Matthew Bevan
Matthew Bevan is a producer, reporter and newsreader for RN Breakfast in 2016. Prior to this he was a producer for 702 ABC Sydney. He has worked for the ABC since 2008, originally in his home town of Newcastle.
The bizarre history of presidential inaugurations
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You only need to say 35 words to be sworn in as President. They haven't always got it right though.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, us-elections, history, united-states
How glass toasters could help keep older people out of nursing homes
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Glass toasters, smart clothing design and easy-to-use tableware are among the design innovations aimed at helping keep older people out of nursing homes for longer.
Topics: community-and-society, aged-care, inventions, australia
Budget 2016: Five ways to report it right Opinion
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A little bit of context can go a long way to understanding budget figures and policy costings. What's the timeframe? Is this new or recurrent funding? Is that graph accurate? It's time to make the maths a bit clearer.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, business-economics-and-finance, budget
Obama is wrong - 100% of world leaders are crazy Opinion
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Barack Obama sacrificed much of his personal freedom when he entered the White House, only to experience years of racism and hatred in return. What was he thinking?
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics
The Star Wars prequels stack up as a political drama Opinion
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Many people see The Force Awakens as a fresh start for the Star Wars franchise after the misfire of the prequels. But if you watch episodes 1-3 as a political drama ala The West Wing, they're not so bad.
Topics: film-movies, arts-and-entertainment, government-and-politics
Walking Kokoda to fight bad behaviour and mental illness (audio)
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Students from NSW's largest school for children with extreme behavioural issues have been challenged by a long, hard walk in Papua New Guinea.
Topics: child-health-and-behaviour, education, human-interest, sydney-2000, campbelltown-2560
Roads authority archive digs up films of Sydney's infrastructure past
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Archival documentaries, safety campaigns and ads dreaming of unbuilt roads are being made available online for the first time by the NSW Roads and Maritime Services.
Topics: history, film-movies, human-interest, documentary, urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, sydney-2000, nsw
Melbourne Cup: Australia's rich and colourful horseracing history (audio)
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Thoroughbred horseracing is the third most patronised sport in Australia after AFL and rugby league, and what began as a hangover from English colonialism is turning into Australia's national pastime.
Topics: horse-racing, historians, human-interest, offbeat, sydney-2000
We should play domestic cricket somewhere people actually want to watch it Opinion
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Rather than playing a bunch of domestic cricket matches in empty capital city stadiums, we should take them on a regional tour where we might at least have a crowd bigger than just the commentators.
The Nazi spy who infiltrated ABC radio
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Many listeners to ABC Radio do not realise a Nazi spy once graced the airwaves and may have sent encoded messages in French before World War II began.
Topics: world-war-2, history, radio-broadcasting, sydney-2000
A day in the life of a passenger-less car Opinion
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Driverless cars are great and all, but what about passenger-less ones? Think of all the things you could do with one of those and how you'd pretty much be James Bond at that point.
Topics: automotive, automobile-enthusiasm, industry, science-and-technology
Anti-swearing laws redundant and ineffective: legal researcher
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Children are first exposed to swearing at the age of one or two, so why do we still have laws against people swearing in public?
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, human-interest, education, children, university-of-technology-sydney-2007, sydney-2000
Sydney Trains boss critical of $344m upgrade to Cronulla line
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The CEO of Sydney Trains has criticised a $344 million project completed in 2010, which duplicated the railway line running from Cronulla to Sutherland.
Topics: rail-transport, state-parliament, cronulla-2230
Aim for emotional balance, says Inside Out film consultant
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Happiness alone will not lead to an emotionally fulfilled life, says the psychologist who consulted on Pixar's new movie Inside Out.
Topics: comedy-film, film-movies, emotions, psychology, sydney-2000
Transport for NSW under pressure over proposed South West Rail Link extension
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NSW Transport Minister Andrew Constance has attempted to allay resident fears about proposed South West Rail Link extension.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, housing, rail-transport, harrington-park-2567
South-west Sydney residents and developers shocked by rail plan
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Hundreds of current residents and landowners in Sydney's south-west have been told their recently purchased properties will need to be acquired to build a long-proposed railway line.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, housing, rail-transport, harrington-park-2567
World Heritage-listed Sydney lakes may be emptying as result of nearby mining
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Five World Heritage-listed lakes in Sydney's south-west are being drained by nearby coal mining, a groundwater expert says.
Topics: water, mining-environmental-issues, thirlmere-2572
Minister prepared to sack Mayor of Hurstville Con Hindi
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The New South Wales Minister for Local Government says he is prepared to sack the Mayor of Hurstville, or the entire Council, if he deems it necessary to restore public confidence.
Topics: local-government, asbestos, mortdale-2223, hurstville-2220
Sydneysiders digest budget changes
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Sydney taxpayers are digesting the 2015 federal budget and trying to pick their way through the implications for their lives.
Topics: budget, child-care, careers, small-business, older-people, parenting, sydney-2000
Compassionate Friends helping grieving families
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There is a "conspiracy of silence" when children die in our society, says a visiting bereavement expert. And we no longer have the time or the understanding of death that enables us to deal with parental or sibling grief, in particular.
Topics: grief, death, children, pregnancy-and-childbirth, sydney-2000
Blacktown residents wary of postcode discrimination in lead up to Struggle Street
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The controversy raging over the yet-to-be aired SBS documentary Struggle Street has already riled Western Sydney residents who say it will worsen the discrimination they already experience.
Topics: community-and-society, documentary, television, poverty, blacktown-2148
Sydneysiders invited to 'the best festival' in Dungog (audio)
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Residents from the small town of Dungog say they will be ready for visitors in time for their local festival in October.
Topics: human-interest, floods, carnivals-and-festivals, dungog-2420, sydney-2000
Goodbye to the car that took them around the world (audio)
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Beth and Ivan Hodge are farewelling a VW Beetle they used to drive from England to India – twice.
Topics: automobile-enthusiasm, travel-and-tourism, sydney-2000, india, iran-islamic-republic-of, united-kingdom
Businesses suffer long after the flames go out Opinion
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Some businesses in the Blue Mountains still haven't bounced back - not from last year's fires, but from media reports of the disaster which crippled the tourism industry.
Topics: media, disasters-and-accidents, bushfire, tourism
Blue Mountains residents rebuild following 2013 bushfires
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In October 2013, bushfires raged and Allan Seaman lost the home he built with his own two hands in Buena Vista Road, Winmalee. His new home is now almost finished.
Topics: bushfire, human-interest, winmalee-2777
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