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Bronwyn's books Sep 13, 2023

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When Bronwyn Sheehan's daughter befriended a little girl in year four, her eyes were opened up to the realities of life for children in care, and their carers

George Megalogenis on the stats that tell the Australian story Sep 12, 2023

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From the 1944 wartime referendum, to the 1999 vote on whether to become a republic, referenda always tell us things about Australia that aren't revealed in a normal federal election

Peter's long goodbye Sep 11, 2023

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Broadcaster Peter Goers was in his twenties when his parents died suddenly, in a plane crash outside New Orleans. Decades later, he's beginning to make sense of the loss

Stories of starting over: Susan Johnson Sep 08, 2023

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Writer Susan Johnson began an unexpected adventure when she moved to the Greek island of Kythera with her 85-year old mother Barbara (R)

Stories of starting over: Kim Crotty Sep 07, 2023

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When Kim Crotty was locked up in Dartmoor prison for growing marijuana, his two young sons were bereft. After he began writing bedtime stories for his boys from his cell, a new chapter opened up for him after he was released from jail (R)

Stories of starting over: Anne Howell Sep 06, 2023

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After a serious brain operation, Anne Howell woke up in hospital with retrograde amnesia, thinking she was nine years old. With no real understanding of who she was or who she could trust, she set about rediscovering her identity (R)

Stories of starting over: Charles Lomu Sep 05, 2023

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The Tongan-Australian man on being privileged to see love in action in his grandparents, how a spiral into grief and anger led him to periodic detention, and how cutting hair today helps him steer young men away from a dark path (R)

Stories of starting over: DJ Hookie Sep 04, 2023

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Tom Nash was 19 when his limbs were amputated due to meningococcal septicaemia. After he began to navigate life with hooks for arms, he built a new life as a DJ (R)

Maggie Mackellar on farming, motherhood, and catching sheep Sep 01, 2023

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Maggie Mackellar with stories from her life on a Merino wool farm on the east coast of Tasmania, and all of life and death that surrounds her through the cycle of lambing seasons

The Big Pineapple, The Big Merino, The Big Gumboot: how big things captured Australia Aug 31, 2023

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Dr Amy Clarke on the history of Big Things and our enduring fondness for kitsch and curious creations

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