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It's finally happening: Australians will head to the polls on May 21 to vote in the federal election.

We check in on the official first day of the election campaign, and get you up to speed on the most important item on your to do list: enrolling to vote, or updating your details.

Plus, TikTok has become the latest political battleground – but videos aren't always playing by the AEC's strict rules.

And we meet the first single man in Victoria to be approved to have a child through a surrogate.

Live guests

• Claudia Long, Hack political reporter
• Evan Ekin-Smyth, Australian Electoral Commission
• Meghna Bali, ABC Investigations
• Shaun Resnik, first single man in Victoria to have a child through a surrogate

It's the Shakeup and we're talking ...

Awkward encounters and confrontations between pollies and the public, the nightmare of trying to find affordable places to rent right now, and weird habits we've picked up during the pandemic.

Join Hack's Dave Marchese with political reporters Jade Gailberger from the Herald Sun and Josh Butler from the Guardian.

Finding a place to rent is a massive struggle right now.

Only one per cent of rental properties across Australia are actually available, and tenants who saw some rent relief during the pandemic are now facing huge price hikes as things get back to normal.

We hear from a bunch of young people who've been battling this problem lately.

Also, a major report looking at the health risks of vaping is out - and the findings are not good.

Plus, the story of how an Indigenous charity logo ended up on the side of multi-million dollar Formula One cars in this weekend's Australian Grand Prix.

And why are less than 20 per cent of Wikipedia profiles about women? A group of Australians are trying to change that.

Guests

• Leo Patterson Ross, Tenants’ Union of NSW
• Professor Emily Banks, ANU
• Corey Tutt, DeadlyScience
• Dr Melina Georgousakis, Franklin Women

About a third of young people follow a 'finfluencer', and heaps of them actually change their financial behaviour as a result.

But now Australia's corporate watchdog ASIC is cracking down on people who share unlicensed financial advice on social media.

If they don't shut down, they could cop a $1 million fine or even jail time.

Plus, there's so much content circulating about the war between Russia and Ukraine. So how do you work out what's real, and what's propaganda?

And we chat to Rabbitohs star, Bundjalung and Yuin man Cody Walker. He opens up about the challenges he's faced - grief, injury, isolation - while trying to make it in the NRL.

Guests:

• A/Prof. Matt Sussex, ANU
• Dr Angel Zhong, RMIT

You've probably seen the 'haul' trends on TikTok and Instagram.

People unveiling the mountains clothes they've managed to snag from companies like Shein for just a few hundred bucks.

But the reality behind that is a fast fashion industry with devastating impacts on the environment, and often terrible working conditions to make its products so cheap.

Those companies are making billions selling people stuff they don't need. So why are they still so popular?

Plus, a new climate report is out and this time it's focusing what we need to do, to avoid catastrophic climate change. The good news? We've got a lot of the answers already.

We're also looking at a new stick-on patch that could tell you if you're sick - before showing symptoms.

And some experts are recommending breaking up our sleep into "shifts" for better productivity.

Guests:

• Ketan Joshi, science communicator
• Dr Mark Liu, Uni of Technology Sydney
• Dr Chris Seton, sleep specialist

Chantelle was thrilled when she got an after-school job at Subway. But she soon suspected she was being underpaid.

She's now taking the fast food giant to the Fair Work Commission.

Hospitality is one of the worst-offending industries when it comes to wage theft, according to a senate committee report handed down last week. It found underpayment in Australian workplaces is "systemic, sustained and shameful".

So what should you do if you think you're being ripped off by your employer?

Plus, we look into the massive threat feral cats and foxes pose to native wildlife, killing billions of animals each year.

Also, about half of Tasmanians are considered "functionally illiterate" - so what's going on with literacy levels in the state?

And a quick politics update after a big 48 hours, including allegations of racism against the PM, and the resignation of Tassie premier Peter Gutwein.

Guests

• Dr Katherine Moseby, ecologist
• Chantelle Zentveld, former Subway worker
• Sharmilla Bargon, employment law solicitor, Redfern Legal Centre
• Claudia Long, Hack political reporter

It's the Shakeup and we're talking…

Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars, what was in the budget for young people, and how to deal with friend poaching.

Join Hack's Dave Marchese with The Daily Aus's Billi FitzSimons, and CADA's Marty Smiley.

Have you ever been introduced to a friend's friend - and hit it off?

If you ended up hanging out with the new friend more than the original one…sorry, you're a friend poacher.

We look at how to handle friend poaching, mixing your friendship circles, and how it feels to be left behind in a group of mates.

Plus, can music make you high? Australian researchers have looked into binaural beats - which can mimic the effects of psychoactive drugs, according to some listeners.

And did you know that the majority of young homeless people in Australia are women and girls? We learn about The Great Couch Sleepout - a campaign from Youth off the Streets.

We also take you to Canberra, where Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address the Australian Parliament.

Live guests

• Dr Marny Lishman, psychologist
• Dr Monica Barratt, RMIT
• Chelsea, The Great Couch Sleepout
• Claudia Long, Hack’s political reporter

The government's figured out how it wants to spend your money.

Cheaper petrol! Some free money (sort of)! Trees for The Queen!

And a bunch of other things. We look at what’s in the federal budget for you - but also what’s missing *cough, climate change, cough*.

Meanwhile, northern NSW has copped a drenching again, with major flooding in Lismore, Byron Bay and the surrounding areas. Flood-weary residents, who were evacuated just weeks ago, are at breaking point.

Plus, keen to holiday in space? Pack your bags, there’s plans for a space hotel to open up in a few years.

Live guests:

• Simon Birmingham, Finance Minister
• Dr Brad Tucker, ANU

Happy federal Budget day!

Ahead of its release, we look at why you should care about it in the first place.

The government will be spruiking its first home buyers scheme, so what's it like for young people who want to buy a home in the regions, where prices are sometimes rising faster than the capital cities?

Plus, there's finally a very promising male contraceptive pill on the cards, so we speak to two of the scientists behind it.

And we check in on Lismore, where heavy rain has prompted more evacuations - just weeks after the devastating and deadly floods.

Live guests:

• Brendan Coates, Budget Policy and Institutional Reform Program Director at the Grattan Institute
• Professor Gunda Georg, University of Minnesota
• Abdullah Al Noman, University of Minnesota
• Vanessa Ekins, former mayor of Lismore