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The way to make a railway pay is to close it.Closing 6 miles of unproductive railway should be easy.All the Government needs to do is try not to spend money to save money. It's that simple. Or is it?

When Hakim, an Iranian lands in Australia, he hitches a ride with Bluey and they set out on a road trip to the big smoke. It's a steep learning curve for a new arrival. From up shit creek to sweet as a nut Hakim learns what it is to be an Aussie. of course there is more to the yarn than a couple of coldies, a set of false teeth and a dog the farts, much more.

Can you navigate life when you don't have a reference point?As a mother fades away through dementia, a daughter is caught in the emotional whirlpool.They don't have a relationship that is close, but when there is no-one else what do you do?As the daughter steers her way through her mother's gradual decline, there are times when she wonders who the woman really is and if she ever had a life beyond her husbands. The course into the fog of memories is beset with obstacles. The mire of duty, the ebbing tide of regret and the undercurrent of resentment all conspire to open Pandora's box of emotions. And they don't know how to deal with emotions. When her mother adopts a different persona, one that she quite likes, things escalate and it is a fine line between exploitation of the situation and just trying to make someone happy. 'After all, that's what anyone ever tries to do. Make someone else happy.'

With a bucket list, a motorbike and a map, two Aussie adventurers, live it up in France.Between renovating their house in a Breton village, they travel on Roman Roads, see Gothic Cathedrals, drink delicious coffee and discover a love of France with le joie de vivre.We just won't mention the speeding ticket ... or getting lost ... or being mistaken for a crocodile hunter. Well, not right away anyway.Bonne chance!

The message is PiIs it a hoax, a virus, a message ... and if so, from whom?At the vernal equinox there is an eclipse, but at totality instead of darkness every screen on the planet is taken over by Pi.In one moment the world retreats into chaos and instinct for survival surpasses compassion, art, truth.Rourke, a mathematical genius, fated by her brilliance to be harnessed for the common good, finds the key to Pi. With the answer comes the conundrum every science has faced in the pursuit of absolutes. Will the knowledge be hijacked or will it be embraced. Is Rourke prepared to take the risk.At the next equinox if you dial Pi a portal will appear.All you need to do is jump.

Can you navigate life when you don't have a reference point?As a mother fades away through dementia, a daughter is caught in the emotional whirlpool.

Is a mother's love an unbreakable bond?June Bannernever wants to find out.

How can you love the very thing that is destroying your life? Neil McDonald doesn't know. What will change his mind is empirical evidence. Words uttered where none existed before.

All it takes is a bucket list, a motorbike and a map to live it up in France.

Pi is sent to the world. What it contains will have far reaching consequences for one woman and the planet. Life on earth gathers in ever denser circles and the will to survive surpasses beauty, wonder and passion. Truth is trampled underfoot, and no-one is looking up.