| |  Hi, Sonya here!
Every year in March something special happens in Adelaide. Sure we have the Adelaide Festival and Adelaide Fringe but amongst all of the colour and fun that is our Festival time, the something special I’m talking about is the celebration of International Women's Day on Monday 8 March. The ABC is recognising the achievements of women Australia-wide with female presenters taking the lead on ABC Radio, ABC TV and ABC News.
In the early hours of the first Friday each March, over two thousand people with a united purpose converge at the Convention Centre in the biggest IWD Breakfast event in the country. It’s been my privilege to MC this spirited and inspiring event for many years now.
This year we have to do things differently and I’m looking forward to welcoming you to the IWD virtual Breakfast at 9am tomorrow 5 March. Senator Penny Wong will again be hosting us while guest speaker Natasha Stott Despoja will speak to the theme Women in Leadership – a theme she has lived and breathed through her entire public life as a politician, diplomat and author.
Straight after, ABC Radio Adelaide Breakfast presenter Ali Clarke will sit down with Natasha Stott Despoja in a special Instagram LIVE stream interview from 10.30am, so have your questions ready!
Sonya |
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 | What a meeting with the Queen looks like in 2021 |
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Meeting with Queen Elizabeth II often involves a large entourage and plenty of pomp and ceremony — but there was little of that, and some light humour, in a video call to Australia.
The Queen made the call to South Australian Premier Steven Marshall, Governor Hieu Van Le and sculptor Robert Hannaford last week. |
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 | 'My victory over the former senator is an important decision for all women' |
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Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young says the outcome of her defamation case against former senator David Leyonhjelm "sends a timely and critical message that women deserve to be safe and respected in our workplaces".
Mr Leyonhjelm lost his bid to overturn a ruling that he defamed Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young, meaning he will have to pay $120,000 in compensation. |
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 | Get your dancing shoes on Adelaide |
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Adelaidians have been able to return to the dance floor - just in time given the city is now in the midst of the Adelaide Fringe and the Adelaide Festival.
Eddie Bannon joined Ali Clarke on Breakfast with his ode to dancing. |
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 | Is the idea of 'one true love' a myth? |
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It's the stuff of all great romance novels and films - falling hard for "the one", often at first sight.
But is this ideal realistic?
And what capacity do we really have to fall in love again and again? Associate Professor Gery Karantzas is the Director of Deakin University's Science of Adult Relationships Laboratory and he spoke to Sonya Feldhoff about the possibility of multiple true loves. |
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 | Housing boom continues with run-down home selling for $750,000 above asking price |
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A dilapidated house with propped up walls has sold for $750,000 more than the asking price in Adelaide, where buyers and sellers are seeing big price bumps in recent months. The cottage at Glenunga, in Adelaide's inner-south-east was advertised for three weeks before being sold at auction for $2.05 million, despite its condition. |
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 | Employment program in Mount Gambier prison sees inmates work for daily pay packet |
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A shortage of Chinese imports and a rise in furniture sales due to the pandemic are driving a production boom at one of Australia's largest regional prisons. Handmade timber furniture, metal fabrication items and packaging for large retailers are rolling off the production line at Mount Gambier's privately operated prison in South Australia. |
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 | Jules gives you a taste of WOMADelaide |
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Don't miss Jules Schiller on Drive tomorrow 5 March from 4pm when he brings you a taste of the award-winning WOMAD Sunset Series this long weekend.
Tune in live from the Artist Hub at the Hilton Hotel where he'll be hosting artists including Sarah Blasko, MRLN x RKM, Vika and Linda, Lior and Siberian Tiger! Join us as we celebrate world music this WOMADelaide 2021. |
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 | Victor Harbor causeway demolition approved amid concerns about noise impacts on whale nursery |
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Approval has been granted to demolish and replace Victor Harbor's heritage causeway despite concerns that construction works will drive the region's whales away.
The South Australian Government has started investigative works to build the $31.1 million concrete and steel structure adjacent the existing 150-year-old timber causeway, which links the coastal town south of Adelaide with Granite Island. |
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 | Beer battered fish burgers with yoghurt tartare sauce |
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Prepare yourseIf for a crunchy, creamy and flavourful fish burger at home. The light beer batter lightly coats the fish and is fried until crispy, with the tangy yoghurt tartare sauce packing a punch of flavour your tastebuds will love. Next time you are at the fish monger grab some flat head fillets for these to-die-for fish burgers. |
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