West Gippsland Week

A new centre is being established in Gippsland to provide support for and research into the use of artificial intelligence in rural areas, especially in small to medium business. Simon Wilson is CEO of the project team, and discusses what is planned.

Disconnection in today's society is thoughtto be a significant contributor to the rise in vrious mental health issues such as anxiety, depression and more. Psychotherapist Chris Roering agrees and here discusses what he has seen and why he thinks it occurs. In his view it has much to do with the example set by adults beside the attraction of the applications.

Working Dogs are now a vital part of farming, making up a great deal for the lack of human staff.

Cattle noses could be used like fingerprints or facial recognition to help in working farms.

Chris Roering is a Gippsland Psycothrapist who chats with Paul about the ways in which our thinking can affect our sleep and techniques to help get a good night.

This is an inspiring autobiography by Annie Pateman, who has experienced a rare cancer and found a way to live a good life. In the book she share her life lessons as she struggled to get a diagnosis, to manage the drastic treatment while pregnant, and build a life that defied the medical predictions.

We seem to be under inctreasing assault by viruses. Is it getting worse? What is happening with disease crossing from animals to humans? How do viruses "hide" in our body a come out later in life? This all links the latest outbreaks of shingle, COVID, Bird Flu and "traditional" flu. We find out how this all works.

A recnt survey found that financial literacy at schools are declining, with girls disproportionally affected. The Financial Basics Foundation. founded by a Debt Recovery company, is established to offer supporting material for schools to provide more appropriate financial lieracy programs. Here CEO Katrina Samios explains.

The Australian Continence Foundation supports an annual event asking the public to add public toilet locations to the National Public Toilet Map, Here we find out why and how...

A recent seminar presented by the Warragul and District Garden Club explored the value of Horticultural Therapeutics with international author Sue Stuart-Smith. Here we speak with two Australian practicioners, including one hospital based and discuss the increasing evidence that supports the anecdotal ideas many of us have of the mental health benefits from nature and gardening.