Weekend Afternoons

Listen to the full show of "The Two Murrays" - Murray Wilton and Murray Olds. 

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After an extended residency in Las Vegas, Human Nature's Phil Burton has returned home to Australia. He joined the Two Murrays in studio to reflect on his career journey and regale us with some tales of touring.

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It's assumed pets and older people are a perfect match, given how beneficial they are for our wellbeing and anxiety. However, the latest Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey found just 11 per cent of Australian pet owners are aged 65 and over. 

Dr. Janette Young from the University of South Australia has researched the positive health effects of pet ownership, and says older people's biggest fear is what happens to their animal if something happens to them.

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Before the coronavirus, Australia had to deal with the bubonic plague, which arrived on these shores 121 years ago. A man who jumped ship in Adelaide died in hospital from the plague. Naturally, it spread, with the most significant outbreaks occurring in Sydney in 1900, and then in Sydney and Brisbane two years later. Dr. James Gourley, academic from the University of Western Sydney, spoke to the Two Murrays about the history of the bubonic plague in Australia.

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A series of audits by the Fair Work Ombudsman found 20% of businesses were failing to correctly pay their workers. Exploitation has increased as jobs are being lost to the overseas workforce.The textile, clothing and footwear union has teamed up with not-for-profit organisation, Ethical Clothing Australia, to police the industry and provide consumers with peace of mind and greater choice. The voluntary accreditation program charts a business's supply chain to protect the rights of Australian factory and home-based workers.

The Two Murrays spoke to ECA National Manager Angela Bell about the voluntary accreditation process which now has over 100 companies involved.

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Uluru is on just about everyone's bucket list when it comes to Australian tourism. The Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is like no other place on earth. But aside from the mighty rock, there's so much more to do. The Two Murrays caught up with Steven Baldwin, Visitor & Tourism Services Manager at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park about the magic of the red centre.

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There's a delicate debate when it comes to balancing the rights of the individual and the community in a public health crisis.While everyone has a right to bodily integrity, meaning medical treatment can't be given without consent, companies do have grounds to mandate vaccinations as a condition of employment.Dr. Maria O'Sullivan, senior lecturer in law at Monash University, spoke to the Two Murrays about this legal and ethical minefield.

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