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A woman who was sexually assaulted by her stepfather 47 years ago has welcomed a sentence putting the now 80-year-old in prison for at least 10 months.
Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, lismore-2480
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Childhood sexual assault victim Debbie McDonald speaks to ABC North Coast's Bruce MacKenzie about her stepfather's prison sentence.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, courts-and-trials, lismore-2480
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A drawn-out battle with the Immigration Department ends in relief for an English family living in Lennox Head.
Topics: immigration, lennox-head-2478, lismore-2480
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Conservation dog, Penny, finds a koala up a tree using scent and commands from the handler, Lyn Baker from NSW Department of Environment and Heritage near Lismore, 2015.
Topics: animals, conservation, lismore-2480
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Pressure mounts for the Q fever vaccine to be subsidised in NSW, amid concerns hundreds of people could be exposed to the potentially deadly disease.
Topics: veterinary-medicine, diseases-and-disorders, livestock, orange-2800, dubbo-2830, tamworth-2340, lismore-2480, wagga-wagga-2650, muswellbrook-2333
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Bycatch from shark nets almost doubles in the second month of trials, with dolphins, turtles and rays caught and killed.
Topics: shark, endangered-and-protected-species, marine-biology, marine-parks, ballina-2478, evans-head-2473, lismore-2480
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| UpdatedA rainforest regeneration project, where more than 35,000 native trees have been planted, has created its own pantry for making gin.
Topics: bush-tucker, food-and-beverage, agricultural-crops, byron-bay-2481, bangalow-2479, lismore-2480
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A doctor in northern New South Wales expects a plethora of asbestos cases over the next few years, after the death of Ffloyd Laurie, who as a child played in asbestos tailings at the Baryulgil Public School.
Topics: asbestos, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, baryulgil-2460, lismore-2480, grafton-2460, coffs-harbour-2450
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Topics: education, adult-education, university-and-further-education, wollongbar-2477, lismore-2480
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The removal of the Federal Government's Schoolkids Bonus and the introduction of Bring Your Own Device policies, has many parents reporting an increase in school costs this year.
Topics: education, access-to-education, government-and-politics, federal-government, family-and-children, family, lismore-2480, sydney-2000
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A Southern Cross University student, who was a florist for 16 years, is named Australia's top Indigenous law student of the year.
Topics: community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, rural, family-and-children, perth-6000, coffs-harbour-2450, lismore-2480
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The owner of a pony stud based in Lismore has been found guilty of animal neglect after two horses in her care were found in extremely poor health.
Topics: animal-welfare, animal-nutrition, lismore-2480
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Topics: animal-welfare, tabulam-2469, lismore-2480
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Mike Baird's parliamentary secretary Catherine Cusack says social media is eating out the middle ground, and changing the nature of democracy.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, world-politics, social-media, sydney-2000, lismore-2480
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| UpdatedPremier Mike Baird's announcement on Thursday that he will retire from politics is being met with mixed reaction by the people of regional New South Wales as Coalition MPs in country seats assess the political landscape amid their leader's exit.
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A group of Queensland and New South Wales dairy farmers fear they could lose up to $3 million if a major milk processor drops the price it pays to farmers.
Topics: livestock, dairy-production, rural, business-economics-and-finance, industrial-relations, agribusiness, agricultural-prices, brisbane-4000, maroochydore-4558, lismore-2480, toowoomba-4350, bundaberg-4670
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The New South Wales Opposition is calling for an external investigation into the Ballina Hospital's emergency department.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health-administration, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, community-and-society, ballina-2478, lismore-2480, nsw
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Drug addicts speak about their rehabilitation success at Victory House.
Topics: community-and-society, drugs-and-substance-abuse, education, drug-education, health, drug-use, law-crime-and-justice, crime, drug-offences, rehabilitation, terranora-2486, lismore-2480, sydney-2000
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Victory House, home to 14 drug addicts, is a hilltop mansion with sweeping ocean views that has seen success treating drug addicts in an intensive rehabilitation program.
Topics: rehabilitation, drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, education, drug-education, health, drug-use, law-crime-and-justice, crime, drug-offences, terranora-2486, tweed-heads-2485, lismore-2480, sydney-2000
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An Australian agricultural aid worker helps East Timorese farmers double crop yields and find useful time saving devices.
Topics: crop-harvesting, international-aid-and-trade, sydney-2000, east-timor, lismore-2480
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