Dinesh Palipana was told to forget becoming a doctor
Dinesh Palipana works as a doctor in one of Australia’s busiest hospital emergency rooms. If this wasn’t impressive enough, Dinesh also had to learn how to do the immensely physical work of medicine w...
17 Des 202134min
A bold prediction on what will sway the election
Australians will go to the polls in 2022 to elect a federal government. There are so many critical issues dominating the news: Covid-19 and its many variants; inflation; house prices; unemployment; e...
16 Des 202124min
The curveballs of 2021 - with Tom and Katrina
2021 has certainly thrown us some curveballs. Covid’s Delta outbreak (and then Omicron), lockdowns, protests and vaccine mandates, the Royal family and their many sagas, and who could forget the Tokyo...
15 Des 202122min
Inside the UK’s Omicron tidal wave
Booster jabs will be offered to everyone over 18 in England from this week. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the nation and said: "No one should be in any doubt, there is a tidal ...
14 Des 202119min
Does NZ’s tobacco ban make sense?
New Zealand has introduced a very radical plan to ban smoking for the next generation. Legislation, which comes into effect next year, means those who are aged 14 and under today will never be legally...
13 Des 202120min
Why teachers are walking out of classrooms
Teachers are walking out of classrooms across the country. They’re protesting in the streets. The pandemic meant they had to completely re-think the way they interacted with their students. And the...
12 Des 202118min
Comedian Luke McGregor is serious about sex
Luke McGregor is refreshingly honest, totally uncomfortable and hilariously funny. You might known him as one half of the writing and acting team behind the ABC’s hit TV series Rosehaven, or from his ...
10 Des 202137min
Sacked for using legal medicinal cannabis - a landmark trial
Mitchell Rice was dismissed by his employer Queensland Rail on the basis of having used a legally prescribed cannabis product to treat his medical conditions of anxiety and insomnia. He’s suing. ...
9 Des 202122min
