From Pillar to Post

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This week, we return to Distinguished Professor Sharynne McLeod and her journey to becoming the world's leading researcher in early developmental speech pathology. While we spoke to Professor McLeod about the impact of free higher education, the impact of her work internationally goes far beyond the day-to-day politics of university reform.

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More Australians are reaching out for mental health support, but service providers are at capacity. Just what can we do to help our friends and family in times of crisis? 

With World Suicide Prevention Day and R U OK Day just around the corner, we take a look at where we're at across communities, advocates, and the politicians pushing for change in Canberra.

Presenter - Noah Secomb, Producer -  Martin Davies.

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Recent statistics suggest that 6% of all nurses in Australia were trained in the Philippines. The country encourages this exodus upto a point, and has support systems in place to ease their passage away from home, and then connect and support them as they settle here. But for some it's tough, lonely, and is challenging, as they are tasked with proving themselves in skills they had already mastered, back home. 

Presenter - Martin Davies Producer -  Noah Secomb.

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The federal government's attempt to ban social media for children under the age of 16 years old has been met with scepticism across the country. Despite assurances the responsibility lies with the tech giants, parents are unsure what role they'll have to play when the ban kicks in later this year. Meanwhile younger Australians are feeling ignored throughout the process with some worried tech literacy will only get worse.

It's a sticky situation which has to be resolved in less than four months.

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Year in, year out we see outcomes worsen in First Nations communities in Australia. Although the federal government has committed to further funding, it isn't reaching where it is needed most. Meanwhile, Indigenous representatives are calling for the government to act on existing recommendations from a royal commission from over 30 years ago as incarceration and suicide rates continue to rise.

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Understanding destructive algal blooms, the mayor who wants to improve health with his communities new smelter, and the political analyst saying Tasmania has learned its lesson. These are the issues explored this week, as From Pillar to Post updates you on some of the big community based issues that we have brought to you over the past months.  

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The federal government has committed to keeping manufacturing in Australia to weather international developments and to tackle slow productivity growth. But with industries struggling to stay afloat and communities facing existential threats as the market shifts, what can the government do to keep this essential sector sustainable?

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Federal politics has returned to Canberra for the first time since the May election with reforms to student loans/HELP debts the first thing to hit parliament. The 20-percent reduction is a welcome change for the three million Australians managing a student debt.

But is this the first change of many, or the last we can expect for a while? 

We take a look at how the nation and the world has benefited from fee-free university, and what can be done to ease the burden on graduates forced to grapple with cost-of-living pressures.

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Australia's smallest state in size and population is facing yet another vote, just 16 months after the last one. Experts and polls suggest the Tasmanian parliament is heading for another minority government after Saturday's state election made up of many of the same politicians. It raises the question of just who the election is for, how did Tasmania end up here so soon, and why is the proposed Macquarie Point AFL stadium dominating the debate again?

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