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Guy Stayner
Guy Stayner has been an ABC journalist since 2001. Guy has covered politics, courts and sport for television and radio news. He has anchored Victoria's 7PM bulletin, reported for 7.30 and was the host of 7.30 Victoria in 2013. Guy has covered major international assignments at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
APC already looking ahead to Tokyo 2020
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After a successful Paralympics in Rio, the Australian Paralympic Committee is already looking ahead to Tokyo in 2020.
Topics: paralympics, sport, australia
IPC confirms travel grants, expects 152 Paralympic teams in Rio
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The Paralympics' funding crisis eases, with the IPC confirming that all 152 teams - excluding Russia - are expected to compete in Rio as travel grants are paid.
Topics: sport, paralympics, brazil, australia
'My city don't like me': Rio locals unimpressed by disability access before Paralympics
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Wheelchair users in Rio de Janeiro are frustrated by the city's lack of significant improvement in disability access ahead of the Paralympic Games.
Topics: paralympics, disabilities, sport, brazil
Cyclist training for more than just Paralympic glory
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Paralympic cycling champion Carol Cooke is riding to stay out of a wheelchair.
Topics: paralympics, sport, multiple-sclerosis, brazil
Murphy's rapid rise puts her in Rio medal frame
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In just two years, swimmer Monique Murphy has survived a five storey fall from a balcony to become one of Australia's best medal chances at the Rio Paralympics.
Topics: paralympics, sport, brazil, australia
All roads lead to Rio for inspirational Kelly
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Ahmed Kelly was born in Baghdad without limbs, but on the eve of the Rio Paralympics is in the swimming form of his life and eyeing medals for Australia.
Topics: paralympics, sport, brazil
Melbourne labelled food allergy capital of the world by researchers
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Melbourne is most likely the food allergy capital of the world because of a fear of germs, the climate and a lack of vitamin D, researchers say.
Topics: allergies, science-and-technology, vaccines-and-immunity, diseases-and-disorders, health, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
Flower growers concerned over rent costs, sales at new Melbourne market
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Some flower growers are demanding their rents be reduced at the new wholesale market in Melbourne's north to compensate for falling sales.
Topics: flowers, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, vic
Book highlights first international Australian Rules football match
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The emergence of a 100-year-old film of an Australian Rules match in London inspires a book about champion footballers who fought in World War I.
Topics: australian-football-league, victorian-football-league-vfl, history, world-war-1, melbourne-3000, united-kingdom
'The idea is quite simple', house homeless in empty offices: developer
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A property developer is keen to tackle Melbourne's shortage of crisis accommodation by housing the homeless in vacant office buildings, and the idea has the support of welfare agencies.
Topics: homelessness, states-and-territories, vic
IBAC recommends changes after millions stolen from department
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Corruption investigators recommend sweeping changes to public accounting after finding Victoria's Department of Education has been defrauded of several million dollars.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, corruption, melbourne-3000
Mernda Rail Extension construction to start next year
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Construction of a $600 million rail extension from South Morang to Mernda in Melbourne's north-east is expected to start next year, the State Government says.
Topics: government-and-politics, south-morang-3752, mernda-3754
Anti-vaccination campaigners blamed for Brunswick measles outbreak
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The number of measles cases in Melbourne's north climbs to 14 after the Health Department is notified of another five patients.
Topics: infectious-diseases-other, vaccines-and-immunity, brunswick-3056, melbourne-3000
Key player in Ultranet project previously pleaded guilty to fraud
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A central figure in the development of the Victorian Department of Education's ill-fated Ultranet project had previously pleaded guilty to fraud, an anti-corruption hearing is told.
Topics: corruption, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, education, melbourne-3000
Education official received secret emails 'from pseudonym' during tender process
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An employee of a computer software company was in secret contact with the deputy secretary of Victoria's Education Department during the tender period for a multi-million-dollar government contract, an anti-corruption hearing is told.
Topics: education, states-and-territories, corruption, vic
Education department official given 'paid trip to New York' by contract winner
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The man in charge of the Victorian Education Department's doomed Ultranet project received an all-expenses paid trip to New York funded by the multi-national computer company that won the contract, a corruption hearing is told.
Topics: states-and-territories, education, corruption, vic
Prominent horse trainers found guilty of cobalt doping
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Two of Victoria's highest profile trainers are found guilty of racing horses with elevated levels of the performance-enhancing substance cobalt.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000
Complaints about paedophile priest 'ignored' by senior clergy
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The current Bishop of Brisbane ignored complaints about notorious paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has heard.
Topics: royal-commissions, catholic, child-abuse, sexual-offences, ballarat-3350, brisbane-4000, vic
Significant drop in high school students who smoke attributed to plain packaging
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The plain packaging of cigarettes is being credited for a significant drop in the number of high school students who smoke.
Topics: smoking, health, youth, vic, melbourne-3000, australia
Melbourne '1970s Street View' photo archive made public (video)
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The State Library of Victoria has begun to make publicly available a massive archive of historical photographs being described as the Google Street View of the 1970s.
Topics: history, community-and-society, architecture, library-museum-and-gallery, digital-multimedia, melbourne-3000, fitzroy-3065, castlemaine-3450
Campaign to raise money for Syrian children who have lost limbs in war
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Supporting children who have lost limbs in the bloody Syrian conflict is a key focus of a new campaign by an Australian charity.
Topics: charities, community-and-society, unrest-conflict-and-war, children, syrian-arab-republic, melbourne-3000
Backpacker, organic farm operators unite in bid to overturn visa laws
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Backpackers and organic farm operators start on online petition in the hope of overturning changes to working holiday visas.
Topics: rural-tourism, travel-and-tourism, government-and-politics, farm-labour, australia
Two former Geelong Grammar principals say they regret handling of sexual abuse complaints
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Two former principals of Geelong Grammar have told the child abuse Royal Commission they regret their handling of abuse complaints at the school during the 1980s.
Topics: royal-commissions, sexual-offences, child-abuse, schools, courts-and-trials, geelong-3220, vic
A reluctant interview: Syrian in Australia fears his family will be murdered
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An asylum seeker from Syria trying to bring his family to Australia fears his family back home will be murdered if he is identified while talking about their plight.
Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, human-interest, syrian-arab-republic, melbourne-3000
Sacked education official admits he was 'corrupt, stupid and ignorant'
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Nino Napoli, the disgraced former director of school resources for the Victorian Department of Education admits to being corrupt and that there are "lessons that can be learnt" from his "ignorance and stupidity".
Topics: corruption, education, schools, courts-and-trials, states-and-territories, vic
