In June 2016 the National Congress of Australia's First People released their Redfern Statement calling on a more just approach to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs. This is my interview with congress member Rod Little.

Rod Little talks Redfern Statement

Allan Tiller is a ghost hunter. Listen to my interview to hear how he works out whether famous places in Adelaide are actually haunted.

Allan Tiller interview about the paranormal

For Refugee Week 2016 I looked at the history of Australian refugee policy with Vice Chancellor Research Fellow at University of Melbourne Jim Middleton.

Australia's Refugee History

In March 2016 the South Australian government made sweeping and fast reform to the Aboriginal Heritage Act. Here South Australian Native Title Services chief executive officer Keith Thomas talks to me about his concerns with that.

SA changes Aboriginal Heritage Act

Australian documentary film maker Eva Orner takes us where no journalist has yet - inside our detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island. With secret footage and whistle blowers she exposes our asylum seeker policy in the documentary Chasing Asylum.

Chasing Asylum Documentary

A recent study released by the Anorexia Nervosa Genetics Initiative (ANGI) at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, has shown that less than one third of Australians currently living with Anorexia Nervosa are receiving medical assistance. Here I talk to Dean of Psychology at Flinders University and Associate Investigator with ANGI, Professor Tracey Wade about this life-threatening illness.

Anorexia Nervosa and Treatment

The Butterfly Foundation is the leading national voice on eating disorders. They support people suffering with disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, through their phone hotline and online services. But in a federal government shake up of online mental health services, the Butterfly Foundation may only have 12 months left. I spoke with CEO Christine Morgan.

The Butterfly Foundation at risk

Young Australians are some of the biggest drug users in the world with up to 400,000 admitting to using ecstasy each year. In November 2015 a 25 year old woman died from a cardiac arrest, as a result of an overdose at Stereosonic music festival. Greens Senator Richard Di Natale has has been pushing for a harm minimization approach to drug policy in Australia rather than continuing a climate of zero tolerance. Does he have a point or should we be taking a hard line? Joining me to discuss this Mr John Ryan, CEO of the Penington Institute.

Do We Need Drug Reform

When someone is murdered, it is not always obvious if it was due to domestic violence. The Coroner’s Court now has its own senior researcher dedicated to uncovering whether this is the case and I caught up with researcher Heidi Ehrat to find out more.

SA Coroners Court Focus on DV

When children act up in class excluding them is often the answer. Whether it’s using a naughty chair or suspension, these tactics draw a distinction between the ‘good’ children and those who are not. Anna Sullivan, an Education lecturer at the University of South Australia, has written a book on just this topic and challenging its effectiveness.

Anna Sullivan talks Discipline In Schools

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