PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IS vital for keeping Australian women happy, healthy and strong. This year’s Women’s Health focus is “Women’s Health, Powerful Stuff”, and Exercise Right wants to remind Australian women that exercise is powerful stuff for their physical and mental health. “The value of exercise cannot be overstated when it comes
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Linda Ronstadt on living with Parkinson’s, the perils of stardom, and the US border
A new documentary, “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice,” looks back on the musician’s risk-taking career. IT’S BEEN TEN years since Linda Ronstadt, once the most highly paid woman in rock and roll, sang her last concert. In 2013, the world found out why: Parkinson’s disease had rendered her unable
What do you feel like watching tonight?
RECENTLY, I HAD half an hour allotted in my evening for Netflix. I scrolled through My List, the place where you save things that look good so you can watch them later on. I scrolled through Because You Watched A Star Is Born (mostly sad Oscar-nominated dramas). I scrolled through Because You Watched
Love a mystery? Here‘s a great reality one from the Outback
PODCAST-OF-THE-WEEK: LISTEN HERE: The Mystery of the Marree Man The Australian outback is home to many mysteries, but the Marree Man has to be one of the biggest. In every sense of the word. REPORTING, PHOTOGRAPHY: James Vyver, ABC Radio National READ THE ARTICLE HERE: The Marree Man. An Outback Enigma. By James Vyver, for
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Anti-vaxxers: it’s only their business? Hardly.
The fights against infectious disease and anti-vaxxers’ fears VACCINES PREVENT a staggering two to three million deaths per year around the world, yet vocal groups in Australia and internationally continue to cast doubt on their effectiveness. Vaccine hesitancy ranks alongside climate change, pandemic flu and Ebola as one of the top ten threats
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Podcast: Sex life — are you ‘normal’? And other hot questions
Poor parenting epidemic leading to ’emotionally abused’ kids, John Marsden says
What do you, our readers, think? READ THE FULL STORY: Poor parenting is leading to an epidemic of mental health issues amoung Australian kids, but it is going unnoticed because criticising parents is considered taboo, acclaimed author and school principal John Marsden says. By Patrick Wood, ABC News Breakfast IMAGE: Author and educator John
Podcast-of-the-week: Vannak Prum on modern slavery
and his graphic memoir The Dead Eye and the Deep Blue Sea FARZ EDRAKI, Bulletin alumnus, along with her ABC Radio National colleague explores the extraordinary tale of Vannak Prum. Prum’s book unwraps the world of modern slave labour geared to extracting food from nature in a world of exploding human