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Why are house prices on the rise in the midst of a pandemic? Who was Ned Kelly's sister? And, could some innovative thinking help tackle childhood obesity?

The Royal Commission into Aged Care heard damning evidence of woeful inadequacies in the system designed to look after our older Australians. As we get ready to read the fine detail of the report, already tabled with the Federal Government, we hear about the changes you think are necessary to make aged care homes safe and dignified places to live.

Could cheaper childcare help the COVID-19 recovery, community led market gardening after natural disasters, and how to have conversations about cultural styles.

Is it time to look more closely at how consent is taught, both at home and in schools? Liz reveals a childhood guilt she's been carrying most of her life, and making friends and rekindling relationships when you're in middle age.

Are we at risk of losing international university students to other countries, permanently? Plus a world-first study looks at the barriers to people having pets when they're renting, and we find out what happens to the brain and the body when we sit.

Understanding how informed consent will work as the vaccine rolls out in aged care, giving kids media literacy by teaching them to break the news themselves and the chilling story of the World War Two suburban Sydney wives who killed.