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Big money and a free degree: Athletes choose US college football over AFL

A new generation of Australian athletes is skipping the MCG entirely, eyeing US college football scholarships instead of Aussie Rules.
A red headed 19 year-old boy with a football on a farm.

Published:

Mon 18 May 2026 at 6:40am

Source: ABC GippslandTopic: American Footballby Bec Symons and Anna McGuinness

Research links seismic testing to decreased commercial fish catch

New research links seismic testing used for oil and gas exploration with decreases in commercial fish catch rates in Victoria's east.
An aerial shot of a vessel towing devices on the surface.

Published:

Fri 15 May 2026 at 6:37am

Source: ABC GippslandTopic: Oil and Gasby Danielle Pope

Backyard astronomer uncovers new worlds

From his backyard observatory in Gippsland, passionate astronomer Chris Stockdale spends his evenings watching for a faint flicker of light in the sky - a citizen scientist who is helping uncover new worlds beyond our solar system.
A man wearing a hat, standing in an observatory with a large telescope looking into the sky
Duration: 4 minutes 21 seconds

Published:

Thu 14 May 2026 at 6:00am

Source: ABC GippslandTopic: Space

Federal police charge man with using social media to threaten Victorian MP

A man will face court after federal police charged him following an investigation into a social media post that allegedly threatened a federal politician.
The right arm of an unidentified person with an Australian Federal Police badge showing.

Published:

Wed 13 May 2026 at 11:49am

Source: ABC GippslandTopic: Policeby Madeleine Stuchbery

Small robots drafted to help tackle looming renewable skills shortage

Students are using tiny, programmable robots to code in a bid to encourage them to consider careers in renewable energy due to predicted skill shortages.
A photo of school students in blue and yellow uniform sitting at a desk completing an activity on paper

Published:

Tue 12 May 2026 at 7:00am

Source: ABC GippslandTopic: Workby Jack Colantuono

Breeding program gives endangered frog with 'baritone' call a fighting chance

Scientists hope the successful captive breeding and release of the endangered Watson's tree frog in Victoria's far east will help aid the species' survival, after its habitat was decimated during the Black Summer bushfires.
A brown frog sits on a fern leaf in a forest.
Duration: 27 seconds

Published:

Sun 10 May 2026 at 6:32am

Source: ABC GippslandTopic: Conservationby Danielle Pope

Victorians wake to snow a month out from ski season

Snow has fallen on Victoria's higher peaks overnight, as below-zero temperatures blast the state.
Snow on six chairlifts at Falls Creek Ski Resort.

Published:

Thu 7 May 2026 at 12:34pm

Source: ABC GippslandTopic: Snowby Kellie Lazzaro, Mim Hook, Zaida Glibanovic and Lily Kristanto

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Mobile ministry in the Parish of Avon

Reverend David Perryman races between services on Sundays in the Parish of Avon, three hours east of Melbourne.
A man plays guitar to a woman in a church
Duration: 8 minutes

Source: ABC News

Divers discover 150-year-old shipwreck.

Southern Ocean Explorers divers have uncovered the shipwreck of the City of Hobart steamliner, which sank in 1877.
Underwater vision of a shipwreck with divers amd fish
Duration: 1 minute 35 seconds

Source: ABC Gippsland

Call for public information following home invasion

Police have released CCTV and images of a white ute that was seen in the rea a short time after the incident.
CCTV image of a white ute
Duration: 15 seconds

Source: ABC Gippsland

Rare pink platypus spotted in East Gippsland river

In a remote East Gippsland river, a Melbourne man has encountered an ultra-rare pink platypus, one of only a handful ever sighted in the past 200 years.
Eyewitness video of a rare platypus in a creek
Duration: 28 seconds

Source: ABC Gippsland

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