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Read moreMoney Coach Megan Christie, who helps people with their approach to managing their money, marks Family and Domestic Violence month with advice on how to recognise financial control or abuse, the various forms it can take, new laws which make the courts factor in financial abuse, and where to get immediate help.
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Experts at the Monash University Accident Research Centre have research on the links between road rage and accidents. Dr Amanda Stephens is a Psychologist and a Senior Researcher. Listen to her tell Clare Arthurs: what tail-gaters might be thinking why your day is affecting your perception easy ways to stay calm (which might not include singing ‘Frozen’).
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The Asian Shore Crab is a noxious pest in Port Phillip Bay and possible toxins mean you wouldn’t want to eat them or use them as bait. Clare Arthurs spoke to Alison Orchard from the Port Phillip Eco Centre. Listen to the podcast to find out: how the invader got here, the rapid rate of spread, and what boaties and
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To mark National Volunteer Week (18 to 24 May 2026), the CEO of Volunteering Victoria Geoff Sharp is speaking to Southern FM newsman Colin Tyrus (in this podcast from A Newsman and His Music). This year’s theme, Your Year to Volunteer, highlights how Australians are continuing to support their communities in more flexible and informal ways. While rising living costs
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Eloise Worledge was eight-years-old when she went missing from the bedroom of her Beaumaris family home during the night of 12 January 1976. Eloise has never been seen or heard from since. Her aunt Margie Thomas holds onto hope that the cold case may some day be solved, and she helped convince Victoria Police to increase the reward to $1-million.
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