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'I'm already looking at what else can I do': Can artists afford to be creative in Australia?
As industrial action brings Hollywood's immense television & film industry to a grinding halt, Australian-based artists and writers reflect on the challenges of living and working as a "full time" creative.
Published: Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Arts, Culture and Entertainment
Concerns over possible delays to Victorian bail law reform
Advocates have implored the Victorian Government to abandon the 'reverse onus test'.
Published: Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Courts and Trials
Taylor drove a car through Darwin Harbour. This is what he saw.
He was one of 30 divers who took a turn steering the 1978 LandCruiser on the ocean floor.
Published: Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Diving
Union baffled by University of Melbourne bulldozing proposal
The university plans to create 22,000 square metres of green space by demolishing six buildings.
Published: Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: University
Victorian electric vehicle tax policy described as 'world's worst'
The state government is attracting criticism for its "haphazard" approach to electric vehicle policy.
Published: Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Electric Vehicles
Inside the 'ambiguous loss' felt by families of missing people
For every missing person, it's estimated at least 12 others are directly impacted.
Published: Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Missing Person
Should Australia introduce towing licences?
The National Transport Research Organisation is calling for fledgling nomads to be required to take a towing course.
Published: Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Transport Industry
The Coolbaroo Club
A restored documentary film remembers the Perth dance club run by the Noongar community from 1946 to 1960.
Published: Source: ListenTopic: Documentary
From the paddock to packaging
Polystyrene packaging is everywhere, and as part of the push to reduce reliance on plastics and polystyrene, new woolly innovations are coming out.
Published: Source: ABC MELBOURNETopic: Sheep Production
Does your house need a robot?
Robot vacuum cleaners, Alexa and Siri, lawnmowers, pool-cleaning robots, and even companion robots like dogs and seals are in our homes.
Published: Source: ABC MELBOURNETopic: Robotics
What does Michael Rowland eat for breakfast every day?
Michael Rowland describes the lethal combination of sugar and caffeine he needs to get through a News breakfast show each day.
Published: Source: ABC MELBOURNETopic: Journalism
How to help yourself or someone you love stop hoarding
A de-clutter coach is seeing more people stuck in a cycle of "excessive accumulation".
Published: Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Mental Health
Craig Kelly: "we can’t just squeeze the lemon and just start handing out cash that we haven’t got"
Collingwood CEO Craig Kelly and Grandstand AFL Commentator Kelli Underwood have had a spirited debate around the AFLW competition.
Published: Source: RadioTopic: AFL
Changing Tracks 2023: Roxy
"As we lived near Johannesburg, we'd go on long drives to the coasts of South Africa."
Published: Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Family
'A new century for Scouting': Does the world's largest youth organisation have a place in modern Australia?
Badgework, hiking, camping and the teaching of life-skills are synonymous with the Scout Movement's iconic uniform and trademark salute. But in recent years, the organisation has also been plagued with scandal.
Published: Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Children