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Have you ever gone to the perfect holiday spot and thought: I wish I could just live here forever? What is it like for the people who actually do?
From the busy days of peak season to the slow days when the crowds go home, how does that change life for the people who live there all year round?
And can that understanding help us to become better tourists ourselves?
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When teacher Molly Roden Winter’s husband is home late, leaving her to put the kids to bed (again), she storms out of the house, finding herself at a bar exchanging numbers with a cute guy.
Molly never expects to pursue it, until she gets back home to learn her husband knows about the encounter.
What follows is a complete transformation of Molly’s relationship with her husband and herself.
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When you walk through the city or just pop down to the shops, it can feel like everyone has a set of headphones glued to their ears
While work-related hearing loss has gone down in Australia over the last few decades, the World Health Organisation suggested that more than 1 Billion young people are at risk of hearing problems - in part because of the way we're listening to music.
Professor Robert Cowan share how to keep our ears healthy into our older age.
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A Senate report says banking services and access to cash should be considered an essential service in Australia, and has called for a new banking code, which would prohibit banks from closing local branches in regional areas without consultation.
The report, which also calls for investigation into the feasibility of a publicly owned bank, has been criticised by the Australian Banking Association, which says customer behaviour has moved away from face-to-face banking services.
However, some residents living in, regional and remote communities have welcomed the report, highlighting the importance of local banks for those low on digital literacy, as well as the difficulties businesses face in having no safe places to make large cash deposits.
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Jane Cafarella was separated from her sister when her parents divorced, each taking one child with them.
But well before that while living under the same roof her parents had already claimed a child each. For Jane it was her mother, and for her sister, Julie, her father.
How this, and living with lymphodoema, played out across Jane's life is captured in her memoir Cleaved, a story of loss, legs and finding family.
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We have all been conditioned to think that being frail and prone to falls is an inevitable product of ageing. But research suggests that frailty, and its precursor pre-frailty, are partially a product of our lifestyle.
A new study suggests that simple exercises with resistance bands can help turn things around, and this may enable people to age well and live independently for longer.
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1 in 5 women and 1 in 16 men have reported experiencing sexual violence in Australia.
And recent surveys suggest that many Australians feel confused around issues of consent.
The Federal Government has begun rolling out a $40 million dollar campaign called Consent Can't Wait, which looks at some of the big questions .
How much of a difference can an awareness campaign make? And what will it take to change the culture of consent in Australia?
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It may seem like living longer is the latest in a long set of goals you're being asked to achieve.
But should having a meaningful and happier life, no matter the duration, be a more desirable goal? And what helps that happen?
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'Ghost jobs' are ads for positions that employers have no intention are filling, and they are on the rise.
Recruiters have all sorts of reasons for doing this - from building their general candidate pool, to giving an impression of growth, but they're making the job market look healthier than it is and eroding jobseeker trust.
How is this allowed, and how do you spot one?
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Whole body donation is critical for teaching medical students anatomy and supporting forensic research.
But those in universities are reporting students are getting less time with and access to real cadavers. Are people not donating or is something else going on?
We look at why body donation is crucial to medicine and how the process works.
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Making a good first impression can be hard. You want to act natural, but the harder you try the less natural you can seem.
So how do we get out of the way of ourselves and connect with those around us?
A hostage negotiator and a psychologist share their insights on how to win at making a good first impression.
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Head far enough back in history, and really not all that far, and the idea of consistent free time was one enjoyed by a relatively small elite.
Indeed, the 5 day work week that many of us take for granted now, didn't come about until the early twentieth Century.
But what happened to the idea that some economists were touting after the industrial revolution: that one day we'd all only work a few hours a week, and have lots of free time, to become well rounded individuals, and improve the world?
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These days, it’s hard to talk food and lifestyle without someone singing the praises of the Mediterranean diet, but Greek food was originally so unfamiliar to the Anglo-Australian palate that savvy cafe owners had to sneak it in behind a very different cuisine- American food.
Yes, milkshakes, hamburgers, and ice cream sundaes were the first foods introduced by the Greek community that Australians embraced.
David Tsirekas and Leonard Janiszewski exmplote how we moved from this bizarre food fusion to today’s dynamic Greek-Australian food tradition.
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Some of us might have a bottom drawer with a random collection of items we've collected over time or an appliance that we always tell ourselves we'll repair.
Trauma manifests in various ways, and hoarding tendencies might just be one of them.
So, how does it affect immigrant communities that may have experienced displacement, unpredictability, or even the challenge of building a new life in a new country?
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Many of us like to think of Australia as fairly egalitarian, where anyone can rise above their beginnings and find success.
For some of us, that's true. But class can still play a huge role in the opportunities we encounter, and help to shape how we look at the world and at ourselves.
Rose Butler and Eve Vincent, the authors of Love Across Class, example the role class plays in our closest relationships, especially if the person we love comes from a very different socio-economic background than the one we grew up with
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How do you feel about the notion of a bucket list? Have you made one? And if you have, what's on it?
Dr. Leah Williams Veazey has co-authored a study looking into meaning, mobility and mortality after a cancer diagnosis.
It reveals the significance of the bucket list in the life of cancer patients. And travel that comes in on the top.
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There are significant areas of concern in paediatric care for chronic illnesses within regional and rural Australia, including delayed diagnosis, lack of mental health support, and inadequate attention tailored to the needs of young people.
How can we do better to support our kids in managing a life-altering chronic disease outside of capital cities?
- Se mer