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Jul 1, 2024 • 46min

How to simplify healthcare

So often access to treatment or medicine is hidden behind a convoluted system of referrals and waitlists. 
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Jun 28, 2024 • 52min

How do we balance opportunity and punishment in the prison system?

Australia’s first national prison newspaper, About Time, will be launched soon, providing a place for people to share stories and build connections. 
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Jun 27, 2024 • 50min

Could we all benefit from more sensory rooms?

The Conversation Hour looks at why these spaces are a winning idea for so many people and why its worthwhile for everyone to seek out calm surrounds.
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Jun 25, 2024 • 49min

The rise of generative AI

Artificial intelligence has been part of our everyday lives for the past decade, but generative AI is a newer and emerging field.  
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Jun 24, 2024 • 51min

How does alcohol contribute to family violence?

Recent studies have found a correlation between alcohol consumption and incidents of domestic homicide. 
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Jun 21, 2024 • 49min

Is society set up for couples?

The Conversation Hour team explores the ways in which single people can be made to feel as those they're living outside the margins of normal society. 
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Jun 20, 2024 • 52min

How a change of season can affect your sleep

Recent research suggests that humans need more deep sleep in the winter than in other seasons. 
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Jun 19, 2024 • 52min

The evergreen relevance of the Country Women's Association

The Country Women's Association has been a crucial cog in many regional communities for more than 100 years. 
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Jun 18, 2024 • 51min

Why is it difficult to make friends as an adult?

The research tells us we have a much more difficult time of making and retaining good mates later in life.
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Jun 17, 2024 • 50min

What is wrong with our food system?

Producers are finding it difficult to compete with cheaper foreign products and are often at the whim of large distributors or supermarkets.    

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