Reporter Emile Pavlich caught up with Lydia Brown to talk about how people can address fluctuations in mental health as Victoria is plunged into lockdown. 

Update: The lockdown has been extended by one week as this podcast was uploaded. 

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Reporter Sahar Foladi puts together a collection of vox pops from students and young people on the state of immunity passports. 


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Researchers at the University of Melbourne have built a website where you can upload a photo of your face and find out what Dungeons and Dragons character you are. It may be fantasy, but artificial intelligence is already making decisions about our real lives, too.

Producer Angus Thomson reports.

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Reporter Emile Pavlich caught up with Youth Affairs Council spokesperson Mark Yin to discuss the state government spending on mental health services and what impact that will have on Australia's youth. 

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Concussion is a growing issue in contact sports, with a website launched last week to track all player concussions during the AFL season. But the problem is even more serious in junior and local competitions, where the protocols for protecting young people's brains aren't always clear. Producer Angus Thomson talks to young footballer Aiden May about his latest concussion, as well as Concussion Watch founder, Peter Jess.

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Faith Macale reports on former CNN journalist and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa's UNESCO press freedom prize.

"Freedom of the press continues to be a strong pillar of democracy in the Philippines"   

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Reporter Kendra Jewell spoke to young Australian singer songwriter Holly Hebe and emerging R&B artist Squid about their experiences of the music industry in a post-COVID world.   

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If you’ve ever ridden a bike in Melbourne, you’ll know that sharing the road with trams, cars and trucks can be a scary experience. But the coronavirus pandemic has made the City of Melbourne re-think how cyclists move through the city.

Angus Thomson begins this story in Carlton. 

He spoke with Bike Network CEO Craig Richards and Victorian Transport Association CEO Peter Anderson. 

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Deadwood, leaf litter and other high-risk bush has been the target of 'planned burning' around the state this autumn. From a practical standpoint, the burns reduce fuel for future bushfires. 

The Joint Fuel Management Program is a state-wide, three year initiative to manage bushfire fuel across public and private land. 

Reporter Emile Pavlich chats to Murray Johns, a landcare facilitator from the Victorian Landcare Gateway group about the planned burns.   

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A proposed tax on electric and other low emission vehicles is currently being debated in the lower house of the Victorian parliament.

Reporter Lilian Bernhardt spoke to electric vehicle researcher and specialist Jake Whitehead from the University of Queensland to discuss the possible implications of the tax and what it could mean for Victoria's emission goals and the uptake of EV'S in Australia.

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