Open House Interviews

Young people in foster care often faced traumatic and difficult circumstances throughout childhood. When they leave care at age 18, they have to find accommodation and support themselves financially and are at high risk for mental illness. Foster Care Angels have a new online education program to provide mental health education and support for these disadvantaged and vulnerable young people.

How can we apologise fully and well? On Open House, Stephen Frost, a family lawyer who runs the not for profit Horizons Family Law Centre in Sydney, explained the elements necessary for a good, sincere apology, using a framework developed by the Peacemaker organisation.

The 2018 Global Slavery Index has been released at the UN this week. Jacqueline Juodo Larsen, head of research for the project told Stephen O'Doherty on Open House that data highlights the truly global nature of forced labour, forced marriage and forced sexual exploitation, and the role many rich countries play in exploiting the most vulnerable.

There is increasing disagreement about facts and analytical interpretations of facts in both Australia and the United States. While this trend is not unprecedented in history, the level of disagreement over objective facts and the declining trust in formerly respected sources of facts is a new phenomenon. Sydney University linguist Professor Nick Enfield talked to Open Huse about 'Truth Decay".

The good and bad of technology and social media for young people. Dr Lyn O’Grady  from the  Australian Psychological Society discussed findings from the 2017 APS Digital Me Survey on Open House.

Mobile phone functions like internet access, GPS, touch screens and phone cameras are all possible because of physics. Professor of Physics at Melbourne University David Jamieson reflects on 50 years of physics and nominates some of the biggest discoveries that have changed the world.

Len Waters was Australia's first and perhaps only aboriginal fighter pilot, but after WW2 he became the missing man. We speak with biographer Peter Rees.

A three month 'opt-out' period for the My Health Record system has started and will end on October 15. Open House looked at some of the pros and cons of My Health Record from both a medical and legal perspective. Dr Jo-Anne Manski Nankervis is Senior Lecturer at Melbourne University, a General Practitioner and researcher in clinical data analytics. Dr Megan Prictor a Melbourne Law School Research Fellow.

New research finds sunscreen use in childhood cuts melanoma risk by 40%. Associate Professor Anne Cust explains her findings to Stephen O'Doherty on Open House.

Brooke Prentis is a Waka Waka woman, a Christian pastor, and Social Justice spokesperson for Common Grace. She shared with Stephen O'Doherty on Open House why this year's NAIDOC theme, "Because of her we can", is such a powerful message and it's importance to Aboriginal Christians.