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Past Stories

Toxic Algal Bloom Explained

Dead fish on beaches, irritating green foam - is summer ruined for South Australians?
Two dead stingrays on the beach.
Duration: 11 minutes 24 seconds

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Should we get our health advice from social media?

Is there a place for health information on our social media platforms?
Illustration of a doctor with a phone for a head showing social media feed. Pills with social media icons.
Duration: 7 minutes 30 seconds

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How do you start a new country?

We take a look at what it takes to be recognised as a new country, and why it's more complicated than it may seem.
Illustration showing an icon representing land and then four flags around it: US, Australia, Kosovo and Palestine.
Duration: 5 minutes 33 seconds

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What's so super about superheroes?

Superheroes represent the best that humanity can be, but are they diverse enough to reflect their audience?
Comic book frames with various superheroes in action like Spiderman, the Hulk, Batman, Superman & Wolverine.
Duration: 7 minutes 1 second

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Do We Need A Book Rating System?

Films and video games have age classifications… should books?
Illustration showing books and classification symbols like G, PG, M and MA15+
Duration: 8 minutes 25 seconds

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How to reawaken lost languages

Mikayla is creating a Ngiyampaa dictionary using her Nan’s legacy as a starting point.
Mikayla smiles to camera.
Duration: 5 minutes 37 seconds

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How will the social media ban change content creation?

We find out what’s in store for the next generation of content creators.  
Silhouettes of people holding camera gear next to a sign saying 16+ and a youtube logo wrapped in chains and padlocked.
Duration: 5 minutes 57 seconds

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Has Protesting Changed?

Recently, there have been a lot of anti-protest laws put in place, so have they affected how people are protesting?
Silhouettes of a crowd of hands holding signs, megaphones and clenched in a fist.
Duration: 9 minutes 40 seconds

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Can Aussies make a living from eSports?

Australia puts a lot of money and attention into physical sports — do you think we should support eSports in a similar way?
Silhouette of someone gaming in front of a monitor.
Duration: 6 minutes 55 seconds

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Should You Use a Dumbphone?

We find out if the global dumbphone trend is happening in Australia. ✏️
Close up of someone holding a Nokia 3310 with "Should you use a 'dumphone'?" on the screen.
Duration: 8 minutes 24 seconds

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What does it take to put on a musical?

Be our guest as we go backstage at Beauty and the Beast, the musical.
A split screen showing the empty stage on one side and the elaborate stage of Beauty and the Beast performance on the other.
Duration: 7 minutes 35 seconds

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Should we try and bring back extinct animals?

When we think of de-extinction, we think of Jurassic Park, but could this be happening in real life?
An old photo of a professor looking man standing next to the skeleton of a moa bird with a line indicating 3.6m next to it.
Duration: 6 minutes 31 seconds

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Is Artificial General Intelligence Here?

There are growing concerns from AI scientists that AGI could cause severe harm to humanity.
Quote from a Google research paper - "Permanently destroy humanity". One red, angry robot head amongst 8 green neutral ones.
Duration: 5 minutes 35 seconds

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Why physical media is making a comeback

Will the media you pay for still be yours to keep in the future?
Thomas looks annoyed as he has a DVD taken out of his hands.
Duration: 7 minutes 26 seconds

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Where are all the tradies?

We find out why trades are important and what can be done to bring more people into the industry. ✏️
Two people with high viz vests and hard hats inspect a house build. Dotted silhouette outlines of two other people.
Duration: 8 minutes 3 seconds

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The Global Child Labour Crisis

A recent report says nearly 138 million children were engaged in child labour in 2024.
Two children work on turning over rows of bricks one at a time.
Duration: 7 minutes 20 seconds

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