Life Matters - Full Program Podcast

North Queensland tourism operators discuss the re-opening of Australia's borders, which methods of education are best to teach consent, and explaining the enormous influence of Big Data on what global corporations know about us.

With school now back for children and young people across the country, we discuss how everyone is settling back in and what you can do to help the child in your life overcome any detrimental effects of the pandemic. Plus the availability of local news outside of capital cities is subject to a parliamentary inquiry with submissions closing soon. How has your community been affected by the decline of regional newspapers?

When you don't have a stable place to call home, it has a major impact on your wellbeing, but exactly how much is your health affected? And how much do charity challenges like FebFast change our habits? Also, how did one man's mid-life crisis lead him back to his traditional way of life?

The ongoing impact of the pandemic has meant many Australians have faced lengthy wait times for elective surgery, but with surgeries set to resume in some capacity in NSW and Victoria from February 7, what effect has the delay had on patients' health outcomes?

Destiny Kynuna, from Yarrabah in Far North Queensland, is a psychiatric nurse who’s about to graduate from medical school. Seeing First Nations people over-represented in the mental health system has further fuelled her passion to make a difference. Wendy Mitchell shares her surprising story of living with dementia. And in the Too Hard Basket, should listener Meredith let her narcissistic ex-partner back into her life?

What, if anything, would encourage more people to consider taking a job in the embattled aged care sector? Experts argue the Government’s new one-off payments of $800 won’t make a real difference and more fundamental reform is needed. And we take your calls on how to let go of the never-ending to-do list.

It's the hottest time of the year and many renters are really feeling it, especially if the properties they live in are not properly cooled. So what can be done about it? Plus we take a look at whether or not this is a good time to fix the interest rate on your home loan, and find out how to recognise the early signs of hoarding disorder in young people.

Rapid antigen tests or RATs have become a big part of our lives, but there are 23 of them currently approved by the TGA for use at home, and they're all a bit different. So, how do you know which is best and how do you get the best out of them? Also, author Nicole Haddow on how to invest ethically and make money doing it.

Amid greater freedoms and a surge in Omicron cases, many people in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne opted for their own self-imposed lockdown over summer, according to mobility data. Have you altered your behaviour? And how do you cope when a lockdown is self-imposed?

Enrolments in private schools have been surging in recent years, but when it comes to results, are the fees really worth it? How to say no to your neighbour who borrows but doesn’t return your things. Young people’s mental health stories on show at Australia’s first science gallery.

Is wearable tech leading to us "over monitoring" our own health? And a new book called Sweat charts the extraordinary history of human exercise from the Ancient Greeks through to Jane Fonda and beyond.

Former international cricketer for Australia, Alex Blackwell, helped put women's cricket on the map, and was the first female international cricketer to come out as gay. Plus we revisit a story about AFL and how community sport can provide solutions to racism and discrimination that might filter up, and effect real change at the elite level.

If you feel like you're still on the clock when you leave work, get some tips on how to set boundaries. Plus how to make a complaint via the Online Safety Act, and the best time for kids to learn to swim.

Parents, students and teachers are about to commence the mammoth task of going back to school under their relevant state and territory COVID-safe plan. So what are the challenges and how will they be navigated in order to keep schools open?

How to appreciate the benefits of silence in our lives, through mindfulness and meditation. Plus the final episode in our series The Good Divorce, looks at what happens when you move on, into a blended family.

American journalist Damien Cave on learning to participate in community, and navigate nippers culture with his children. Plus how a meaningless life can make you truly happy.

Some of us are more prone to perfectionism than others, and this can be a long slow ride towards burnout. Find out what you can do to avoid it. Plus Indigenous land management and food production in the south west of Western Australia.

If you're thinking about switching jobs or your career direction, we have some useful advice. Plus inaugural Australian Childrens' Laureate Boori Monty Pryor on telling Indigenous stories to children.

We spend so much of our lives looking at small screens, and it's really hard to avoid them in daily life. So how can we manage our use of these devices? Plus outdoor exercise in a safe body-positive space and conscious uncoupling with Katherine Woodward-Thomas in The Good Divorce.

Stories about the benefits of volunteering, for individuals, and the community as a whole. Plus the science of relationship breakups and how to deal with them, from an accidental expert on the topic.