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My mother the firecracker

Monkeys, chickens and falling grains of light: my mother's crossed wires, as she descends into dementia.

08-26
04:55

The original Bronson

The search to discover what happened to the actor who played 'Bronson' in season one of Round the Twist.

08-25
21:59

Labor refuses to back Government's retrospective superannuation plans

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has outlined $8.1 billion worth of budget savings, marking the latest salvo between the Government and Labor over how best to reduce the budget deficit.

08-24
16:49

Ep1: The original Bronson

The search to discover what happened to the actor who played ‘Bronson’ in season one of Round the Twist.

08-22
25:35

Anglicare pushes for state care age to be raised from 18 to 21

Raising the age at which young people have to leave state care could dramatically reduce youth disadvantage and homelessness according to Anglicare.

08-22
08:02

Federal Politics: CFA volunteers, banks and marriage equality plebiscite

The Federal Government has announced planned changes to the Fair Work Act, placing it in the middle of a dispute between the Victorian Government and Country Fire Authority volunteers and making good on a key election promise.

08-22
07:33

Book Week - Grover the Rescue Dog, Claire and James

Grover the Rescue Dog - for Book Week

08-21
09:28

What happens to you, your kids, your life when a partner is jailed?

In sickness, in health and in jail.

08-21
35:53

Morris Gleitzman wins children's Book of the Year

Morris Gleitzman's novel Soon was awarded Book of the Year for Younger Readers by the Children's Book Council of Australia.

08-19
12:25

Remembering grandma

The sweet, simple relationship between grandmothers and their granddaughters.

08-19
10:05

The boy who shot my nanna

Should a 16 year old boy have been jailed for 30 years for murder?

08-19
18:00

Are mothers and daughters destined to clash?

The eternal struggle between mothers and daughters plays out in many different ways in a new collection of stories by well-known Australian writers.

08-18
17:07

Add another 13 storeys to the treehouse

Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton have built a wild 78-Storey Treehouse and filled it with verve, chaos, cows and engaging words and images for their passionate readers.

08-18
13:45

RN subject podcasts are closing

We really love having you listen to RN but we need to let you know that we’ll be closing our subject podcasts (don’t worry—we aren’t cancelling any shows). To keep hearing stories and interviews from RN, search for your favourite shows in the ABC Radio App or subscribe in your preferred podcasting app.

08-17
01:02

Israeli government to examine files on Yemenite babies affair

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed a government minister to examine files related to the disappearance of babies during the 1950s, in what has come to be called the Yemenite Babies affair.

08-16
09:16

Champing at the bit for babies - a generation of grandparents in waiting

Becoming a grandparent is a considered a natural step for many parents but with falling birth rates many are left as grandparents-in-waiting

08-15
28:36

Add another 13 storeys to the treehouse

Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton have built a wild 78-Storey Treehouse and filled it with verve, chaos, cows and engaging words and images for their passionate readers.

08-14
14:53

Two Jews walk into a theatre...

No, it's not the start of a joke. It's the title of a new performance work by renowned choreographer Gideon Obazanek and performer Brian Lipson.

08-13
13:51

Two Jews walk into a theatre...

No, it's not the start of a joke. It's the title of a new performance work by renowned choreographer Gideon Obazanek and performer Brian Lipson.

08-10
16:53

Super head lice

New research confirms parents' fears that head lice have become resistant to insecticide treatments

08-09
11:40

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