Journalist Anne Summers has called for the community to reject the abuse and sexist attacks against the Prime Minister. Natasha Mitchell in Life Matters discusses this further. In a lecture at the University of Newcastle she argues that this sexual harassment would be challenged in any other workplace and that parliamentarians should speak out against...

Much of going to the movies and watching films or television at home incorporates visual aspects. This radio segment explores the experiences for people who can't see.

Social media, like Twitter and the blogosphere, is influencing Australian politics and political journalism Social media, like Twitter and the blogosphere, is influencing Australian politics. Witness the controversy which recently engulfed the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, who was called upon to clarify her role in setting up a union fund, later misused, when she was...

One in four Australians will be over the age of 65 by 2050 and we need to prepare for the social and economic effects of such a population shift. Encouraging people to delay retirement and to work longer is one way to reduce the strain on the public purse but it requires employers to change...

'Hard-headed but not hard-hearted' is how Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston describes the 22 recommendations he and his expert panel handed down this week for asylum seeker policy in Australia. The recommendations included increasing Australia’s humanitarian intake by up to 14,000 people over the next five years, processing asylum seekers at off-shore facilities on Nauru...