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What's rowdier? Parliament House or primary school

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How kindness saved Kath Koschel's life

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A burning desire to understand fire

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Is activism a dirty word?

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Could one small town become Australia's zero waste capital?

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There's light on the horizon for hefty power bills

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A simple test that could save your life

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The tight-knit community trading in sapphires (repeat)

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Destination weeding, your ticket to paradise?

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Whales are bumper to bumper on the humpback highway

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A future without exams? It's closer than you think

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NAPLAN success, healthy joints, and life-changing work

13

The surprising solutions to our loneliness epidemic

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Aussie astronauts, gaming hubs, and unlikely housemates

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Invisible women, movers and shakers, and night patrol

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YIMBYs vs NIMBYS, urban exploration, and speed reading braille

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Frog saunas, Wikipedia bias, and a free lunch

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Natural burials, disrupting financial abuse, and a formula to find work

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Tapping into health, cancer hope, and risky play

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How you can work a four-day week

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No homework, saving penguins, and swimming dreams

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A nude calendar, news avoidance, and spectacular serendipity

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How you can help refugees settle in Australia

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One woman's solution to chronic pain

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A four-day school week is changing lives

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How can we get more affordable housing?

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Introducing The Bright Side with Sabra Lane

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The farming city producing orchestral talent

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At 94, a daily dose of chlorine does Dorothy 'a world of good'

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Finding joy through a game of extreme adult tag

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The pub traded on trust and $1000 every Monday

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Old people's home for entertainers with a disability

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A voice-activated car making driving dreams happen

34

Meet the 10-year-old inspiring a kindness revolution

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Dom was paralysed when he set up this feel-good dance studio

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Free haircuts are bringing hope to those in need

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The community giving away kids' sports gear for free

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The fishing group embracing anglers of all abilities.

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Embracing adventure and a 'retirement career' at 70

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A journey from uncertainty to the confidence of modelling

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The oncology ward with a very special string quartet

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Car restoration project a 'salute' to dad

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How Edna's 'open heart' helps others

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The 'Guardian Of Sydney Harbour'

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Building the next 'big thing' in this tiny town

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Meet John, arguably WA's best landlord

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The seven-year-old running a flower farm

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Finding inspiration – right in their own backyards

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The white dove that stole Barbara’s heart

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Taking out a mortgage for a surf break

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Outback postie delivers more than just mail

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Chickens running wild at school

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Singing 'because it feels nice'

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Gympie features in French fashion magazine

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Tales of a fun and (at times) naughty childhood

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Small but mighty local post services are knitting communities together

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'Washed in happiness': The formal-wear beach swim shoring up pleasure

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An epidemic of friendship is turning picnicking strangers into mates

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Meet the festive first responder replying to children's Christmas letters

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A kid's documentary about swearing

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The gift of fresh water

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Sword-making children have sharp business sense

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How Māori language has gone from crisis point to prominence

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'Celebrating differences' by singing with One Voice

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Connecting the community through song

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'Painfully shy' pole dancer takes on national champs

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Trading heavy metal for the opera stage

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Blind conductor has a world of song at her fingertips

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Rehabilitating burnt chickens

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The search for a $30k watch at the bottom of a river

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And on Fridays we sing! Rewire, the dementia-inclusive choir

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Ninety-year-old Valerie is still running wild

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Teacher takes on world’s toughest long-distance ocean swim

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Finn's first job bucks the trend for people with a disability

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An out of the blue donation gave these women a home

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Aged care residents team up with high school students to solve local problems

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Retired ballerina Maari Gray rediscovered dance after hip replacement

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A move to the country, life changing

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Counsellor pours life savings into helping teens

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A love of shiny things

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Helping students fulfil school formal dreams

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Bringing theatre to life - for everyone

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The most unique earrings

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How Jannie came back from a dark place

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All for the love of wrestling

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Only two working legs won't stop this farm dog

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Why Naomi walks her pet chook Mavis every day

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Inside Ash's bike orphanage

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Cutting hair for 60 years and still styling

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The plant stall helping a community bloom

91

From the rumpus room to the Opera House

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Learning how to joust with a modern medieval knight

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The dogs lending their ears to help out

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Crushing it on the field

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Barra fishing for these ladies is secret women's business

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Peter has city commuters singing their hearts out

97

Turning humble doodling into works of art

98

The joy of dancing in the dark

99

How David found peace in the early mornings

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Radio presenter makes 9yo's Book Week dream come true