We're hosting a one-day festival and we'd love you to join us |
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| Have you seen our exciting new festival? It's our gift to you - a festival that includes all your favourite (and our favourite) people. James Valentine and H.G Nelson are bringing EGSPC back; Richard Glover is confusing us all with TGIF on Sunday; and Wendy, Robbie and Sarah Macdonald are all hosting their own exciting shows. It's great to see so many of you booking tickets already. Don't miss out.
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A nation torched and scarred: Satellite imagery shows the destruction of the summer fires |
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| From above, Australia is a nation torched and scarred. The crisis has found a way to touch almost every Australian state and territory — a truly national emergency. But how did this happen? Our News team use satellite imagery to tell the story of the bushfires. | | |
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Win a double pass to the Australian premiere of Stateless | | We’re giving away double passes to a special preview screening of the ABC’s compelling new drama Stateless. If you want to join us in the audience on Thursday 27 February at Palace Centre Cinemas, simply email us and tell us the name of one of the cast members - you'll go in the draw. | | |
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| Hallelujah, stone fruit season is well and truly here. All of a sudden the fruit bowl is vibrant and the fragrance from ripe apricots, peaches and nectarines wafts through the dining room. This summery recipe is a crowd pleaser and super easy to whip up. | | |
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| | Rats were the 'first curators' at Sydney museum Hyde Park Barracks | | | Rat infestations may have been a nightmare for convicts at Sydney's Hyde Park Barracks in the 1800s, but today historians are grateful for the rodents. Scuttering beneath the floorboards, the rats hoarded scraps of fabric, food and personal treasures. Researchers joke that these rats inadvertently became the barracks' first curators. | | | |
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| | Rare photo collection reveals snapshot of Sydney's pub life | | | For generations of Sydney pub-goers, a Tooth and Co establishment was the place to go for a good time. Few of their properties have survived the years unchanged but the recent digitisation of a long-buried archive has brought hundreds of historical photographs to light. "I loved the "old style" pubs, they were a unique form of architecture." said Rene on Facebook. | | | |
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| When Corey Tutt was in year 10, his careers counsellor told him he would never succeed in science and that he could either pick a trade, end up in jail or die. Now he is working to ensure Aboriginal kids like him get all the opportunities they could possibly want. | | |
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