Sunday Extra - Separate Stories Podcast

Victoria’s Local Hero for 2022 Leo Op Den Brouw is the controller of the Mallacoota SES, who has helped lead the community recovery from the 2019 bushfires

Urban forests in New Zealand’s cities are attracting native birds back to areas where some of them hadn’t been seen for years.

Professor of law and philosophy, Scott Hershovitz says children can help us answer some fundamental philosophical questions

Many states have repealed tough laws that put sex workers at risk of prosecution. But so far, Queensland hasn't followed suit. Now, the state government is looking at introducing new safeguards to protect those in the industry. Reporter Mahmood Fazal investigates.

Do you have a favourite place that’s been affected by the extreme weather that’s hit Australia over these past couple of years? This week on Ockham's Razor we’re hearing from Barbara Norman, who has her own special place that’s been hit hard by climate change. But luckily, Barbara is an expert in urban and regional planning, and she has ideas on how we can plan better to adapt to climate change.

The Calendar Girls are a group of Florida volunteer dancers aged over 60 who put on no less than 150 shows a year.

Scientists mapping the after effects of Tonga’s underwater volcanic eruption that occurred in January, say there are signs the volcano is still active. The eruption which also triggered a tsunami, has been described as the biggest explosion ever recorded by modern equipment, with the effect being felt as far away as Alaska and even in the UK where scientists discovered the explosion had lifted the cloud base over the UK. Next month, a robot ship, the SEA-KIT Maxlimer  will be sent in to explore the inside of the volcano's crater.

Despite the most recent mass shootings, carried out by teenage gunmen, the US Supreme Court is set to further relax gun laws.

Anthony Albanese has led the Labor Party to defeat the LNP after the coalitions' near decade in office. And while it remains unclear whether Labor will form a majority government, the Liberal Party has suffered major losses to "teal" independents in 'safe' Liberal seats.

Can you guess this week's mystery caller?

The founder of the charity Short Back & Sidewalks is Western Australia's Local Hero for 2022

More than one million school students in Australia and the Pacific will sit down at the same time on Wednesday to read Family Trees, a book that celebrates diversity

Pacific island nation Tuvalu is working on a survival plan in case of a worst case sea level rise

The decision to get cosmetic enhancement is complicated. It could be triggered by childhood bullying, influenced by social media, or stem from a belief that you’re not good enough. The beauty industry encourages you to tie your self-identity to your appearance. It promises to empower you. In the final episode of Face Value, we delve further into why so many people are driven to change the way they look. Who are they doing it for? And do cosmetic procedures make people happier or more confident?

The humble but culturally significant woven bag known as a bilum has become the unlikely source of economic prosperity for thousands of women in Papua New Guinea

There are some moments you can look back on and go 'yep – that’s when I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up.' The moment your ambition really crystallised. This week, we’re hearing from Emily Finch about when that moment happened for her – on a family field trip to what she calls the “science donut”.

What will post Roe -v- Wade America look like?

For more than 2 years North Korea has claimed to be free of COVID-19. Now it si reporting hundreds of thousands of new cases of ‘fever’ daily

Spending, restrictions and oversight – just how is this election’s political advertising shaping up?

This week's caller is a tall and elegant resident of wetlands across the north and east of Australia – the Brolga.