But everyone, especially his own former party leader, is being strangely nice about it, writes Jacob Kagi.




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Yacht carrying tonne of drugs hits Abrolhos Islands reef, alleged smugglers found on island

Two men are charged with trying to smuggle more than a tonne of cocaine and ecstasy into WA, after their yacht hit a reef and they were found on an island in the Houtman Abrolhos allegedly hiding the drugs with seaweed.





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Billion-dollar Geraldton drug bust sees three men from 'established criminal network' arrested

Three more men from different countries are arrested as part of an international investigation into an attempted billion-dollar drug smuggling operation uncovered when a yacht ran aground off the WA coast.






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Drones are the new tool in the battle against wild dogs






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Sheep producers turn to drone 'warfare' to strike deadly wild dogs from the air

On the oldest landscape on earth, new technology is being developed to help remove dogs over millions of hectares.




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Two women dead after car, bus collide on Indian Ocean Drive near the Pinnacles north of Perth

A car and a bus carrying 34 people crash on Indian Ocean Drive north of Perth, at the turn-off to the world-famous Pinnacles rock formations, leaving two Chinese tourists who were in the SUV dead and a third in hospital.





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Extreme weather wipes a possible $750 million off upcoming WA grain harvest

Brutal heat and bitter cold have cost farmers in WA more than 1.5m tonnes in crops over the course of a fortnight, according to a grain industry report.




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Locals issue warning to tourists tackling Indian Ocean Drive north of Perth after latest fatal crash

Locals say bad driving mainly from tourists is to blame for a spate of fatal crashes on a stretch of Indian Ocean Drive north of Perth, after the latest serious accident left two foreigners dead.




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Geraldton police shooting victim Joyce Clarke's struggles with demons revealed amid community protests

As family and friends of Joyce Clarke demand to know why the young woman was shot dead by police, a tragic picture of her early life blighted by drugs and mental illness is beginning to emerge.




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Western Australian town fears 'life-threatening' decline in health services

Residents in a regional WA town are fighting against what they say is a life-threatening decline in healthcare services.




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Standoff between CBH and Arc ends in breakthrough grain rail freight deal

Australia's biggest grain handler and a global infrastructure giant reach agreement on the use of WA's rail freight network, but farmers' hopes this will lead to fewer trucks transporting grain may be dashed.




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HOPE Springs Community Farm, WA, rehabilitating drug addicts with sourdough

A WA rehabilitation centre is finding success with a baking program that has helped drug users some of whom have battled addiction for decades to start recovering.






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Honey production down as much as 70 per cent in South Australia casts fear on crop pollination

Beekeepers have lost up to 70 per cent of honey production because of "horrendous" conditions, and the effects of another bad season could be felt by other food crops.