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Amanda Hoh
Amanda Hoh is the Cross Media Reporter for 702 ABC Sydney. She was previously a video journalist and breaking news video editor at the Sydney Morning Herald. Amanda has also been an online reporter and producer at SBS, Sky News and News.com.au.
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Plant pumping poo for 115 years still going strong
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For 115 years, an unassuming brick building tucked away in Ultimo has been pumping sewage for Sydney, playing a crucial part in cleaning up the Harbour and its waterways.
Topics: community-and-society, history, science-and-technology, sydney-2000
Tackling for the sisterhood in Aboriginal women's rugby (audio)
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The 2016 Koori Knockout will bring together more than 100 Indigenous rugby league teams together this long weekend, and the women want spectators to know their games will be the most exciting.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, sport, women, rugby-league, domestic-violence, waterloo-2017, redfern-2016, sydney-2000, nsw
Remembering Curtis Cheng one year on
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The son of murdered police accountant Curtis Cheng is only now having time to reflect on the father he lost after a year of events and media attention about youth radicalisation.
Topics: people, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, police, terrorism, human-interest, sydney-2000
Fans lend advice to Sydney Swans ahead of grand final
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The Sydney Swans kick-start their grand final week with the cheers of dedicated fans spurring them on.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, human-interest, sydney-2000
Australian World Orchestra celebrates birthday with world-first concerto
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The best Australian musicians from the world's leading orchestras will perform an original concerto for eight double basses for the AWO's fifth anniversary.
Topics: music, arts-and-entertainment, sydney-2000
Kids' favourite fairy tree felled by complaint to council
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A "fairy godmother" has been delighting local children for two years by painting personalised pebbles in a fairy garden, but now the local council wants them gone.
Topics: human-interest, community-and-society, family-and-children, people, local-government, manly-2095, sydney-2000
Convicts make theatrical return to penal hell of Cockatoo Island
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Theatre performances take visitors back to the brutal world of 1852 when the "worst of the worst" convicts were shipped to Cockatoo Island and put to work.
Topics: theatre, history, arts-and-entertainment, community-and-society, human-interest, sydney-2000
What happens when you have the flu?
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Flu season across Australia has well and truly peaked for the year, with many states recording a decrease in the number of people struck down with influenza viruses since the end of winter.
Topics: influenza, health, diseases-and-disorders, coughs-and-colds, human-interest, sydney-2000, australia
Sarah Houbolt: 'A natural born freak'
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Sarah Houbolt is an international circus performer and wows audiences with her acrobatic and aerial skills, but many aren't aware she has a rare condition that makes her partially blind.
Topics: people, arts-and-entertainment, health, carnivals-and-festivals, disabilities, human-interest, sydney-2000
Helping the homeless one tiny house at a time (audio)
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Australia's first project to build single-dwelling affordable homes for the homeless is set to begin construction on the Central Coast.
Topics: homelessness, community-and-society, lifestyle, charities-and-community-organisations, domestic-violence, gosford-2250, sydney-2000
Does dairy remove calcium from bones? Doctors have their say
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A medical expert takes issue with celebrity chef Pete Evans for telling an osteoporosis sufferer to remove dairy from her diet as it "removes calcium" from bones.
Topics: diet-and-nutrition, osteoporosis, bones-and-muscles, health, lifestyle-and-leisure, popular-culture, dairy-production, food-and-cooking, sydney-2000
Fake plane crash to test emergency teams
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Emergency personnel and volunteers will simulate a plane crash and mass casualty situation at Barangaroo on Sunday as part of a training exercise.
Topics: emergency-planning, emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, police, sydney-2000
Sydney twins rule the streets busking Game Of Thrones
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Vasiliy and Vladimir Shapkin don't often like to "share the proceeds" by busking together, but the brothers are cleaning up playing crowd-stopping tunes around Sydney's CBD.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, music, people, sydney-2000
How to be a chocolate judge
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Jodie Van Der Velden has the sweetest job in Sydney for the next two days as she smells and savours hundreds of entries in the annual chocolate show.
Topics: agricultural-shows, food-and-cooking, agribusiness, people, lifestyle-and-leisure, sydney-2000
Next-gen journalists get head start at high school
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Students at Plumpton High School in western Sydney will be the first in the state to study journalism in years 9 and 10 next year.
Topics: education, secondary-schools, media-studies, abc, sydney-2000
Tips to avoid food poisoning Video
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How do you stop bacteria multiplying on your food?
Everything you need to know about food poisoning
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Does your approach to food preparation pass the sniff test? Here's everything you need to know about food poisoning, tummy bugs and use-by dates.
Topics: food-poisoning, food-safety, food-and-cooking, science-and-technology, health, human-interest, australia, sydney-2000, darwin-0800
Brett Whiteley inspires giant mural near former studio
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Brett Whiteley may no longer be putting brush to canvas, but he has inspired another artwork on a giant scale down the road from his former studio.
Topics: painting, arts-and-entertainment, contemporary-art, television, visual-art, sydney-2000
Welcome the next generation of coders and engineers
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A robotic hand, sound-responsive feathers and a game for people with cerebral palsy are just some of the innovative products unveiled by students at the Young Creators Conference.
Topics: science-and-technology, education, schools, secondary-schools, primary-schools, inventions, computers-and-technology, sydney-2000
Flowers bloom in Muogamarra Nature Reserve
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The wildflowers of Muogamarra Nature Reserve on the northern outskirts of Sydney are starting their spring blooms and are on display to visitors for a limited time.
Topics: environment, lifestyle-and-leisure, conservation, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, sydney-2000
Breaking Barriers inspiring Aboriginal youth in western Sydney
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Breaking Barriers is a fitness and mentorship program overseen by Indigenous elders and police who hope to inspire young Aboriginal people to avoid a life of crime.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, police, education, health, sydney-2000
Science Week: Body mapping anxiety with life-sized artworks
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How do you describe what you feel when you're having an anxiety attack? Artists and researchers want to capture those feelings with a process called body mapping.
Topics: anxiety, health, mental-health, medical-research, research, science-and-technology, visual-art, sydney-2000
Pest program: Sydney's urban foxes targeted
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Councils across Sydney successfully reduce the number of urban foxes in the past 12 months as part of a coordinated fox control program.
Topics: pests, animals, human-interest, local-government, environment, sydney-2000
All aboard the nostalgia express as Sydney Bus Museum opens
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The century-old Leichhardt bus depot has reopened with an impressive collection of vintage double-deckers that brings back old memories for many of the Sydney Bus Museum volunteers.
Topics: library-museum-and-gallery, human-interest, history, community-organisations, sydney-2000
Rare musical treasures unveiled in Sydney
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An exhibition showcasing rare musical scores dating back to the 18th century is on display at the University of Sydney two years after the collection was damaged by fire.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, music, human-interest, library-museum-and-gallery, sydney-2000
