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Sitting on stage, rolling a durry, donning a mullet and lip syncing about Centrelink, drag king Dirty Damo is in his element. Out of drag, Damo is Soph Keegan, a Tasmanian mum who’s always loved performing. But in drag, Dirty Damo has been a bogan, hip-thrusting and occasionally pole-dancing performer who is a thriving part…
Kerry Hodgetts loves his job as a locksmith, but acknowledged that the future of his industry faces challenges. Over his two decades in business, Mr Hodgetts has taken on seven or eight apprentices, with only one seeing the apprenticeship to completion. Locksmith Kerry Hodgetts worries his industry is dying. (ABC News: Kelsey Reid) Mr Hodgetts,…
It’s a rictus grin that not even Botox can smooth out. The unhappy smile of the movie star forced into a false and ingratiating chummery with the next media schmuck who sits before them in an endless round of promotional interviews. Years after the press junket first established itself as an uneasy contract of minimal…
The Invasive Species Council says it is likely that a feral deer species was transported across state lines into South Australia for hunting purposes, but a hunting advocate rejects the allegation. Monitoring trail cameras detected a feral sambar deer in an orchard near Loxton North, about 250 kilometres north-east of Adelaide. The animal is one…
After losing his wife, Christine Ray, to cancer, Greg Clitheroe thought he was mentally tough enough to carry on, but that changed quickly. “After three weeks, I hit rock bottom, and I didn’t know what to do,” he said. “I thought I was strong and would cope with my wife’s death, but all of a…
Jasmine* was five years old and so traumatised that when she woke up trying to scream, she couldn’t make a sound. She told her grandparents of nightmares about black dogs trying to eat her. Jasmine was safe in Australia, a long way from Syria, where she was born, and from the conflict that had claimed…
The protein craze sweeping the world is transforming Australia’s food industry, unlocking lucrative new opportunities for local food manufacturers. What started as a niche market for bodybuilders has burst out of the gym and into mainstream households. Today, supermarkets stock an astonishing range of protein-enhanced products, including yoghurt, pasta, bread, cereals, snacks, and even protein-infused…
Players from multiple SANFL clubs have considered collective action against the state league as negotiations over a collective bargaining agreement stall. The ABC can reveal the SANFL Players’ Association met on the eve of the season to discuss the potential of a strike in response to a 50 per cent decline in pay over the…
Making it all the way to the World Cup is a far cry from Mo Touré’s humble beginnings as a Liberian refugee in Guinea. For the Socceroos rising star and his family of professional soccer players, their story of survival is part of what fuels their drive to succeed. After settling in Adelaide in 2004…
Top NRL referee Ashley Klein has confirmed he battled through a gambling addiction after a report suggested he had lost up to $400,000. Klein, who was responding to a report in the SMH, said his gambling was only on horses and greyhounds and that he had never gambled on rugby league. “Many years ago I…