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Create NSW funding cutbacks affect regional touring capacity for major arts companies

Some of Australia's most prestigious arts companies Bangarra, Australian Theatre for Young People and Australian Chamber Orchestra have cancelled tours to regional New South Wales, after the state's arts funding agency delivered the lowest funding round in its history.




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Usain Bolt's debut for the Central Coast Mariners won't silence the doubters, but the Jamaican remains focussed

The former fastest-man-in-the-world makes his professional football debut for the Central Coast, but in 19 minutes he wasn't able to make much of an impact.




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Healthy dose of laughter prescribed by clown doctors in Outback Australia

Clown doctors in Outback Australia medicate paediatric patients with a regular dose of humour.




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Foodbank funding cuts risk more than $8m worth of food for needy families

The Social Services Minister has indicated a short-term lifeline may be thrown to a charity that provides 67 million meals for hungry Australians each year after Government moves to split food charity funding between three agencies.




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Scott Morrison backflips on Foodbank funding cuts amid community backlash

The Prime Minister says the Government will maintain Foodbank's funding following community anger over plans to slash its budget in half.




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Eve van Grafhorst was diagnosed with HIV and hounded out of Australia, but her legacy endures

Eve van Grafhorst was almost three when she was diagnosed with HIV in 1985. Then she was banned from childcare, and eventually her family was hounded to New Zealand where they started a new life.





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Intercity fleet depot polluting local waterways has residents furious at NSW Government

Central coast residents have launched a scathing attack on the NSW Government after recent works let tonnes of silt, clay and rocks wash into Bangalow Creek, renowned for its wildlife.





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Foot-and-mouth disease that threatens Australia's entire livestock industry detected in airport seizures

A disease that could potentially wipe out Australia's multi-billion-dollar livestock industry has been detected at Australian airports.




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Alen Stajcic puts Matildas sacking to the side as he joins A-League's Central Coast Mariners

Alen Stajcic vows to leave the baggage from his controversial Matildas axing at the door, as he takes on the role of caretaker coach at A-League strugglers Central Coast Mariners.




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Man who tackled 'Eggboy' has outstanding warrant on charges relating to church incident

A far-right activist who restrained a teenager after he egged Senator Fraser Anning is wanted by police on charges of disturbing a place of religious worship.




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Sydney News: AWA Tower climbers cautioned by police, juvenile detention centre rioters charged

MORNING BRIEFING: A pair of boys are "met by their parents and spoken to by police" after climbing a 111-metre communications tower, and 21 people are charged after a violent riot and police siege at a youth detention centre.




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Murder victim Danielle Easey's father speaks outside Newcastle court, hopes to face accused

The father of murder victim Danielle Easey says he is waiting to come face-to-face with the man accused of the violent death of his daughter whose body was found wrapped in plastic and dumped in a Newcastle creek.




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'Depraved' camouflage rapist who gloated about abusing 12yo girl jailed for almost three decades

A Gosford judge describes Troy Johnson, a father of three who stalked and sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl as she walked to school, as "hideous" and "depraved" before jailing him for almost 30 years.






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Boy watches NRL star give a talk at the Knockout

A young boy at 2019 Koori Knockout








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Koori Knockout 2019 sees 30,000 footy players and fans descend on Central Coast

As a place to glimpse the next generation of stars and one of the biggest events on the Indigenous calendar, the Koori Knockout features some of the fastest, most exciting rugby league in the country.




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Melbourne Victory, City play out goalless draw, Western Sydney Wanderers rally to beat Central Coast Mariners 2-1

The Melbourne derby ends in a scoreless draw as the Victory host City at Docklands in the opening round of the A-League, while the Wanderers celebrate a 2-1 triumph over the Mariners at their new home ground.




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Perth Glory spoils Western United's A-League home debut by snatching late draw

A-League newcomers Western United draws its first home game, 1-1 against Perth, as the The F3 Derby between the Central Coast Mariners and Newcastle Jets ends in the same scoreline.




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Youth justice system gets major overhaul after Frank Baxter riots

A major overhaul of all New South Wales juvenile correction facilities is underway, with an independent review into a riot at Central Coast facility exposing systemic failures and consistent violence.



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Terrigal Beach in NSW faces dangerous pollution levels from human faeces as summer approaches

Although the State Government is investigating the pollution as an issue of "grave concern", Terrigal Beach will not be fixed before summer.




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Case worker Norm Henderson outside Weigelli rehab centre




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Why Victorian farmers want the NSW Government to cut one of its drought aid measures

A Victorian dairy lobby group calls for the New South Wales Government to stop subsidising the cost of transporting fodder.




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Sheet Of Bark had vital role in colonial settlement of inland New South Wales

Little remains at Sheet Of Bark, but this colonial-era horse stopover played a vital role in the settlement of inland New South Wales.




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What you get when you buy lamb has changed, but will it taste any different?

When is a lamb a lamb and what difference can it make to the price and the flavour?




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Pilot and passenger from Queensland killed in light plane crash in South Australia

A pilot killed in a plane crash that also claimed the life of his passenger in South Australia's outback is a south Queensland businessman and horse stud owner.




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Top seed Ash Barty crashed out of Wimbledon in a loss to American Alison Riske

The world number one and French Open champion lost 3-6 6-2 6-3 in a ferocious battle with 55th-ranked American Alison Riske.




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The Dish made Parkes famous, but the first pictures from the Moon actually came from Honeysuckle Creek

Parkes was made famous by the Australian film The Dish, but without a small tracking station just outside of Canberra, we would never have seen Neil Armstrong's first few steps on the Moon.




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Live video of NASA's Apollo 11 reached the world thanks to one little dish outside Canberra

When Kevin Gallegos carpooled to work one cold Canberra morning the day ahead wouldn't be typical he and the rest of the team at the Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station would be instrumental in bringing live footage of Neil Armstrong's first steps on the Moon back to Earth.




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Circus Rio shut down after two performers suffer serious injuries in less than a week

A circus touring in Adelaide is shut down by SafeWorkSA after two performers are seriously injured in separate incidents in less than a week, with one breaking his back and the other breaking her wrist.





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Outback mechanic and Bribbaree local hero retires after 70 years of service

Since Maurice Henry began working as a mechanic in 1949, he has helped deliver two babies, rescued countless stranded drivers and become the heart and soul of his tiny town.




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Stuart Beattie opens up about Pirates of the Caribbean, Hugh Jackman and his Vietnam War blockbuster

Writer Stuart Beattie wrote scripts for Johnny Depp, Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman and Tom Cruise, but it's his newly released Vietnam War epic that he is most passionate about.




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'Let's change the ending': Red park benches hold simple message to call out domestic violence

Park benches in neighbourhood parks across the country are being painted bright red to encourage people to take a stand against domestic violence.




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Former Japanese prisoner of war shares lesson from the Cowra breakout, 75 years on

Three quarters of a century after hundreds of Japanese prisoners of war escaped from a detention camp in Cowra, New South Wales, the town has forged a friendship with Japan centred on peace and respect.




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Snowfall event across regional NSW leaves lambs dead but orchards ready for strong spring

Lambs have died of hypothermia and orchards are ready for a fruitful spring following a snow event in regional New South Wales.




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Parents fear regional schools could be forced to close due to out-of-zone enrolment crackdown

Parents of children attending regional and rural schools are calling for a commonsense approach in the wake of the NSW Government's crackdown on school enrolment caps and out-of-area enrolments.




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Part 5: What do younger men in regional areas think about alcohol?

Very few young people think about the health risks of drinking but research is proving that alcohol is bad for your health.




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Newstart recipients have been urged to go regional in order to find jobs but could that work?

Connor Drum admits he steals food from the supermarket to supplement the Newstart payments he receives unable to find work, some in the Federal Government say he should leave the support networks he has in Canberra to search for a job in regional Australia.






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NSW bushfires burning out of control, two houses lost and firefighter injured in Tenterfield

At least two houses and two businesses are destroyed in Tenterfield in northern NSW and a firefighter is suffering facial burns as crews brace for a long night ahead with four fires burning at emergency level across the state.