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New welfare card comes under fire
Tuesday, 13 May 2008
A welfare debit card is expected to be unveiled in Treasurer Wayne Swan's first budget tonight and will contain only a portion of a family's welfare payment. The card will restrict purchases to necessities such as food and clothing in a $17 million scheme aimed at cracking down on negligent parents. ..
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Sermsah in action on So You Think You Can Dance
Dancing with Destiny
Sometimes things happen for a reason, almost like the universe has reached out and tapped you on the shoulder, drawing your attention towards a new path in life.
This is certainly how things happened for Sermsah Bin Saad, or Suri as Australia has come to know him through the hit reality TV show So You Think You Can Dance?
“I was working at Cable Beach Resort (in Broome, WA), cleaning up towels by the poolside,” he says. “I picked up this towel, and a magazine fell out and landed open on the page that had an ad asking for people to audition for So You Think You Can Dance?”
While the ad interested him, Suri was worried that perhaps the show was too commercial for someone like him – a predominantly traditional Aboriginal dancer.
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This month on Deadly Sounds we take a look at two exciting new productions currently wowing critics and audiences alike. We also find out a little about the history of Aboriginal activism from the grandson of Fred Maynard, the founder of the Australia Aboriginal Progressive Association, and yarn with Gavin Jones of Vibe Australia about the new Vibe Alive festival.read more
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Casey Donovan Eye 2 Eye
This month, Deadly Sounds has 10 copies of Casey Donovans new CD to give away. Eye 2 Eye features Caseys powerful vocals with a rock influence.
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Stephen Page
This month, Bangarra Dance Theatre presents its new work, Mathinna. The story of a young Tasmanian Aboriginal girl, adopted and assimilated into the white world of the 1850s before being abandoned to her fate, Mathinna is a heart-breaking story of vulnerable young girl, lost between two cultures. Bangarra’s Artistic Director and Mathinna’s.
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Christine Anu & Deni Hines on Tour (May 8 - June 28)
Two of Australia’s most loved and successful female recording artists Christine Anu & Deni Hines join forces on one tour takin’ it to the streets around the country.
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