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• Call for QR codes to be 'more inclusive' for people with vision impairment

  15-08-2021 23:04 via abc.net.au
  
  Checking in at places you visit is mandatory in Queensland to help COVID-19 contact tracers, but the experience is frustrating for people who are blind or have low vision.
  
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• Local Queensland government wants to trial kava production despite 20-year ban

  15-08-2021 22:48 via abc.net.au
  
  Bundaberg Regional Council asks the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to trial kava production in Australia, banned here as it's considered a drug.
  
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• TasRacing chief sent for retraining after angry meeting over rehoming geyhounds

  15-08-2021 21:53 via abc.net.au
  
  TasRacing chief executive Paul Eriksson is ordered to attend communications training for "unprofessional" behaviour after tensions flare with industry participants over the state's greyhound adoption program. 
  
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• TasRacing chief sent for communications training after 'intense' meeting over rehoming greyhounds

  15-08-2021 21:53 via abc.net.au
  
  TasRacing chief executive Paul Eriksson is ordered to attend communications training for "unprofessional" behaviour after tensions flare with industry participants over the state's greyhound adoption program. 
  
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• TasRacing chief sent for communications training after 'intense' meeting over rehoming geyhounds

  15-08-2021 21:53 via abc.net.au
  
  TasRacing chief executive Paul Eriksson is ordered to attend communications training for "unprofessional" behaviour after tensions flare with industry participants over the state's greyhound adoption program. 
  
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• Centrelink is chasing 11,000 welfare recipients over $32m in COVID overpayments. Deb is one of them

  15-08-2021 20:59 via abc.net.au
  
  After losing her job during the pandemic, Centrelink chased Deborah Tidbury for $1,050 in overpaid welfare. Her experience is not isolated and experts say the issue of "pandemic-related debts" could escalate in coming months.
  
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• Centrelink chased Deborah for $1,050 in pandemic support overpayments. She's not alone.

  15-08-2021 20:59 via abc.net.au
  
  After losing her job during the pandemic, Centrelink chased Deborah Tidbury for $1,050 in overpaid welfare. Her experience is not isolated and experts say the issue of "pandemic-related debts" could escalate in coming months.
  
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• One third of students chose a different way to get into university. Annah is one of them

  15-08-2021 20:58 via abc.net.au
  
  End of school exams have been causing stress for generations, but one third of students who graduate will rely on something other than their ATAR score, like an interview or an early entry program to get into university.
  
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• 'It's more robust and more useful': How students are sidestepping the traditional way of getting into university

  15-08-2021 20:58 via abc.net.au
  
  End of school exams have been causing stress for generations, but one third of students who graduate will rely on something other than their ATAR score, like an interview or an early entry program to get into university.
  
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• Kim Jong Un's mysterious bandage and his little sister's threats are leaving Koreans on edge

  15-08-2021 20:55 via abc.net.au
  
  Nearly a decade into Kim Jong Un's rule, his grip on power has never appeared more tenuous. And his rival leader in the south is running out of time to achieve a tentative peace that could change everything for the peninsula.
  
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• 'Total shock', but acceptance from many across regional NSW at snap lockdown

  15-08-2021 06:33 via abc.net.au
  
  Regional New South Wales is doing its best to cope with the latest week-long, snap lockdown announced with about 2 hours' notice.
  
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• 'I can't take it': Anna-Maria's family home of 46 years may be bulldozed for bus lane

  15-08-2021 04:06 via abc.net.au
  
  Residents say they have been told a proposal to compulsorily acquire a number of homes in the Hobart suburb of Dynnyrne is going ahead, but the end product – a fifth lane for the Southern Outlet – will save drivers a mere two minutes off their trips.
  
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• With few forms delivered, many residents in this remote community knew nothing about the census

  15-08-2021 03:15 via abc.net.au
  
  Local worker shortages and COVID restrictions preventing fly-in census staff are blamed for forms not reaching many people in Western Australia's north.
  
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• The biggest song in the world right now comes from Perth, but you wouldn't know it

  15-08-2021 00:23 via abc.net.au
  
  From a Grammy Award with Kanye West to hit songs with Justin Bieber, Perth musicians Michael 'Finatik' Mule and Isaac 'Zac' De Boni are some of the most in-demand producers in the world, but you wouldn’t know it.
  
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• How Zac and Mike went from waiting tables to crafting hits for Justin Bieber and The Kid LAROI

  15-08-2021 00:23 via abc.net.au
  
  From a Grammy Award with Kanye West to hit songs with Justin Bieber, Perth musicians Michael 'Finatik' Mule and Isaac 'Zac' De Boni are some of the most in-demand producers in the world, but you wouldn’t know it.
  
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• How Zac and Mike went from waiting tables in Perth to crafting hits for Justin Bieber and The Kid LAROI

  15-08-2021 00:23 via abc.net.au
  
  From a Grammy Award with Kanye West to hit songs with Justin Bieber, Perth musicians Michael 'Finatik' Mule and Isaac 'Zac' De Boni are some of the most in-demand producers in the world, but you wouldn’t know it.
  
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