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Australian artists reveal how they maintain a living wage and a creative practice

Working 7 days a week, juggling multiple gigs, all for $28,000 a year this is the life of an Australian artist in 2019.




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Western Highway sacred trees protest comes to steps of Victorian Parliament

More than 500 protesters stop traffic outside the Victorian Parliament to rail against the planned destruction of trees sacred to Aboriginal people in Victoria's west.




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Ride Like a Girl filmmakers ignore Darren Weir scandal, celebrate Michelle Payne's victory

Rachel Griffiths's biopic about Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne, Ride Like a Girl, will remain unchanged despite horse trainer Darren Weir being banned from horseracing for four years.




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George Pell seeks leave to appeal child sex abuse convictions in High Court

George Pell's lawyers lodge an application seeking leave to appeal the jailed 78-year-old's child sexual abuse convictions in the High Court of Australia.




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Danny Frawley, former St Kilda captain and Richmond coach, remembered in service

Family, friends and the AFL community bids farewell to legendary player, coach and media personality Danny Frawley at a "celebration of life" service in Melbourne.




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Paedophile priest committed abuse in the 'safety' of another clergyman's home, survivor says

A child abuse survivor says the priest who assaulted him did so in the 'welcoming' home of another clergyman. His claim comes amid new allegations that paedophiles acted in concert within the Catholic Church.




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Daughter of murder victim Suzanne Poll thanks police, as Victorian man extradited

The daughter of 1993 Adelaide murder victim Suzanne Poll has thanked police for their efforts in investigating her mother's death. A Victorian man has been extradited to South Australia charged with Ms Poll's murder.




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Stevie Payne in Ride Like a Girl




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Corruption risk likely faced by 'most, if not all' Vic councils, watchdog finds, amid calls for more scrutiny

A ratepayers advocacy group says a damning report into the risk of corruption within local government in Victoria highlights the need for greater scrutiny of regional councils.




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Coming out in regional Victoria and overcoming homophobia and secrecy for LGBT people

Gay and lesbian culture has been long associated with the city, often to the detriment of LGBT people in rural Victoria who felt they could never be accepted.




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Victorian pork producer wary of African swine fever but butcher says local consumers not concerned

The green hills of south-west Victoria couldn't be further from the latest outbreak of the highly contagious viral disease African swine fever (ASF) in Timor-Leste, but pork producer Xavier Meade isn't taking any chances.




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Montague Street Bridge crash bus driver Jack Aston wins appeal against convictions

A judge overturns the convictions of a bus driver who crashed into the Montague Street Bridge in South Melbourne, injuring six people. But Jack Aston will remain in prison while he is assessed for a community corrections order for lesser charges.




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Cox Plate: Kings Will Dream returns to Moonee Valley just 12 months after fracturing pelvis

After fracturing his pelvis and nearly bleeding out after last year's Cox Plate, Kings Will Dream is set to write another chapter in an unbelievable comeback story at Moonee Valley, during a fortnight of intense scrutiny over the treatment of horses within the racing industry.




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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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The Book of Lists: The Original Compendium of Curious Information by David Wallechinsky and Amy Wallace.

Rob Minshull produces Weekends with Warren and is an avid reader




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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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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 Japanese Devil Fish Girl and Other Unnatural Attractions

Robert Rankin




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The Coldest Winter by David Halberstam

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



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Review: Paris Dreaming by Anita Heiss

It's 'Koori chick lit' for the very first time; A romantic romp in the vein of Sex and the City with some big plusses - a little reluctance for love and an Indigenous Australian central character in the international art world.



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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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Coast FM Book Club Review: An Outback Life by Mary Groves

Author Mary Groves has lived the great outback dream and knows how tough it can be.



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Review: 'V8 Supercars: The Whole Story' by Gordan Lomas

Gordan Lomas



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Review: Kimberley Freeman's 'Wildflower Hill'

Award winning children's writer Kim Wilkins assumes a pseudonym as she turns her hand to 'chick literature' with Wildflower Hill.



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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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Review: Ramona Koval's 'Speaking Volumes'

Rare insights into leading authors with Radio National's Ramona Koval.



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Review: 'Surfari' by Tim Baker

Tim Baker



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Review: 'Silent Fear' by Katherine Howell

Katherine Howell



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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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.




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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.