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Five Great Reads: the DJ with hooks for hands, why cats should be kept indoors, and the truth about the voice

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Kris Swales

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From quadruple amputee to much-loved DJ: ‘Resilience is a buzzword that annoys me’

After contracting meningococcal at 19, Tom Nash spent 18 painful months in hospital having his limbs amputated. Two decades later, ‘DJ Hookie’ explains why his experience left him better off

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Battle over density: in Sydney’s east, a rash of developments are housing fewer, richer people

Relatively affordable apartment buildings are being demolished to make way for ‘ultra-luxurious’ homes amid state’s housing crisis

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‘They’re my kids’: pet theft, pet detectives and the rise of the ‘multispecies family’

From our offices to our beds, pets are infiltrating parts of our world they never previously inhabited. It makes the stealing – and retrieving – of them all the more high-stakes

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Back yard blitz: are Australia’s heritage laws thwarting housing density?

Urban density advocates say heritage laws are being weaponised to constrain development at a time of housing crisis, but experts say the two can live side by side

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Cancer is the pits at any age. But rates are rising in young people like me, and we don’t fully know why

Being diagnosed with bowel cancer in my mid-30s forced me to cross the thin line between good health and illness we often remain ignorant of until we’re much older

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Too young: why are Australians under 50 increasingly being diagnosed with cancer?

Scientists think the rise in early-onset diagnoses may be the result of lifestyle changes and more exposure to risk factors – but questions remain

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NSW public schools are in disrepair but capital works funding is failing to materialise

A decade after the Gonski review said governments should boost school spending, the divide between public and private has only widened

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‘Cats are like mini gurus’: the feline path to inner peace

By marrying Japanese philosophy with cat psychology, Australian author Carla Francis learned to pause, slow down and reflect

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‘Better stuff to come’: former Matilda Moya Dodd recognised as football trailblazer

With just over a month until the Women’s World Cup, Dodd reflects on how far the sport has come as she receives King’s birthday honours

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‘Almost a spiritual aspect’: the NSW naturists attempting to normalise nudity

People who fought hard to get designated nude (or ‘clothing optional’) areas are now having to fight harder to keep them

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‘Partial privatisation’: Waterloo South public housing tenants say NSW Labor misled residents

Having promised to end sell-offs before the election, Chris Minns’ government forced to defend development plans

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‘If the plane breaks down, it’s just you’: the pressure and awakening of one city GP in the outback

Dr Sonia Henry was looking to escape her Sydney life when she signed up to work in remote hospitals. What she encountered was amazing beauty – and terrible suffering

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‘Falling behind’: Australian graduates fear for their future as highest student loan indexation in decades kicks in

CPI changes and increased course fees mean some students may be paying off their debts for the majority of their working lives

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Leichhardt Oval: Tigers add latest chapter to rugby league colosseum’s rich history

The Wests Tigers’ home ground is still old-school cool but that may not be enough to keep the gates open

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Sydney’s abandoned tram tunnels transformed into light spectacle for Vivid

Hidden platforms and connecting tunnels are having their lights turned back on for Dark Spectrum

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Kerry O’Brien and Thomas Mayo join forces on ‘truth-telling and myth-busting’ voice guide

Pair aim to explain in simple terms what proposal is all about to counter ‘noise’ and ‘confusion’ sown by opponents

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Living alone in poverty: NSW housing crisis bites single-person homes

Jodie Harris uses candles instead of switching on the lights and foregoes medical expenses to try to stay afloat financially

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From a Himalayan kingdom to western Sydney: one man’s journey against his own victimhood

Om Dhungel escaped ethnic persecution in Bhutan to make a new life in Australia. The strength and potential of refugees like him, he says, is vastly underestimated

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‘I want it to have a future’: churches in rural Australia are struggling to keep the lights on

Dwindling attendance has seen a drop in the number of operational churches in regional Australia, and ministers say the church has to change to survive

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NSW election: Labor targets western Sydney swing as Coalition clings on in crucial battleground

The retirement of popular sitting MPs and the confluence of state and federal issues make for an intriguing picture of potential results

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‘It is ginormous’: bushfire in NSW’s central west puts rural communities on edge

Rural Fire Service says blaze north of Hill End could burn for weeks as locals struggle to save properties

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Second portrait of Moree Aboriginal elder and activist Polly Cutmore to hang in the National Portrait Gallery

Gomeroi and Anaiwan woman Polly Cutmore says she sees her family and its history in the portraits — from Moree's segregation laws, to her activism work today.

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Sahar won a scholarship to study law at uni – but then the Australian government stepped in

When the refugee reached 18 and left high school, her right to earn a degree was suddenly withdrawn

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‘A much more creative approach’: remote learning may be over, but home schooling in Australia is on the rise

Even as the number of home schooled children in many states has recently doubled, experts say if you are considering the switch, do it for the right reasons

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