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New car for paraplegic mum after community rallies with Hoodoo Gurus, pro-surfer Molly Picklum

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New car for paraplegic mum after community rallies with Hoodoo Gurus, pro-surfer Molly Picklum

A community on the New South Wales Central Coast has rallied to buy a new car for a single mum, who became a paraplegic after stopping to help at a road accident 30 years ago.

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Eleanor graduates with first-class honours as she pursues palaeontology dream career after chance encounter

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Eleanor graduates with first-class honours as she pursues palaeontology dream career after chance encounter

Eleanor Beidatsch is used to overcoming the odds, but even she thought a career in palaeontology would be a bridge too far.

The 30-year-old was convinced her passion would only ever be a hobby, but her dreams came true nearly 4,000 kilometres away from her West Australian home.

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Blind big-game fisher urges people with disabilities to 'chase your goals' after massive tuna catch

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Blind big-game fisher urges people with disabilities to 'chase your goals' after massive tuna catch

A blind amateur fisherman who fulfilled his dream of catching a giant tuna off South Australia's south-east coast says people with disabilities should be given the opportunity to pursue even extreme hobbies.

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Vision impaired young people call for change in narrative to avoid stereotypes, stigmas

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Vision impaired young people call for change in narrative to avoid stereotypes, stigmas

Alana Tiller is a 20-year-old university student and avid hobby shooter.

She also lives with Oculocutaneous albinism, which often causes progressive vision loss.

She now has "around 3 per cent vision on a good day".

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Pay Day with Elly Desmarchelier: 'Paying my disability tax is no mean feat'

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Pay Day with Elly Desmarchelier: 'Paying my disability tax is no mean feat'

It's Pay Day! The ABC's new column where we ask Australians the money questions we don't like to talk about. We aim to demystify personal finance and normalise conversations about what we earn and how we save it — or spend it.

Elly Desmarchelie

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