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| As residents hit by the devastating Maribyrnong River flood returned to their homes, they told Raf Epstein on Drive that it would be months before life returns to normal. |
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Actor Nadine Garner has some compelling tales to accompany her selections on Songs and Stories.
Singing Blister in The Sun with Kylie Minogue during The Henderson Kids, flying to London to work with Joanna Lumley and smuggling a gypsy into Vienna under her skirt.
Nadine has just finished a play at Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney called Tell Me I'm Here, appears in the ABC series Savage River and is starring in a new police thriller Darklands. |
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'I think every kid has the right to be optimistic.'
Renowned kids author Morris Gleitzman has just released a new collection of short stories called Digging Up Dad. It continues an interesting thread of kids helping adults.
Sammy J quizzed Morris on his life and work in the popular ABC Radio Melbourne Breakfast segment, 'Expert Subject'.
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The BoM, aka the Weather Bureau, has caused a rebranding furore by demanding to be referred to as The Bureau.
The fallout has inspired Sammy J to write a tribute song to the organisation formerly known as the BoM. |
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Locals in the new seat of Pakenham, in Melbourne's outer east, told Drive host Raf Epstein what will swing their vote at November's state election.
The peri-urban Victorian electorate covers the suburbs of Pakenham, Officer and Beaconsfield Upper. |
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| Join ABC Radio Melbourne as we broadcast live from Albert Park parkrun from 8.30am on Saturday, October 29. Stop by to say hello and meet Matt Preston. |
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| Mango season is finally here. This mango and cabbage rice vermicelli salad is one of the easiest ways to eat mangoes during the warmer months. |
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