What's in the News?

• After she became a paraplegic, Katherine had to swap her horse-racing dreams for farm life

  When she fell from a horse at the age of 19, Katherine Reed became a paraplegic. She had to swap her horse-racing dreams for farm life, and together with her husband Tim, adapts, challenges stereotypes and advocates for disability inclusion in agriculture. 2023-12-01 22:28:08

• 'We've always been here': Lesbian art group pushes for representation in prestigious landscape painting prize

  After identifying a lack of representation in past Glover Prize entries, a group of older lesbians are taking matters into their own hands. Employing the mediums of photography, collage and paint, members of the Soup Collective are working together to challenge the idea of the "individual genius artists". 2023-12-01 22:22:15

• Preselection snub for O'Byrne, as Tasmanian Labor lurches from bad to worse

  David O'Byrne is a notable absence from the team the Tasmanian Labor Party is taking to the next election. Labor leader Rebecca White has put a stake in the ground, showing her team's ready to fight an election — only time will tell whether it's enough to avoid a fourth straight election loss. 2023-12-01 21:33:01

• East Coast Low makes way for severe thunderstorms, a December scorcher, and Coral Sea cyclone

  Next week to bring a repeat of wild weather across many parts of Australia, after a surprisingly wet November. 2023-12-01 18:46:15

• Supreme Court judge faces court on assault charge, media barred from court building

  Justice Gregory Geason has appeared in an out-of-hours session in the Hobart Magistrates Court, charged with one count each of assault and emotional abuse. The media was barred from entering the court building.   2023-12-01 09:38:52