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ABC News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- ABC News
A lifetime of music with the Koori King of Country
From a shy 17 year-old singing Sunday school hymns to becoming the 'Koori King of Country', Uncle Roger Knox's journey is nothing short of extraordinary. For over three decades, he's been a voice and vessel for Indigenous stories, his serpent-painted guitar carrying the weight of cultural memory through songs soaked in country and soul. As Uncle Roger tours his powerful new album Buluunarbi and The Old North Star, he visits the Radio National studios to perform from live. Plus for Word Up, Aunty Joan Ashburton introduces us to her friend and Kurrama Elder Sandra Haigh, together they share a word for a special place in the Pilbara.
Sydney Morning Herald
11-06-2025
- Health
- Sydney Morning Herald
My cancer diagnosis was terrifying, but there are more reasons than ever to stay positive
The video released this week by Prue Car, announcing that she is facing her second cancer diagnosis in less than three years, comes as a great shock to the state. But her moving and personal message also showed why Prue is what Premier Chris Minns calls 'the toughest, most resilient colleague' in the NSW government. The upside is that the deputy premier will be receiving the very best medical treatment, and she can be assured of Australia's best wishes for a speedy recovery so that she can return to work in due course. Because the cancer has been spotted early in its development, the chances of successful treatment are greatly improved. In recent decades treatments have made huge progress and survival rates are much better. I should know. I was diagnosed with bowel cancer in late 2023. A routine colonoscopy revealed a tumour on my outer bowel rim. A flurry of appointments and tests concluded I had stage three cancer. My first thought was: 'How can this be?' After all, I was reasonably fit and healthy at age 52. I suffered no symptoms: there was no diarrhoea or constipation, or blood in the toilet bowel. But I do have a family history – my 61-year-old mother had died from bowel cancer, and younger Australians are increasingly being diagnosed with the disease. Loading Then I thought: 'How much longer am I going to live?' But the magnificent GenesisCare team at the Royal North Shore Hospital were unfailingly positive, and I was told that my condition was eminently treatable and that I'd probably survive. My treatment started almost immediately: surgery to remove the tumour, followed by intense chemotherapy. The process was disruptive, even distressing: I used to think that my chemo days amounted to a combination of being hungover and seasick at the same time. I put on weight, felt tired, even discombobulated. I ended my weekly Radio National program, which I had presented for 10 years. I made a will. Six months of chemo blasted the cancer, but blasted me too. I'm now in remission, though I continue to experience what's called peripheral neuropathy. It's like constant numbness, tingling, hypersensitivity in one's feet and hands, with no relief in sight. But I've survived thanks to my doctors, (mainly Irish) nurses and loving family and friends. And I still need to pay regular hospital visits for scans, blood tests and check-ups.
The Age
11-06-2025
- Health
- The Age
My cancer diagnosis was terrifying, but there are more reasons than ever to stay positive
The video released this week by Prue Car, announcing that she is facing her second cancer diagnosis in less than three years, comes as a great shock to the state. But her moving and personal message also showed why Prue is what Premier Chris Minns calls 'the toughest, most resilient colleague' in the NSW government. The upside is that the deputy premier will be receiving the very best medical treatment, and she can be assured of Australia's best wishes for a speedy recovery so that she can return to work in due course. Because the cancer has been spotted early in its development, the chances of successful treatment are greatly improved. In recent decades treatments have made huge progress and survival rates are much better. I should know. I was diagnosed with bowel cancer in late 2023. A routine colonoscopy revealed a tumour on my outer bowel rim. A flurry of appointments and tests concluded I had stage three cancer. My first thought was: 'How can this be?' After all, I was reasonably fit and healthy at age 52. I suffered no symptoms: there was no diarrhoea or constipation, or blood in the toilet bowel. But I do have a family history – my 61-year-old mother had died from bowel cancer, and younger Australians are increasingly being diagnosed with the disease. Loading Then I thought: 'How much longer am I going to live?' But the magnificent GenesisCare team at the Royal North Shore Hospital were unfailingly positive, and I was told that my condition was eminently treatable and that I'd probably survive. My treatment started almost immediately: surgery to remove the tumour, followed by intense chemotherapy. The process was disruptive, even distressing: I used to think that my chemo days amounted to a combination of being hungover and seasick at the same time. I put on weight, felt tired, even discombobulated. I ended my weekly Radio National program, which I had presented for 10 years. I made a will. Six months of chemo blasted the cancer, but blasted me too. I'm now in remission, though I continue to experience what's called peripheral neuropathy. It's like constant numbness, tingling, hypersensitivity in one's feet and hands, with no relief in sight. But I've survived thanks to my doctors, (mainly Irish) nurses and loving family and friends. And I still need to pay regular hospital visits for scans, blood tests and check-ups.
ABC News
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Julie Kimberley
Julie Kimberley started working for the ABC in 1999. She has worked across multiple areas of the ABC including Sport, Drama and TV but is most passionate about her work with both Radio National and Local Radio. In 2022 she joined the team at ABC Riverland at the Renmark studios and has taken on the post of Saturday Presenter and Weekday Producer. Julie is passionate about the Riverland and has really loved getting to know the community and all that makes this unique landscape tick. First hailing from Sydney's Northern Beaches Julie says she could never have imagined calling the Mighty Murray River her home and backyard. She would love for you to join her on Saturday mornings via the ABC Listen App or tune in when in the area to 1062AM.
Sydney Morning Herald
25-05-2025
- Politics
- Sydney Morning Herald
Australia news LIVE: Ley mulls Coalition front bench overhaul; Bradfield in the balance as amid informal vote surge; 3500 make insurance claims after wild weather
Latest posts Latest posts 7.03am Some NSW schools reopen after floods as cleanup continues By Christopher Harris NSW is cleaning up after major flooding which inundated about 10,000 homes last week. About 3500 have made claims across the mid north coast and the upper Hunter region, The Insurance Council of Australia says. About 32,000 people in 14 towns across the upper Hunter and mid north coast were isolated yesterday. Insurance Council of Australia chief executive Andrew Hall said as people returned to their properties, insurance claims were climbing at 1000 a day. 'This is our fourth flood for 2025... they're underscoring each and every month, we have 220,000 homes which have been built in high-risk flood zones,' he told the ABC's Radio National program. The frequency of floods across the East Coast coupled with the steep increase in building costs of about 40 per cent in recent years, was driving up insurance costs, he said. 'They're becoming a real challenge to provide affordable insurance to,' CEO said. He said Australia needed to have a flood defence plan which could help local governments deliver timely flood studies and reduce the devastation communities face. The Department of Education says 60 schools will remain closed while 120 will reopen this morning. 6.58am Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of prisoners By Christopher Harris Russia and Ukraine swapped hundreds more prisoners on Sunday, the third and last part of a major exchange that reflected a rare moment of cooperation in otherwise failed efforts to reach a ceasefire in the more than three years of war. Hours earlier, the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and other regions came under a massive Russian drone-and-missile attack that killed at least 12 people and injured dozens. Ukrainian officials described it as the largest aerial assault since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Russia's Defense Ministry said each side exchanged 303 soldiers, following the release of 307 combatants and civilians each on Saturday, and 390 on Friday — the biggest total swap of the war. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed Sunday's exchange, saying on X that '303 Ukrainian defenders are home.' He noted that the troops returning to Ukraine were members of the 'Armed Forces, the National Guard, the State Border Guard Service, and the State Special Transport Service.' Nataliya Borovyk, the sister of released Ukrainian soldier Ihor Ulesov, was overwhelmed when she learned of her brother's return. 'My uncle had to calm me down and put me in a taxi so I could get here,' she told The Associated Press. 'A moment like that stays with you forever.' Borovyk said the family had been waiting anxiously for news, and that she had hoped her brother might be released in the first part of the exchange on Friday. 'We were worried about all the guys. He wasn't there on Friday, but I was here — I at least greeted them, I stood there until the very end and waited, (hoping) maybe he would appear after all.' In talks held in Istanbul earlier this month — the first time the two sides met face to face for peace talks — Kyiv and Moscow agreed to swap 1000 prisoners of war and civilian detainees each. The exchange has been the only tangible outcome from the talks. AP.
