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ABC's audiences recently dug deep and donated an incredible $315,000 and 834 items to the #ABCFloodAppeal in partnership with GIVIT. ABC Sydney Weekend Mornings presenter Simon Marnie wrapped up the appeal with an outside broadcast from Wisemans Ferry. All of your generous donations will go to those affected by the March floods in communities up and down the NSW coast.
GIVIT CEO Sarah Tennant sent a heartfelt thank you to you all. “On behalf of GIVIT and everyone affected by these devastating floods, we would like to thank ABC listeners for their generosity. This is a long-term recovery for so many people and your donations will go a long way in helping people to get back on their feet.” |
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| Bondi Beach school evacuated after fire |
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| More than 130 children were forced to evacuate after a big blaze gutted the top floor of a Sydney eastern beaches school. Staff at Bondi Beach Public School ushered the pupils off school grounds after a fire took hold around 5:00pm on Wednesday. | | SEE VIDEO OF THE BLAZE |
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 | NSW on high alert for Covid |
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A Victorian couple who travelled through NSW while infectious with COVID-19 have provided a "real and present danger" to the regional communities they visited, Health Minister Brad Hazzard says. NSW is on high alert for potential COVID-19 infections after the couple visited cafes, a pub, thermal baths and a cinema stretching from Central West NSW through Dubbo and Moree before entering Queensland. |
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| NSW wakes from a wild winter's night |
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| Many people across NSW have woken to fluffy thick layers of snow including residents in the Blue Mountains, Barrington Tops and Orange. The weather has been the result of a fierce low pressure system following a cold air mass from the Southern Ocean which came up earlier this week. Check out the photos of this winter wonderland. | | SEE PHOTOS |
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 | Inside the sickness that changed Australia |
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In 1789, a disease tore through communities around Sydney Cove, leaving dead bodies scattered along the shorelines. This outbreak is one that Aboriginal people will never forget — an outbreak so catastrophic it’s thought to have killed at least half of the First Nations people living in the Sydney region. How exactly this disease came to be in Australia in 1789 has long been a source of contention, with only patchy historical records to draw from yet some think this outbreak was a fire deliberately lit. |
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| Covid changes how we buy property |
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| Research shows the number of pre-auction sales have surged over the past few years, especially since the Covid pandemic. In early April 2020, during the height of the pandemic, 83 per cent of homes sold prior to auction. | | WHY IS THIS HAPPENING? |
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 | Take a sneak peak at the new Western Sydney Airport |
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The final design of the Western Sydney International Airport terminal has been revealed, giving future travellers a taste of what travel in and out of Sydney will look like in the future. The airport, scheduled to open in Badgerys Creek in 2026, draws on natural beauty, Aboriginal heritage and strong sustainability principles, the airport's chief executive Simon Hickey said. Here's a peak at how it will look. |
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In the future, we’ll look back at 2020 and remember it all like a blur: the lockdowns, the late-night press conference panics, the toilet paper shortages, the Netflix binging and the sourdough-starting, the anxiety, the loneliness, the grief. Young Australians who were in their last year of high school will remember it as a generation-defining disaster. A year on from when Australia first went into lockdown, Hack asked four young Aussies to reflect on what the past year’s been like. |
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 | Parramatta apartment owners suing Sydney developer |
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Apartment owners in a large riverside apartment complex in Parramatta are suing developer Toplace over dozens of alleged defects discovered after the buildings were completed less than three years ago. More than 40 types of defects were found, including corroding concrete and defective installation of windows, doors, bathtubs and toilets. |
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 | Chopsticks or Fork? Some food for thought |
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Every country town in Australia has a Chinese restaurant. It’s an intrinsic part of Australian identity. Chopsticks or Fork? is a part-travel, human-interest and food series that delves into an aspect of Australiana that everyone’s experienced and has fond memories of. Catch up on all the episodes on iview from this Friday June 11. Check out episodes 1 and 2 as comedian Jennifer Wong heads to Moree and Malua Bay in NSW. |
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| How to grow sweet potatoes in water at home |
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| Just one tuber, a bit of light and water can give you a stunning indoor plant and your own homegrown sweet potato harvest. You'll need a jar, a sweet potato, some water and sunny spot inside — the kitchen window could be ideal. | | HERE'S HOW |
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 | Vegetarian slow cooker corn chowder |
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If you're still looking for ways to spark joy with the curry powder in your pantry, then err on the side of this slow cooker corn chowder. It's low fuss — right down to not needing to peel the spuds. Once they're cooked, you can just go back in and the skins will slip right off… Ready to be turned into crispy bits of spuddy snap-crackle on top with a little time and a shallow fry! |
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