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Helping you figure out all the big stuff in life: relationships, health, money, work and the world. Let's talk! With trusted experts and your stories, Life Matters is all about what matters to you.

Airs Monday to Friday 9am and repeated at 7pm.

If you would like to contribute to talkback while we're on air between 9am and 10am, call or text 

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Why new suburbs become fast food magnets and can your local club survive the volunteer drought?

As our cities grow we're building new houses, new shops and new amenities from scratch. Melanie Davern, from Australian Urban Observatory and Jane Martin from Food for Health Alliance unpack why so many new developments become fast food highways.

Published: with Jacinta Parsons

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Duration: 55 minutes 3 seconds

Taking action to change your personality and what to do when a young child is sharing her family's secrets?

Is it possible to change your personality? Many of us may have thought about it, but journalist and staff writer at The Atlantic, Olga Khazan, actually did it.

Published: with Tegan Taylor

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Duration: 54 minutes 56 seconds

The meaning behind the Australian flag and the minefield of an office romance

Is the Australian flag a unifying emblem? A symbol of colonisation? Is it patriotic? Divisive? Exclusionary?

Published: with Kate O'Toole

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Duration: 55 minutes 2 seconds

The struggle to share the mental load and coping when you're caring for a loved one

Women do the bulk of the laundry, the cooking, the school lunches and running the family's social calendar. And this picture hasn't really changed in 20 years, according to the most recent Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey.

Published: with Tegan Taylor

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Duration: 54 minutes 36 seconds

Stopping a life of crime at the start and are universities dying?

The dollar figure of detaining young people has shot up dramatically in the last five years, despite the actual number of people in the system declining.

Published: with Tegan Taylor

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Duration: 54 minutes 59 seconds

Why are banks bailing on the regions and is gun control still under control?

There's a small town on the west coast of Tasmania locked in a David and Goliath battle to save their last bank. Janet Lay has lived in Queenstown on Tasmania's west coast and has started a petition to keep their local bank in town.

Published: with Tegan Taylor

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Duration: 54 minutes 3 seconds

The mixed emotions of empty nesting and what is a sovereign citizen?

There's no shortage of advice for the early years of parenting, but what about the other end of the journey, when your kids leave home? For some, like senior writer at Good Weekend Tim Elliott, it brings a deep sense of loss.

Published: with Tegan Taylor

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Duration: 55 minutes

New frontier for gambling advertising and the cult of Swifties, Beliebers and Bey-hive

Since online gambling became widely accessible it's never been easier to spend big - and lose even bigger.

Published: with Tegan Taylor

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Duration: 54 minutes 41 seconds

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