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The Hills Hoist, stump-cam, goon bag and the dual-flush toilet, do they fill you with pride?They're just some of the products dreamed up by home-grown inventors over the past 150 years.And they're being celebrated at a new National Archives of Australia exhibition in Canberra which explores the inventors whose ideas have shaped the nation.Some are household names others you may not have heard of but perhaps this one will stick in your mind a woman who had so many ideas she'd write them down in her sleep.

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has described flood damage in the central Queensland town of Clermont as "heart-breaking."About 40 to 60 properties have been impacted, after the region was hit with more than 200 millimetres of rain over 24 hours as ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji moved west.Meanwhile, in the north-west Queensland shire of McKinlay, farmers are slowly regaining access to their paddocks as lingering floodwaters finally recede.

Sammy J - Australian musical comedian, satirist, writer and radio presenter - shares his Summer reading list with Jade MacMillan.Childhood favourites:Tomorrow When the War Began - John MarsdenCurrently reading:Boogie Wonderland - Kate HalfpennySummer list:Earthquake - Nikki Sava

Adelaide Writers' Week has been cancelled and the Adelaide Festival board has departed following the resignation yesterday of Writers' Week director Louise Adler. The decision to dis-invite Palestinian-Australian writer Randa Abdel-Fattah and the subsequent boycott of dozens of other writers - is now threatening the future of one of the country's most important artistic events.