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Indian community leader's passionate response to Liberal migrant comments

A leader in the Indian community in Victoria says they are "very hurt" and "not impressed" by Jacinta Nampijinpa Price's comments

Woman in black blazer and green shirt stands against white wall

Duration: 8 minutes 22 seconds

Published: 3h agoMon 8 Sep 2025 at 7:40amSource: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Immigration Policywith Ali Moore

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The uncomfortable legacy of Erin Patterson, Australia's antihero

The mushroom murder case brought frenzied public attention to deep and private pain. But do we allow Patterson's notoriety to overshadow the memory of those she killed, or can we resist and honour the victim's legacies instead?

A sketch of a woman with brown hair with her hand holding a tissue in front of her face.

Published: 2h agoMon 8 Sep 2025 at 7:58amSource: ABC NewsTopic: Courtsby Kristian Silva

Morwell reacts to mushroom killer Erin Patterson's life sentence

We were frazzled for the 10 weeks of the trial

Duration: 4 minutes 21 seconds

Published: 7h agoMon 8 Sep 2025 at 3:29amSource: ListenTopic: Crimewith Mary Gearin

'They're not just statistics': Youth worker on Cobblebank teen deaths

The African Australian community has been left reeling after the deaths of two children in Melbourne's western suburbs on the weekend.

Ahmed Hassan looks seriously at the camera.

Duration: 8 minutes 36 seconds

Published: 7h agoMon 8 Sep 2025 at 3:07amSource: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Crimewith Rafael Epstein

Police officer Neal Thompson farewelled by grieving loved ones

Lisa Thompson says her final weekend with her boyfriend Neal Thompson before he was killed in a shooting at Porepunkah was their best yet.

A police coffin at a funeral with cap and flowers on top of it

Published: 4h agoMon 8 Sep 2025 at 6:27amSource: ABC NewsTopic: Funerals and Memorial Servicesby Andi Yu Andi Yu

Turmoil in powerful nurses union as members vote on Victorian branch boss

For the first time in 36 years Victorian nurses' union members will vote on a new branch secretary after a failed pay deal led to the resignation of the former boss.

Nurses and supporting trade unionists rally outside Parliament House in Melbourne.

Published: 8h agoMon 8 Sep 2025 at 2:28amSource: ABC GippslandTopic: Unionsby Emma Field

Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson to be locked up for at least 33 years

Erin Patterson has been given a chance to one day walk free from prison, as a judge ordered her to serve at least 33 years behind bars for serving her relatives a poisonous beef Wellington.

Erin Patterson looks at the camera as she sits in the back of a prison van

Published: 2h agoMon 8 Sep 2025 at 7:57amSource: ABC NewsTopic: Courtsby Kristian Silva

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InZane RL - Will the Nicho Hynes MRC decision come back to bite the Bulldogs?

On InZane Rugby League this week Zane Bojack and former Raiders halfback Sam Williams are joined by ABC Sport commentator Quentin Hull for a three-tiered look at the finals.

Nicho Hynes for the Cronulla Sharks preparing to pass to the right in an NRL match

Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes

Source: ListenTopic: NRL

Indian community leader's passionate response to Liberal migrant comments

A leader in the Indian community in Victoria says they are "very hurt" and "not impressed" by Jacinta Nampijinpa Price's comments

Duration: 8 minutes 22 seconds

Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Immigration Policywith Ali Moore

Morwell reacts to mushroom killer Erin Patterson's life sentence

We were frazzled for the 10 weeks of the trial

Duration: 4 minutes 21 seconds

Source: ListenTopic: Crimewith Mary Gearin

Erin Patterson has been sentenced

In this edition of the Conversation Hour we recap on the Erin Patterson's sentence and reflect on why the case has garnered the interest it has.

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Duration: 49 minutes 48 seconds

Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Justice Systemwith Richelle Hunt

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Father of stabbing victim says he wants answers

The father of a boy who was fatally stabbed in Melbourne says he wants answers from the police, saying his son was just a basketball player.

Duration: 35 seconds

Source: ABC News

Scene of a stabbing where two boys were killed in targeted attack

A 12-year-old boy and 15-year-old boy have died after being stabbed in what police believe was a targeted attack in Cobblebank, west of Melbourne.

Duration: 22 seconds

Source: ABC News

Nam Huynh, owner of Dejour Jeans

Since 1989, Vietnamese tailor Nam Huynh has been fitting generations with denim made to last. (Esra Ozkul)

Man in check shirt and glasses smiles in front of racks of denim jeans

Source: ABC Asia

The Anglesea River is tinged a bright shade of green

Duration: 39 seconds

Source: ABC News

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Cheers and skittles for tram drivers on track for world championships

Melbourne's best tram drivers are getting ready for a trip to Vienna to compete in the inaugural World Tramdriver Championship.

Two women standing beside a man in front of a tram talking to each other

Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Public Transport

Last carriage removed from tracks after train derailment in Melbourne

Massive commuter disruptions continue across Melbourne's north-east as significant repair works get underway following train derailment.

An aerial photo of a crane lifting a train carriage off a section of curved track.

Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Public Transportby Melissa Brown

'He was on his way home to us': MH17 family reacts to court finding

The mother of Australian man Jack O'Brien says she doesn't believe Russia will accept responsibility any time soon for the death of her son in the Malaysia Airlines downing.

Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Courts

Melbourne council to fine business over controversial mural

The Fitzroy mural, which depicts a bound and gagged woman, has attracted a flurry of complaints to council.

A mural depecting a bound woman wearing a ball gag

Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Art

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Published: 29 Aug 2025Fri 29 Aug 2025 at 6:38amSource: ABC MELBOURNE

Top 100 Books of the 21st Century

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Published: 20 Aug 2025Wed 20 Aug 2025 at 7:04amSource: Radio

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Register your spot to join Jacinta Parsons at ABC Southbank on Saturday, September 6 as we celebrate Radio National's new annual countdown: Top 100 Books of the 21st Century.

Published: 29 Aug 2025Fri 29 Aug 2025 at 4:08amSource: ABC MELBOURNE

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Published: 7 Apr 2025Mon 7 Apr 2025 at 12:18amSource: ABC MELBOURNE

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The storylines to define the NRL finals

In the industry, they call it the 'second season'. Only eight teams remain as the NRL gears up for a finals series rich with storylines. What are the narratives that will define finals time?

Tom Starling jumps on Corey Horsburgh, who is hugging Hudson Young after scoring an NRL try.

Duration: 14 minutes 54 seconds

Source: ListenTopic: Sport

Molloy wonder goal stuns the crowd as Fish stars for Swans

Chloe Molloy kicks a stunner and Zippy Fish stars as the Swans account for the Dockers in the AFLW.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: AFL Women’s

Coach calls for huge fines to stamp out AFL players staging for free kicks

Dockers coach Justin Longmuir says the AFL should issue fines of up to $10,000 to players for staging.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: AFL

Amid booing, sledges and slurs, AFL fans resort to 'swearing spotto'

AFL barracking is again in the spotlight after the recent booing of a player who was the victim of a slur.

A mother smiling and hugging a young boy in Crows top holding a football next to seats at an oval

Source: ABC NewsTopic: AFL

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The uncomfortable legacy of Erin Patterson, Australia's antihero

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Courtsby Kristian Silva

Police officer Neal Thompson farewelled by grieving loved ones

Lisa Thompson says her final weekend with her boyfriend Neal Thompson before he was killed in a shooting at Porepunkah was their best yet.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Funerals and Memorial Servicesby Andi Yu Andi Yu

Turmoil in powerful nurses union as members vote on Victorian branch boss

For the first time in 36 years Victorian nurses' union members will vote on a new branch secretary after a failed pay deal led to the resignation of the former boss.

Source: ABC GippslandTopic: Unionsby Emma Field

The judge says Erin Patterson's victims were among people who "do good".

Justice Christopher Beale reflects on Ian Wilkinson's remarks that attention is showered on those who do evil, instead of those who do good. Justice Beale says Erin Patterson's victims were among the latter of those two.

Duration: 2 minutes 16 seconds

Source: ABC News

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Man critically injured in Perth workplace incident

A man in his 40s has been critically injured in a workplace incident in Perth's north-east.

Front entrance of a building marked "Hoffman Engineering"

Published: 20m agoMon 8 Sep 2025 at 10:21amSource: ABC NewsTopic: Accidents and Emergency Incidents

'Smoke in the cockpit': Plane's emergency landing after mayday call

The British Airways passenger flight BA16 was on its way to Singapore and made the emergency return to Sydney Airport about an hour after take-off this afternoon.

Published: 19m agoMon 8 Sep 2025 at 10:22amSource: ABC NewsTopic: Air Incidentsby Jean Kennedy

Bulldogs prop forced to move out of home on eve of NRL finals

Max King has been living with a mould infestation at home that he is glad to have finally escaped in the lead-up to Friday's qualification final at Melbourne.

Max King of the Bulldogs running with the NRL ball

Published: 1h agoMon 8 Sep 2025 at 9:08amSource: ABC NewsTopic: NRL

Supertramp co-founder Rick Davies dies aged 81

Rick Davies, the co-founder and lead singer for British rock band Supertramp, has died aged 81 after a decade-long battle with cancer.

Published: 1h agoMon 8 Sep 2025 at 9:04amSource: ABC NewsTopic: Music

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Indian community leader's passionate response to Liberal migrant comments

The uncomfortable legacy of Erin Patterson, Australia's antihero

Morwell reacts to mushroom killer Erin Patterson's life sentence

'They're not just statistics': Youth worker on Cobblebank teen deaths

Police officer Neal Thompson farewelled by grieving loved ones

Turmoil in powerful nurses union as members vote on Victorian branch boss

Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson to be locked up for at least 33 years

InZane RL - Will the Nicho Hynes MRC decision come back to bite the Bulldogs?

Indian community leader's passionate response to Liberal migrant comments

Morwell reacts to mushroom killer Erin Patterson's life sentence

Erin Patterson has been sentenced

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Father of stabbing victim says he wants answers

Scene of a stabbing where two boys were killed in targeted attack

Nam Huynh, owner of Dejour Jeans

The Anglesea River is tinged a bright shade of green

Cheers and skittles for tram drivers on track for world championships

Last carriage removed from tracks after train derailment in Melbourne

'He was on his way home to us': MH17 family reacts to court finding

Melbourne council to fine business over controversial mural

ABC of Melbourne

Top 100 Books of the 21st Century

774 Saturday Mornings special

Get free tickets to TGIF!

The storylines to define the NRL finals

Molloy wonder goal stuns the crowd as Fish stars for Swans

Coach calls for huge fines to stamp out AFL players staging for free kicks

Amid booing, sledges and slurs, AFL fans resort to 'swearing spotto'

The uncomfortable legacy of Erin Patterson, Australia's antihero

Police officer Neal Thompson farewelled by grieving loved ones

Turmoil in powerful nurses union as members vote on Victorian branch boss

The judge says Erin Patterson's victims were among people who "do good".

Man critically injured in Perth workplace incident

'Smoke in the cockpit': Plane's emergency landing after mayday call

Bulldogs prop forced to move out of home on eve of NRL finals

Supertramp co-founder Rick Davies dies aged 81

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