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Mates with disability to get Endeavour Foundation purpose-built forever home

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Mates with disability to get Endeavour Foundation purpose-built forever home

John, Brendan and Malcolm are three mates who've been working and living together for more than 10 years.

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Local artist, Jordan Pecar’s work chosen for NDIS Award

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Local artist, Jordan Pecar’s work chosen for NDIS Award

Local artist, Jordan Pecar is making her mark in the art world producing intricate drawings of dragons, one of which was recently presented to an NDIS employee as part of the Scheme’s annual Light Up! recognition awards.

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Disability campaigner Joan Hume hated being called 'an inspiration'

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Disability campaigner Joan Hume hated being called 'an inspiration'

High school teacher Joan Hume was 23 when she broke her neck in a car accident, leaving her with quadriplegia.

But if her colleagues thought that was the end of her career, they were very wrong. It was the 1970s and schools weren't prepared for a teacher who uses a wheelchair.

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Elizabeth Caplice changed the way we talk about cancer

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Elizabeth Caplice changed the way we talk about cancer

Elizabeth was just 32 when she died from bowel cancer in 2016 after unflinchingly documenting every gritty detail of her treatment on her blog Sky Between Branches.

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Fanny Cochrane Smith was our first Aboriginal recording artist

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Fanny Cochrane Smith was our first Aboriginal recording artist

In 1899 and 1903, Australia's first Aboriginal 'recording star' Fanny Cochrane Smith leaned into the brass trumpet of the Edison phonograph and sang about flowers and birds in her language of Pakana.

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