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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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How cochlear implants gave profoundly deaf toddler Charlotte the gift of sound

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How cochlear implants gave profoundly deaf toddler Charlotte the gift of sound

All it took was a simple cold for three-year-old Charlotte Rivett to lose her hearing completely.

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Family wins battle against Public Trustee to keep brother's financial independence

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Family wins battle against Public Trustee to keep brother's financial independence

Sue Nunn feels like a weight has lifted off her shoulders after winning a lengthy legal battle against the Public Trustee of Queensland to ensure her brother has financial independence.

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