The major supermarkets like Coles and Woolworths are exploiting their market power in ways that drive up inflation and hurt Australian households, according to the former chair of the ACCC.  Also, is it ever okay to steal? Because we're hearing it's happening more than ever as people struggle with high grocery prices.

And we meet the Gen Z accountant working to increase financial literacy for all young Aussies through the ABC’s Trailblazer program.

Guests:

• Wendy Ng, competition law expert, University of Melbourne
• Jagpreet Singh, ABC Trailblazer

Rent bidding is illegal across most of Australia, but you've told us it's still happening all the time. So now that Queensland has announced new rules to stop the practice, could they be replicated around the country?

And yeah, ignore that text from your boss. We're talking about the right to disconnect outside of working hours. 

Guests:

• Dr Chris Martin, senior research fellow, UNSW
• Dr Gabrielle Golding, senior lecturer, University of Adelaide
• Jagpreet Singh, ABC Trailblazer

It's been 12 months since the number of Medicare-subsidised psychology sessions went from 20 back to 10. We speak to young Aussies, psychologists and the federal health minister about the impacts of the change.

And why are farmers across Europe dumping manure on city streets?

It's the Shakeup and we're asking the big politics questions like: what will Auspol look like this year, why are there so many elections going on, and do we actually care about broken promises?

 Plus, your top songs have left TikTok after music label Universal Music Group ended its licensing deal with the app on January 31.  And have you ever walked into a group of people talking about you? It's happened to Barbie's Margot Robbie.  Host Dave Marchese is joined by comedian Lewis Garnham and journalist Sarah Ison. 

Most concussions in sport don’t happen to elite athletes. In fact, youth and community athletes are most at risk of enduring head injuries. That’s why the Australian Institute of Sport has issued new guidelines to unify the response to concussions at a community level.  

Plus, while attention is rightly focused on Gaza during the on-going war with Israel, tensions have been building this week on the West Bank too. Today we unpack what’s happening in the other Occupied Palestinian Territory, where Israeli commandos have just carried out a deadly raid inside a hospital.  

And, geoguessing has taken over our feeds and now one young Aussie is training 8 hours a day for the upcoming World Cup.  

Guests

• Brendan Swann, CEO, Concussion Australia 

• Lydia Pingel, former Queensland AFLW player 

• Oscar Pearce, competitive Geoguessr 

Off the coast of WA, an animal export ship filled with over 15,000 livestock is stuck with nowhere to go. Animal welfare groups and the cattle industry are looking to the federal government for next steps, but the fate of the ship still isn’t known.  

Plus, an advertising crackdown for the cosmetic injectables industry will gag practitioners, but will it help patients?  

And Universal Music Group is ending its licensing deal with TikTok. What does it mean for the songs you love, and will it impact music trends globally? 

Guests:

• Gemma Sharp, associate professor and clinical psychologist, Monash University 

• Zan Rowe, national music reporter, Double J 

The national vape ban kicked in on January 1st and since then, the Australian Border Force has seized $7.4 million worth of disposable vapes. Now, vaping health impacts are in the spotlight as part of a new social media ad campaign aimed at young people. Is this the beginning of the end for vapes in Australia?  

And the Victorian government has chosen not to implement a recommended ban on duck hunting. It's already banned in four states or territories, so we speak to Victorian MP Georgie Purcell about the backflip and about *that* Channel 9 photoshop.

Plus, posting on your phone during your hot girl walk is out. Analogue walks are in.  

Guests

• Georgie Purcell, Victorian Animal Justice Party MP
• Elizabeth Broadbent, University of Auckland

We're back!

For the first Hack of 2024, we're asking Prime Minister Anthony Albanese the big questions you've been asking us.

Will the changes to stage three tax cuts actually benefit young Australians? Is there anything else planned to help those struggling to pay rent or buy groceries? Will Labor restore the 20 Medicare-subsidised psychologist sessions?  

Plus, we'll bring you up to speed on everything that's happened in Israel and Gaza over summer, including the International Court of Justice's interim decision on whether or not Israel is committing genocide.

Guests:

• Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister of Australia
• Juliette McIntyre, University of South Australia law lecturer 

Whether you're protesting colonialism or celebrating a day off, January 26 is marked differently across the country.

So in the aftermath of the Voice to Parliament referendum debate, what is the future of Australia Day?

Hack spoke with Bridget Cama and Allira Davis from the Uluru Youth Dialogue about their reflections on January 26. 

A clue on the classroom wall helped one student find a long-lost relative, and the same room helped another trace her ancestry.

The Cooinda room at Henry Kendall High School on the Central Coast of NSW isn't your average classroom. 

Now, students and education advocates are calling for every public school to have something like it, to teach Indigenous cultures and histories and improve outcomes for students.