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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 : Health Also Listed as: Health Talk Well being City : Unknown State/Province : Unknown Country : Australia Country : OC User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: Car talk | Australian | Talk | View this Podcast on a Google Map. Add to iTunes Text Only listing of Life Matters Podcasts Trumix.com listings available of Life Matters Podcasts Click Here to Update the directory of this podcasts programs.

Trumix.com listings available of Life Matters Podcasts Build your own playlists with this podcast. LMS 2008-05-14 Budget 2008 We look at Treasurer Wayne Swan's 'working families' budget with economics writer George Megalogenis. Thinkers of the Jungle: orangutans Willie Smits is a Dutch born tropical rainforest ecologist who formed the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation in 1991 to purchase land in South East Asia for nature reserves and rehabilitate orangutans back into the wild. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-05-13 What is rich? Today's Federal Budget, described already as a Robin Hood budget, is dealing with a different notion of `rich´ than was the case a decade ago. `Rich´ is now a lot richer than it was. Chaddo: making Japan laugh Learning a foreign language from scratch is hard enough, but what about performing comedy in another language? Getting aid to Burma Already well over 100-thousand dead and counting. Meet the Listener: bound by the gift of life Today we meet two women with an un ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-05-12 A roof over your head in 2008 Housing - getting it, staying in it and paying for it - is high on the agenda for increasing numbers of Australians. Men´s health: eating disorders & breast cancer When you hear about health conditions like breast cancer and eating disorders the chances are you assume they´re things that happen to women. Anti-smacking laws Should parents be able to smack their children? Anecdultery: Hazel Edwards Fact, fiction or fraud? Vita Activa : attracting young ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-05-09 Talkback: The Headache Headaches are possibly the most common, yet most underestimated, affliction we humans deal with. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-05-08 Jailing parents Should parents face jail if they leave young children alone for extended periods of time? Proposed new laws in Queensland will punish parents who leave a child unsupervised to go gambling, drinking or shopping, even if that child is unharmed. Good things happen to good people Giving makes us feel good, but there are unexpected benefits of giving through volunteering or helping others. Music Track - Mama Africa Maalika: Valerie Browning in Africa Valerie Brownin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-05-07 What do parents want from day care? What do parents want from long day care? Extreme flexibility Some companies are going to extreme measures to attract and retain staff. What's cooking, Dad? There are many more fathers being hands-on these days when it comes the care of young children -- but what about mealtimes? Music Track - Chocolate Cake Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-05-06 Reining in the baby bonus? There are strong indications that Treasurer Wayne Swan's first budget will subject the baby bonus to a means test. Making sense of risk Fear is powerful and important, it has helped humanity survive a long time. Unfortunately, it´s easy to fear the wrong things and ignore the real threats. Good Giving Even Aristotle struggled with generosity. Meet the Listener - finding your funny bone Today's Meet the Listener guest Pat Armistead calls herself a 'joyolo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-05-05 A Good Death: Rodney Syme A leading advocate of physician-assisted dying is hoping to start a new dialogue on voluntary euthanasia by laying bare his own experiences from the front line. Young millionaire's mission in Uganda Eight British millionaires went to Uganda for three weeks following a challenge from World Vision to implement new ways in which the povertystricken villagers can make money and improve their whole standard of living. Heart Week This is week is Heart Week and a good ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-05-02 Talkback: Looking at Death Looking at death - through clear eyes and even through a camera lens - can be strangely liberating. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-05-01 Stretched social services A drop-in centre for indigenous people in Mt Isa in outback Queensland is struggling to feed the rising numbers of people coming through the door. New Cannabis Centre Cannabis use in Australia is decreasing, with a dramatic drop amongst school students. A Family History Of Smoking: Andrew Riemer Andrew Riemer's life centres on books - as a newspaper book reviewer and as a writer whose latest tome explores the personal and political through the legends, experien ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-04-30 Broadband access for all A new 'Accessible Broadband for all Australians' report is being launched in Sydney this morning by Graham Innes from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. Future medical workforce We currently have a shortage of all kinds of health professionals. Pamela Bone tribute Melbourne journalist Pamela Bone died at her home on the weekend after suffering from multiple myeloma for several years. Ken Haley makes it home Our wheelchair traveller is back. You ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-04-29 Unfair bank fees Are bank penalty fees fair? Charges for late payments, being overdrawn by a few dollars or depositing a cheque that bounces. Attract, engage, retain: Anna McPhee Women talk about some workplaces being `boys clubs´ but research out today reveals men agree with that assessment. In Ecstasy: Kate McCaffrey A new book for young adults, In Ecstasy, tells it like it is about drug use. Meet the Listener - drumming 'til the cows come home Today we´re heading to a shed near T ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-04-28 Disability Investment Group The Australian government has announced the establishment of a Disability Investment Group, to develop funding ideas from the private sector that will help people with disabilities and their families. CV fraud Have you ever fudged something on your resume? Just to make yourself look that tiny bit more accomplished or experienced? Other People's Country If you're familiar with the film Rabbit Proof Fence, you may remember it as the home of the two girls who ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-04-25 Gallipoli submarine The story of the Anzacs at Gallipoli is well-known, but few Australians are aware of the Australian submarine which was part of the campaign. Going back to Vietnam For many Vietnam War veterans the decision to return to the country where they experienced war can be very complicated and painful, while for others it can bring the closure they've been seeking. World War One nurses This is the little-known story of the 2,139 Australian nurses who travelled abroad to serv ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-04-24 Workplace Surveillance Many workplaces have an email and internet policy which tells employees that their employer can check on how they're using the technology. Aboriginal Preschools and Trauma A new voluntary initiative will see a crew of highly qualified mental health professionals offer their services to Aboriginal pre-schools in NSW. The Young Widow's Book Of Home Improvement Our lives are marked by momentous transitions - births, comings-of-age, marriages and the like. The perfe ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-04-23 Advanced foster care An `advanced foster care program´ is underway in Victoria, leading other foster care reforms around Australia. Why save and invest? Jonathan Clements When the Wall Street Journal's 'personal money man', Jonathan Clements, penned his last column he admitted to a big oversight. Ching Chong China Girl: Helene Chung Helene Chung is an ABC pioneer, the first Asian reporter on Australian television and the first female foreign correspondent. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-04-22 Cutting HECS through volunteering It´s been described as one of the few truly original ideas to emerge from the 20/20 summit. Students paying off their HECS debt through volunteering. Meet the Listener - Marian's recipe for the blended family What is the recipe for making a blended family happen? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-04-21 The school year and working parents Most working parents get four weeks leave a year but school holidays are three times longer. Was that it? Civic engagement after the summit Critics say the 20/20 summit was too exclusive with the invitees described as 'the best and brightest'. What does a Doula do? A doula is an experienced, non-medical assistant who provides support in prenatal care, during childbirth and after the birth of the baby. Multiple Choice: Arranged Marriage You might no ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-04-18 Talkback: The hospital experience We explore the experience of being in hospital - or more specifically what it´s like to be a patient. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-04-17 Tim Costello´s 20/20 Vision In around 48 hours Tim Costello will be immersed in a hothouse of ideas, trying to solve some of Australia´s biggest challenges at the 20/20 Summit. Improving the immigrant experience What do you think is the most ethnically diverse city in the world? New York? London? Melbourne? I Think There's Something Wrong with Me Nigel Smith has written a funny and pointed account of the fears, indignities and anger generated by a failing body. Summit shenanigans ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-04-16 The legacy of Clem Jones Five million dollars to change the law on euthanasia....this is the bequest from Clem Jones, Brisbane´s longest serving Lord Mayor and Labor legend. Our Summiteer-In-Exile Recently, we asked our listeners (including 20/20 Summit 'rejectees') to tell us about their 'big' idea for a better Australia. Being a patient What do you think when you hear "infectious diseases patient"? Call Me Nana This programme, from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, tells the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-04-15 Children on Demand How important is it to know your biological parents and how does it influence the person you become? From the streets to the summit David Wassink attended the Youth Summit hosted by the Federal Government in Canberra last weekend. Re-Imagining Engineering Like most countries, Australia needs more engineers, because they´re the people who figure out how to make things work, how to do things. Meet the Listener - Jennifer brings her dream to life Jennifer Hallida ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-04-14 World Food Shortage: Scarier Than Climate Change? It could be that a food crisis, not climate change, is the biggest threat to our existence. Quentin Bryce on family and work The next Governor General of Australia, Quentin Bryce, appeared on Life Matters in 2000 talking frankly about how she managed family and work. Children and medication For children under two years old, combination cough and cold remedies will no longer be available over the counter. Gearing up for the Summit ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-04-11 Talkback: humour in the workplace We're investigating the banter, the off-the-cuff incidents of humour that happen around offices and factory floors. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-04-10 Social Inclusion: Joining the Dots Social inclusion is one of the buzz words, and main goals, of the Rudd government. Gifted children When a child is called 'gifted' it can provoke a range of reactions -- envy, scepticism, even sympathy -- because it´s not always an easy road to be brighter than the rest. The Lost Boys Blogger Sam De Brito has written a novel about men who don't want to grow up. Music Track - Once in a Lifetime Elly Varrenti: This is Not My Beautiful Life Yo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-04-09 Smoking economics Smoking bans in public places are often just shifting the problem, according to an international researcher. Youth homelessness prevention A key recommendation of `Australia´s Homeless Youth´, the major report released yesterday, is that an early intervention program called Reconnect be trebled. Inter-generational friendship: Elizabeth Fensham Many children have little connection with older people in the community. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-04-08 Tibet and the Beijing Olympics Protesters have disrupted the Olympic torch relay in London and Paris with the threat of more to come as the torch travels through twenty-one countries on its way to Beijing. Neurosurgeon Charlie Teo and the case of Aaron McMillan In 2001 the brilliant young concert pianist Aaron McMillan was diagnosed with a rare type of brain tumour and given just six weeks to live. He was just twenty-four. Stress Buster Professor Niki Ellis is one of Australia´s le ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-04-07 Remote teachers say enough is enough Last month it was nurses, this month it´s teachers. Both vital staff in remote communities in Northern Australia. History's Children The shooting´s stopped in the history wars but it´s only a temporary ceasefire. Growing Old (Dis) gracefully Do you regard yourself as old? Multiple Choice: No TV Family Can you imagine life without television? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-04-04 There goes the neighbourhood Did you knock on your neighbour´s door last Sunday? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-04-03 Eat Healthy, Walk More: The Difference Between Knowing And Doing 'If governments spend more on preventative medicine, future health costs will be reduced.' The Strangest Adventures: Alexandra Adornetto Have you ever thought about writing a book? Well imagine turning out your first novel in between your maths and French homework? Music Track - Goddess of the Night Parramatta, Hay and the World Reunions in recent years of former inmates of the Parramatta and Hay girls´ institution ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-04-02 Cold tablets to methamphetamines Have you tried to buy cold and flu tablets lately? Did you get the third degree from the pharmacist? Cyber-bullying project Most schools now have anti-bullying programs. An Antarctic Affair Sir Douglas Mawson's great-granddaughter, Emma McEwin, has written the story of the long relationship between Mawson and his wife, Paquita. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-04-01 Ethics at work How hard is it to be ethical at work? And is it a valuable workplace skill anyway? Super worries Superannuation returns are cause for concern this year. Melissa Hawach Melissa Hawach hit the headlines in 2006 when her husband took her daughters, who were supposed to be in Australia, to Lebanon. Meet the Listener - Lisa from wherever she lives It´s true that when many people start a family they feel it might be time to find a place or community to settle in, especia ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-03-31 HREOC's Ten Point Plan Tom Calma, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, tells us what he thinks the Rudd government should do to improve the Northern Territory intervention, in the interests of fairness. Teens and lying Most children lie and they learn it from their parents. Living with a black dog: Matthew and Ainsley Johnstone Matthew Johnston has a black dog. Multiple Choice: dumpster diving Where do you choose to buy your food? The supermarket ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-03-28 Talkback: I always wanted to be a firefigher, now I am! Did you have an early passion that turned into your life's work? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-03-27 Helping the last unemployed The Job Network has to go. Indigo magazine for girls A new magazine for the `tween´ female market aims to reflect the real lives and concerns of young Australian girls. Music Track - Left of Centre Mark Watson's Earth Summit He's crap at the environment but comedian Mark Watson has now trained with Al Gore. New cultural precincts: hardware stores! We know the images so well -- solitary artists working away in their studios, only emerging to take co ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-03-26 Who the unemployed are Unemployment is at its lowest level in decades. But that is a deceptive fact, according to Professor Bob Gregory from the Australian National University, who will be talking tomorrow at the New Agenda for Prosperity conference. Education: worth the family home So, in these days of user pays, what would you give up to further your education? Maybe, you'd be prepared to scrimp on holidays or dinners out...or perhaps you'd keep that ageing car on the road a little bi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-03-25 Richard Florida: Who's Your City Who you spend your life with, what you do - both important life decisions. Get to Work: Feminism and the New Economy In the latest Quarterly Essay, Anne Manne argues that feminism has been hijacked by the new economy, with the result that women are coerced to work, regardless of their mothering roles and preferences. Meet the Listener - Fifty-two books a year. This week´s Meet the Listener guest, Carl Andrew, has had a life full of books, thanks to ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-03-24 Do we live in a secular society? Religion and politics can be a heady mix and in Australia we generally like to keep them separate. Iraqi Refugees The war in Iraq isn´t just affecting the population of Iraq, around two and a half million people have fled to neighbouring countries such as Syria where many are living in desperate circumstances. Global E-Health Dr Bill Crounse is a pioneer in the emerging world of e-healthcare. How Starbucks saved my life His father was a famous wr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-03-21 Talkback: The death of handwriting When was the last time you wrote a handwritten letter, got out the fountain pen and the parchment paper? Come to think of it when was the last time you wrote more than a shopping list? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-03-20 Cut It Out Most women go to the hairdressers to relax and have fun while hoping they'll walk out with the new 'glam' look they've wanted. Priority One: Ambos Easter holidays mean a lot of us will be on the roads. But while many of us enjoy a break it´s one of the busiest times of the year for ambulance officers. Music Track - Please Please Comedian Des Bishop Des Bishop is one of Ireland's most popular comedians. . Although only in his early thirties life has already dealt Des ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-03-19 Higher Education Review The promise of an "education revolution" helped to sweep Labor to power but most of the election debate focused on schooling. Climb every mountain: Nicki and Cheryl Bart What inspires a mother and daughter to climb the world's seven summits? Family Journeys in the National Archive There's a treasure trove of family history information in the National Archives of Australia. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-03-18 Testing, testing: Professor Gordon Stanley This year, children in year 3, 5 and 7 will for the first time this year sit national tests. Welfare-to work families Welfare to work rules are under review by the Rudd government. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-03-17 Junk Food Code We know that children are getting fatter but how much is junk food to blame? Male-specific counselling Men have never used counselling and other relationship services as much as women. Addition: Toni Jordan It´s not so unusual now to know someone who is a little bit compulsive. Green Matters: Triple bottom line In the final Green Matters segment we explore the idea of the Triple Bottom Line. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-03-14 Talkback: Doing a Shirley Valentine Are you a woman of a certain age who, after years of child rearing or frantic career building (or both) - is now feeling quite different ... a little sensual perhaps? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-03-13 One Chance at Childhood Every state has examples of the failure of the child protection system, when children die or suffer abuse after leaving foster care to return to their biological parents. Lying in Children If you ever want to put a four-year-old between a rock and a hard place, ask him or her a question. Do you ever lie? True Tales: Georgia Blain Georgia Blain is a writer with four novels under her belt. Music Track - You and Steve McQueen Keeping crisis at bay In pre ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-03-12 Education programs and the 2008 Budget A swag of education programs started by the previous federal government could be dropped in the May Budget. The science of weight loss You´ve had your annual check-up and your GP has ordered you to lose some weight. Families that work: Deborah Brennan Helping working families has almost become a mantra of the new Labor government and working families are at the centre of the policy agenda. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-03-11 Economic pressures vs social inclusion The controversy over the Rudd government´s possible plans for cutting some payments to carers and pensioners illustrates the dilemma the government will face with the May Budget. Elly Varrenti: nice day for it Elly Varrenti didn't march in the International Women's Day march on Saturday. Love has no limits What we expect out of life and what fate sometimes delivers can often be very different things. Meet the Listener - working out with Joy ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-03-10 Sex trafficking in Australia Police and immigration officials say they´ve discovered a sex trafficking scheme in Sydney and last week five people were charged with a range of offences. Maxine McKew: the early childhood challenge The new parliamentary secretary for childcare and early childhood, Maxine McKew, is on a crash course to get on top of her new portfolio, one identified as central by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. How Come? #2 You must be born in the USA Did you know that the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-03-07 Talkback: No thanks, I don´t drink alcohol It´s Friday night tonight - will you be celebrating with a drink to relax after the stresses of the week? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-03-06 New child support system The Child Support Agency is sending letters to 1.5 million parents from this week. Tech girls Is the IT industry more chic than geek? The accidental lawyer: Judith Fordham Judith Fordham grew up in a dysfunctional family. She married young, became a sole parent to four young children, one still a baby. Her part time jobs included swimming teacher, house cleaner and night shift at a nursing home. The Sexual Life Of Us: Lou Wilson How's your sex life? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-03-05 Climate Change: who pays? Climate change will affect us in vastly different ways: if you´re rich or poor or whether you live on a Pacific Island or in inland Australia. Sure Start's improved results The latest evaluation of Sure Start, Britain´s large-scale social intervention in the lives of young children, has just been released. Shy Keenan: 'Broken' Shy (Karen) Keenan's memoir Broken is perhaps the most graphic account of the realities of the crime of child abuse you could ever ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-03-04 New Dementia Advisory Group A newly appointed ministerial advisory group on dementia met for the first time yesterday at Kingscliff, on the Northern NSW coast. Picking Up the Peaces: PTSD A new group called Picking Up the Peaces has been formed to raise awareness about post traumatic stress disorder. Women for Peace in the Middle East The cycle of violence in the Middle East seems unending, but women on both sides of the conflict are working to build a lasting peace. Meet the List ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-03-03 2020 Summiteer Dr Kelvin Kong In 2006, Dr Kelvin Kong made history when he became Australia's first Indigenous surgeon -- ear, nose and throat, to be specific. Religious schools and national standards A national curriculum, with national testing, hopes to deliver greater consistency and quality in Australian schools. Princesses and Pornstars Young women today have it all! Or do they? Green Matters: Food Food is the fundamental consumable in our lives, which means more than ever th ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-02-29 Stepfamily Realities: Talkback It has been said that stepfamilies are `incompletely institutionalised´. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-02-28 Assessing risk Weighing up the pros and cons of any situation is now a standard part of navigating modern life. Older Job Seekers Take Note When our Meet the Listener Maria spoke recently on Life Matters about her 400 job applications - none successful - reaction was swift and fullsome. Stepfamily story 3: Home Alone Living in a large, blended family there is occasionally the overwhelming need to be alone. Bedwetting Bedwetting does not necessarily stop at the age of three, or fo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-02-27 Stepfamily Story 2: Step-pets Step-pets. There are many humans ensnared in the challenges of the blended family. But pets, also, play a role in the politics and relationships. Music Track - A Face in the Crowd Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-02-26 Your Council Chambers: an update Whenever the spotlight falls on the third tier of government in Australia, it always re-ignites the debate about the performance and ethics of our local councils. The Indigenous housing challenge Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is on a quest for ways to fix Indigenous housing, one of his stated top priorities. Stepfamily Story 1: Footie Stepmother The ability to adjust is a core skill for step-parents. Cholas in Bowlers: a Bolivian adventure Jane Mundy ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-02-25 Global offensive on chronic disease Lifestyle diseases, such as heart disease or diabetes, are consuming our health budget. The Logic of Life: Tim Harford Economist Tim Harford discusses 'rational choice theory' and how it explains seemingly irrational decisions. Stepfamilies More people will experience life in a stepfamily, either as a parent or as a child, and it´s a special challenge to make them work. Green Matters: Transport A large part of household greenhouse gas emissions ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-02-22 Talkback: Memory and Ageing You work hard to look young but can you keep your brain young? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-02-20 Ageism in the workplace Maria Leggatt has applied for four hundred jobs, we heard her story on Life Matters yesterday. Corporate Social Responsibility: making it real Australia is developing its own style of corporate responsibility - a blend of the European and American approaches, according to one of our guests. One family's journey through drug addiction What pushes a mother to a point where she calls the police on her own child? At what stage do you admit to yourself that you sim ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-02-19 Kosovar Australians speak There's been jubilation on the streets in the Province of Kosovo which declared itself an independent state over the weekend. Consuming Innocence: children and popular culture Media and new technology are a dominating influence in the lives of children and teenagers. Derek And Anna Brotherson: life changers par excellence! On Life Matters, we hear a lot about people making big changes in their lives: tree changing, sea changing and downsizing. Meet the Li ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-02-18 Green Matters: Biodegradability Green Matters is a Life Matters weekly series on the environment featuring writer and environmentalist Tanya Ha. Toddlers Without Tears A world-first parenting program for toddlers has been carefully evaluated, and come in with mixed results. Parenting skills were improved, but there was little impact on problem behaviours in toddlers. Fron Male Voice choir There´s nothing like a full male Welsh choir in action. But due to changing times and circumsta ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-02-15 Talkback - Siblings. My dearest enemy, My dangerous friend Our relationships with our brothers and sisters will be some of the longest of our lives. They can help to define us, but what happens when childhood wrongs and hurts are carried through to adulthood? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-02-14 Reverse mortgages and retirement incomes Many retirees depend entirely on the old-age pension and struggle to maintain a modest lifestyle. Co-operative Housing Australia has some of the least affordable housing in the world. E- Health Overview The electronic management of health is evolving fast, but not in a cohesive way. Nigel Latta on parenting Nigel Latta is a New Zealand clinical psychologist who specialises in working with families at the end of their tethers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-02-13 Sorry Statement from Parliament House Canberra Today, a special live broadcast from Parliament House in Canberra of the sorry statement and accompanying speech by the Prime Minister. Reaction to the Apology We hear reactions to the Prime Minister's apology statement and the Leader of the Opposition's reply from Chris Graham, Editor of the National Indigenous Times in Canberra and Dr Mark Wenitong in Cairns. Coming Home Over the last 20 years, thousands of members of the Stolen Gene ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-02-12 Stolen Generation: what sorry means To set the scene for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's apology, two members of the stolen generation talk about the meaning of sorry for them. Music Track: Ngarrindjeri Woman One man's troubled search for love: Alan Close Writer Alan Close tells us about his 'troubled search for love' detailed in his new candid memoir. Dieter's life outside the square Today in our Meet the Listener segment we are heading to Wonbah in Queensland, to the edge of the Ed ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-02-11 The History of Sorry This Wednesday will be a momentous occasion for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians alike. Mixing medications The coroner´s report into the death of Australian star Heath Ledger highlights the danger of mixing prescription drugs. Big White Wall Do you enjoy a good vent, a chance to unburden, get things off your chest, blow off steam? Green Matters: Going green on a budget Green Matters is a Life Matters weekly series on the environment featuring writer ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-02-08 Friday Talkback: Elizabeth Broderick's Listening Tour Australia´s new Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick is all ears. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-02-07 Kenyan Aid worker Political protest in Kenya, after the December elections, has sparked months of ethnic violence. Mediation When people really fall out and those around them take sides, their workplace, school or even country can become dysfunctional. Elly Varrenti: Starting school Life transitions are usually emotional and are often accompanied by tears. The first day of school is no exception - especially for parents. Music Track - Today I'm a Daisy The secret life of backp ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-02-06 Nurse family partnerships Indigenous first-time mothers will soon have a nurse regularly visiting them at home. Diversity programs don't work A major study in the United States has found that programs to promote diversity in the workplace don't work and, even worse, they seem to be counterproductive. The Hephzibah Menuhin Story Hephzibah Menuhin was the younger sister of the famous violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin, but her life has received much less attention than her famous ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-02-05 The whale warriors It's been a dramatic summer on the Southern Ocean. Doing Anger Differently: adolescent boys Learning to handle anger is part of growing up, especially in adolescence. Meet the Listener - The Portrait of Camilla Connolly Today´s Meet the Listener guest is a successful artist and mother but her success has not come without a fight. Camilla Connolly´s journey has been one laden with risk and often lived very close to the edge. Health reforms 2008 Fixing an ailin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-02-04 Unmuzzling the NGOs Last month it was announced that NGOs would no longer be prevented from freely voicing their opinions. A `gagging´ clause in the contracts of not for profit organisations who receive government funding would be removed by the new Federal Government. Being a doctor in remote indigenous communities Dr Glynis Johns has spent the last four years working as a doctor in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory. She has some amazing insights into what life ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-02-01 Talkback: A Middle Class State of Mind 'The backbone of the nation' that's how Liberal Prime Minister Robert Menzies described the middle class. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-01-31 Paid Maternity Leave Paid maternity leave is back on the agenda. Teach for Australia It´s hard to attract good teachers to disadvantaged schools and even tougher if those schools are in remote indigenous communities. Managing Your Health Records Online Imagine compiling all your health records - or those of your family - on a website, monitoring the changes over the years, and presenting the information to health professionals as you see fit. Maverick Mother The decision to have ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-01-30 Homelessness and drug and alcohol abuse At any one time, one hundred thousand Australians are homeless, many of them sleeping rough on the streets. Aboriginal Child Development Index A new project will assess what children in specific places need, and might be missing out on, before starting school. Career Comeback It seems a lack of confidence is the biggest obstacle for professional women re-entering the workforce after a career break. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-01-29 Literacy Wars: Ilana Snyder The so called `literacy wars' been raging for a good few years over reading, spelling, grammar and what should be covered in the curriculum. Ideas for the Treasurer The new treasurer Wayne Swan has asked for public input into the budget process. A Dollar a Day Almost half the world's population lives on less than a dollar a day, yet even this statistic fails to capture the humiliation, powerlessness and brutal hardship that is the daily lot of the world's ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-01-28 Green Matters: Why should I care? Green Matters is a new Life Matters weekly series on the environment featuring writer and environmentalist Tanya Ha. Solastalgia: homesickness at home How do we feel when seasonal markers start to change through climate change or when drought means the gardens we grow up with can't be sustained. It's Your Time You're Wasting: Frank Chalk It´s back to school time and as we saw recently on our TV screens in "Summer Heights High", the local high schoo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-01-25 Talkback - Finding lost family Genealogy is now big business, as more and more of us search out our ancestral roots. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-01-24 China's one-child policy The first systematic study of China´s fertility policy has recently been completed and it shows the so-called one-child policy is on track to achieve its goal of reducing the country´s population. According to the study, the policy has proved remarkably effective, with 63% of Chinese couples strictly limited to one child, and actual birth rates decreasing to near mandated levels, despite limited exemptions to the policy in rural areas. Li Cunxin: The True S ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-01-23 Fighting malaria: Sir Richard Feachem HIV Aids, malaria and tuberculosis. Between them, these diseases kill the equivalent of the population of New South Wales every year - that´s about 6 million people. Michael Morpurgo Children´s books are not what they used to be. Rural doctors: a country practice The town of Hay is a dot on the map on the vast plains half-way between Adelaide and Sydney. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-01-22 Chinese Lessons: John Pomfret John Pomfret is a Westerner with a deeply personal relationship with China: first the country was an adventure as a university student, then an obsession as a journalist and now a perspective based on deep understanding and family ties to the country. Loving HILDA HILDA, the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey, is revealing much about the way we live. Margaret Ward Australian nurse Margaret Ward has worked in some of the most troubl ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-01-21 Bullies in the workplace: Professor Robert Sutton There´s always one isn´t there -- that person at work who drives you up the wall, plays power games, undermines you -- they can make your daily life a misery. It might be your boss or the person in the next workstation. International Baccalaureate Stress, tiredness, disinterest, desperation, pressure, depression -- just some of the things year twelve students across Australia are feeling about now as they face their final school exams ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-01-18 Redefining homemaking Author Anne Manne has called for a 're-evaluation of things homely'. There needs to be a newly imagined sense of caring within the home, she argued in a recent essay. And both men and women need to own it. We discuss domestic nurturing in the era of convenience food, outsourcing and long working hours. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-01-17 A surgeon's stories A surgeon has one of the most demanding jobs in the community. Training can take up to ten years and requires gruelling hours, extraordinary skill, and the ability to cope calmly with extreme situations. Bad Hair Days: Pamela Bone When you write for a living it is sometimes hard to draw a line under what is suitable fodder from your own life. A sex offender in the neighbourhood: a right to know? 'Not in my backyard' is one of those sayings you hear some people use ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-01-16 Models, role models and eating disorders The reported deaths of two young models, supposedly from anorexia, has put pressure on the fashion industry to review employment practices. Foundation 49 - Men´s Health Awareness Last year more than 48-thousand men succumbed to diseases that might have been prevented by a trip to the doctor. Parenting Tricky Kids Every day, many parents and teachers struggle with challenging children who seem to just have willful personalities. These are kid ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-01-15 Atul Gawande For most of us, making a mistake at work might result in a bit of heartache, some inconvenience, embarrassment, perhaps even anger. Our mistakes rarely result in serious physical injury. Menopause: Is it hot in here or is it me? Menopause is viewed with dread by some women, but only a small percentage experience the worst effects. A male perspective on early menopause The average age of menopause is 50 plus, but some women have an early menopause. Elly Varrenti: My Mo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-01-14 Back from the brink: recovering from depression Graeme Cowan has spoken with 12 Australians who have suffered from depression about their experiences of the illness and their recovery. Amy Lamé Amy Lamé has a one woman show on in Brisbane this week which celebrates larger women, Mama Cass, and dysfunctional families. Elly Varrenti: Regrets Elly Varrenti contemplates some of life's regrets, like not taking her grandmother on that interstate road trip she promised. Music Track - Dr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-01-11 Friday Talkback: The Sex Supply What happens when there´s a mismatch in desire between couples? As a relationship progresses and life gets more complicated, one partner becomes rather less keen than the other on regular sex. Music Track - Let's Talk About Sex Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-01-10 Demystifying Love Professionals in the field of sexuality and sexual health struggle to help people understand the concept of love. Muslim sex education Sara Nasserzadeh is a pioneer on several fronts. Elly Varrent on her first love Our first romantic love always has a special place in our hearts and memories. Translating Lives The language we speak shapes the way we understand the world. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-01-08 In praise of elitism: Charles Murray We´re not all equal. Some of us are a lot smarter than the rest of us. There´s nothing wrong with elitism, we need to embrace it and come to terms with it. Grandparent Parents Recently on the program we heard that the number of children in out-of-home carein Australia has increased by 40% over the past five years, a trend that was strongly criticised by a child protection expert. The Only Gay in the Village - Part 2 As the cult show 'Little Brit ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-01-07 Courage: Maria Tumarkin When was the last time you witnessed a really courageous act? Overseas adoption Gone are the days when a person of a different race or skin colour was cause for comment in the street. The Only Gay in the Village - Part 1 As the cult show 'Little Britain' tours Australia this week, we pick up the theme of 'the only gay in the village' - one of the most popular sketches from the show. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-01-04 Talkback: School Reunions Why are we drawn back, ten or twenty years later, to reconnect with school through a school reunion? Music Track - (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-01-03 Delinquent Angel: Poet Shelton Lea Biographer Diana Georgeff discusses the life of Melbourne poet Shelton Lea, adopted as a baby by the Lea chocolate family. The Baby Thief The Baby Thief is a story about adoption that is so extraordinary it´s hard to believe it really happened. Fitted for Work Sometimes when you´re having a hard time in your life, it´s the practical help that can really make a difference. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-01-02 30 years of The Women´s Room Thirty years ago a work of fiction was published that really did change lives by challenging a host of conventions, literary and otherwise. And the Clock Struck Thirteen: Lewis O´Brien Lewis O´Brien is a Kaurna man from South Australia whose story reads like a movie script. The Gunners´ Doctor: Vietnam letters When it comes to war sometimes memory isn´t enough. MSF doctor in Uganda Uganda is a country still reeling from the horrors of civil war. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-01-01 15 years of the Fred Hollows Foundation Long before Indigenous health became a major political issue, a leading Australian eye surgeon decided to tackle what he saw as basic inequities between black and white Australians. Anita Roddick Obituary Dame Anita Roddick, social activist and founder of the Body Shop, died in England this week. Fantasy writer Margo Lanagan If you like fantasy books, you may have heard of the Australian writer Margo Lanagan. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2007-12-31 In praise of the ineffective: Jonathan Biggins Bookshops are overflowing with manuals on how to improve your life. Respect: The Story of Women Through Popular Music From management to an award winning musical now being performed in Australia - that´s the journey of Dorothy Marcic. Inside the Mind of a Teenager: Meg Rosoff As we hear often on Life Matters, modern teenagers have a lot to deal with. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-02-21 Simulated refugee camp Australia's first refugee camp is about to open in Melbourne but this one is a simulation. How Come? Today, we launch a new Life Matters segment: How Come? Cedric and Ben Wyatt An Indigenous father and son, both steeped in politics and power, discuss their different responses to the apology from the Prime Minister to the Stolen Generations. Music Track - Goddess of the Night A Jihad for Love God and Sex have always had a difficult relationship and Islam ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website LMS 2008-01-09 Mating in Captivity: Esther Perel New York based psychotherapist Esther Perel has written a thought-provoking book about sex in modern relationships, arguing that closeness and intimacy don't always make for a passionate sexual relationship. How to be a bitch Female friendships can be a great source of strength, support and laughter for girls and women. From an early age, most women come to treasure their relationships with their girlfriends. Listener's story: The Only Gay in the Vil ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website