The Conversation Hour Podcast
1) Playgrounds for seniors, kids, and people of all abilities
Victorians love of playgrounds has never been more obvious, but as 'mega' playgrounds become more popular, are the designs accessible for everyone?
2) Designing pandemic-proof buildings with better ventilation
Experts want immediate changes to building regulations, so that any new structure, from hospitals to public housing towers, have windows that open and improved ventilation.
3) Victoria has a bushel of apple varieties, but do we have enough pickers?
Victoria is home to a bushel of apple varieties, from Granny Smith's and Golden delicious, Jonathon's and Pink Lady's, but are there enough fruit pickers to harvest them all?
Victoria has a bushel of apple varieties, but do we have enough pickers?
1:00:00 | Aug 27th, 2021
4) Anxious teenagers sharing bedrooms with parents during COVID-19 pandemic
Teenagers as old as 17 are experiencing sleep regression, needing to sleep in their parents room or even beds, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Anxious teenagers sharing bedrooms with parents during COVID-19 pandemic
1:00:00 | Aug 26th, 2021
5) Could keeping native animals as pets help conservation of threatened species?
"Last time I checked our numbers we probably had about 80 people in Victoria keeping crocodiles as pets," said Jennifer Cane from the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning.
Could keeping native animals as pets help conservation of threatened species?
1:00:00 | Aug 25th, 2021
6) Should you switch off social media during lockdown?
With lockdowns becoming more frequent, do you find social media to be an effective way of connecting with loved ones? Or do platforms like TikTok and Instagram serve as a bleak reminder of our isolati...Show More
7) Will regional and metropolitan Victorians be reunited in 2021?
Some regional Victorians are desperate to get Melburnians back to town, but others want to reinstate a ring of steel. So do we need ID checks and rapid tests to reunite the state?
8) How Victoria's olive oil industry is booming
Olive oil means big business in Victoria. There are now multiple olive oil producers across the state, and well known company Cobram Estate has just been listed on the ASX.
9) Should COVID-19 press conferences include a mental health expert?
"This is probably the most sustained and serious stress that many of us are going to face in our lifetimes" said NSW chief psychiatrist Dr Murray Wright during their COVID press conference.
10) How Australia can improve access to languages other than English
If COVID-19 information in different languages is out of date, and most road and safety signs are in English, how can people who don't speak English get by in everyday life?