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$10 for a table and eight chairs: why tip shops are Australia’s DIY treasure troves

Located just outside council transfer stations, reuse shops saved nearly 12,000 tonnes of waste from landfill last year

The Guardian - AU

‘When they stick their heads out they get a bullet’: the trials of managing Australia’s feral pigs

Controlling millions of feral pigs is a serious problem. But for some recreational hunters, it’s a family affair

The Guardian - AU

When the farm burns or the grass runs out, it’s a battle to keep valuable livestock alive

When farmers’ businesses are built on the strength of certain bloodlines, they’ll go to extraordinary lengths to preserve their herd

The Guardian - AU

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‘We’re not a statistic’: HSC exams are hard – but for students with disabilities it can be even more challenging

Caitlin Blanch, a year 12 pupil who lives with osteogenesis imperfecta, says the way disability provisions are assessed can be ‘almost degrading’

The Guardian - AU

Violence, fires and vandalism: how the merger of two Armidale high schools went wrong

The amalgamated ‘super-school’ Armidale Secondary College has made headlines for all the wrong reasons

The Guardian - AU

Shoegaze pioneers Slowdive: ‘A journalist said we’d be stacking shelves in Tesco within six months’

Critical darlings one minute, vitriol magnets the next. Rachel Goswell of Slowdive speaks to Annabel Nugent about the backlash to shoegaze, their exceptional new album, and the health scare that almost ended her career in music

The Independent UK

A wing and a prayer: flying doctors and the struggle to access healthcare in remote Australia

Helen Kidd caught the mail plane to Brisbane to take her daughter Belle to hospital, but when the worst happened she relied on volunteer organisations

The Guardian - AU

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NSW Labor accused of ‘fundamental breach of trust’ over logging in promised koala national park

Tensions are escalating in state forests near Bellingen, where a protesters’ camp is locked in a standoff with a heavy police presence

The Guardian - AU

‘I’m Armidaleian’: Ezidi refugees put down new roots in New England

About 650 Ezidis have made their home in the New South Wales town of Armidale over the past five years in what locals say is a ‘hugely successful’ resettlement scheme

The Guardian - AU

Inland rail review supports concerns raised by regional communities

Wagga Wagga and other towns on the inland rail route have been asking for a bypass and say that is supported by Dr Kerry Schott’s review

The Guardian - AU

Coffs Harbour and Armidale retired doctor Mark Henschke dies of injuries after being hit by truck while cycling

Respected retired doctor Mark Henschke has died after he was hit by a garbage truck while cycling in Coffs Harbour a fortnight ago.

ABC News

'She was the life of the party' - Lynsey Bennett's 'remarkable spirit' remembered at funeral she planned herself

Just a matter of months ago Lynsey threw a big bash to celebrate her 34th birthday where she, along with her sisters, performed a Spice Girls tribute

Irish Mirror

‘We were kind of terrified’: rural Telstra customers lose service for a week

An eight-day outage in the NSW town of Uralla exposed major vulnerabilities as a grassfire, medical emergency and business disruptions hit

The Guardian - AU

‘Desperate for staff’: the NDIS crisis afflicting regional Australians

Regional areas are suffering from a lack of providers for people with complex disabilities while behavioural therapists are also ‘swamped’

The Guardian - AU

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Harry Randall the key to Eddie Jones masterplan to combat Wales

England head coach has learned from Australia’s tactics in the Ashes and wants to grasp early initiative with pace and power

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