News Story 1:
Exotic sale to help refugees

NEWSREADER INTRO:
Bowral Nursery owner, Michael Pfahl is urging members’ of the community to pitch in and Buy a Tree and Support a Refugee. Kathleen Ryan has more.

IN: Treekeepers nursery in Bowral today hosted a sale…
OUT: Kathleen Ryan for ABC Local News
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News Story 2:
Residents fight rezoning

NEWSREADER INTRO:
A proposal to rezone areas of Farnborough estate in Moss Vale has left residents outraged. Kathleen Ryan reports.

IN: The Wingecarribee Shire Council has revealed plans…
OUT: Kathleen Ryan for ABC Local News
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In 2013, over a quarter of a million applications were received by universities around Australia. Approximately one only in five of these applications was from candidates from low socioeconomic status or SES backgrounds. Although these figures suggest a slight increase since 2012, it’s evident that students from low SES backgrounds are still largely underrepresented in tertiary education. The University of Wollongong is trying hard to bridge this gap with a program called In2Uni.  Kathleen Ryan has more.

IN: The In2Uni Program is a collaboration between the University of Wollongong….. 

OUT: ……They really get a chance to explore uni further.

DUR: 4.52 mins

That was Anneliese Dobbie ending that report by Kathleen Ryan.


Photograph courtesy of In2Uni.

Wollongong University’s In2Uni Program is bridging the gap

Imagine you’re a sixteen-year-old girl with a carefree life. But then suddenly your mum suffers a life threatening brain aneurysm, and your life is turned upside down. This is what happened to Hannah O’Brien.

Told her mum might not survive, Hannah was faced with the possibility of losing her mum forever. 

Hannah’s story was produced by Kathleen Ryan.

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