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Sporting clubs want to support players' mental health, but some aren't sure how
A study finds local sporting clubs are taking steps to improve their members' mental health, but some need support to implement "best practice" initiatives.
Published: Source: ABC South East SATopic: Mental Healthby Sam Bradbrook and Josh Brine
Medical students on brink of entering a health system in crisis already burnt out by 'placement poverty'
Tulani White thought the biggest barrier to achieving her dream would be getting into university. But as she prepares to enter an overwhelmed health system, the fifth-year med student is already burnt out by financial stress.
Duration: 2 minutes 3 seconds
Published: Source: ABC RiverlandTopic: Doctors and Medical Professionalsby Amelia Walters
It's cold and it's winter but a toxic 'sub-tropical' algae is still causing problems at the bottom of the Murray
Lake Alexandrina and the Murray River at Goolwa have been the subject of a water quality alert for months because of a toxic blue-green algae that used to only occur in the tropics.
Published: Source: ABC South East SATopic: Environmental Healthby Caroline Horn
A microbiologist dreamt of making the best juice. His community is stocking up as production ends
Residents in one of Australia's largest citrus growing regions are buying up bottles of a locally-produced juice as its creator shuts down after 31 years.
Published: Source: ABC RuralTopic: Horticulture Industryby Eliza Berlage
Native plants bring life back to garden and a rejuvenated home owner
Carmel Marks is among a growing number of people making a transition from traditional gardens, saying the planting of natives on her property was the self-sustaining answer she had been searching for.
Published: Source: ABC RiverlandTopic: Nativesby Elyse Armanini
A seamstress's collection of hand-sewn creations keeps her memory alive in regional SA
Doris Odgers spent most of her life making clothes for herself and her community. Her collection of 1900s dresses, bathing suits, hats, lace, and more was recently on show in an exhibition to remember the life and fashion of a beloved regional woman.
Published: Source: ABC RiverlandTopic: Fashionby Elyse Armanini
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Duration: 4 minutes 58 seconds
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A Riverland local's unlikely meeting with a Beatle
"I went home to the wife and said, 'I could die now', 'cause it was on my bucket list", said Craig from Loxton recounting his memorable interaction with one of music's all-time greats.
Duration: 1 minute 43 seconds
Source: ABC Radio AdelaideTopic: Music (Arts and Entertainment)with Jules Schiller
Parking the hearse for the last time
Ahead of his retirement, it was important to Steve Kleemann that his small funeral company go to someone who shared his principles.
Duration: 4 minutes 14 seconds
Source: ListenTopic: Death and Dyingby Elyse Armanini
Restoring a beloved old car
Rob "Wacka" Stevens is mostly bedridden as he fights cancer, so his friend stepped in to restore his beloved old car.
Duration: 2 minutes 37 seconds
Source: ListenTopic: Community and Societywith Elyse Armanini
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A microbiologist dreamt of making the best juice. His community is stocking up as production ends
Residents in one of Australia's largest citrus growing regions are buying up bottles of a locally-produced juice as its creator shuts down after 31 years.
Source: ABC RuralTopic: Horticulture Industryby Eliza Berlage
Native plants bring life back to garden and a rejuvenated home owner
Carmel Marks is among a growing number of people making a transition from traditional gardens, saying the planting of natives on her property was the self-sustaining answer she had been searching for.
Source: ABC RiverlandTopic: Nativesby Elyse Armanini
A seamstress's collection of hand-sewn creations keeps her memory alive in regional SA
Doris Odgers spent most of her life making clothes for herself and her community. Her collection of 1900s dresses, bathing suits, hats, lace, and more was recently on show in an exhibition to remember the life and fashion of a beloved regional woman.
Source: ABC RiverlandTopic: Fashionby Elyse Armanini
Tributes flow for 'fun-loving, passionate patriarch' and wine label magnate Peter Teakle, who has died aged 72
Businessman Peter Teakle transformed his family's wine label printing business into a global multi-million-dollar company before opening a winery and restaurant.
Source: ABC RuralTopic: Viticultureby Adam Sheldon and Eliza Berlage
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From remote dust bowls to the world stage, SA surfers on the long road to go pro
Some of the state's most talented surfers are creating serious ripples on the national and international competitive circuit, but the path to compete at the highest levels is a costly one and there's little government support.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds
Source: ABC Radio AdelaideTopic: Surfing
Australian man sentenced to rehabilitation in Indonesia after possessing drugs in Bali
Troy Smith, who was arrested in April after police found methamphetamine in his hotel room in Bali, is sentenced to six-month drug rehabilitation by an Indonesian court.
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Law, Crime and Justice
From remote dust bowls to the world stage, SA surfers on the long road to go pro
Some of the state's most talented surfers are creating serious ripples on the national and international competitive circuit, but the path to compete at the highest levels is a costly one and there's little government support.
Duration: 1 minute 5 seconds
Source: ABC Radio AdelaideTopic: Surfingby Malcolm Sutton
A businessman, migrant and ex-wife face court. Here’s what happens inside SA's dedicated family violence court
Courtroom 17 is like any other in the busy Angas Street building, in Adelaide's Victoria Square — here people from all walks of life can be the accused or the victim of family violence.
Source: StatelineTopic: Domestic Violenceby Jordanna Schriever
Sitting in Ashley detention centre for months, youth often have 'no idea' where their court cases are up to
The criminal justice system is complex. But imagine being a young offender, with limited access to legal advice, sitting on remand for months in a youth detention centre. That is the reality in Tasmania, but there are calls for change.
Published: Source: StatelineTopic: Law, Crime and Justiceby Adam Holmes
'Disappointed' O'Connell forced out of Olympics as young gun Gadecki prepares for Games debut
Injuries force out Chris O'Connell on the eve of the Olympics, while Olivia Gadecki marks her incredible rise with a Games debut as Australia finalises its tennis squad for Paris.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Summer Olympic Games
How a boy from Ballarat wound up pitching himself to Eddie Murphy to direct the new Beverly Hills Cop
Mark Molloy moved to LA a decade ago to pursue his dream of directing a Hollywood feature film. But it was an advertisement he made that helped him score his debut: directing one of the world's biggest stars in the reboot of Beverly Hills Cop.
Published: Source: ABC EntertainmentTopic: Film (Arts and Entertainment)
Whales were happier during the COVID pandemic when humans weren't around, scientists find
Scientists find eastern Australian humpback whales benefited from a reduction in human activity on the ocean during the first year of the pandemic, recording lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol.
Published: Source: ABC Radio BrisbaneTopic: Whalesby Kenji Sato