The Quarters
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The Health Quarter December 17 Video
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In this episode: Overhauling the mental health sector. Are asthma drugs giving elite athletes a performance advantage? Treating post-traumatic stress disorder with the wave of a finger.
The Rural Quarter December 12 Video
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In this episode: Are current farming techniques increasing fire risks? The aftermath of the WA fires, changing minds on climate change and the government gets involved in the Kidman sale.
The Finance Quarter December 4 Video
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In this episode: Sexually transmitted debt, how the falling Aussie dollar is affecting the retail sector and home loan ‘bells and whistles’, do you need them?
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, australia
The Indigenous Quarter November 28 Video
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In this episode: Are indigenous fishing rights under threat? The struggling indigenous art market.
Topics: community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, australia
The Rural Quarter November 21 Video
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In this episode: Travelling the inland stock routes to stave off drought, civil disobedience planned to protest a coal mine development, environmental disaster feared from an abandoned silver mine.
Topics: rural
The Health Quarter November 13 Video
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In this episode: A new technique in genetic testing. Is social media having a negative impact on teenagers’ happiness? Are extreme dance moves harming young bodies?
The Finance Quarter November 7 Video
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In this episode: Variable verses fixed home loan rates. Do 'sales' and 'discounts' add value to your business? The need for small business to embrace the internet.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, australia
The Health Quarter October 31 Video
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In this episode: The long term health effects of playing professional rugby, living with Lyme Disease and the cost of work-related stress.
Topics: health, mental-health, diseases-and-disorders, australia
The Indigenous Quarter October 24 Video
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In this episode: Managing Uluru and the inaugural Tarnanthi Festival.
Topics: community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, australia
The Rural Quarter October 14 Video
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In this episode: Queensland graziers launch a heart-wrenching drought appeal, sensor technology, the future of pasture management and taking the guesswork out of grape-growing.
The Finance Quarter October 10 Video
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In this episode: David Thodey on customer focus, embracing the digital revolution and achieving the gender tipping point.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, australia
The Indigenous Quarter October 3rd Video
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In this episode: Indigenous college closure provokes anger, celebrating a unique relationship and searching for a sacred site.
Topics: community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander
The Health Quarter September 26 Video
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In this episode: A new drug for treating Alzheimer's disease, are people in the bush getting adequate dental health care? Is the government's health star rating system working?
Topics: health, community-and-society, human-interest, rural, australia
The Rural Quarter September 12 Video
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In this episode: China's investment appetite turns to Australian farms, Australian beef profits fattening up and Tasmania set to double its grain production.
Topics: rural
The Finance Quarter September 5 Video
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In this episode: Market turbulence and long term investing, facebook and big data, footy clubs and fan TV.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, australia
The Indigenous Quarter August 29 Video
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On this episode: Tackling hearing loss in Aboriginal children, the showcase of Indigenous film at WA's CinefestOZ Festival, and unearthing the meaning of the War Dance.
Topics: community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, film-movies, dance, performance-art, health, human-interest, australia
The Rural Quarter August 22 Video
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In this episode: Domestic dogs menace Tasmanian sheep, getting to the bottom of Andrew Forrest's upside-down weir, and it's 40 years since the start of the Indigenous land rights movement.
The Health Quarter August 15 Video
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In this episode: Unexpected benefits from the contraceptive pill, a new community approach to combating ice addiction and new a treatment for post traumatic stress disorder.
Topics: health
The Finance Quarter August 8 Video
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In this episode: Is real estate still a good investment? five ways for small business to be more productive and what does the slide in the Australian dollar mean for you?
Topics: business-economics-and-finance
Indigenous Quarter August Video
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In this episode: Western Sydney aboriginal medical services under administration; Cashless welfare cards proposed and portrait of a next generation Namatjira.
Topics: community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander
The Health Quarter July 18 Video
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On this episode: prescription drugs labelled Australia's hidden epidemic; a cure for chronic middle ear infection and a boxing program that's helping Parkinson's sufferers.
Topics: health, parkinson-s-disease, infectious-diseases-other, drugs-and-substance-abuse, doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-procedures, australia
The Indigenous Quarter July 10 Video
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On this episode: concerns Indigenous organisations have to detail support for the Recognise campaign as a part of their government funding; an Indigenous death in custody after paperless arrest in NT and an Aboriginal teenager's experiment into whether or not skin colour influences hugs goes viral.
Topics: community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, reconciliation, indigenous-culture, prisons-and-punishment, government-and-politics, constitution, black-deaths-in-custody, australia
The Finance Quarter July 4 Video
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On this episode: what the signs in your business say about you; how to avoid shock when making claims on life insurance policies and a case study on women in the financial services sector.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, australia
The Rural Quarter June 25 Video
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In this episode: drought aid remains inaccessible to Australian farmers in need; exploitation of workers at farms across the nation and the emerging camel milk industry.
Topics: rural, farm-labour, corruption, agricultural-crops, food-and-beverage, dairy-production, drought, relief-and-aid-organisations, government-and-politics, australia
The Health Quarter June 19 Video
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On this episode: Doctor groups warn of increasing fees due to Medicare rebate freeze; a behind the scenes look at production of nuclear medicine and will freezing your eggs guarantee motherhood?
Topics: health, cancer, prostate-cancer, doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-procedures, reproduction-and-contraception, reproductive-technology, government-and-politics, australia
