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Carol Rääbus

@craabus
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Joined October 2008
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Zoe Kean@zoe_kean13 Jul 2023
My latest: this story is so close to my heart! It is was very much a team effort. Amazing production by Teresa Tan and editing by @craabus - thanks to everyone who contributed. abc.net.au/news/2023-07-14/p…

Australia mourned the death of one platypus — how can we save the entire species?

The death of a platypus found in a city suburb may reflect the fate of the entire species if we don't pay closer attention to how this Australian animal is faring.

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ABC Everyday@abc_everyday28 Jun 2023
As a kid I wished for a name that wasn't constantly mispronounced. Here's why I won't change it now ab.co/46vioXV

As a kid I wished for a name that wasn't constantly mispronounced. Here's why I won't change it now

Growing up in suburban Melbourne, I would have done anything for a name that wasn't constantly mispronounced.

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Dr Amanda Tink@amandatink5 Jun 2023
1. Dear sighted people, Please be patient with your blind colleagues for the next while. A few days ago Google released a version of Crome that causes accessibility problems, and today Microsoft have done the same with Edge, as well as other programs.
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'Unbelievably freeing': What it's like to finally stop masking my autism abc.net.au/everyday/autism-m…
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Ableism and disablism – how to spot them and how we can all do better theconversation.com/ableism-… via @ConversationEDU
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Alfie and Al met getting gender-affirming surgery — now they're besties abc.net.au/everyday/alfie-an…

Alfie and Al met getting gender-affirming surgery — now they're besties

Sharing late night TV recommendations, balloons and a support crew, Alfie and Al supported each other's gender-affirming surgery.

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Mother and baby reunited in Türkiye nearly two months after earthquake abc.net.au/news/2023-04-04/m…
Mother and baby reunited in Türkiye nearly two months after earthquake

Mother and baby reunited in Türkiye nearly two months after earthquake

A baby girl, who was rescued after being buried under rubble for 128 hours in Türkiye, is finally reunited with her mother.

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"A four-year-old non-verbal boy has not been able to access about $27,000 worth of his NDIS funding for two years — since coming into the care of child protection services — his grandmother says." - From @abcnews #NDIS #Disability abc.net.au/news/2023-03-23/n…

'We are concerned about this case': 4yo Noah is non-verbal but can't access his $27k of disability...

Four-year-old Noah was born with profound deafness and has no verbal language. Since entering state care two years ago, he has no longer been able to access his NDIS funding, his grandmother says.

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Emma@emma__jayne1420 Mar 2023
If you hold a hate rally because you want to erase an entire community of people, and the Nazis show up because they also want to erase an entire community of people, don’t be surprised when you’re likened to the Nazis.
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Artists unmask disabilities in push to break barriers in Australia's music scene abc.net.au/news/2023-03-05/m…

Musicians pushing fear of judgement aside and unmasking disabilities in fight to be heard

Australian artists are unmasking their disabilities and pushing to smash barriers and change attitudes in music.

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ABC Hobart@abchobart26 Feb 2023
'Feels like we're in a worse place than 20 years ago': Bikini Kill on feminism, social media and the overturning of Roe v Wade abc.net.au/news/2023-02-12/b…
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Heartbreak High actor alleges 'ableism and discrimination' at Melbourne's Harry Styles concerts abc.net.au/news/2023-02-27/h…

Autistic actress 'beyond devastated' by reports of discrimination at Harry Styles concerts

Heartbreak High actor Chloé Hayden accuses staff at Melbourne's Docklands Stadium of "countless incidents" of "ableism and discrimination" during the Harry Styles concerts at the weekend.

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Zoe Kean@zoe_kean20 Feb 2023
My latest: a hard hitting report on soft matter abc.net.au/news/2023-02-21/w… via @helenshield @abchobart @ABCaustralia
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#ANALYSIS: 'Love languages' have taken the world by storm. But are they even real? abc.net.au/news/2023-02-14/l…
'Love languages' have taken the world by storm. But are they even real?

'Love languages' have taken the world by storm. But are they even real?

Love languages — the concept coined by Baptist pastor Gary Chapman some 30 years ago — has taken the relationships world by storm, writes Gery Karantzas.

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Photos found in Italy spark search for descendants of a mysterious Aboriginal settlement in Asia in the 1800s abc.net.au/news/2023-02-11/m…
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Plagiarised, patronised, underpaid: @drspacejunk reviews a new book about Australia's forgotten women scientists and their extraordinary achievements. theconversation.com/prejudic… @FlindersUniNews @MonashPub
Prejudice, poor pay and the ‘urinary leash’: naming and claiming Australia’s forgotten women...

Prejudice, poor pay and the ‘urinary leash’: naming and claiming Australia’s forgotten women...

A new book explores a paradox: women have been excluded from Australian science for many social and political reasons, but were also present and active in it from its earliest days.

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#ANALYSIS: Andrew Wilkie's stance against a Hobart AFL stadium a matter of 'reading the room' of the electorate abc.net.au/news/2023-02-08/w…
Andrew Wilkie's stance against a Hobart AFL stadium a matter of 'reading the room' of the electorate

Andrew Wilkie's stance against a Hobart AFL stadium a matter of 'reading the room' of the electorate

Federal Clark MP Andrew Wilkie once supported millions being spent on a soccer ground in Hobart, but says the sheer scale and cost of an AFL stadium at Macquarie Point is not backed by the electorate...

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A powerful earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, killing at least 2,300 people and injuring thousands across both countries.
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Bec Pridham@BecPridham5 Feb 2023
A lack of aged care options is forcing elderly people to leave their communities, with an expert predicting rural Australia will need thousands more beds and home care packages over the next decade to support people to age at home. ⁦@abchobart⁩ abc.net.au/news/2023-02-06/l…
Lynn didn't want to move her parents two hours away, but there was no other choice

Lynn didn't want to move her parents two hours away, but there was no other choice

Older people are being forced to leave rural communities to access aged care, with one expert projecting Australia will need thousands more beds in the next decade if they are to remain in their...

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Liz Gwynn@LizGwynn2 Feb 2023
Devoted father Nicola 'Nick' Sallese disappeared without a trace. 14 years later, his son is still searching for him ⁦@abchobart⁩ abc.net.au/news/2023-02-03/s…
The sonar finds another target — maybe this time, Jason will find his dad, still in his car

The sonar finds another target — maybe this time, Jason will find his dad, still in his car

For 14 years, Jason Sallese has been obsessed with finding his missing father. He is pinning his hopes on the skills of divers who have managed to solve cold cases in the US and Tasmania.

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