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The unexpected plot twist: The story of Toni Jordan's lucky life
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Toni Jordan grew up working in a T.A.B. with her cyclonic mother, and going to the greyhound races. Then she grew up to become a best-selling novelist (R)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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The influence of Japanese ukiyo-e + Gina Rinehart's picture drama
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Cressida Campbell and Margaret Preston (1875-1963): two beloved printmakers inspired by Ukiyo-e, the Japanese woodcut genre whose influence swept through western art. Rosa speaks to Cressida and Geelong Gallery senior curator Lisa Sullivan about Ukiyo-e and Preston, for a new exhibition connecting all three printmaking styles. Art History professor…
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Ageing without children and daughters missing out on the family business
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Climate crisis remains focus of Pacific leaders at UN general assembly
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The United Nations General Assembly is underway in New York, with leaders and representatives from nations around the world in attendance.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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"We need trillions of dollars," says Vanuatu climate action official
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A Vanuatu climate delegate, Ralph Regenvanu says trillions of dollars are needed to finance climate resilience in the Pacific.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Pacific Islands climate action activists call on shipping industry to do more to reduce carbon footprint
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Pacific Island climate advocacy group 6PAC+ alliance,will be representing the Pacific and Caribbean States when meetings organised by the International Maritime Organisation commence this week in London.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Samoa's first-ever e-commerce app bridges technology gaps
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When it comes to innovative solutions for the Pacific, expertise is often found from outside the region, but a family-owned enterprise in Samoa is leading the way in using technology to solve some of the region's pressing issues.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Fiji's social services council wants coup trauma dealt with as part of healing process
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Fiji's Council of Social Services says the trauma of those who suffered from George Speight's violent coup in 2000 must first be accepted before forgiveness and reconciliation can take placeBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Trillions needed by Pacific states to address Climate Crisis, says Ni-Van climate delegate
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A Vanuatu climate delegate, Ralph Regenvanu says trillions of dollars are needed to finance climate resilience in the Pacific. Climate financing and levies are set to be discussed in meetings organised in London by the International Maritime Organisation.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Bruce Shapiro's America, sedition in Hong Kong, and when Houdini visited Australia
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What are the Democrat and Republican ground game strategies in the lead up to election day? How Hong Kong is silencing the pro-democracy movement. And Houdini's visit to Australia.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Students win fight for climate justice before the world's highest court
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Student activists from the Pacific Islands successfully got the International Court of Justice to define the responsibilities of nations to combat climate change, and the legal consequences of failing to do so. This is the story of their win. Seeing first-hand the dire impact of climate change in their countries, they want to ensure nations around …
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The unexpected plot twist: The tech nerd who changed course to help the homeless
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Jon Owen's mum enrolled him in a computer science degree at University - expecting him to build a flourishing career; which he did. It just wasn't the one that everyone expectedBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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School's out — Matthew Whittet explores the dreams of our youth
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Do you remember your last day of high school? It's a key moment for many of us, as we step out of our teenage lives and into the world of adulthood. Matthew Whittet's play Seventeen explores this transition in a unique way that has transfixed audiences around the globe.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Have family law changes made a positive difference for children? And debunking exercise myths
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Public calls for George Speight to apologise for 2000 coup
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In Fiji, the family of the George Speight says he has no plans to make a public statement anytime soon after his release from prison last week. Speight led a failed attempt at a coup back in 2000 during which he and his followers held the then prime minister Mahendra Chaudry and his government hostage for 56 days. Since his release, there have been…
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Fiji's government releases foreign policy white paper
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Fiji's government has released the country's first-ever foreign policy white paper which says managing the strategic competition between the United States and China is the Pacific region's highest priority.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Public pressure grows for George Speight to front up on 2000 coup
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George Speight's family says he has no plans to make a public statement anytime soon after his release from prison last week.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Hopes raised that Kiwi pilot release may de-escalate war in West Papua
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The release of New Zealand pilot Phillip Mertens is being lauded by humanitarian groups. Mertens release occurs over a year and a half since his kidnapping by a faction of the West Papua Liberation army, led by Egnias Kogoya.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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PNG Power Ltd in huge debt due frozen tariffs, unpaid bills and power theft, says IPP Chairman
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Papua New Guinea's independent power producers chairman David Burbridge, has slammed the country's energy body PNG Power Ltd.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Karen Middleton on Australian politics, Japan's next Prime Minister, and the feelings of plants
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Karen Middleton, political editor of The Guardian Australia, on Peter Dutton's nuclear power speech today, and the new populism of the Greens. There are nine people vying the top job in Japan. And acclaimed journalist and author Elizabeth Kolbert on how much is real in the world of plant 'intelligence'.…
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Housing as a human right? With Alan Kohler and Kevin Bell
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The median Australian house price is now about $800,000 – almost eight times the average income – and well beyond the reach of many people, without help. So how did we get here, and with a federal election looming, are the political parties game to seriously take this on? "Any solution to housing that is easy and popular won't work." — Alan Kohler …
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The unexpected plot twist: From the David Jones food hall to Opera Australia
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After a stint being homeless and living in his car, Stephen Smith was working at David Jones Food Hall when one of his colleagues noticed his remarkable singing voice. A few years later, he became a tenor on the operatic world stage (R)By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Rumaan Alam — why we don't talk about money
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Bestselling author of Leave the World Behind, Rumaan Alam explores money obsession in his novel Entitlement, plus Jock Serong gets magical in Cherrywood and writer-doctor Jumaana Abdu's debut novel, Translations. American author, Rumaan Alam's bestselling last book, Leave the World Behind, was adapted to the screen starring Julia Roberts and Ethan …
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The realities of medical tourism and why do many people still want a tan?
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Helping you figure out all the big stuff in life: relationships, health, money, work and the world.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Worldwide, bees are dying at higher rates by the year, In Niue, an initiative to conserve and foster a bee population is underway, with a Pacific Bee Sanctuary to be established.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Paris says $5 billion needed to rebuild New Caledonia after riots
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Efforts to rebuild New Caledonia following violent riots earlier this year will commence this week, with a bipartisan delegation from the French territory set to travel to Paris.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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After serving more two decades in prison, Fiji's failed coup leader George Speight is now a free man. He succeeded in securing a presidential pardon after his application was received by a mercy commission last year.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Solomon Islands PM Jeremiah Manele opts to not attend UNGA79
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As leaders from across the Pacific Islands convene in New York ahead of the 79th United Nations General Assembly, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele will not be in attendance.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Vanuatu looks to extend landhold leases in the wake of mass evictions
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Vanuatu's government is looking to increase the period of land hold leases from 75 years to 99 years. The new push comes as urban land leases with a 50-year clause are due to end in 2030, raising concerns among investors in the country who want more surety on their investments, but not everyone is convinced.…
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West Papuan rebels release Kiwi hostage Phillip Mertens
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After serving more two decades in prison, failed coup leader George Speight is now a free man. He succeeded in securing a presidential pardon after his application was received by a mercy commission last year.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Metal Music grows in popularity accross the Pacific
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Reggae, pop and country music are the most popular genres in local music scenes across all regions of the Pacific, but there's an alternative taste developing. From Papua New Guinea to Samoa, heavy metal music appears to be growing in popularity.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Mates vs strangers — why humans connect and divide
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It's human nature to form groups — families, friends, online communities. We love to be surrounded by people similar to us. But that can also make us discriminatory and defensive. And social media makes that instinct worse. Today, we look at how our brains evolved to connect and divide, and what that means for the problems we face in our modern wor…
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Pop school with Alethea Beetson, and Operation Boomerang
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Alethea Beetson shares how her most recent show Meet Your Maker influenced the way she thinks about theatre, performance and her own voice. And Yamatji actor and director Bruce Denning discusses his show Operation Boomerang. Plus, for Word Up Will Blackley shares the Kalkatungu word for kangaroo.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Will Blackley live in the Mount Isa area on Kalkatungu Country. But his life started on Palm Island. He describes how he got to know his language when he wasn’t on Country, and shares the Kalakatungu word for kangaroo.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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The Extremely Large Telescope - under construction in Chile’s Atacama Desert.
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It might be the largest telescope humans will ever build. We visit the site in Chile’s high dry Atacama Desert.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Where did Jack Karlson learn the lines he delivers in his famous viral video? This moving story of the prison playwright and the performer unravels why Jack uttered those now infamous words “This is democracy manifest.”By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Stop and Search | 04 The Botched Backyard Operation
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There are only two witnesses to Brad Balzan's final moments: the two officers who chased him into his backyard. But their accounts of what happened don't match up.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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A roundup of major stories from across the region and the people involved and affected by them.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Michael Muthukrishna, cultural evolution and a theory of everyone
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Who we are, how we got here, and where we're goingBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Learn how to think like an entrepreneur, wherever you are.
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Melanie Perkins, Richard Branson, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk all have one thing in common. They’ve leveraged the entrepreneur mindset to achieve success in business. Whether you work for yourself or within a larger organisation, what can you borrow from high achievers that’s relevant to your career? Guests: Rachael Neumann, co-founder, Flying F…
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French provocateur Michel Houellebecq + Olga Tokarczuk's health resort horror
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Novels from France, Poland and India – with politics, sanatoriums, automata and horror in the mix too. Kate and Cassie read French writer (and provocateur) Michel Houellebecq’s Annihilation (but can they get to the end of the book? There’s the question); while Polish reader and publicist Anna O’Grady joins them to discuss Nobel Prize winning writer…
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Space architecture, 3D printed homes, and Annie Smithers on Kitchen Sentimental
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We meet a space architect, hear about 3D printed homes here on Earth, and go on a culinary journey through kitchens past with Annie Smithers.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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An odyssey across Australia — how 11,000 sheep were walked from Victoria into the outback
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In 1882, thousands of sheep set off from a property in Western Victoria. Their destination was a huge station in the Northern Territory, land which a sheep had never set foot on. To get there, these animals and their drover battled drought, flood, famine and doubtBy Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Is love something that we can get better at? And a row over a rose
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Helping you figure out all the big stuff in life: relationships, health, money, work and the world.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Saying goodbye to ageism — the last “acceptable” prejudice
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Could the realities of an aging population and a declining birth rate soon make our obsession with youth a thing of the past? It's not just an equity issue it also has implications for politics and economics, because the citizens and consumers of the future will inevitably be older. So, how do we reframe our perceptions of aging to make the most of…
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Why now? Former captain stirs up a hornets nest over world cup strike threat, as Flying Fijians prepare to take on Japan in the Pacific Nations Cup final.
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The FRU is calling on former Flying Fijians, captain, Waisea Nayacalevu, to back his corruption claims with evidence, after he confirmed the team was on the brink of strike action at the World Cup last year.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Hayne plane won't be landing on Fiji Bati's runway next month, but there is a role for the former NRL star to play in team's preparations for Pacific Championships
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Fiji's coach Wise Kativerata says he has had no conversations with Jarryd Hayne over a shock recall to the international stage after his release from jail, but he says the former NRL star is welcome to assist in the Bati's camp.,By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Oceania Weightlifting Centre set to be re-launched at a new home in Samoa
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Apia is to be the new home for the Oceania Weightlifting Centre, four years after its predecessor in Noumea was forced to shut up shop in the face of the pandemic.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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Friday sporting edition - Oceania Weightlifting Centre to be relaunched in Samoa; no Hayne plane for Fiji Bati, and the FRU under scrutiny again after former captain goes public on World Cup strike threat ...
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Apia will be the new base for the Oceania Weightlifting Centre, which closed the doors at its previous location in Noumea as a result of travel restrictions imposed during the COVID 19 pandemic.By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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FIBA keen to develop 3x3 basketball as the next big team sport in the Pacific, with the aim of making a mark the Brisbane Olympics in 2032
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Could 3x3 basketball be the next team sport to lead Pacific island countries to Olympic success?By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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