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13/10/2025

In 1976, AC/DC filmed their music clip for It’s A Long Way To The Top on a flatbed truck in Swanston St with three bagpipe players.

Now Federation Square and the City of Melbourne are hoping to recreate that moment on an even bigger scale.

774 ABC Radio Melbourne's Drive program with Ali Moore will broadcast the world record attempt live with some help from Double J's Dylan Lewis from Federation Square on November 12.

So do you have what it takes to help break this record? Dylan Lewis went to found out.

Tune in to 774 ABC Radio Melbourne or on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

13/10/2025

Will banning children from social media be harmful or helpful? Are you prepared to give up some personal data to make social media safer for all?

From December, the federal government will prohibit under 16s from holding social media accounts, a world-first that could reshape internet usage in Australia.

ABC Radio and ABC News Channel present Your Say: The Digital Dilemma, a forum hosted by Radio Melbourne's Raf Epstein to examine how the ban could work and what it will change for you when you go online.

Tune in on Tuesday, 14 October from 8pm and register your interest to attend in person to ask your question: https://ab.co/DigitalDilemma

13/10/2025

Do you remember the Blue Hills audio serial?

This week on retrovision we are looking back on the year that was 1976 - the year that the long-running show finished airing.

So we want to hear what your memories of listening to radio serials were.

Give David Astle a call on 1300 222 774 to share your answer and tune in to Evenings on 774 ABC Radio Melbourne or on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

13/10/2025

Victoria Police will slim down its executive team and divert more officers to the front line under reforms aimed at reducing crime in the state.

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13/10/2025

How can you not have a boogie to this?

Baker Boy performed alongside the one and only Snoop Dogg and spoke to Sharnelle and Bob about the moment he realised he was performing alongside a rapper he grew up listening to.

Tune in to Breakfast with Sharnelle and Bob on 774 ABC Radio Melbourne or on the ABC listen app: https://ab.co/ABCListenApp

13/10/2025

A collection of photographs taken by an amateur photographer in a regional Victorian city in the 1950s, 60s and 70s has been returned.

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13/10/2025

Grant Brown chased down a teenager after he disturbed two people who had broken into his home in the early hours of Monday morning.

Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-13/teenagers-charged-alleged-hawthorn-melbourne-home-invasion/105883852

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12/10/2025

Jelena Dokic was abused by her father for years, with no tennis success enough to stop the beatings. She reveals the complex grief of losing a parent who showed no remorse.

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Jelena Dokic was abused by her father for years, with no tennis success enough to stop the beatings. She reveals the complex grief of losing a parent who showed no remorse.

12/10/2025

Former Victoria Police officer Michael Pratt has been remembered for his bravery when he confronted three armed bank robbers in Melbourne in 1978.

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Former Victoria Police officer Michael Pratt has been remembered for his bravery when he confronted three armed bank robbers in Melbourne in 1978.

12/10/2025

LGBTIQA+ advocates are concerned the social media ban will have a significant impact on q***r youth in regional and remote areas of Australia. They say there are not enough offline, physical supports for these teens to access when the ban comes into effect.

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LGBTIQA+ advocates are concerned the social media ban will have a significant impact on q***r youth in regional and remote areas of Australia. They say there are not enough offline, physical supports for these teens to access when the ban comes into effect.

12/10/2025

For young people, social media is a place to learn new skills and hobbies, engage in niche communities and minority spaces, and a platform for socialising with friends and families.

With the upcoming social media ban, people under the age of 16 will be unable to connect to social media platforms, teenagers across the country are coming to terms with their new reality.

This is what they had to say.

Tune in to ABC Radio and ABC News Channel on Tuesday 14 October from 8pm, as Raf Epstein hosts the Your Say: Digital Dilemma live forum where you can share your thoughts on the social media ban for under-16s.

12/10/2025

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