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Long waiting list for new endo clinic shows size of unmet need for regional women

It took Casey many years to access a specialist for a debilitating and painful menstrual cycle. Now, a federally funded endometriosis and pelvic pain clinic is online but, in rural Victoria it's still difficult to access.

A confident, smiling blonde woman standing in front of a brick wall holding a glass of red wine.

Published: 4h agoThu 22 Feb 2024 at 12:23amSource: ABC Central VictoriaTopic: Healthby Jo Printz

Victorian town's health fears as residents fight bid to turf out gym in favour of liquor store

Maryborough has been trying to improve its high rates of illness and obesity. But with a gym facing eviction for a liquor store, and a future without an outdoor pool, residents say they need help.

A man in a black t-shirt ride an exercise bicycle

Duration: 2 minutes 8 seconds

Published: 9h agoWed 21 Feb 2024 at 7:46pmSource: ABC Central VictoriaTopic: Healthby Tyrone Dalton

Turmoil at Victoria's peak farming lobby as members rebel against its leaders

Tensions boil over at the Victorian Farmers Federation as its annual general meeting descends into a shouting match and members try again to oust president Emma Germano.

Published: YesterdayWed 21 Feb 2024 at 1:33amSource: ABC RuralTopic: Activism and Lobbyingby Angus Verley and Warwick Long

Groovin the Moo is the latest casualty of a festival industry in crisis. What can be done?

Groovin the Moo's cancellation is just the latest blow to an industry facing a perfect storm of struggles. What can be done to save festivals like it?

A crowd of young Groovin The Moo festival-goers raise their hands and cheer.

Published: 5h agoWed 21 Feb 2024 at 11:50pmSource: Double JTopic: Music Industryby Al Newstead

Fans say Groovin the Moo cancelled 'too soon' as fallout continues over cultural and economic loss

Groovin the Moo is a key event on Bunbury's social calendar, but the announcement that this year's event will be cancelled has disappointed local music fans and businesses alike.

Published: MonMon 19 Feb 2024 at 3:20amSource: ABC NewsTopic: Music Industryby Ethan French and Bridget McArthur

Ethics unit to oversee Victoria Police investigation after homeless man dies in vehicle fire after leaving custody

The 48-year-old man, who was found dead in the back of a ute after its canopy caught alight in Echuca, had been in police custody for an unrelated traffic offence hours beforehand, which meant the Professional Standards Command would oversee the…

a photo of two firefightersi in front of a white ute with canopy, can see burnt patch on canopy

Published: 15 Feb 2024Thu 15 Feb 2024 at 6:18amSource: ABC Central VictoriaTopic: Crimeby Shannon Schubert

Groovin The Moo has cancelled its 2024 edition of the regional festival

Groovin The Moo has cancelled its annual regional tour for 2024, two months before the festival was due to kick off in South Australia.

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Published: 14 Feb 2024Wed 14 Feb 2024 at 5:55amSource: triple jTopic: Music (Arts and Entertainment)by Courtney Fry

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Collecting cans to get to space

14-year-old Emily McLaren is a keen student of science, but to reach of dream of attending space camp in the United States, she's turned to recycling.

Duration: 3 minutes 6 seconds

Source: ListenTopic: Astronomy (Space)by Monty Jacka

Record number of Bendigo competitors in national strongman competition

As Bendigo gears up to host a category in the National Strongman Titles for the first time, a record number of locals have qualified for the event.

A man and a woman in gym gear smile at the camera. The woman poses her biceps.

Duration: 7 minutes 22 seconds

Source: ABC Central VictoriaTopic: Exercise and Fitnesswith Fiona Parker

Victorian Premier visits flood affected areas of Central Victoria

Premier Allan says climate change is a major reason for these floods, and extreme weather events must be factored in when planning for new housing and communities.

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Duration: 11 minutes 58 seconds

Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Floodswith Richard Willingham

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Thieves are targeting housing estates

People can be seen trying to get into the front door of a property, in a resident's private security camera vision.

Duration: 22 seconds

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Police investigate Bendigo tobacco store fire

Police are investigating whether a Bendigo tobacco store set on fire on Monday the 29th of January, 2024, is linked to a string of arson attacks in Melbourne.

Duration: 25 seconds

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Teenager collecting cans to fund space camp trip

Emily McLaren is trying to raise $6,000 to attend the exclusive space camp in the United States.

Duration: 2 minutes

Source: ABC News

Echuca teen uses beer bottles and soft drink cans to save up for US space camp

Emily McLaren needs $12,000 to go to an American space camp. Recycling about 60,000 containers will help her save for half of it and ease the burden on her parents.

Duration: 2 minutes 1 second

Source: ABC Riverina

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Long waiting list for new endo clinic shows size of unmet need for regional women

Source: ABC Central VictoriaTopic: Healthby Jo Printz

After two floods in 15 months, residents in northern Victoria weigh up whether to stay or go

Cindy Doherty loves her home on the banks of the Goulburn River and says she can cope with the risk of flood. But for others, leaving is a choice worth making.

A woman smiling in a colorful dress, holding her dog in a living room.

Duration: 2 minutes 3 seconds

Source: ABC Goulburn MurrayTopic: Floodsby Anna Chisholm, Tyrone Dalton and Danielle Bonica

Troubled Victorian youth justice centre closed, but some say problems have 'just moved'

The state government has been urged to rethink its approach to youth justice, in response to escalating violence in its facilities.

High security fence with tree in foreground

Source: ABC Central VictoriaTopic: Prisons and Punishmentby Shannon Schubert

At 21, Ellie manages 60 staff and handles hundreds of thousands of tonnes of grain, and she couldn't be happier

What were you doing at 21 years old? Most likely not overseeing the operations at one of the busiest grain receival sites in the country. But it's all in day's work for Ellie Murden.

A young woman wearing a cap and a high-viz jumper standing in front of grain.

Source: ABC RuralTopic: Women In Agricultureby Angus Verley

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Is Angus Brayshaw's medical retirement a sign of things to come?

At age 28, Angus Brayshaw's AFL career is over. The Melbourne Demon has struggled with concussion for much of his career and today, on advice from doctors, announced his retirement.

An AFL player lies on a stretcher and is carted off with support staff around him.

Duration: 12 minutes 50 seconds

Source: ListenTopic: Sport

'Devastated' Brayshaw retires from AFL following concussion in finals collision with Brayden Maynard

Melbourne's Angus Brayshaw's AFL career is over, after the 2021 premiership player is ruled out of playing football due to neurological testing following his concussion in last year's qualifying final.

Angus Brayshaw handballing during a 2023 AFL match.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Sport

Tasmanian Labor says stadium can't be built at Macquarie Point, but AFL boss says it's 'pivotal' to the deal

Labor insists it will "negotiate a better deal" on Tasmania's contract with the AFL, believing a stadium cannot be built at Macquarie Point — but that comes as news to the AFL's boss.

Duration: 1 minute 41 seconds

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Sport

Kangaroos optimistic after impressive outing against under-strength Magpies

North Melbourne show off some dare and a new fast ball movement style in an impressive preseason win over an under-strength Collingwood.

A North Melbourne AFL player runs with the ball tucked in one arm as he clenches his other fist.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Sport

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Assange's father says it's time to put 'serious' pressure on UK, US to bring home 'son of the Australian soil'

As the world waits for the verdict on whether the WikiLeaks founder will be extradited to the US, his father John Shipton says Australia should consider imposing "not too brutal" restrictions on our allies.

A split image showing an older man in a living room and Julian Assange, standing on a balcony holding up his fist.

Source: ABC GippslandTopic: International Courts and Tribunalsby William Howard, Mim Hook and Millicent Spencer

Victoria Country Fire Authority provides update on rapidly growing fire west of Ballarat.

Jason Hefferman from Victoria's Country Fire Authority says the fire has grown significantly and warned nearby residents to prepare for evacuation.

Duration: 4 minutes 59 seconds

Source: ABC News

This 'amateur tramp' walked the perimeter of Australia 100 years ago

The names of Burke and Wills have long had a place in the history of Australia, but now they could well be joined by another, Aidan de Bruine, whose story is being shared by his great grand-daughter Melanie deCull.

Duration: 2 minutes 55 seconds

Source: ABC NewsTopic: 20th Century

Smoke rises from a fire in south-west Victoria

Videos show a fire burning in the distance in south-west Victoria.

Duration: 45 seconds

Source: ABC News

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WorkSafe ACT identifies 70 cubic metres of asbestos-ridden mulch at Canberra site

Mulch laced with bonded asbestos is discovered at a residential complex in Canberra, as one landscaping company describes learning their products contain the material as "a major kick in the guts".

Fence with a danger asbestos sign at the Rozelle Parklands as the clean up continues

Published: 7m agoThu 22 Feb 2024 at 5:07amSource: ABC NewsTopic: Asbestosby Victor Petrovic and Harry Frost

King Charles says he has been 'reduced to tears' by public support after cancer diagnosis

Speaking during his weekly audience with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, the king also said he was gratified to see how his diagnosis had boosted support for cancer charities across the UK.

An older white man with white hair in a navy pinstriped suit smiles as he shakes hands with a middle-aged man of Indian heritage

Published: 19m agoThu 22 Feb 2024 at 4:55amSource: ABC NewsTopic: Royalty

Independent inquiry launched into fatal Taipan army helicopter crash

The fatal crash off the coast of Queensland last year killed four defence personnel.

A ship pulls Taipan wreckage from the ocean, authorities are in a smaller watercraft nearby

Published: 1m agoThu 22 Feb 2024 at 5:13amSource: ABC NewsTopic: Defence Forcesby Andrew Greene

No plan in place to move Lismore flood survivors into permanent housing, report finds

Two years after major flooding in NSW, an auditor-generals's report outlines how hundreds of survivors are still waiting to move into temporary accommodation.

Published: 49m agoThu 22 Feb 2024 at 4:25amSource: ABC North CoastTopic: Floodsby Bruce MacKenzie

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Long waiting list for new endo clinic shows size of unmet need for regional women

Victorian town's health fears as residents fight bid to turf out gym in favour of liquor store

Turmoil at Victoria's peak farming lobby as members rebel against its leaders

Groovin the Moo is the latest casualty of a festival industry in crisis. What can be done?

Fans say Groovin the Moo cancelled 'too soon' as fallout continues over cultural and economic loss

Ethics unit to oversee Victoria Police investigation after homeless man dies in vehicle fire after leaving custody

Groovin The Moo has cancelled its 2024 edition of the regional festival

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Record number of Bendigo competitors in national strongman competition

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Thieves are targeting housing estates

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Teenager collecting cans to fund space camp trip

Echuca teen uses beer bottles and soft drink cans to save up for US space camp

Long waiting list for new endo clinic shows size of unmet need for regional women

After two floods in 15 months, residents in northern Victoria weigh up whether to stay or go

Troubled Victorian youth justice centre closed, but some say problems have 'just moved'

At 21, Ellie manages 60 staff and handles hundreds of thousands of tonnes of grain, and she couldn't be happier

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Is Angus Brayshaw's medical retirement a sign of things to come?

'Devastated' Brayshaw retires from AFL following concussion in finals collision with Brayden Maynard

Tasmanian Labor says stadium can't be built at Macquarie Point, but AFL boss says it's 'pivotal' to the deal

Kangaroos optimistic after impressive outing against under-strength Magpies

Assange's father says it's time to put 'serious' pressure on UK, US to bring home 'son of the Australian soil'

Victoria Country Fire Authority provides update on rapidly growing fire west of Ballarat.

This 'amateur tramp' walked the perimeter of Australia 100 years ago

Smoke rises from a fire in south-west Victoria

WorkSafe ACT identifies 70 cubic metres of asbestos-ridden mulch at Canberra site

King Charles says he has been 'reduced to tears' by public support after cancer diagnosis

Independent inquiry launched into fatal Taipan army helicopter crash

No plan in place to move Lismore flood survivors into permanent housing, report finds

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