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1 day ago | 
abc.net.au | Sharnelle Vella |Bob Murphy
The AFL have backflipped on claims that umpires didn't know about Lachie Schultz' injury when they continued play on Thursday night. In a statement AFL took 'full responsibility' for the mistake. Former umpire 'Razor' Ray Chamberlain told Sharnelle and Bob that the AFL and umpires will have to both work to rebuild their relationship. "I think that's going to take some work to go about rebuilding trust and mutual trust and mutual respect."
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3 days ago | 
abc.net.au | Sharnelle Vella |Bob Murphy
Twenty years ago bats were successfully removed from the Royal Botanic Gardens, but now they are back with a vengeance. Pots and pans aren't doing the trick, so staff have enlisted the help of white noise machines and laser lights to evict the bats. "So it's really trying to make it less of a five-star accommodation into maybe two-star," said Royal Botanic Gardens CEO Chris Russell.
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4 days ago | 
abc.net.au | Sharnelle Vella |Bob Murphy
A Melbourne council has received thousands of complaints about a privately-commissioned mural in Fitzroy which depicts a bound and gagged woman. Yarra City mayor Stephen Jolly told Sharnelle and Bob that the divisive mural had broken the rules as it was created without a permit. "It's not the role of the council or any form of government to be the art police, because I think that takes us down a very, very dangerous road."
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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Sharnelle Vella |Bob Murphy
Mums who work as florists don't spend Mother's Day being pampered, it's their busiest work day of the year. Dedicated florist Cheryl Roerich told Sharnelle and Bob that she gave birth on Mother's Day after working a 17 hour shift. "I work for myself and I love my job — and [my daughter was] a little bit overdue!"
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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Sharnelle Vella |Bob Murphy
Victoria is about to get a new top cop. The former head of the New Zealand police force Mike Bush is set to be named as Victoria's Police chief commissioner after Rick Nugent stepped down last month. Former commissioner Christine Nixon told Sharnelle and Bob that Bush is a calm and focussed choice. "It'll take him a little bit, [our] systems are a bit different, terminology might be different, but he'll have good people around him and he'll get to the task pretty quick."
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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Sharnelle Vella |Bob Murphy
Fifty years ago 12-year-old Victorian boy Terry Floyd went missing in the Victorian town of Avoca, and was never found. It has long been believed by family and investigators that Terry was abducted and that his remains are down a gold mine. Veteran broadcaster Dee Dee Dunleavy worked closely with Terry's brother Daryl to examine his disappearance in her new podcast, The Boy in the Gold Mine.
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2 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Sharnelle Vella |Bob Murphy
Australians voting overseas mourning a lack of a democracy sausage have been surprised with a taste of home when casting their vote. Josh Pugh is an Aussie living in New York City and decided to bring the sizzle to them, converting a hot dog stand into a democracy sausage sizzle complete with single slices of white bread. "They didn't realise how much they missed it so we got a lot of big smiles," he told Sharnelle and Bob.
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2 weeks ago | 
theage.com.au | Bob Murphy
OpinionBob MurphyFormer Western Bulldogs captain May 1, 2025 — 11.37am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. I can still remember the exact moment. Everything on that particular day was the same, but then, in a moment, everything was very, very different. Behind-the-goals footage had arrived in our team review at the Bulldogs. I was sat near the back of the main meeting room at Whitten Oval.
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2 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Sharnelle Vella |Bob Murphy
Liberal Senator James Paterson has slammed neo-Nazis who impersonated Liberal volunteers at a Kooyong pre-polling booth yesterday. "It's one of the most despicable and grotesque acts I've ever seen at a polling booth or in Australian politics," he told Sharnelle and Bob. "We have to look very closely at whether any laws were breached at the polling booth yesterday and if they were they must be enforced with the full force of the law."
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2 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Sharnelle Vella |Bob Murphy
The election race is getting tighter and tensions are mounting at pre-polling booths in Melbourne, with reports of violent behaviour towards volunteers and candidates. Evan Ekin-Smyth from the Australian Electoral Commission said elections always have some 'political argy-bargy' but condemns and report any incidents to police. "The AEC isn't a police force. I don't think anybody wants us to be a police force or our 100,000 temporary staff."
