| Source: | 7.30 Report |
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| Published: | Monday, September 29, 2008 6:37 AEST |
| Expires: | Sunday, December 28, 2008 6:37 AEST |
Tasmanian musician and composer Thomas Rimes has received accolades in New York and Sydney for The Long Ride Home, an opera set in contemporary rural Australia.
ABC News Online takes a look at the big stories from 2008.
Heath Ledger has been named best supporting actor at the Critics Choice Awards.
Channel Nine has come under fire for spruiking a betting agency during its cricket commentary.
Want to know more about the Sydney Festival? Ask our blogger Antonette Collins.
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