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2 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Brigitte Duclos
More people are getting ink work and, it appears, more people are in the grip of tattoo regret. Tattoo removal has soared by as much as 35% in the past year, according to recent research. Hilary Quinn, manager and owner of Melbourne Tattoo Removal, spoke with Brigitte Duclos on ABC Radio Melbourne Afternoons about the pleasure of tattoos and the pain of erasing. 'I thought this younger generation would be more savvy than getting a partner's name.'
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2 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Brigitte Duclos
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2 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Brigitte Duclos
17 year old Perth schoolgirl Leah O'Brien ran the race of her life at the Australian Junior Athletics Championships this week to break Raelene Boyle's 57-year old 100m record, they met for the first time on 774 ABC Radio Melbourne's Afternoon show.
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2 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Brigitte Duclos
Local surfers at Surfcoast beach Pt Roadnight had an unwanted visitor at their local beach yesterday, with those in the water quite to vacate. Authorities and locals at the beach speculate it was a juvenile Great White Shark measuring approximately 3m. Local surfer Anthony told 774 ABC Radio Melbourne Afternoon show host Brig Duclos that he was bumped by a shark at Middle beach in Anglesea earlier this year.
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3 weeks ago | 
abc.net.au | Brigitte Duclos
There's a lot to consider when you're first diagnosed with cancer so where do you start? Danielle Spence is the head of strategy and support at The Cancer Council of Victoria and a survivor of cancer. Danielle spoke to Brig Duclos about the financial, emotional and health considerations of a new cancer diagnosis.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Brigitte Duclos
There's nothing more quintessentially Australian than the backyard lawn, but how do you keep it looking great all year round? Landscape gardener Jason Hodges 'loves lawns so much [he] had to move out of the city' to increase his lawn land ownership. Mr Hodges joined Brig Duclos at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show with tips on how to make your lawn thrive.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Brigitte Duclos
The Melbourne Grand Prix starts soon, the weekend long festival of driving, and one teen who will be watching it more keenly than most is Aiva Anagnostiadis. The 17 year old is still on her L plates however off the road and on a racing track she is part of the Hitech Grand Prix team and is aiming to be the first woman Formula 1 driver in 50 years
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Brigitte Duclos
Victoria has named more new places after women than men for the first time with 57% of new commemorative places named after women in 2024. Micaela Drieberg , Chief Executive Officer of Gender Equity Victoria, who are behind the Put Her Name on It campaign, said this was exactly the result she and her team had been aiming for.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Brigitte Duclos
Author and performer Jean Kittson has written extensively on the idea of a so-called good death. A dignified end, not in pain, in a familiar environment. However, when it came to her own parents, their end was anything but good. So Jean wants to take her experience and rearrange healthcare to ensure everyone can have a good death. Jean, along with Deputy Chair of Palliative Care Australia, Professor Meera Agar, joined Brigitte Duclos to talk about what it takes ot have a good death.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Brigitte Duclos
Do you use your local pool? Or perhaps your local council has closed one recently? What about your local library? Several outer Melbourne shire mayors are banding together to try and get state and federal government help to renovate their pools and libraries. Without this help, they say that several key community hubs will be lost as council budgets can’t afford to keep pools and libraries updated.. Bridgette talked to Nilumbik Shire Mayor John Dumaresq to find out more.
