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Northern Territory's deaf community welcomes funding to recruit an Auslan interpreter

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Northern Territory's deaf community welcomes funding to recruit an Auslan interpreter

For Darwin local Annabel Bishop, trying to access an Auslan interpreter to assist her with everyday tasks has been frustrating.

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Gayle and Mac Shann say it's 'happy days' two decades on from Australian Story appearance

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Gayle and Mac Shann say it's 'happy days' two decades on from Australian Story appearance

After the recent rains, the grass is long and waving in the soft breeze. With the sun setting behind them, Gayle and Mac Shann walk among their pretty broodmares in a paddock that stretches to a golden horizon. 

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Macedon Ranges mental health program goes door to door

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Macedon Ranges mental health program goes door to door

A mental health support program is reaching out to those in need through door-knocking in the Macedon Ranges.

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Emma Jackson swapped the United Kingdom for a Cape York Peninsula shack without doors

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Emma Jackson swapped the United Kingdom for a Cape York Peninsula shack without doors

In a corrugated station house near the tip of Australia, English-born Emma Jackson is busy serving bacon and eggs to her four hungry children.

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Mental health campaign targets farmers at saleyards 'where they're comfortable'

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Mental health campaign targets farmers at saleyards 'where they're comfortable'

For 17-year-old Grace Purtle, the local saleyards have been a regular fixture of life.  

They're where the teenager, from Manilla in northern New South Wales, has seen the good times, the bad times and everything in between.

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