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Glowing MOPOKE Festival includes Aboriginal Native plants from Bush to Bowl

The glow-in-the-dark MOPOKE festival, part of the city revival in Sydney is including the Bush to Bowl company. Bush to Bowl seeks to engage Indigenous people to become knowledge leaders in Bush foods and native plants. They have a farm on the central coast and a nursery in the Northern Suburbs of Sydney, and aim …

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Nepal Plane Crash

All 72 souls died in the crash on January 15. Anju Khatiwada was the co-pilot the Yeti Airlines aircraft which crashed near Pokhara in Nepal.  She had become a pilot after her husband, pilot Dipak Pokhrel crashed in a Yeti plane near Jumla in 2006.   She had spent years of training in the US. The …

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Indigenous people fighting Diabetes

Markers of diabetes management have been deteriorating during the COVID-19 pandemic as lockdowns and social distancing measures discourage people from seeking out regular health services. With diabetes disproportionately affecting Indigenous Australians, at almost four times the rate compared to non-Indigenous Australians, a new model-of-care comes as an exciting development. In the trial, led by Associate …

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Orchestral Birdsong

Playing in the Oregon symphony as a concert violinist, being awarded Oregon State Fiddle champion, having the gift of perfect pitch and a talent for transcribing musical notation are just some of the things that make Hollis Taylor so intriguing. Image: Image: Wikipedia – Hollis Taylor Produced By: Melanie Scott Featured In Story: Hollis Taylor First aired …

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Strep A cases on the rise

Health authorities in New South Wales and Victoria have issued a warning about Group A Streptococcal diseases, commonly known as ‘Strep A’ following a rise in recent cases in both states. Strep A is a bacterial infection that generally presents with mild symptoms, but severe cases can be deadly. Last year two children in Victoria …

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