From hospitals to banks to our transport network – the impact of the Optus outage was wide reaching.

Australian Sports Commission data shows that participation in mountain biking has increased more than 100 per cent over the last five years. In this edition of The Conversation Hour the team look at how a growing number of regional towns are looking to the sport as the next big tourist attraction.

In this edition of The Conversation Hour the team discuss what actually constitutes as sustainability in the restaurant business – from where the food is sourced to how the staff are treated to who is driving the trend.

Are sustainable restaurants a fad or here to stay?

In this edition of The Conversation Hour the team look the role social media is playing in tweens using unnecessary beauty products and discuss the impact it has on their skin

In this edition of The Conversation Hour the team explores what shift work can do to your body and speak with a researcher who has looked specifically at the impact of shift work on pregnant women.

There are two shocks that happen when you are told you have cancer. One is being diagnosed with a life-threatening disease, the other is all the costs associated with the disease. With the rising cost of living, cancer is fast becoming a disease that some simply can't afford to have.

As life online becomes increasing fraught with the risk of being scammed The Conversation Hour looks at whether match makers are making a comeback.

Some have suggested that fast trains could be one measure to solve the housing crisis. but others argue it could lead to further disadvantage with regional towns becoming dormitories for city folk.

In this edition of The Conversation Hour the team look at what constitutes controlling behavior in sport and the potential harm it can do to kids.

We are told that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but how many of us have time for a healthy breakfast? In this edition of The Conversation Hour the team explore how much are our breakfast cereals are loaded up with sugar and whether a rating system could be an effective measure in ensuring we are eating healthier breakfasts.