Changing Australia: Talking about death and grief with Kerrie Noonan and Danni Petkovic
A will is probably one of the main things you think about when you start planning for the final stages of life...but there is so much more to it than paperwork.How we talk about and deal with death and grief isn't something we always face and there are concerted efforts in Australia to change that. Guests: Kerrie Noonan, clinical psychologist in palliative care, director of the Death Literacy InstituteDanni Petkovic, death doula, Dying to Know Day campaign manager at Proveda
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Canada at the centre of North American measles outbreak
Yemen, Pakistan and India are currently the top three countries in the world for measles cases.But it might surprise you that Canada is also among the top ten countries in the world for measles infections. Latest figures report there have been almost 4,000 cases so far in 2025.Guest: Professor Dawn Bowdish, immunologist and professor at McMaster University in OntarioProducer: David Cook
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What's the role of gas in the clean energy transition?
When Anthony Albanese was first elected Prime Minister he vowed an end what he called the "climate wars".But as his government settles into its second term, the renewables industry is still facing major challenges in Canberra and beyond.With big projects falling over in the face of some local push-back, the sector's lobby group has admitted it needs to increase its efforts to win support and has conceded gas will have a role to play in Australia's energy transition.Guest: Chris O'Keefe, National Spokesperson, Clean Energy Council.Producer: Max Chalmers
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Nationals say 'answers needed' on algal bloom plan
A senate inquiry is expected be established this week to look at the algal bloom crisis in South Australia.The bipartisan inquiry will look at the environmental and economic harms done by the bloom - as well as state and federal government responses.Guest: Ross Cadell, federal Nationals senator, and Shadow Minister for Water, Emergency Management, and Fisheries and ForestryProducer: Teodora Agarici
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Federal government to introduce childcare safety legislation
Legislation aimed at stripping funding from childcare centres that don't meet minimum standards will be introduced to the federal parliament today.Childcare safety has been pushed to the top of the agenda following a string of shocking allegations of child abuse.In the latest development, lawyers for former childcare worker Joshua Dale Brown told a Melbourne Court yesterday they expect the alleged child abuser will be hit with further charges on top of the more than 70 he already faces.Guest: Jess Walsh, Minister for Early Childhood Education and Senator for VictoriaProducers: Teodora Agarici and Lexie Jeuniewic
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