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Whether you are a performance poet, a serious actor or someone who just likes to get up on stage and give it a go, we are looking for you.

All things rail. Your host is former Deputy Prime Minister and train enthusiast Tim Fischer.

As an author, columnist, mother of three, pug owner and freelance wife, Susan Maushart has developed a keen interest in why people make the choices they do.

On the Conversation Hour, you'll get to know great Australians and and international guests as they share their life stories with Richard Fidler. The Conversation Hour is your opportunity to enjoy a good conversation.

ABC Grandstand's home of the National Rugby League competition with videos, photos and the latests comments from our experienced broadcasters.

Not only does North Australia cover the top half of a continent, it is now central in any discussion about our future.

The ABC Fiction Award is presented annually to the winner of a nationwide competition held by ABC Books, with the support of ABC Local Radio and ABC Television.

The 2020 summit follows Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's announcement in early February that he would convene 1000 of Australia's "best and brightest brains" to help to develop a long term strategy for the country's future

The apology in Federal Parliament to the Stolen Generations of Australia is expected to become a defining moment in the nation's history. Crowds gathered across the country to mark the occasion with tears, cheers and emotional displays of relief, happiness and in some cases, anger.

The Nightwatchmen bring you the latest on the Test matches between Australia and the West Indies
Former karate champion, Harald Falge, never cried in front of his wife until he started working with street kids in Cairns.
The final resting place of an Aboriginal World War I veteran has finally been marked in Far North Queensland more than 40 years after his death.
A female dog played by a grown man in a humorous satire with a political message. Interested? Take a look.
Test results on basketballer Nathan Jawai's heart could reveal the future of the 21-year-old from Bamaga's sporting career.
Morris Beinke is today celebrating 50 years of playing "The Last Post" for his local RSL club at Cowell.
Soldiers from all of Australia's wars share a common bond according to veteran, John Vickery.
A far north Queensland farmer has recruited bird trainer Mark Culleton and his tame wedge-tailed eagle called Des to keep unwanted cockatoos and magpie geese off his crops.
Nine-year-old Raman Subbarethinam of Whitfield State School has won a statewide competition aimed at letting people know how to be wise with their money.
A program is being run by the Conservation Volunteers Australia that will give 10 young adults a step into the workforce.
When a cyclone threatens to cross the coast of Queensland, local governments are often forced to act quickly. Sheralee Fitzgerald explained what Cairn Regional Council is doing...
