Money 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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Two local artists behind the Abba tribute show ‘Babba’ are hoping to take their new show on tour. It’s a celebration of music and friendship between Olivia Newton-John and Karen Carpenter. Susie King and Jacqui Hamilton joined Clare Arthurs and Eadiella to talk about the show, “SING: The Olivia and Karen Show’, being staged at St Kilda for Mothers’ Day.
Read moreMost of us have heard of the bushrangers of Australia’s early days of white settlement. They were outlaws, living in the bush and committing crimes on the local populations. Some were former convicts, driven to bushranging by poverty and the sometimes brutal inequalities of the colonial system. This is what turned them in some people’s eyes into folk heroes. But
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Waterbowls placed along 17kms of Bayside foreshore have helped restore numbers of birds and lizards to the coastal path. Friends of Native Wildlife’s Elizabeth Walsh says dogs may deter wildlife’s use of the bowls but there’s an up-side to the popularity of the trails: walkers using the can help by keeping the bowls clean. She’s speaking to Clare Arthurs.
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