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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.

Published: 4m agoThu 22 Feb 2024 at 5:10amSource: ABC GippslandTopic: International Courts and Tribunalsby William Howard, Mim Hook and Millicent Spencer

Melbourne woman's fight to honour veterans' mental wounds

Connie Boglis's partner Jesse Bird took his own life after serving in Afghanistan. She has made sure the Australian War Memorial honours veterans' mental wounds.

A woman sits underneath a tree surrounded by beautifully smooth, round marble stones.

Duration: 8 minutes 20 seconds

Published: 1h agoThu 22 Feb 2024 at 3:47amSource: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Veteranswith Rafael Epstein

Advance Australia spending big on Dunkley by-election

Advance Australia has weighed in on the Dunkley by-election, purchasing advertising which a Labor MP says is "Trumpian".

Australian banknotes, mostly $50 bills, strewn over a flat surface.

Duration: 5 minutes 27 seconds

Published: 2h agoThu 22 Feb 2024 at 2:56amSource: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Activism and Lobbyingwith Rafael Epstein

Should workers have the right to work from home?

The Fair Work Commission is looking at Australian employees' rights when it comes to remote or flexible work arrangements.

Senator Barbara Pocock peers sceptically over the top of her lowered glasses as she sits at a senate committee

Duration: 7 minutes 23 seconds

Published: 2h agoThu 22 Feb 2024 at 2:19amSource: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Workwith Rafael Epstein

Community 'mega' search for Samantha Murphy

Ballarat locals are organising a 'mega' ground search for missing woman Samantha Murphy.

Duration: 3 minutes 16 seconds

Published: 3h agoThu 22 Feb 2024 at 2:09amSource: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Missing Personwith Rafael Epstein

'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.

Published: 45m agoThu 22 Feb 2024 at 4:29amSource: ABC NewsTopic: Sportby Andrew McGarry

Police investigate alleged Thornbury arson attack

Police are investigating what is believed to be an organised arson attack at a Thornbury function centre.

Rear and side of a Victoria Police divisional van. Taken March 2023

Duration: 1 minute 51 seconds

Published: 6h agoWed 21 Feb 2024 at 11:11pmSource: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Disasters, Accidents and Emergency Incidentswith Rafael Epstein

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Should the voting age be lowered?

When we think about some of the most profound political debates of our time , what would it mean to include the vote of those that are most likely to be impacted?

Duration: 50 minutes 19 seconds

Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Votingwith Richelle Hunt and Jeremy Story Carter

Another Melbourne council axes aged care

Port Phillip Council has voted to exit in-home aged care services, affecting about 650 residents and 45 staff members.

Close up of an elderly woman's hand holding a teacup, with her other hand on her lap.

Duration: 8 minutes 40 seconds

Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Aged Carewith Rafael Epstein

Police investigate alleged Thornbury arson attack

Police are investigating what is believed to be an organised arson attack at a Thornbury function centre.

Duration: 1 minute 51 seconds

Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Disasters, Accidents and Emergency Incidentswith Rafael Epstein

Community 'mega' search for Samantha Murphy

Ballarat locals are organising a 'mega' ground search for missing woman Samantha Murphy.

Duration: 3 minutes 16 seconds

Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Missing Personwith Rafael Epstein

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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 News

RMIT University researchers developing water battery technology

RMIT Lead researcher Professor Tiyani Ma explains how the water battery works. He says using a water component in the battery eliminates the risk of combustion that can be experienced in lithium batteries.

Researcher indicating at water battery sitting in gloved hands

Duration: 4 minutes 13 seconds

Source: ABC News

Calls for a review of electricity security after thousands of households left without power in Victoria

There are calls for a national review of electricity security after wild storms left hundreds of thousands of households without power in Victoria last week.

Duration: 7 minutes 18 seconds

Source: 7.30

City of Melbourne votes down Israel-Gaza war ceasefire motion

City of Melbourne Council has voted down a motion to call for a ceasefire in Gaza at its meeting on Tuesday night.

Fiery Protests, Melbourne CBD: Pro-Palestinian protesters in Melbourne

Duration: 2 minutes 6 seconds

Source: ABC News

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Mother separated from daughter for 18 years among first to apply for Australian-first redress scheme

Jude Hudson was whisked away to give birth in a home for unwed mothers in her mid-teens, then her baby girl was taken from her. She may now be entitled to compensation for Victorian mothers forced to put their children up for adoption.

Two women stand in a parliamentary lobby wearing semi-formal attire, smiling.

Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Adoptionby Rosa Ritchie

Victorian treaty bipartisanship ruptures as opposition withdraws its support

The Victorian opposition says concerns over the state's cultural heritage laws are behind its decision to retract its support for a state-based treaty.

Smoke from burning gum leaves rises around the legs and feet of a person walking away from camera.

Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: State and Territory Government

Family of one-punch victim fights removal of NDIS funding for 24-hour nurse at Melbourne disability home

Robyn Brewin's son suffered a catastrophic brain injury following a one-punch attack. He lives in a group home but that could change following NDIS funding cuts.

Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Disabilitiesby Richard Willingham

Fishing-related death of beloved swan prompts questions about Victoria's Little Angler Kit

Residents in Melbourne's north have questioned the rollout of a state government school fishing program after a swan named Evie died from injuries caused by a fishing hook.

Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Recreational Fishingby Fatima Halloum and Madi Chwasta

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Published: 10 Jan 2024Wed 10 Jan 2024 at 4:42amSource: ABC MELBOURNE

Sammy J's Key to the City

ABC Radio Melbourne's Breakfast presenter Sammy J has acquired the coveted key to the city from Lord Mayor Sally Capp, and now he’s on a mission to reveal the secrets hidden in Melbourne’s most iconic landmarks. Watch all episodes here.

Published: 8 Sep 2023Fri 8 Sep 2023 at 1:41amSource: ABC MELBOURNE

Jacinta and Brian's top picks

From music legends to acclaimed playwrights, The Friday Revue has hosted its fair share of gifted guests.

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Published: 13 Dec 2023Wed 13 Dec 2023 at 12:18amSource: ABC MELBOURNE

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Published: 19 Mar 2023Sun 19 Mar 2023 at 11:42pmSource: ABC MELBOURNE

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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

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

Victoria News

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

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

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

National News

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

Melbourne woman's fight to honour veterans' mental wounds

Advance Australia spending big on Dunkley by-election

Should workers have the right to work from home?

Community 'mega' search for Samantha Murphy

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

Police investigate alleged Thornbury arson attack

Should the voting age be lowered?

Another Melbourne council axes aged care

Police investigate alleged Thornbury arson attack

Community 'mega' search for Samantha Murphy

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

RMIT University researchers developing water battery technology

Calls for a review of electricity security after thousands of households left without power in Victoria

City of Melbourne votes down Israel-Gaza war ceasefire motion

Mother separated from daughter for 18 years among first to apply for Australian-first redress scheme

Victorian treaty bipartisanship ruptures as opposition withdraws its support

Family of one-punch victim fights removal of NDIS funding for 24-hour nurse at Melbourne disability home

Fishing-related death of beloved swan prompts questions about Victoria's Little Angler Kit

Now we're talking, Melbourne!

Sammy J's Key to the City

Jacinta and Brian's top picks

Put us in your pocket with the ABC listen app

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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