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Creator of UQ Ipswich Homework Centre recognised
Judith-Dale_smallThe creator of a Homework Centre at UQ's Ipswich campus designed to help Indigenous school students with their studies has been recognised with a Dadjeen Award for Services to Indigenous Education.
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Balingup local artist shortlisted in 2010 Telstra Art Award
Savoury_smallSandra Hill from Balingup in Western Australia is one of only 96 artists announced as a finalist in this year's 27th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award for her series of oil painting panels titled "White Goods".
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Menagerie of False Truths - a book by Greg French

Menagerie-of-False-Truths_smallBeautifully crafted, this story from one of Australia's finest writers will remain with you long after the final chapter.  Cherry is like no one Jack has ever met. Yet she is very much like him.

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Nominate for Young People's Human Rights Medal
HumanRights_smallUnder 25 and doing great things? Nominate for the Young People's Human Rights Medal - open to those aged 25 years or under .
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Melbourne's Friends of Westgate Park wins National Landcare Award

 Tony-Flude-and-Naomie-Sunner_smallMelbourne's Friends of Westgate Park (FoWP) has been announced winner of the prestigious Urban Landcare Award at the 2010 National Landcare Awards for revegetating 64 hectares of land outside Melbourne's CBD.

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Polaris Racing wins Finke Desert Race again

Polaris-Outlaw-Wins-Finke_smallPolaris Racing's Luke Beechey has defended his title at the 2010 Finke Desert Race, Australia's most prestigious enduro. Beechey crossed the line in 5:32:56 on his Polaris Outlaw 525 IRS, joined on the podium this year by fellow Outlaw, Michael Roycroft.

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Insulin that doesn't need a fridge or a needle?

A young Monash University chemist and her colleagues have successfully strengthened insulin's chemical structure without affecting its activity.  The new insulin structure means that it won't need refrigeration.

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Sound Effects Study - implications for Australian families
SharynneMcLeod_smallThe findings of a major Australian study about speech impairment in children were presented at a national conference in Melbourne by Charles Sturt University (CSU) researchers who highlighted the predicament of many families that have trouble accessing speech pathology services.
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New laws to crackdown on dangerous dogs
dog_smallTough new laws to crack down on dangerous dogs, including increased powers to immediately destroy them have been introduced to Victorian Parliament.
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Men like it hot!

chili_smallA new quarterly report entitled The Market – Q4 09 has revealed men purchase chilli four times more than women purchase the spicy vegetable, as well as a range of other revealing vegetable buying patterns in Australia.

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