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Review: 'Freudian Slip' by Marion von Adlerstein

Marion von Adlerstein



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

Jesse Blackadder



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Review: 'Living with Max' by Chloe Maxwell

Chloe Maxwell



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Review: 'Just Doomed' by Andy Griffiths

Andy Griffiths



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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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Review: 'Tamlyn' by James Moloney

Sitxteen-year-old Silvermay is in love with a wizard called Tamlyn - who comes from a race that only care about themselves.



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Review: 'The Mind of a Thief' by Patti Miller

Patti Miller



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Clare Calvet's Book of the Week: Country Girl - a Memoir

COUNTRY GIRL A memoirby Edna O'Brien




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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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Disability advocates slam lack of accessible housing in push for universal standards

Disability advocates renew their push for local councils nationwide to ensure that new housing is universally accessible to address what they describe as a critical shortage of accommodation.





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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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Aged care royal commission told of need to install surveillance to stop elder abuse

A former ABC journalist, who pressed assault charges after her elderly mother was allegedly hit by a carer, urges Australians with family members in aged-care to install personal surveillance equipment.




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Staffordshire terriers have killed four people in Australia in the past six months

Purebred or mixed-breed Staffordshire terriers have killed at least four people in Australia in the past six months but the RSPCA says a dog's breed alone is not a reliable predictor of aggressive behaviour.





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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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$140m worth of cocaine was found inside an excavator

A joint operation between the Australian Border Force, ACT and NSW police has discovered about 384kg of cocaine inside a second-hand excavator bound for a regional NSW business. (Supplied: Australian Border Force)




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Bungendore cocaine bust sees more than 380kg seized from inside second-hand excavator

Police seize more than $140 million worth of cocaine stashed in the arm of an excavator that was destined for a business in a small NSW town.




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Honey producers hand-feed bees during drought to save hives, with sting likely for consumers

Beekeepers in New South Wales are hand-feeding their hives as the drought cripples the bees' ability to make honey, with a shortage expected to sting consumers at the checkout.




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Braille translator's fight for independence, improved literacy skills as technology evolves

A braille teacher says technology is causing a decline in literacy among people who are vision-impaired, prompting her to bring the tactile language into the mainstream.




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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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NRL player Jack de Belin committed to stand trial over alleged sexual assault

The rugby league player is slapped with an extra charge which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison as he is committed to stand trial in August over the alleged aggravated sexual assault of a 19-year-old woman in Wollongong.




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A scandal every 22 days: ARLC hits back over fresh de Belin Federal Court challenge

The ARLC has suggested that Jack de Belin needs a "reality check" as it argues that the code's no fault stand-down policy is necessary because the sport has been "beset by a series of scandals."





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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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Fine-dining chefs cook discarded fruit and veg to minimise food waste and its climate change impact

Fine-dining chefs Tom Chiumento and Simon Evans usually serve seven-course degustations, but recently they've been using their talents to provide quality meals from food destined for the bin.





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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.




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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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Two coal mines pull out hundreds of workers over mining equipment safety issue

Mining company South32 removes hundreds of workers from its two Illawarra underground coal mines as it investigates an issue with an emergency breathing mask.




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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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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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Navy veteran, Fred Campbell says the local veteran community is devastated.




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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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Cheryl Grimmer suspected murder case to undergo major review

A major crime review into the suspected murder of three-year-old Cheryl Grimmer, who was taken from a Wollongong Beach almost 50 years ago will be conducted, as her family desperately pleads for the state coroner to hold a second inquest into her death.