Past Programs
Family and Children - 2008
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Intervention: unintended consequences
16/11/2008
While remote Aboriginal communities are safer, everyday living is more complicated. There's a 600 dollar cab fare to town, and then Centrelink has to approve toys for your kids. Lorena Allam reports from Katherine in the Northern Territory.
'Signs we should have', artwork by Chips Mackinolty.
Hoons and young troublemakers
07/09/2008
NSW is creating more space in jails for a growing number of young people. But many of them are only there waiting to go to trial. They may be there for something minor, or may even be innocent. Reporter, Erica Vowles.
The allergy generation and the EpiPen epidemic
27/04/2008
Allergies to everything from dust, to cats, to peanuts are hitting young children hard, and doctors don't really understand why or what to do. Long held theories are changing, and there's great confusion. Reporter Ian Townsend.
Australia's new baby boom
23/03/2008
An extra 30,000 births a year has caught government by surprise, with immediate and long term consequences.
Reporter: Rachel Carbonell
Fur families
27/01/2008
KPMG analyst Bernard Salt says that within a few years 30 percent of people will live alone. The accompanying boom in pets is a looming political reality, and may even become an IR issue. It's good news for the pet food business. Already households spend more on pets than on childcare. Reporter, Wendy Carlisle. (Originally broadcast 28th October 2007)
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