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Traumatic. Excruciating. Stabbing pain. 

These are just some of the ways you've described the pain of getting an IUD inserted.

We know they're super effective forms of contraception, but we also know a lot of people aren't routinely offered pain relief when they're getting them put in.

A public hospital in Victoria is trying to change that.

Kate bought a ticket to a festival that never went ahead. Four years later, she's still waiting for a refund.

Kate's not alone.

So many people who were meant to go to The Drop festival in 2020, which was cancelled due to COVID, are still waiting to get their money back.

Now the festival has told Hack it's "working towards settling the refunds over the course of 2024".

The stories that matter to young Australians, in your ears and 24/7 on your feeds.

For our last live shows of the year, we're bringing you a whole week of Shakeups and taking a walk down memory lane.

If we're picking one word to sum up 2023 for most young Australians it's this: expensive. Whether it's rent, HECS indexation, groceries, fuel, cost of living bit hard in 2023.

Join Hack's Dave Marchese with journalist and podcaster Hannah Ferguson, and housing advocate Jake Toohey.

For our last live shows of the year, we're bringing you a whole week of Shakeups and taking a walk down memory lane.

Our domestic politics may have been dominated by the Voice referendum, but there was so much more that happened in 2023.

Join Hack's Dave Marchese with Victorian Animal Justice Party MP Georgie Purcell and Yamatji writer and former WA Liberal leader Zak Kirkup.

For our last live shows of the year, we're bringing you a whole week of Shakeups and taking a walk down memory lane.

If anything captured the nation's collective attention this year, it was the Matildas at the FIFA Women's World Cup (go Tillies!!!).

But while there were sporting highs, there were also sporting lows. We'll unpack pay disputes at Netball Australia, management issues at Rugby Australia and the potential death of the Commonwealth Games.

Join Hack's Dave Marchese with sports podcasters Lavender Baj and Josh Garlepp.

For our last live shows of the year, we're bringing you a whole week of Shakeups and taking a walk down memory lane.

Today, we're talking about the biggest cultural moments of 2023: Bey and Tay on tour, the Roman Empire, ChatGPT and the submersible that captivated the world. 

Join Hack's Dave Marchese with entertainer Etcetera Etcetera and The Daily Aus deputy editor Emma Gillespie.

The stories that matter to young Australians, in your ears and 24/7 on your feeds.

The landmark report from the inquiry into the National Disability Insurance Scheme has been released. So what did it say, and what can we expect to change for everyday Australians who use the NDIS? 

Plus, an extremist from the US has been arrested in connection with the 2022 Wieambilla terror attack.

And with reports that Islamophobia and anti-Semitism are on the rise, we find out how to call out racism when you see it.

US politician George Santos was expelled from Congress last week after accusations of defrauding donors and allegedly spending campaign money on travel, botox and porn. The now-indicted Republican will face felony charges next year. 

Plus, new laws have passed that mean former immigration detainees could be locked up without a trial.

Also, we meet the young people tasked with blowing up underwater sea mines. 

And half the country has been warned to expect heatwave conditions. 

Guests: 

• Shalailah Medhora, Hack political reporter
• John Barron, Planet America host
• Kim Reid, climate scientist, Monash University