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Celebrate 90 years of the ABC

Tune in on 30 June at 8pm on ABC TV and ABC iview and 1 July at 11am on ABC local Radio, RN and the ABC listen app

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I sold my stuff before moving across the country — here's what I learned

James Findlay is moving 4,000km across the country. It's meant downsizing like there’s no tomorrow and meeting plenty of interesting people along the way.

Source: ABC EverydayTopic: Home and Garden

Haunted hotels: Meet Albertina and Maud, the pub ghosts who 'just want to be noticed'

Sceptics say there are practical explanations for things that go bump in the night, but ghost stories — far from scaring off visitors — can be good for business.

Source: ABC Far NorthTopic: Rural Tourism

No heating, no lunches with friends as renters struggle against the rising cost of living

Renters are facing a triple-whammy of forces — rents are rising, so is the cost of basic living essentials, and the number of affordable homes is shrinking.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Economic Trends

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Good Game Spawn Point – Series 13 Episode 19 Mario Strikers Battle League Review and Croc's Origin!

We kick some goals with Mario and friends in Mario Strikers Battle League Football, plus we take a look back at the origins of Croc!

Duration: 21 minutes 21 seconds

Source: iviewTopic: FAMILY

Inside Australia's thriving illegal market for nicotine vapes

Nicotine vapes are illegal in Australia without a prescription. Four Corners has investigated how Australian kids are buying them.

Duration: 1 minute 9 seconds

Source: Four CornersTopic: Smoking

One of the world's rarest plants has been sighted on WA's south coast

The Queen of Sheba orchid takes between seven and 10 years to flower. Its arrival is expected to draw botanists and photographers from across the globe.

Source: ABC Great SouthernTopic: Flowers

Struggling to pay for strawberries? Here's what it costs the farmer

What does it actually cost for a farmer to grow a product like strawberries, versus what a consumer is asked to pay for that same product?

Source: LandlineTopic: Farm Labour

When he overturned abortion, this US justice hinted at rights that could be next

Millions of Americans woke up on June 26 with fewer rights than they had the morning before. But one of the justices on the US Supreme Court has indicated abortion could be just the start. 

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Rights

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Celebrating 90 years of the ABC

Are you happy?

In 1974, This Day Tonight asked people on the street if they were happy.
Duration: 1 minute 2 seconds

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Community and Society

A lesson in surf speak

In this 1988 segment from The Factory, Andrew Daddo gives viewers a lesson in surf slang.
Duration: 1 minute 40 seconds

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Surfing

Offensive wedding telegrams

In 1978, This Day Tonight reports on some of the suggestive messages delivered at weddings. Would these best men be willing to read out 'funny and filthy' telegrams?
Duration: 5 minutes 31 seconds

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Marriage

Maggie Beer's 'symphony of citrus' cake to celebrate the ABC's 90th birthday

Maggie teams up with her old friend Simon Bryant — also known as 'The Chef' from the pair's classic ABC TV series The Cook and the Chef — to make a cake for the ABC's 90th birthday.

Source: ABC EverydayTopic: Desserts and Baking

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