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| UpdatedArno joined a neo-Nazi skin head group to "repulse" society. He says governments are ignoring his warnings about far-right extremists like he once was.
Topics: crime, religion-and-beliefs, internet-culture, federal-government, community-education, terrorism, afghanistan, united-kingdom, grafton-2460, young-2594, wollongong-2500, newcastle-2300, melbourne-3000, adelaide-5000, sydney-2000, launceston-7250, hobart-7000, coffs-harbour-2450, broken-hill-2880, renmark-5341, india, pakistan, bangladesh, nepal, denmark, norway, brazil
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| UpdatedMORNING BRIEFING: Tasmania's Health Minister has confirmed almost 10,000 people are waiting on Tasmania's elective surgery list, with a golf club claiming a proposed traffic roundabout will force it to close.
Topics: community-and-society, community-education, hobart-7000, launceston-7250, tas
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| UpdatedOrdering a shot of coffee in Hobart can now be done using sign language at a new cafe catering for the hearing-impaired, and they have a special way of making sure the cafe isn't too noisy.
Topics: community-and-society, community-education, human-interest, disabilities, tas, hobart-7000, launceston-7250
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Topics: aboriginal-language, aboriginal, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, adult-education, community-education, educational-resources, children, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedFans know her for her bright yellow bow, but today the people of Arnhem Land celebrate Emma Watkins for protecting the longevity of their rare form of sign language.
Topics: aboriginal-language, aboriginal, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, human-interest, community-education, educational-resources, children, family-and-children, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedA stalwart of rock band Rose Tattoo retrains for a role that will help him give back to the community.
Topics: music-industry, rock, community-education, drugs-and-substance-abuse, domestic-violence, paterson-2421, newcastle-2300
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From hospitals to land rights, speech pathology to police interviews, the ability of these Indigenous teenagers to communicate is a lifeline for their remote community.
Topics: aboriginal-language, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, youth, aboriginal, information-and-communication, community-education, human-interest, community-and-society, darwin-0800, nhulunbuy-0880
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Topics: rural-youth, youth, community-and-society, aboriginal-language, aboriginal, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-education, community-development, darwin-0800, nhulunbuy-0880
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A Tamworth teacher has developed the first Australian curriculum exploring regenerative agriculture.
Topics: agricultural-crops, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, women-in-agriculture, agribusiness, agriculture, education, environment-education, community-education, secondary-schools, schools, history-education, geography-education, education-collaborative-projects, educational-resources, adult-education, public-schools, primary-schools, tamworth-2340, nsw, vic, tas, armidale-2350, sydney-2000, lismore-2480
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A four-year study into faith communities has found Muslims experience acts of violence on an individual basis like no other religious adherents.
Topics: community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, ancient-religions, men-religious, other-religions, religious-leaders, women-religious, community-education, adult-education, access-to-education, education, history-education, islam, art-and-creativity, kids-games-and-links, contemporary-art, art-history, arts-and-entertainment, street-art, visual-art, fine-art-photography, subjects, art-and-design, renmark-5341, mount-gambier-5290, port-pirie-5540, port-augusta-5700, whyalla-5600, port-lincoln-5606, launceston-7250, canberra-2600, bega-2550, wagga-wagga-2650, newcastle-2300, broken-hill-2880, coffs-harbour-2450, mildura-3500, ballarat-3350, tamworth-2340, wollongong-2500, cairns-4870, townsville-4810, mount-isa-4825, bendigo-3550
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A one-month trial of an abuse tracking system on Darwin's public transport has shown 99 separate incidents of antisocial behaviour on the city's buses.
Topics: road-transport, work, workplace, occupational-health-and-safety, crime-prevention, crime, assault, community-education, safety, antisocial-behaviour, travel-health-and-safety, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedA workshop at the State Library of Queensland takes a fresh approach to electronic waste by teaching refugee and migrant students to build their own computers, repurposing old government PCs that would otherwise be destined for landfill.
Topics: community-and-society, immigration, education, access-to-education, adult-education, community-education, human-interest, internet-culture, information-and-communication, people, public-sector, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, vocational, subjects, technical, schools, recycling-and-waste-management, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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| UpdatedPresident Donald Trump urges Americans to get vaccinations to prevent the spread of measles, as almost 1,000 students and staff at Los Angeles universities are quarantined on campus.
Topics: health, health-administration, health-policy, vaccines-and-immunity, donald-trump, community-education, university-and-further-education, diseases-and-disorders, united-states
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Port Macquarie resident Kim Dahler was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in her 40s and wants others to know life can still be fulfilling.
Topics: health, regional, community-education, charities-and-community-organisations, mental-health, community-and-society, parkinson-s-disease, diseases-and-disorders, port-macquarie-2444, wa, vic, tas, sa, qld, nt
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London-trained artist Bernard Ollis spent decades teaching in Australian art schools before returning to the studio full time. He now paints and travels the world alongside his partner, artist Wendy Sharpe.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, contemporary-art, critique-and-theory, visual-art, painting, careers, death, family-and-children, gambling, relationships, education, community-education, schools, education, university-and-further-education, health, health, australia, nt, nsw, united-kingdom, france
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Prisons don't have much in common with university campuses, but at the Eastern Goldfields Region Prison more than half the inmates are enrolled in education programs.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, access-to-education, adult-education, community-education, distance-education, university-and-further-education, kalgoorlie-6430
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| UpdatedFor some kids in Moree, roaming the streets at night can be safer than being at home, but police and youth services hope they might have the answer.
Topics: youth, society, indigenous-policy, indigenous-culture, police, community-organisations, community-education, community-development, moree-2400
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| UpdatedThe Northern Territory Education Department is scrambling to resolve a bureaucratic bungle that has left hundreds of staff — including many teachers — without authorisation to work with children.
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| UpdatedQueensland's top country high school student says success is not all about study, but more about being organised and taking time to de-stress.
Topics: subjects, education, access-to-education, educational-resources, continuing-education, community-education, education-industry, business-economics-and-finance, university-and-further-education, schools, primary-schools, public-schools, secondary-schools, stress, health, kilcoy-4515, brisbane-4000, maroochydore-4558