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Dec 4, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Toby Hemmings |Eliza Goetze
Growing up on a farm in central west NSW, Hugh Francis was often told to go outside because he was too loud. But his voice became an asset as Hugh became an international opera singer. Now back visiting the family property, Hugh is running classes for locals to help them find their authentic voice. Story by Toby Hemmings, additional production by Eliza Goetze.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Eliza Goetze
It's a case that's fascinated legions of true-crime devotees. Now Eric and Lyle Menendez, the brothers serving life sentences for murdering their affluent parents back in 1989, have been thrown a chance to be paroled by the end of the year. The Los Angeles County District Attorney is recommending the pair be re-sentenced.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Eliza Goetze
The newest inductees of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame have been named for 2024. It's a diverse list of athletes from surfing to lawn bowls, hurdles and the Paralympics. For many, the highlights of their careers aren't the big wins, but the people who joined them for the ride.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Eliza Goetze
Residents in Western New South Wales say they've lost trust in their electricity supply after multiple power failures. A storm last Wednesday took out electricity towers near Broken Hill, and then both the city's backup diesel generators failed. The power is back for most on now, but locals and experts say governments and power companies need to urgently change their approach.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Eliza Goetze
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Eliza Goetze
Residents in the Far West of New South Wales say they're losing morale as a power outage across the region drags on into its seventh day. Storms flattened electricity towers near Broken Hill last week, but residents were again plunged into darkness on Tuesday night when a backup generator tripped. With food going off in fridges and replacement generators on the way, the state government says it will investigate how both the region's backup generators failed.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Eliza Goetze
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has been the number one target for Israel since the beginning of the war in Gaza. Now Israel says the mastermind of the October 7 attack is dead, killed in a firefight with IDF soldiers in the southern Gaza strip. So, who was Yahya Sinwar and what does his death mean for the war in the Middle East?
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Eliza Goetze
Abortion rights have been creeping back onto the political agenda in parts of Australia, despite all states and territories having decriminalised abortion. In South Australia and Queensland, some politicians are making moves to toughen the laws and make it harder to get an abortion. One expert says anti-abortion campaigners in Australia are taking inspiration from recent events in the United States.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Eliza Goetze
A controversial bill to change South Australia's abortion laws has been narrowly defeated in state's Upper House. The bill would have required women seeking a pregnancy termination after 27 weeks and 6 days to deliver the baby alive. Those who voted it down say the debate was shrouded in misinformation and that the bill would have put women's health at risk.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Eliza Goetze
A team of Australian researchers has collated data on a group of so-called "invisible" cancer patients in what's believed to be a world first. Thousands of Australians live with metastatic cancer, the term for cancer that has spread beyond its original tumour, but until now all the available figures have been estimates. For the first time, patients with metastatic breast cancer have been counted in New South Wales and advocates say the data will lead to better treatment.
