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

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Folge vom 09.02.2022How has child development been affected by COVID? The uncertain fate of local newspapers
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Folge vom 08.02.2022Homelessness health, charity challenges and Indigenous thinking to change your lifeWhen you don't have a stable place to call home, it has a major impact on your wellbeing, but exactly how much is your health affected? And how much do charity challenges like FebFast change our habits? Also, how did one man's mid-life crisis lead him back to his traditional way of life?
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Folge vom 07.02.2022The price of pausing elective surgeryThe ongoing impact of the pandemic has meant many Australians have faced lengthy wait times for elective surgery, but with surgeries set to resume in some capacity in NSW and Victoria from February 7, what effect has the delay had on patients' health outcomes?
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Folge vom 04.02.2022Addressing the shortfall in Indigenous doctors, living with dementia, and dealing with a narcissistic exDestiny Kynuna, from Yarrabah in Far North Queensland, is a psychiatric nurse who’s about to graduate from medical school. Seeing First Nations people over-represented in the mental health system has further fuelled her passion to make a difference. Wendy Mitchell shares her surprising story of living with dementia. And in the Too Hard Basket, should listener Meredith let her narcissistic ex-partner back into her life?