Adrienne Francis
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Communities Reporter & TV News Anchor @abccanberra Views mine. E: [email protected] | MC & Presenter @RabbLion |
Ngunnawal country, Canberra.
Joined July 2011
Listening to @AdiFrancisABC on #666 #ABC, and thought you heard something about the #Canberra launch of Dr Nilofar Ebrahimi's ZamZam Foundation, which helps fatherless women wanting uni education & vulnerable families throughout #Afghanistan? You did.
zamzam.org.au
The ZamZam Foundation Our mission is to improve the lives of women and girls in Afghanistan and the Australian Capital Territory, through education and advocacy. You can make a real difference to...
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A project to add articles on Indigenous subjects is making a start on decolonising the Australian Dictionary of Biography, #ANUExpert Melanie Nolan tells @AdiFrancisABC. "Indigenous people have not been represented in the @NCB_ANU as they should." https://t.co/rXAs5biU0s
abc.net.au
A team from ANU are aiming to document the lives of a great selection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in an indigenous dictionary of biography.
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Looking for a #lockdown project? Have you considered upcycling a fish tank into a miniature #garden under glass? #Gardening guru Graham 'Willow' Williams shared DIY #terrarium tips. Listen: https://t.co/E3PliG5Vch Join us tomorrow 8:30am-10am @abcCanberra for beginner’s #Bonsai
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How familiar are you with the #language of Canberra's custodians? #Ngunnawal elder Caroline Hughes is a member of the Winanggaay Ngunnawal Language Group & director of @Canberra_CIT Yurauna Centre. LISTEN to her lesson @abccanberra: https://t.co/REjiMOMgo4
#IndigenousLanguage
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When was the last time you emptied your bins? Camille de Burgh hasn't emptied her red bin in 6 mnths. She just emptied her recycling for the first time in 3 mnths! Here’s how https://t.co/b7m6B4fCnp
@abccanberra #RedCycle #terracycling #bokashi #circulareconomy #recycling
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🪐Saturn, Jupiter, and the Jewel Box cluster🌌. Our amazing #SuperstarofSTEM @RedLippedAstro spoke to @AdiFrancisABC about what you can spy in the Canberra skies this week🔭.
abc.net.au
Saturday Breakfast's new regular science communicator and astrophysicist, Clare Kenyon brings you the latest news and the best views of the night sky.
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Have you made a nomination for the @abccanberra Community Spirit Awards? Dr Madhumita Iyengar is the Chair of Initiatives For Women In Need Inc. She shared some of her experiences & ideas during a visit to #Gungahlin: https://t.co/7Mu08Z0iQn More here: https://t.co/vTfN8Y2Xgg
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Do you know a deadly community leader like Annette Christou? The retired schoolteacher just completed her first #marathon Listen: https://t.co/KzEMsVZ0sn Nominate now for the @abcCanberra Community Spirit Awards – text NOMINATE to 0467 922 666 More here: https://t.co/Q9zGoaUd4J
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Nominations are open for @abccanberra Community Spirit Awards. Get yours in now! https://t.co/RjdHlwKg7w Cindy Mitchell from The Mill House Ventures Limited @UniCanberra has some suggestions: https://t.co/lRjWxG1nPK
@CBR_IN @HandsCanberra @SocialTradersAU @SERVICEONEhq
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@abccanberra shining a 💡on our "potential to revolutionise the flavour and #sustainability of #plantbased foods". Thank you @AdiFrancisABC @pennymclintock 🙏 https://t.co/JVXnHoiGpE
abc.net.au
A team of Canberra scientists is creating fat from microorganisms to add taste, texture and aroma to plant-based foods.
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The little-known story of the efforts of Dayak tribes and Australian troops to resist Japanese occupation of Borneo during WWII is revealed in a new book by #ANUExpert Christine Helliwell. She joins @AdiFrancisABC to discuss her book 'Semut'. https://t.co/XekVtFW7x2
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Weaving stories of war 🇦🇫 Striking Afghan war rugs, like those featured in a new exhibition at @drill_hall, are one of the most significant forms of war art of the last 40 years, #ANUExpert Tim Bonyhady tells @AdiFrancisABC. 🎧 Listen:
abc.net.au
Exhibition at ANU Drill Hall featuring a collection of more than forty Afghan rugs, each woven by someone with a lived experience of war in Afghanistan.
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My brain is still absorbing what I experienced today with two incredible young #Canberra #STEM leaders! After 10am tom. Saturday Kitchen @abccanberra put away the #gardening gloves & apron. Don a lab jacket & protective glasses & join our laboratory tour. @ANUmedia @ANUChemistry
Listen out for Nourish CTO @AnnaElTahchy & #SynBio superstar @RuthAmyPurcell - they chat with @AdiFrancisABC on her Saturday Breakfast radio show at 10am tomorrow. Nourish’s fats, #plantbased foods, & a peek behind the curtain on how we do it!
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Therese Canty started volunteering with Vinnies at age 16 and she spoke to @AdiFrancisABC on @abccanberra about helping people by providing drinks, food, clothing, sleeping bags, blankets and hygiene packs from the Canberra Night Patrol van #CEOSleepoutAU
abc.net.au
Vinnies Night Patrol volunteers offer friendship, support, and compassion. Therese Canty is one of those volunteers.
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Check out this new 60m long #mural taking flight in Weston. #Canberra #artists BYRD & Stylised Impact have been #painting together for more than 20 yrs. BYRD spoke to me about "(People) Love Birds" for @abccanberra
https://t.co/nO3icHqvdO
#VisualArt #graffitiart @SonglandRecords
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Are you considering #volunteering outdoors? The Friends of Stranger Pond care for this beautiful #Tuggeranong #Canberra waterway above the Murrumbidgee River. It was great to visit the group in action for @abccanberra #ICYMI listen back: https://t.co/5N3f7F32Uw
@Tuggeranong
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Need a break from cricket? Join me 4-6:30pm for NSW & ACT Drive on ABC Radio via the ABC Listen App or your Digital Radio. Talking Christmas leftovers, saving wombats, preparations for NYE, medication for blood cancer & the first harvest from an underwater vineyard! @abccanberra
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6 years ago a group of #veteran mates from #Canberra & #Sydney decided they wanted to make #wine @WeHappyFewWines has since become an award winning social enterprise. Listen back: https://t.co/GRZ56unJkv
@HilltopsNSW @canberrawines @CanberraWine @abccanberra
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