Life Matters - Separate stories podcast
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Helping you figure out all the big stuff in life: relationships, health, money, work and the world. Let's talk! With trusted experts and your stories, Life Matters is all about what matters to you.
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Work in Progress: Surviving burnout season
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Sep 29, 2026 |
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How financial strain can impact your mental health
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Sep 29, 2026 |
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Suzie Miller on telling stories of Australian women's strength from the courtroom to the footy field
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Sep 29, 2026 |
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AI is listening in on your doctor's appointment. Can you trust it?
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Sep 28, 2026 |
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Buyer Beware: How streaming platforms combated piracy
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Sep 28, 2026 |
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Why younger generations are lonelier than ever
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Sep 28, 2026 |
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Lost for words: Why we're talking less than we used to
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Sep 27, 2026 |
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Can an AI robot replace a human tutor?
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Sep 27, 2026 |
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Are couples without kids the happiest of all?
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Sep 27, 2026 |
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Why you love your unhinged best friend
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Sep 24, 2026 |
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Ask Aunty: new neighbours vs precious pooch
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Sep 24, 2026 |
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'Repetitive' and 'stubbornly generic'. How might we redesign suburbia?
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Sep 23, 2026 |
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Is holidaying with your pets worth it?
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Sep 23, 2026 |
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Ask Aristotle: Is it ever ok to track your kids?
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Sep 23, 2026 |
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It's not just a headache, so why don't we take migraines seriously?
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Sep 22, 2026 |
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The lifelong significance of your childhood home
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Sep 22, 2026 |
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Why 'open goals' could help you get fitter
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Sep 22, 2026 |
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Head and Heart: Adjusting to life as an empty-nester
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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Hungry for a good book? Meet the Cookbook Club
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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Australians are living longer. What's the secret to living those extra years well?
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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What Olympian Libby Trickett learned from a kids' chapter book about a boring old day
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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How to raise the dementia question?
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Sep 20, 2026 |
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Why are some words given dictionary status, and what gets left behind?
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Sep 20, 2026 |
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Can you train yourself to be tidy?
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Sep 20, 2026 |
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Is the competitive gene real?
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Sep 17, 2026 |
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Ask Aunty: can you save a one-sided friendship?
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Sep 17, 2026 |
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Kids sport is all fun and games — until it isn't
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Sep 16, 2026 |
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The AI apocalypse could be the end of the world. (No, really this time)
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Sep 16, 2026 |
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Social Studies: Is it OK to play war video games?
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Sep 16, 2026 |
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Why you should stop and smell more than just roses
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Sep 15, 2026 |
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The case for DNF — an ultramarathon runner on what she learned by not finishing a race
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Sep 15, 2026 |
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Rhyme and verse! The youth resurgence of poetry
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Sep 15, 2026 |
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Do we need to return to pen and paper in the classroom?
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Sep 14, 2026 |
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How we define heart attacks puts women at risk. That's about to change
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Sep 14, 2026 |
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Buyer Beware: Does the celebrity rebrand ever work?
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Sep 14, 2026 |
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Graeme Base on the accidental success of Animalia, 40 years later
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Sep 13, 2026 |
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From laptops to loos, why are schools fundraising to cover essentials?
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Sep 13, 2026 |
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Why the humble 'hello' is dying out as a greeting
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Sep 13, 2026 |
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What Misery Guts taught Hugh Van Cuylenburg about true happiness
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Sep 13, 2026 |
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How to make peace with your existential dread
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Sep 10, 2026 |
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Ask Aunty: How to tell a friend they're slowing you down — literally
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Sep 10, 2026 |
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Tim Jarvis on a life of exploring the most remote corners of the world
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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You could soon have the 'right to be forgotten' online. What will it mean?
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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Liane Moriarty on the children's book about a sickly dragon that had her in floods of tears
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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Ask Aristotle: Should we bring back ethics lessons at school?
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Sep 09, 2026 |
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The downside of 'maxxing' every aspect of your life
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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Not another Cinderella: Why is it so hard to find a shoe that fits?
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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How communities can brace for bushfire season
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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Sorting hype from hope around psychedelic therapies
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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Head and Heart: How to get out of a September slump
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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What the growth of supermarket-owned brands means for your trolley
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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What does the future of op shops look like?
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Sep 06, 2026 |
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How the identity of an iconic venue keeps you coming back
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Sep 06, 2026 |
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The women finding their midlife 'tribe' in the ocean
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Sep 06, 2026 |
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The transformative power of memoir
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Sep 03, 2026 |
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Ask Aunty: meddling in mum’s health matters
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Sep 03, 2026 |
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Liane Moriarty on Big Little Truths and what it takes to becoming a bestselling author
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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LED headlights can dazzle drivers, but are they unsafe?
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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Maggie Dent on the wisdom of Grandma Poss and why Possum Magic is her all-time favourite
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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Social Studies: Will we ever see another global celebrity like Dolly Parton?
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Sep 02, 2026 |
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How a 'reverse mentor' could help you move forward at work
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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Work In Progress: How do you respond to a work crisis?
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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Turning climate anxiety into action
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Sep 01, 2026 |
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Can't afford a lawyer? Why more people are turning to AI for legal help
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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Buyer Beware: The simple fascination behind 'grocery tourism'
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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What does housing instability mean for children's wellbeing?
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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Voluntary assisted dying is now legal Australia-wide, but barriers to access still exist
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Aug 30, 2026 |
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Breaking out of the camera roll to the photo album
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Aug 30, 2026 |
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Author Andy Griffiths and illustrator Bill Hope on the secret to a brilliant kids' book
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Aug 30, 2026 |
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Ask Aunty: Making a buck from unwanted gifts
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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Is your workplace psychologically unsafe? Here's what to do about it
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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The Spinster Cookbook: How I embraced cooking for one
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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Why access to green spaces matters for your mental health
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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An ode to aunties and uncles, and the ways they shape us
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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The rural kids who'll remember Dolly Parton as 'the book lady'
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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Keeping your backyard friends safe from bird flu
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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Is it getting too hot to travel?
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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Annabel Crabb on the Shakespearean adaptation that shaped a love of language
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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Head and Heart: When your loved one is stuck in negative self-talk
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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Roadies in retirement: Life after life on the road
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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Changing young minds on misogyny and extremism
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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No longer hidden in the stacks, romance novels are the new main character
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Aug 23, 2026 |
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Who decides how we archive internet culture
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Aug 23, 2026 |
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Are we taking Australia's gaming industry seriously?
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Aug 23, 2026 |
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Start thinking about a 'good death' while you're alive
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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Ask Aunty: Is a secret crush meant to stay secret forever?
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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Trouble sleeping? It could mean less time in the workforce
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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What would be on your wishlist for a renters' utopia?
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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Social Studies: Why we love a whinge
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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Celebrating 100 years of weekends (and why they might be disappearing)
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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Work in Progress: Job hunting in the age of AI recruitment
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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Marielle Smith's postpartum anxiety was 'excruciating'. She wants a national inquiry to improve support
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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Why you might feel lost when cancer treatment ends
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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The gig economy is evolving. Are workers' rights keeping up?
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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The next generation of scientists being inspired by STEMpals
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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Face card declined: The ethics of biometric payment systems
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Aug 16, 2026 |
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A Queensland council is offering a free camp to rough sleepers. Should others follow?
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Aug 16, 2026 |
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Buyer Beware: Why are brands talking like they know me?
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Aug 16, 2026 |
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The Grandparent Trap: What Lynne McGranger wants to teach her twin granddaughters
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Aug 16, 2026 |
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Ask Aunty: Who holds onto the family keepsakes when mum and dad move out?
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Aug 13, 2026 |
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How chronic pain shows up in your brain (and why that doesn't mean it's all in your head)
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Aug 13, 2026 |
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When does ordinary or even ugly architecture become iconic?
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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Luke McGregor considered himself a wimp. Then he discovered his warrior past
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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Ask Aristotle: Would you quit your job for your principles?
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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Work in Progress: What's the best way to quit your job
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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This evolutionary biologist wants you to re-think what 'good' sleep looks like
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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Are hairdressers the new therapists?
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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Millions are delaying dental care — and there's no national plan to fix it
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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What does the Census question on religion really say about us?
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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Head and Heart: How to talk about money with your partner
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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Why we need a minister for public toilets
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Aug 09, 2026 |
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Volunteers are on the frontline of the bird flu response
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Aug 09, 2026 |
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Coastal homes are being battered by climate change. Is it too late to sandbag our way out of this?
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Aug 09, 2026 |
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Playing pirates in Sydney Harbour with 'baba' Malcolm Turnbull
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Aug 09, 2026 |
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Ask Aunty: When the sleepover includes a trip to Sunday Mass
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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Helping your kids navigate the ups and downs of tween friendships
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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The people you turn to when a loved one goes missing
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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The regional town building its own aged care home to keep the community close
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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Social Studies: Would you subscribe to a friendship club?
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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The diamond industry is on the rocks
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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Screen time may not be as bad as we thought
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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What makes a new city feel like home?
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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The Grandparent Trap: Ray Martin's grandparenting 'super powers'
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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Buyer Beware: Why are we paying to make things inconvenient?
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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How do we raise kids who love to read? It's more than just 'books for boys'
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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What happens to gifted children once they grow up?
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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Peter Singer at 80: The price of living your principles
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Aug 02, 2026 |
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Rewarding the regions for hosting renewable energy projects
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Aug 02, 2026 |
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Brain power doesn't peak in your 20s — as long as you keep using it
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Aug 02, 2026 |
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The Grandparent Trap: Life lessons from our elders that stay with us forever
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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Ask Aunty: Your kid made a friend, but their parents kinda suck
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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Teachers want better training to deliver the sex ed teens need
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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How to have a good divorce
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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Ask Aristotle: Does free will exist?
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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The Grandparent Trap: Jacqueline Harvey on how grandparenting brought a blended family closer together
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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What can a 500-year-old book teach us about how dangerous ideas spread?
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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The Summer of Ludd, a festival celebrating getting offline
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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Turn off your maps app: The case for getting a little bit lost
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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What will the everyday objects you leave behind say about you?
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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Is the strategy for tackling smoking rates still working?
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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Head and Heart: Should we tell kids they can 'be anything'?
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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The Grandparent Trap: Modern grandads are reinventing themselves
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Jul 26, 2026 |
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The line between true crime fascination and investigation
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Jul 26, 2026 |
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I'm a stay-at-home rural mum, but don't compare me to Ballerina Farm
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Jul 26, 2026 |
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What you can gain from embracing uncertainty
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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Ask Aunty: can you divorce your 'chosen family'
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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Social studies: why gen Z men are finding god
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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Why more young men are getting a vasectomy
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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Why is sauna culture on the rise in Australia
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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Still friends since primary school? Why some friendships last a lifetime
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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Raising identical quadruplets
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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Work In Progress: is your career stalling because you're too valuable?
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Jul 21, 2026 |
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Australia is trialling AI traffic lights. How will they change our roads?
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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Building your family through infertility and loss
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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How balcony solar could bring apartments into the energy transition
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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The Grandparent Trap: When things go wrong
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Jul 19, 2026 |
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When an epic literary adventure like The Odyssey inspires your travel itinerary
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Jul 19, 2026 |
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Ask Aunty: Could sleep divorce be the key to a better sex life?
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Jul 16, 2026 |
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How to share the mental load before you reach burnout
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Jul 16, 2026 |
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Ask Aristotle: Should you own a T-Rex?
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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Will new rules for AI companies shift the needle on public trust?
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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Bek Condello on rebuilding a life after leaving a doomsday church
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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Finding love off the apps and outside your comfort zone
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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The kids love democracy, just ask Hannah Ferguson
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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Head and Heart: Entering the friend zone
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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The co-housing model for older women putting friendship at the centre
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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Do you need a getting stuff done party?
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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David Wenham reflects on the life of his friend Sam Neill
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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The Grandparent Trap: When grandparenting stops being optional
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Jul 12, 2026 |
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Diamonds are forever — so what do you do with it after divorce?
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Jul 12, 2026 |
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Smart glasses as an accessibility aid
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Jul 12, 2026 |
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How to pull yourself out of a career slump
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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Ask Aunty: When dogsitting the grandpups goes horribly wrong
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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The Grandparent Trap: Morris Gleitzman's story-loving grandsons
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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A different type of share house for older women
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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How to bring truth-telling into the classroom
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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Why you should read the fine print at the bank of mum and dad
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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Work In Progress: Why you should take more microbreaks
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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The tourist destinations that want to get off your dream holiday itinerary
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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Buyer Beware: Where is your seafood really from?
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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How betting became synonymous with blokeyness
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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Are smart glasses cool now?
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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The Grandparent Trap: The reality of modern grandparenting
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Jul 05, 2026 |
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If tax time fills you with dread, you're not alone
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Jul 05, 2026 |
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Ask Aunty: How soon is too soon to start dating after your partner dies?
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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Confidence coaches on the real trick to faking it 'til you make it
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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Ask Aristotle: Loyal football fans or basic bandwagoners?
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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Neil the seal is back. It's time to leave him alone
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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How towns are adapting to Australia's shrinking ski season
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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Should paying for TV guarantee an ad-free experience?
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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Why embracing death could be the key to a happy life
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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The secret to a successful family holiday (and why the stress is worth it)
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Jun 30, 2026 |
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The freedom of rediscovering yourself after a late-in-life autism diagnosis
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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Tim Minchin on the outlook for Australian theatre
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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Thirty years of Dolly the sheep
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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Spotting text scams is about to get easier
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Jun 28, 2026 |
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Middle children are disappearing. You should start listening to them
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Jun 28, 2026 |
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Running 150 marathons down Australia's east coast
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Jun 28, 2026 |
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Ask Aunty: Is a new baby a good enough excuse to skip the family gathering?
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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How to fix your own toxic traits and stop the self-sabotage
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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Reflecting on Play School's 60-year legacy
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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Social Studies: Public displays of affection
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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How pregnancy can trigger an eating disorder
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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The seminal sex book that changed Dee Salmin's life
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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50 Words Project reaches milestone of 100 languages
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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Keeping bird flu away from your backyard chooks
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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Where have all the male school teachers gone?
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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Sorting through sunscreen myths and misinformation on social media
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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Buy better or wear more — the dilemma in sustainable fashion
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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Buyer Beware: Online shopping simulators
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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Tackling big city problems with people power
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Jun 21, 2026 |
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The dangers of medical conspiracies
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Jun 21, 2026 |
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Discovering yourself through your ancestors
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Jun 21, 2026 |
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Ask Aunty: Is it OK to call dibs on a dying relative's belongings?
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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Finding spirituality outside of religion
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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John Williamson on what it really means to be true blue
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Ask Aristotle: When does a white lie get out of hand?
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Returning to the ocean after a shark attack
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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The dads locked out of paid parental leave
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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Is it worth learning a new language to travel?
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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Work In Progress: When AI upskilling turns into 'botsitting'
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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What is a "good" salary in 2026?
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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Head and Heart: Caring for your estranged parent
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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Saving the local bowls club
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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Managing 'technostress' in older generations
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Jun 14, 2026 |
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How to give building materials a second life
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Jun 14, 2026 |
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Does the body really keep the score?
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Jun 14, 2026 |
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Navigating AI anxiety when it's a tool you rely on
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Ask Aunty: Can a lapsed Catholic exaggerate their faith for the greater good?
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Social Studies: What defines happiness?
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Building neighbourhoods your kids want to play in
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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How Libby Trickett is dealing with health anxiety after a SCAD heart attack
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Should we be considering trees as part of our critical infrastructure?
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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What is the future for bookstores?
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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The secret formula for making the 'perfect' decision
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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Buyer Beware: How loyalty programs use your data
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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The hidden challenges of dyslexia at work
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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What happens to the soft plastic you recycle?
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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How to bond with a dog that upends your daily routines
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Jun 07, 2026 |
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Reflecting on Richard Scolyer's legacy
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Jun 07, 2026 |
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Dr Billy Garvey on raising boys
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Jun 07, 2026 |
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Looksmaxxing, GLP1s and learning to love your authentic self
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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Ask Aunty: When a beloved family pet becomes too much to handle
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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Ask Aristotle: The ethics of whistleblowers
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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Is there a way to build rest into your everyday life?
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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Can we reset the online outrage economy?
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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An ode to intergenerational friendship
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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Old bands to old cities — finding your nostalgia community online
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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Work In Progress: Why are you overwhelmed at work?
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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Head and Heart: Can you tell a friend to go to therapy?
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Jun 01, 2026 |