West Gippsland Week

Stroke is a common problem, still not well understood. Here the Stroke Foundation and a young person recovering from a shock experience discuss the experience, recovery and what we can do if it strikes.

The Victorian Government has recently announced reforms to gambling laws. What do we know about the impact of gambling, and the difference between types of gambling? Will these reforms make a difference? Here a reseracher discusses recent research into the particular impact of Electronic Gaming Machines ("pokies" in Australia) and we here from a local health service about what is happening in rural Victoria.

In spring as birds a focused on nesting and protecting their nests we often have problems with swooping as we move about. The most notorious in southern Australia is the magpie, partly because they often live in close proximity to human settlement. Here we find out why and how to live with our sometimes grumpy birds.

There are many myths about snakes in Australia, so we've discussed the real story with experienced snake remover Geoff Lockwood.

This is (surprisingly) the first offshore wind project in Australia in our windy Bass Strait. We've introduced it in earlier episodes, and so here we catch up with progress...

Professor Andrew Gunstone, Deputy Vice Chancellor Reconciliation Federation University and Chair of Reconciliation Victoria discusses the Referendum and the issues around it including some of the misconceptions and disinformation being circulated.

Noel Pearson is a Cape York indigenous leader, community organisare, lawyer and one of the architects of the "Voice to Parliament" proposal for indigenous recognition. Here he speaks about the hole in Australia's constitution that the proposal seeks to fill and the process leading to this point.

A new fully commercial "big" (grid scale) battery is opened in Victoria's Latrobe Valley on the site of a demolished Coal Fired power station. Here we hear from Tom Best Construction Manager for EKU Energy, one of the project partners.

Here two of the indigenous leadership that has been deeply involved in developing the proposition for recognition of Australia's Indigenous people via the inclusion in the Constitution of a "Voice", explain how the process has been developed, answer those who claim it is for an "elite" aboriginal group, and speak about the damage the current level fo debate could do to indigenous people. We hear from Dr Donna Odegaard from Larrikia land, and Dr Dennis Foley.

COVID hasn't gone away (as much as you might wish it) and "regular" Flu is also on the rise leading to a continuing number of "excess deaths" in the thousands. Catch up on the latest from Prof Stuart Berzins from Federation University (Aust).