Mark Doman

• No matter what Aaron tried, he just couldn't stay awake

  By the National Reporting Team's Sophie Scott, Meredith Griffiths, and Mark Doman

  Posted June 20, 2017 06:03:29 | Updated June 20, 2017 17:12:38

  Aaron Schokman's world spiralled out of control after being diagnosed with narcolepsy. His relationships with his friends and family crumbled around him. There is a drug that helps him live a better life, but he can barely afford it.

  Topics: sleep-disorders, diseases-and-disorders, health, sleep, sydney-2000, nsw, australia

• How good is renting in Australia?

  By the National Reporting Team's Mark Doman and Rebecca Armitage

  Posted February 16, 2017 12:15:19 | Updated February 16, 2017 17:20:53

  Let's just say the latest national snapshot of the state of renting a home in Australia does not paint a pretty picture. That's putting it lightly. It's dire.

  Topics: housing, government-and-politics, housing-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, australia

• Batteries, meters, cutting back: How to avoid solar tariff bill shock

  By consumer affairs reporter Amy Bainbridge and the National Reporting Team's Mark Doman

  Posted October 22, 2016 07:37:34 | Updated October 22, 2016 12:26:12

  Households signed up to the NSW Solar Bonus Scheme stand to pay an average $1,600 extra for their electricity when the program winds up at the end of 2016. The ABC spoke to a few families to find out how they plan to beat the bill shock.

  Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, state-parliament, parliament, australia, nsw, sa, vic

• Organised crime gangs 'threatening future of eSports'

  By the National Reporting Team's Mark Doman

  Posted August 30, 2016 06:13:27

  Gambling in the world of competitive eSports is growing so rapidly that it is only matter of time before organised crime gangs get involved in match-fixing unless something is done to stop them, the new integrity commissioner says.

  Topics: games-industry-professional-gaming, gambling, community-and-society, games, arts-and-entertainment, sport, australia

• How design rip-offs hurt Australia's small clothing manufacturers

  By Consumer Affairs Reporter Amy Bainbridge and the National Reporting Team's Mark Doman

  Posted August 10, 2016 06:25:38

  Tucked away in a back street of the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick, Dale Cornell's business is one of the few remaining players in Australia's rapidly shrinking clothing manufacturing industry.

  Topics: fashion, design, arts-and-entertainment, manufacturing, industry, brunswick-3056, vic, australia

• Knock-offs and start-ups: Alex Perry on Australia's fashion industry

  By the National Reporting Team's Mark Doman and consumer affairs reporter Amy Bainbridge

  Posted August 09, 2016 15:38:42 | Updated August 09, 2016 17:24:17

  Leading Australian designer Alex Perry shares his thoughts on the state of the industry, dealing with knock-offs and his advice to help young designers.

  Topics: fashion, design, arts-and-entertainment, sydney-2000, nsw, australia

• 'It's just heartbreaking': Online 'pirates' ripping off Australian designers

  Lateline

  By consumer affairs reporter Amy Bainbridge and the National Reporting Team's Mark Doman

  Posted August 08, 2016 16:44:09 | Updated August 09, 2016 10:38:20

  Emerging Australian designers are being run out of business by cheap overseas copy cats, prompting calls from fashion industry experts for an urgent revamp of the laws aimed at protecting young talent.

  Topics: fashion, design, arts-and-entertainment, law-crime-and-justice, laws, government-and-politics, melbourne-3000, australia, vic, sydney-2000, nsw

• Crackdown on betting websites allowing underage gamers to gamble

  By the National Reporting Team's Mark Doman

  Posted July 15, 2016 13:07:06 | Updated July 15, 2016 16:06:45

  Unregulated betting websites that allow underage gamers to gamble away huge amounts of money look set to be shut down after video game giant Valve announced a crackdown on the controversial practice of skins gambling.

  Topics: gambling, internet-technology, computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, community-and-society, games-industry-professional-gaming, arts-and-entertainment, games, australia, united-states

• Counter-Strike developers face lawsuit over 'illegal' skins gambling

  By the National Reporting Team's Mark Doman

  Posted June 28, 2016 14:34:17

  The company behind the hugely popular video game Counter-Strike is sued in the US over its involvement in the controversial online gambling market known as skins betting.

  Topics: games-industry-professional-gaming, games, arts-and-entertainment, gambling, community-and-society, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, united-states, australia

• 'I hated myself': Australian teens losing thousands in Counter-Strike gambling

  7.30

  By social affairs correspondent Norman Hermant and the National Reporting Team's Mark Doman

  Posted May 30, 2016 17:11:17 | Updated May 31, 2016 13:20:16

  Gambling using one of the world's most popular video games is out-of-control and nothing is being done in Australia to protect young people from it, experts have told the ABC.

  Topics: gambling, internet-technology, computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, community-and-society, games-industry-professional-gaming, arts-and-entertainment, games, australia

• Rosie Batty raised the bar as Australian of the Year

  By social affairs correspondent Norman Hermant

  Posted January 24, 2016 12:00:39 | Updated October 04, 2016 10:10:41

  From the Prime Minister, to survivors of domestic violence, to the thousands who have paid tribute as her position comes to end, the consensus is clear: Rosie Batty's fight to change how we think about family violence has redefined what it means to be Australian of the Year.

  Topics: australia-day, awards-and-prizes, domestic-violence, community-and-society, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, australia, melbourne-3000, vic

• The forgotten cinematic history of a CBD sex shop

  By Mark Doman

  Posted January 13, 2016 06:53:28 | Updated October 03, 2016 15:18:48

  A group of Melbourne film lovers fear the the city's longest running cinema could be forced to close before the wider population even knows of its existence and long history.

  Topics: history, community-and-society, arts-and-entertainment, film-movies

• 'Prepare for the worst': Global bleaching creates coral graveyards

  By Jake Sturmer

  Posted November 27, 2015 10:57:46 | Updated October 03, 2016 13:08:38

  A natural catastrophe is emerging underneath Hawaii's emerald waters and scientists are warning the rest of the world, including Australia, to prepare for one of the worst coral bleaching events on record.

  Topics: oceans-and-reefs, environment, environmental-impact, environmental-management, great-barrier-reef, climate-change, hawaii, united-states

• 10yo leg spinner takes five wickets in senior Victorian cricket match

  ABC Radio Melbourne

  By Mark Doman

  Posted October 21, 2015 11:14:25 | Updated October 21, 2015 14:15:30

  Thomas Wrigglesworth says his confidence started to grow when he cleaned bowled his second victim in what was his first game as a bowler.

  Topics: human-interest, cricket, vic, sale-3850

• Phone reception switched on in Melbourne's City Loop

  By Mark Doman

  Posted October 15, 2015 06:54:46 | Updated October 15, 2015 14:01:42

  Commuters travelling through Melbourne City Loop can now text, chat and stream content over the internet as mobile coverage becomes available in the tunnels.

  Topics: state-parliament, parliament, melbourne-3000, vic

• Rat with features 'never before seen by science' discovered in Indonesia

  By Mark Doman

  Posted October 06, 2015 11:48:36 | Updated October 06, 2015 12:04:23

  A long-snouted, big-eared rat with features never before seen by science is discovered by researchers in a remote, mountainous region of Indonesia.

  Topics: animal-science, science-and-technology, research, melbourne-3000, indonesia

• 'Unusual' run of hot days set to deliver hottest AFL final in decades

  By Mark Doman

  Posted October 01, 2015 06:12:33 | Updated October 01, 2015 09:13:31

  Much of south-eastern Australia is set to be hit by an unusually early October heat spell, with the weather bureau forecasting the hottest AFL grand final in almost three decades.

  Topics: weather, australian-football-league, melbourne-3000, wa, perth-6000

• Transport tips for the commute during Melbourne's train strike

  By Mark Doman

  Posted September 04, 2015 06:14:06 | Updated September 04, 2015 18:34:13

  Melbourne commuters are being warned to planned their journey in advance today, as a train worker strike is set to grind both the city's rail network and major roads to a halt.

  Topics: community-and-society, melbourne-3000

• 'Restoring faith in humanity': Volunteers help man caught in drug house nightmare

  By Mark Doman

  Posted August 27, 2015 06:06:24

  A man and his mother whose investment property was turned into a cannabis crop house by tenants say their faith in humanity is restored after a group of Geelong tradeworkers volunteered to help repair his home.

  Topics: human-interest, drug-offences, crime, norlane-3214, vic

• 'My property was turned into a drug house': One man's nightmare investment

  By Mark Doman

  Posted August 18, 2015 09:25:08 | Updated August 18, 2015 09:28:09

  Trent Lister is facing bankruptcy after his property was turned into a highly sophisticated cannabis house just months after renting it out to new tenants.

  Topics: drug-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, norlane-3214, vic

• Australia's most wanted: Alleged killers, sex predators top Crime Stoppers list

  By Mark Doman and Kathy Lord

  Posted August 17, 2015 11:19:55 | Updated August 21, 2015 11:36:48

  Australia's top fugitives are identified as part of an annual manhunt launched by police forces around Australia and Crime Stoppers.

  Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, sexual-offences, burglary, assault, australia

• Victim told she needed 'bullet in brain' before police could intervene: inquiry

  By Mark Doman

  Posted July 15, 2015 17:49:30 | Updated July 15, 2015 19:04:26

  Police warned a family violence victim she would need a "bullet in the brain or a knife in the stomach" before they could intervene against her abusive partner, the Royal Commission into Family Violence is told.

  Topics: royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, domestic-violence, community-and-society, vic

• Fugitive who asked police on Facebook to use better mugshot arrested

  By Mark Doman

  Posted July 10, 2015 15:56:24 | Updated July 11, 2015 00:12:20

  A wanted man who requested Victoria Police use a better picture of him on Facebook has been arrested.

  Topics: police, law-crime-and-justice, social-media, internet-culture, melbourne-3000, vic, bendigo-3550

• Abusive partners could be listed on Victorian family violence register

  By Mark Doman

  Posted June 30, 2015 16:06:43 | Updated June 30, 2015 17:48:54

  Family violence offenders in Victoria could be placed on a register, which people could then use to find out if their partner has a violent history, under a police proposal.

  Topics: domestic-violence, community-and-society, police, royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, vic, australia

• Anti-terrorism laws, homophobia 'barriers to reporting family violence'

  By Mark Doman

  Posted June 29, 2015 17:16:38 | Updated June 29, 2015 17:20:35

  Homophobia, anti-terrorism laws and racism are barriers preventing some family violence victims from seeking help, according to public submissions released by Victoria's Royal Commission into Family Violence.

  Topics: domestic-violence, community-and-society, royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, vic

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