 Julie McCrossin gets down to the crux of what's affecting our daily health and wellbeing at home, at work and at school.Primary Format :
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LMS 2009-11-24 Northern Territory consultation process 'flawed'
The Australian Government has recently consulted with Aboriginal communities about the Northern Territory Emergency Response, known as 'the Intervention', launched by the previous Government.
Tamil asylum seekers
The Australian Tamil community wants the Australian government to lead an international campaign against the treatment of Tamils in Sri Lanka.
New York schools performance questioned
There´s been a lot of educational reform and ex ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
LMS 2009-11-23 Parents supplying alcohol to teens
There´s a head of steam building up over the issue of young people and drinking and the role of parents.
Stalking laws
If you´ve ever been stalked by someone you´ll know that it´s not something you would wish on anyone.
Biddy Bags
Biddy Bags is a not-for-profit enterprise which draws on the crochet skills of a group of retirees in the Brisbane bayside suburb of Redcliffe.
Living with the 'Man Drought' part 4
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LMS 2009-11-20Talkback: Enduring toysSome toys have real lasting power -- think train sets, building blocks and yoyos. They never go out of style.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
LMS 2009-11-19 World Toilet Day
We may take toilets for granted - but just imagine what life would be like if you didn´t have a toilet down the corridor, or one at your workplace. Imagine if the local school had no loos, or life without toilet paper or wash basins.
Music Track - It's your voodoo working
Students and work report
A report on school students who also work was tabled in Parliament this week, by the House of Representatives Education and Training Committee.
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LMS 2009-11-18 Kids in care now
When the Prime Minister made the National Apology to the Forgotten Children and Child Migrants on Monday, he spoke strongly about the accountability of current governments, to the children in their care.
Wryside economics: money does buy happiness
How would you rate your life satisfaction on a scale of one to ten?
Eat the dog?
If you're trying to calculate your carbon footprint, don't forget to include the family pet!
Your feedback
Letter of the week - Likeability
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LMS 2009-11-17 Used to be somebody
Gaby Hinsliff was until very recently the political editor of The Observer in the U.K, where she admits she was a a relatively `big fish in a small pond´.
Living with the 'Man Drought' part 3
In this episode Suzanne Hill explains the 'hot delation index', and how it comes into play when dealing with the tricky world of online dating.
Meet the listener: Eva Breckon's creative life
Meet the listener guest, Eva Breckon knew she wanted to play jazz at the age of three.
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LMS 2009-11-16 Forgotten Australians special
On the day the Prime Minister apologises to the Forgotten Children -- those who were raised in children's homes last century -- and to the former child migrants, this special program tracks the public emergence of these long-overlooked groups of people.
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LMS 2009-11-13 Talkback: Likeability
Do you like to be liked? And what does actually being likeable mean?
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LMS 2009-11-12 Post natal depression
A new awareness campaign on post and antenatal depression is being launched today.
Meet Pino Migliorino
Australia is full of migration success stories -- we´re built on them. You may be one of every four Australians born overseas.
Kasey Chambers, Poppa Bill and the Little Hillbillies
Australian singer Kasey Chambers might be the most famous musician in her family, but she´s certainly not the only one.
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LMS 2009-11-11 The power of social networks
What if your network, and not just the people you know, but the people they know too, affected your health and happiness in a very profound way?
Simon Bryant on eating animals
Where do you draw the line about what´s acceptable to eat?
Kay loves to dance
Kay Solakis is 66, and goes to dance classes most nights of the week.
Your feedback
Letter of the week: Diaries
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LMS 2009-11-10 Principals report card
One hundred and fifty school principals are meeting with the federal Education Minister Julia Gillard today to talk about the government's education reforms.
Donate Life
The Prime Minister no doubt discusses a lot of difficult issues over the dining table - asylum seekers or the ETS - but there´s one conversation he´d like all families to have.
Kim Traill: Red Square Blues
In 1990 Kim Traill made her first trip to the Soviet Union as a young and fairly idealistic ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
LMS 2009-11-09 The two economists: the fall of the wall and the UK economy
Oliver Hartwich was a 14 year old boy living in Essen in West Germany when the
Berlin Wall fell on November 9, 1989.
Charlie Perkins Scholarship
As we speak there´s a search going on for talented indigenous students across the country. Two of them could end up studying at the University of Oxford in the UK, one of the world´s most prestigious universities.
Living with the 'Man Drought' part 2
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LMS 2009-11-06 Dear Diary
Diaries and journals help us to keep track of daily life, our thoughts and our feelings. Counsellors recommend journal writing as a way to resolve troubling issues.
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LMS 2009-11-05 Home insulation update
Do you live in one of the estimated half a million Australian homes that has recently had roof insulation installed under the Federal Government´s Energy Efficient Homes Package?
Wryside economics: nudge
In an ocean of choice, sometimes we need a little help to make the best decisions.
Political poll dancing
The Australian Sex party sees itself as concerned with sexual issues in ordinary people´s lives.
Fabulous food with Jane Kennedy
Do you love food? The probl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
LMS 2009-11-04 We're over the `GFC´
It´s official - Australians are `over´ the global financial crisis.
Teaching ethics in schools
How can ethics and values best be taught in schools?
Beyond Reasonable Drought
`The blessed smell of rain - no sweeter smell in creation´ to quote ABC Landline reporter Timothy Lee.
Music Track - The way it is
Your feedback
Today's letter of the week is in response to our discussion on the revival of parlour games last Thursday October 29. It's from Marilyn:
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LMS 2009-11-03 Cyber bullying campaign
Sixteen per cent of teenagers and children report that they have been bullied online. A new cyber-bullying campaign on YouTube is designed to encourage young internet users to think twice before forwarding humiliating material.
Vital Signs: stories from intensive care
Dr Ken Hillman, an intensive care specialist, speaks to
Richard about his work with the very ill or dying in hospitals.
Why you are Australian: Nikki Gemmell
London based writer Nikki Gemmell faces t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
LMS 2009-11-02 National Squalor Conference
If you think you´re a messy person spare a thought for people who are genuinely living in squalid conditions, often the elderly or the mentally ill.
Prince Manvendra and HIV/AIDS awareness
Crown Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil is no ordinary royal.
Ineffective parents: Jonathan Biggins
Children are not equal; quite possibly not gifted and talented either; and parents are too afraid of upsetting them.
Track: Big Girls Don't Cry
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LMS 2009-10-30Forum: 'Yes it is unethical but it is not my fault'Edited highlights from a forum held recently in Geelong at the Alfred Deakin Research Institute, featuring three issues never far from the headlines - asbestos, gambling and food - and the ethical considerations that surround them.Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
LMS 2009-10-29 Trans-fats and why they're bad for you
We're told it's not healthy to eat too much fat but one kind in particular is boosting our risk of heart disease and diabetes.
Breaking the link between fat and diabetes
Australian life scientist of the year, Michael Cowley, talks about his groundbreaking research into metabolism and obesity.
Stars over Shiralee: Sheryl McCorry
Sheryl McCorry likes to start the day with a pannikin of tea, preferably outdoors looking over the Porongorup Ranges in the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website
LMS 2009-10-28 Body image report
Young people especially have high rates of dissatisfaction with their bodies, it´s the now the norm to wish for a thinner body. Half of all teenage girls diet, and five percent suffer from eating disorders.
How should police deal with the mentally ill?
Imagine you´re a police officer and called to a scene where a young man is wildly waving a broken bottle threatening to hurt people - is he drunk or having a serious psychosis?
Lynne Truss: get her off the pitch
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