Kimberley Pratt and Sydney Pead speak with Marcus Paul on 2SM radio about their newest episode of 10 News First Person - "Forgiving the Unforgivable."

Kimberley Pratt and Sydney Pead - 2SM Interview with Marcus Paul

INTRO: Children's Book Week celebrations kick on at primary schools in Wollongong this week. Sydney Pead has the details.

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Local school celebrates Children's Book Week

INTRO: The naked ambitions of Illawarra artists are on display this weekend at a new exhibition in Wollongong. Sydney Pead explains.

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Nude Art Exhibition opens in Wollongong


ANNOUNCER:
Most university students need casual or part-time work to financially support themselves while they study. With classes through the week, many them work in hospitality jobs at night and on weekends, relying on penalty rates to make up for their limited shifts. 

But pressure by business on the Abbott Government to axe penalty rates has resurfaced since the election. The prime minister has promised a review by the Productivity Commission in to fair work laws, which could result in pay, cuts affecting students nationwide. 

Sydney Pead has the story.

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Students to be hardest hit by potential penalty rate cuts

Poker: game or sport?

Fairfax cuts in regional areas will leave holes in journalism quality and quantity. But how will this gap be filled? UOW multimedia reporter explores Independent publications as a means to fill the silence. 

Will independent media fill the void left in regional news?

On July 7th 2016, Ray Speechley went missing from his nursing home on the NSW Far South Coast. 

He had dementia and was slowing losing his memories and sense of identity. 

This piece explores the experience of Ray's wife Jan, who endured the beginnings of her husband's slow neurological decline, only to have him vanish without warning on a cold afternoon.

Sarah Villem, an aged care psychologist from the Netherlands speaks to the confusing and tragic nature of the disease, and highlights a profound problem with the care dementia patients receive.

Losing Ray

Was lucky enough to chat with Lindsay Mcdougall from ABC Illawarra this week about life in Mexico.

Aussie in Mexico

A 1950s Love Story

In 1951, a holiday to the sleepy town of the Gold Coast saw the beginning of a love story between Yvonne Hoffman and Hal Leslie. 

Yvonne was on holiday from Sydney with her mother and grandfather in Burleigh Heads, Queensland when she met Hal.

He and six of his friends from Narrabeen, NSW were in town for a Surf Life Saving competition. 

Yvonne reminisces about her holiday with Hal and his mates on the Gold Coast 62 years ago. 

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Hal and Yvonne were married a year later on October 3rd 1952 until Hal’s death in 1997. Yvonne now lives in Burleigh Waters, Queensland. 

This story was produced by Sydney Pead.

PRODUCTION DETAILS
Sound: Voice and atmospheric sound recorded by Sydney Pead.
Music: “Sweetheart Swing” by Tim Garland, published by Audio Network. Copyright.

Sydney Pead

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