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Verney Road School in Shepparton moves to former Wanganui Park Secondary School site

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Verney Road School in Shepparton moves to former Wanganui Park Secondary School site

Shepparton's Verney Road School will find a new home at the former Wanganui Park Secondary School site after receiving a significant funding boost.

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Queer love stories: Ivy and Yoey

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Queer love stories: Ivy and Yoey

The love that Ivy McGowan and Yoey Maxwell share is a rare kind.

In the five years since they met by chance at a queer picnic in Naarm/Melbourne on Ivy's 22nd birthday, it's grown to become something they had both thought they could only ever dare to dream for.

We asked them to share their story with us.

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Blindness no barrier for Wollongong jeweller Keely Payne as she creates by touch

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Blindness no barrier for Wollongong jeweller Keely Payne as she creates by touch

When Wollongong jewellery maker Keely Payne sits down to work, she does everything from choosing colours to threading tiny beads onto wire by touch alone.

Tackle boxes filled with colour-coordinated beads contain braille on the side to tell her what she is holding.

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After a horrific car crash, doctor Dinesh Palipana saw the emergency ward from the patients' side

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After a horrific car crash, doctor Dinesh Palipana saw the emergency ward from the patients' side

After a car accident in 2010, doctor Dinesh Palipana was left a quadriplegic.

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The Northern Territory's first supported independent living home opens in Nhulunbuy

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The Northern Territory's first supported independent living home opens in Nhulunbuy

For the first time in history, people with severe disabilities living in remote East Arnhem Land will have access to round-the-clock care in a home environment.

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