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Live! Queensland Band Culture - A new State Library Queensland Exhibition
Image Credit: SLQ - Live http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/live/slq-gallery If you were choosing the music to create the soundtrack of our state, which songs would you include? Where would you start? To do...
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Are your passwords and pin codes safe?
How many passwords and pin codes do you have? One for your debit and credit card, one for your mobile phone, a puk number for your sim card? What about passwords? The work computer? The various work...
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The Mother's Day Classic - What it means for Jodi.
Australia's largest charity fun run, the Mother's Day Classic, raising funds for breast cancer research, has been run around Australia at over 74 locations this morning, in Queensland that includes...
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Missing Mum on Mother's Day
"The tidal wave of gift guides, TV commercials featuring loving gazes and warm cuddles between mum and daughter, and the plethora of magazine articles where celebrities share how much their mums mean...
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Let's Talk About Sex ...
Ever wondered what men really think about sex?Family Planning Queensland has enlisted the help of eleven of Brisbane's funniest men to present a benefit show at the Sit Down Comedy Club this coming...
View ArticleGood night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite ... or is that exactly...
The thought of getting into a hotel bed and being feasted upon during the night is not a very pleasant one. The very same pests could also be climbing into your luggage and relocating home with you ......
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John's Story - from being helped to becoming one of the helpers
The Salvation Army have been in Australia for over 130 years, helping hundreds of thousands of people during difficult times.In the studio with Warren Boland this morning is JOHN KOURKOURDIS who is a...
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Weekend Bookworm: Time to Start Thinking
Time to Start Thinking: America and the Spectre of Decline by Edward LuceThe Roots of Obama's Rage by Dinesh D'Souza"Gentlemen, we have run out of money. It is time to start thinking." With this...
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Rats!
Rodents are normally considered a winter pest in our part of the world. With this year's wet weather conditions and cooler than normal temperatures, some suburbs have reported a large number of rats...
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Heating your home efficiently
Whilst we live in the year-round Sunshine State, many of us will have pulled out an extra blanket or doona out this past week.The cold weather has arrived and many of our homes are simply not built for...
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Gambling promotion & alcohol ads on TV
When millions of Australians sit down in front of the TV this weekend to watch the footy they will also be watching advertisements and promotions for alcohol and gambling.Tobacco advertising was banned...
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Desperate for Giselle
Queensland Ballet soloist Lisa Edwards is taking part in her first tourof regional Queensland with the production of Giselle.Do the audiences tend to be starved ballet lovers who are desperate to see...
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The power of keeping a diary
Do you keep a diary? Or was it something you did when you were younger and you don't bother with anymore?What about scribbling down a "to-do" list? Or maybe you write in a gratitude journal or jot down...
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Weekend Bookworm: Wool
Wool by Hugh HoweyImagine a world where breathing the air is deadly, where humanity has lived ever since anyone can remember in a giant underground silo which is 144 storeys deep and can create and...
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Petero Civoniceva talks Origin
State of Origin is just days away and for the first time since 2001, Petero Civoniceva will not be playing.Petero has been one of the first names picked in the Queensland team for the last 12 Origin...
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Spies like us
ASIO, our intelligence organisation, has made headlines at least twice this week.First, the ABC's Four Corners program alleged that plans for ASIO's new headquarters had been hacked by the Chinese....
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Meek or macho?
A recent study by the University of Queensland showed that that women with less money or financial security preferred to date men with more feminine looks.In tough economic times, "women choose...
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Weekend Bookworm: The Geneva Option
The Geneva Option by Adam LeborRwanda is a beautiful country. Sweeping valleys full of familiar eucalypts, rain forests, rich green pastures and mountain tops wrapped in cottonwool clouds. The people...
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Orange Renaissance
Oranges have been one of Australia's most popular fruits since the First Fleet arrived on these shores. Indeed, during the 1950s and 1960s, almost every backyard boasted an orange tree.So what has...
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The art of persuasion
Imagine being able to always get what you ask for. Some people naturally find it easy to socialise and reach agreement. Others, however, find it hard to get their point of view across or even rub...
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