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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.
Red gum tree alongside a waterway.

Published: Source: ABC BallaratTopic: Forest Regenerationby Gavin McGrath

Farmers hit with $100,000 insurance bills as extreme weather events become more frequent

Farmers consider running the gauntlet and leaving machinery uninsured as premiums go through the roof, with insurers blaming erratic weather, inflation, and increasing costs for the price hikes.
Ryan Milgate standing in a paddock of crop

Published: Source: ABC RuralTopic: Agricultural Insuranceby Angus Verley, Lara Webster and Brandon Long

Otway Basin seismic petroleum exploration proposal near whale nursery 'a slap in the face'

Geoscience technology services company CGG formally submitted its permit application and environmental plan in late January amid a month-long campaign of community protests.
Hundreds of people form a circle around an image of a whale tale made of seaweed on the beach

Published: Source: ABC South West VicTopic: Oil and Gasby Olivia Sanders

Storage needs still 'enormous' despite British-owned company's plans for 30ha battery park in regional Victoria

An expert says current battery developments only just scratch the surface of Victoria's energy storage needs, as Pacific Green Australia announces plans to construct a 30-hectare grid-scale battery park in Portland.
A graphic design of a large battery park near ocean and wind farms

Published: Source: ABC South West VicTopic: Batteriesby Emily Bissland

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.
A man smiles while holding black and white Carlton jumpers in front of a wall of different jumpers.

Published: Source: ABC WimmeraTopic: Sportby Emile Pavlich, Rebekah Lowe and Andrew Kelso

Alleged fake patient ruse 'standard procedure' for ministerial visits, Victorian MP claims

Liberal MP Richard Riordan is at odds with his own party leader over his defence of Colac Area Health, following allegations staff and their family members posed as urgent care patients during a ministerial visit.
The front entrance of the urgent care centre at Colac.

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Health Administration

Calls for more specialist training as doctors choose between dream jobs and staying home

When Lisa Gilbert was deciding what to specialise in, she had to choose between her dream physician job or staying in the region that had become her home due to limited training options outside the city.
A smiling woman standing in front of a medical bed with a stethoscope around her neck

Published: Source: ABC GippslandTopic: Healthby Natasha Schapova

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Endangered penguin brought back from the brink

After washing up starved thousands of kilometres from home, a rare Tawaki penguin has been released back into the wild.
Duration: 5 minutes 44 seconds

Source: ABC News

Shearer Luke Hillis in action, flying through a mob of ewes

Luke Hillis was flying through a mob of ewes when ABC Rural caught up with him.
Duration: 33 seconds

Source: ABC Rural

Recluse math teacher creates 7000 artworks, found only after his death

An exhibition in Hamilton Vic honours the modernist abstract artworks of a man who kept his talent hidden from the world.
Duration: 4 minutes 41 seconds

Source: ABC South West Vic

Four year old finds Dolly Parton's golden ticket in book

Willow and her mum Shannon talk about winning a golden ticket from one of The Dollywood Foundation's books. It was one of seven tickets in the world.
Duration: 3 minutes 13 seconds

Source: ABC News

National News

NSW bureaucrat suspended with pay pending corruption investigation into Sydney property deal

The senior planning department official purchased a property in the upper north shore suburb of Gordon within one of the government's planned Transport Oriented Development Zones before the policy was made public last year.
Corruption findings face legal challenge after ICAC's High Court 'disaster'

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Corruptionby Maryanne Taouk

Former WA Liberal Party leader David Honey loses preselection battle for Cottesloe to Sandra Brewer

The property council chief wins the preselection battle for the Liberal heartland seat of Cottesloe, defeating former WA Liberal Party leader David Honey. 
A side-on close-up shot of Property Council WA chief executive Sandra Brewer.

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Government and Politicsby Rebecca Trigger, Cason Ho and David Weber

Australia's anti-doping chief issues grave warning over 'grossly irresponsible' Enhanced Games

Australian sport's anti-doping chief slams an Olympic-style event with no drug testing as "grossly irresponsible" and warns of severe ramifications for athletes taking part.
Australian swimmer James Magnussen shirtless after a race at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Doping in Sports

Police declare crime scene after body reportedly found in vehicle at Mackay beach

Emergency services were called to Harbour Beach in Mackay shortly after 1pm following reports of a body being found in a car.
Police officers standing near vehicles at a beach.

Published: Source: ABC Tropical NorthTopic: Policeby Lillian Watkins and Hannah Walsh

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