Imagine losing someone to suicide – your brother, your sister, a friend, even your grandmother. Matt Dee has been through the pain of it, but has come out stronger, flying his family flag for suicide awareness and prevention. At the time Aspendale, the suburb Matt’s family lived in, was the crime capital of Australia and a…
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Australian band Temper Trap took to the stage of a sold-out Enmore theatre in Sydney last night for their first Australian gig in almost a year. The Melbourne group are playing only three sideshows – in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne – while they are in the country for Groovin’ the Moo festival. Newsroom reporter Kristy Coulcher caught…
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Passengers aboard P&O’s cruise ship Pacific Pearl were the first to trial the new $57-million passenger terminal at White Bay this week. The White Bay terminal, located in the inner-west suburb of Rozelle, replaces the temporary Wharf 5 site known as Barangaroo. With the capacity to hold three cruise ships simultaneously, White Bay is set…
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Fuelled by the drama of debt, drugs and societal standards, Drift tells the true story of how surfing evolved from a hobby into an international industry back in the 1970s. Set in a remote town on Australia’s spectacularly rugged western coastline, Drift follows Andy Kelly (Myles Pollard) and younger brother Jimmy (Xavier Samuel) on their journey from…
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Until age 11, musician Mickey Church was legally blind. His world was like a late Monet landscape, colour, shape and soft edges but no clarity. Yet now he can see, and is creating brilliant, colourful music. The Newsroom caught up with him to discuss an amazing journey from audience to centrestage at the annual Coachella festival. The blind…
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It is rare that an attractive young woman can walk past a construction site or a truck full of men without being wolf-whistled or honked at. The Newsroom took to the streets of Sydney to find out why men feel the urge to make their presence known in this way… and what women actually think…
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