Meet Sirine, the host of Weekend Evenings
| "I like to keep it warm and fun, and just be me" |
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Sirine Demachkie is bringing her uplifting and thought-provoking conversations to Weekend Evenings. "I'm very excited to join the national weekend evenings team, working alongside Christine Anu and Craig Quartermaine. With me, I like to keep it warm and fun, and just be me. For my shows, I love reflecting on who we are as humans and how this influences us today." Sirine is a bilingual presenter and writer having self-published two bilingual children's books in both English and Arabic, inspired by her young, curly-haired, pocket-rocket daughter. Catch up on Sirine's last Luna New Year show here or tune in live on Weekend Evenings on 702 AM. |
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41 NSW towns to receive coronavirus jab |
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Details of Australia's coronavirus vaccine rollout have been announced. Around 240 aged care facilities in nearly 200 towns across the country will be some of the first places to have the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine rolled out, Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says, with 41 NSW towns and suburbs on the list. |
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Facebook restricts access to news in Australia |
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The tech giant says news makes up less than four per cent of what people see in their feeds, but you'll likely notice a difference when logging into the social network today. We unpack what we know so far and how we got here. In the meantime you can stay up-to-date with local news updates via ABC Radio Sydney on 702 AM, online, on your digital radio, on channel 25 on your TV and via the ABC listen app. |
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Transport NSW forces Jannali residents to move out for a car park |
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Nine families in the Sutherland Shire have been told the department will acquire their homes within months to make way for a four-storey commuter car park. Residents like Ishpal are dismayed by the news. Ishpal, who has cerebral palsy, had recently renovated his home to make it more accessible. |
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$100 Covid vouchers rolled out in The Rocks and Broken Hill |
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It's time to book in your favourite restaurant. The first 'dine and discover' $100 vouchers have been distributed to some NSW residents as part of the governments major covid-19 stimulus program. Before launching to the whole state a trial will be conducted in The Rocks and Broken Hill. Here's what you'll be getting. |
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Influenza or covid, which jab should you get first? |
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Australians are being advised to wait two weeks between getting the flu jab and covid-19 vaccine. The flu vaccine will be available in April which poses the question for many, which one to get first? Here's all the answers. |
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Bizarre blue creatures invade the Northern Beaches |
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A bunch of bizarre looking blue coloured sea creatures are washing up on Australia's east coast. While you might be familiar with one member of the fleet — the stinging bluebottle — you're less likely to see the tiny blue dragon and blue button, see the video of them in action. |
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Over our dead bodies: Wallacia residents reject mega-cemetery plans |
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There's a blueprint to combat Sydney's shortage of graves, which will be used up in 15 years, however residents around two proposed sites aren't keen on sharing their suburb with more than 800,000 spirits. Wallacia, a semi-rural suburb about 70 kilometres west of the CBD, is the subject of two separate cemetery plans. |
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DIY your own vertical garden |
| Got an ugly courtyard or garden wall? Here's how to make your own vertical garden from recycled milk bottles. |
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Quiz: Do you know your fruit and veggies? |
| You might buy them all the time, but how much do you really know about choosing and storing fruit and veggies correctly? |
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Easy (and healthy) zucchini and onion fritters |
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Who doesn't love a fritter? Whether it's a latkes, bhaji, rösti or potato cake, they all follow the same simple steps- and here it is, a recipe to veggie fritter heaven. It's gluten free, dairy free and egg free! |
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