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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.
Published: Source: ABC Central VictoriaTopic: Healthby Jo Printz
Property owner left to care for eight greyhounds left behind by evicted tenant
Dita Mitchell says she found greyhounds in "putrid" kennels with faeces and urine when she went to inspect her South East SA property after evicting a tenant.
Duration: 58 seconds
Published: Source: ABC South East SATopic: Animalsby Josh Brine
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: Source: ABC RuralTopic: Activism and Lobbyingby Angus Verley and Warwick Long
Victorian community grieves farmer who died trying to save his cows from wild storm
Gippsland dairy farmer Bruce Manintveld, 50, who died in severe storms on Tuesday afternoon, has been remembered as a generous man who shared his knowledge with younger farmers.
Published: Source: ABC RuralTopic: Stormsby Warwick Long
From tech wizards to housing experts and social workers, local librarians are in ever-evolving roles
You might go to your local librarian for a book recommendation, but people are increasingly asking them for help with social services too, or getting on the housing list, or even booking to see a GP.
Published: Source: ABC South West VicTopic: Regional Communities
Fears dozens of homes lost in Victorian bushfire, 135,000 still without power — as it happened
Hundreds of thousands of Victorians remain without power in the wake of deadly storms and destructive bushfires which swept the state on Tuesday.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Wildfires
Man killed in microlight aircraft crash south-west of Melbourne
A man is killed in a microlight aircraft crash south-west of Melbourne.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Accidents and Emergency Incidents
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Buying Time, Sir John Crawfords legacy to international agricultural research
A new book is trying to continue the legacy of Australian agricultural giant
Duration: 20 minutes 32 seconds
Source: Listenby Warwick Long
I love painting Dreamtime stories
Duration: 2 minutes 23 seconds
Source: ListenTopic: Aboriginal
'Our footprint is there': Drawing a link between the waterbirds of Barmah-Millewa Forest and the sounds of life in Antarctica
Charles Sturt University scientist Dr Elizabeth Znidersic never expected to observe environmental parallels in her work studying threatened waterbirds in an Australian wetland and life on Earth's most southerly continent.
Duration: 12 minutes 16 seconds
Source: ListenTopic: Environmentwith Matt Tribe
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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.
Source: ABC Central VictoriaTopic: Healthby Jo Printz
Australia's fastest female road racer is about to make motorcycling history … again
Tayla Relph is the only Australian, and one of only 22 women across the world, to score a spot on the grid for the inaugural FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship in Europe later this year.
Source: ABC South West VicTopic: Motor Sports
Red versus blue: Why the right gum tree matters in a healthy wetland
Most of the 1,000 different eucalyptus tree varieties are native to Australia but not all belong in a pristine wetland.
Source: ABC BallaratTopic: Forest Regenerationby Gavin McGrath
TikTok star raking in millions of views by focussing on country football history and defunct ovals
Andy Munro has garnered a social media following of millions off the back of his reels documenting abandoned country footy grounds in Victoria and South Australia.
Source: ABC WimmeraTopic: Sportby Emile Pavlich, Rebekah Lowe and Andrew Kelso
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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.
Source: ABC GippslandTopic: International Courts and Tribunalsby William Howard, Mim Hook and Millicent Spencer
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
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".
Published: Source: 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.
Published: Source: 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.
Published: Source: 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: Source: ABC North CoastTopic: Floodsby Bruce MacKenzie