Covid and the decline of mental health in aged care
The aged care sector is in crisis, with hundreds dying from Covid already this year….. 2022 is already shaping up as the worst year for nursing homes in terms of pandemic deaths. One of the hidden cr...
1 Feb 202220min
Why are there no new cars in Australia?
There’s a major crisis in the Australian automotive industry. There are basically no new cars. It’s partly to do with the global semiconductor shortage, and partly to do with people having extra cash...
31 Jan 202221min
Are we throwing teachers under the bus??
Students return to schools across the country this week (except for QLD) and they face a very challenging tension point for ‘living with covid’. We’re joined by Correna Haythorpe, the Federal Presid...
30 Jan 202219min
Zara McDonald and Michelle Andrews are Shameless
You've probably heard of Shameless, the celebrity and pop culture podcast that has taken the country by storm. But who are Michelle Andrews and Zara McDonald, the notoriously private young women behin...
28 Jan 202234min
Will Omicron force a double backflip for WA?
Western Australia has been cut off from the rest of the country for the last two years. WA Premier Mark McGowan shut the borders letting only a handful of people in, or out, since the outbreak of the...
27 Jan 202222min
Who’s making the big bucks on RATs?
The world has gone crazy for rapid antigen tests. Schoolchildren will be tested twice a week when school returns; some people are even asking their friends to show a negative test before they’ll soci...
26 Jan 202218min
Young Australian of the Year: Daniel Nour
Daniel Nour was last night named Young Australian of the Year. Daniel was leaving Waterloo Station in London and saw a crowd gathering – he thought it was a busker. It was a homeless man having a s...
25 Jan 202219min
Novak’s gone home, but this man’s still locked up
The world watched on as the Australian government ripped up world tennis number one Novac Djokovic’s visa. He was taken into detention, an urgent court hearing convened, and eventually deported. The...
24 Jan 202221min
