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Townsville joins digital skills program helping people with disability prepare for natural disasters

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Townsville joins digital skills program helping people with disability prepare for natural disasters

When floodwaters began lapping in the streets near Tammy Royle's home in Townsville in 2019, she knew she had to leave.

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Forming body image as a blind person

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Forming body image as a blind person

When I was younger, I trusted other people's perceptions of my appearance more than my own.

After all, they could see, and I couldn't.

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Regional veterans lean on each other to fill the cracks in civilian life

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Regional veterans lean on each other to fill the cracks in civilian life

Regional veterans say they fell through the cracks as they transitioned into civilian life as they wait to see what will come of an interim report from the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.

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Abled Kitchen program helping young Tasmanians with sensory disabilities labelled a success

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Abled Kitchen program helping young Tasmanians with sensory disabilities labelled a success

A group of young Tasmanians with sensory disabilities are being prepared for the workforce as part of a successful 12-month pilot of a new social enterprise. 

Abled Kitchen in Launceston produces bagels, donuts, sourdough breads and pizzas, helping participants gain social skills and valuable workplace experience. 

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Teenager Mitchell Harwood aiming to be an AFL umpire after being told to avoid sport

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Teenager Mitchell Harwood aiming to be an AFL umpire after being told to avoid sport

It might be footy's least-appreciated skill, the boundary throw-in.

Unlike the centre bounce, we rarely ponder its degree of difficulty or sense of occasion.

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