Are virtual schools the solution to school refusal? + Headlines
In 2020 and amid a global pandemic, over 4 million students across Australia were forced to transition to online learning. Almost every school became a “virtual school” and it came with unintended con...
8 Sep 202423min
Monty Franklin on making a movie with John Cleese and Jim Jefferies
Stand up comedian Monty Franklin tries to make the content audiences need- instead of what they think they want. Whether that’s explaining Aussie culture and slang to American audiences- or working on...
6 Sep 202437min
Has tech helped some Paralympians have an advantage over their rivals?
Technology enables many athletes to compete in the Paralympics – whether it’s modified wheelchairs or carbon fibre running blades. But is some of this tech giving competitors an unfair advantage over ...
6 Sep 202413min
The case for putting dental in Medicare + Headlines
This week the Parliamentary Budget Office released costings for a Greens plan to add dental to Medicare. On the face of it, the fact that a major branch of healthcare is just not a part of the public ...
5 Sep 202422min
Elle Macpherson says she cured cancer naturally. Here's why she’s wrong
Australian supermodel Elle Macpherson has this week credited natural therapies with curing her cancer. Every day, 58 people in Australia are diagnosed with breast cancer – one in seven Australian wome...
5 Sep 202413min
GDP, RBA, and what all the economy chatter means for you + Headlines
Yesterday Australia’s economy got its quarterly checkup, and the results are in. Gross Domestic Product performance, or GDP, grew by 1.5% over a year. But what does that actually mean, and how does GD...
4 Sep 202420min
Your mobile phone isn't giving you brain cancer
Good news! Your mobile phone isn’t giving you brain cancer! Decades of worry about radio waves travelling out of our phones and into our skulls have apparently been put to rest with a massive World He...
4 Sep 20249min
Life is getting worse for women in Afghanistan. You can help + Headlines
The situation for women in Afghanistan right now is bleak. After retaking control of the country in August of 2021, the Taliban has wasted no time reinstating a raft of rules stripping away the rights...
3 Sep 202419min
