Season 3 - Episode 1 - Fishing, Endometriosis and Price of Living.

Under Cover

In the first episode of series three, we investigate the consequences of the Victorian state government’s move to ban commercial fishing in Port Phillip Bay - some five years after the proposed legislation was put to parliament and the bay’s net fishers were given warning that the end of the line was near.

At the same time, the inflation rate has nearly tripled since 2019. But with the costly cocktail of fuel price increases, expensive supermarket products and global supply chain issues, the most vulnerable people in our community are taking a hit to their hip pocket. We know these economic circumstances have been sparked by war in Europe’s east and staff shortages on home turf, but what are the day to day consequences for people who were already disadvantaged?

There are 1 in 9 women who have endometriosis, an incurable condition which plagues their body with pain. The sheer variability of the disease makes it very difficult to diagnose in primary care, resulting in an average of 7 years of suffering before an actual diagnosis is reached. It’s no wonder that a woman can then feel entirely trapped in, or even victim to her own body, and utterly perplexed that no one seems to care.

Producer: Jacqueline Stanley
Assistant Producer: Amelia Hirst
Reporters: Sara Lilley, Amelia Hirst and Tom Paizes